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Faculty Member Christine Gentry

Christine Gentry

Clinical Assistant Professor

Teaching and Learning

Christine Gentry is a clinical assistant professor in the NYU Teacher Residency, where she serves as residency director for the NYC Public Schools partnership and leads the data, assessment, and continuous improvement efforts of the program. She holds a B.A. from Baylor University, an Ed.M. from Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a Ph.D. from Columbia University.

Christine’s research explores the intersection of identity development and community in the urban public school classroom. Her work has been featured in publications such as English Journal and The English Record and on stages such as TEDx and The Boston Foundation’s EdTalks. Prior to her current role, Christine served as Director of Teacher Development and Licensure for a network of public high schools in Boston, where she managed and implemented all facets of The Urban Teaching Fellowship, a teacher residency program. Christine currently chairs the Advisory Committee on Government Relations and Advocacy and the LGBTQ+ Advocacy and Inclusion Topical Action Group for the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. She also co-chairs the Storytelling Committee for the National Council of Teachers of English. Before her work in teacher preparation, Christine taught English, creative writing, and oral storytelling in the public schools of Boston and New York City for thirteen years.

Christine has held instructor positions in the Curriculum and Teaching Department of Boston University’s School of Education, the Education Department of Simmons College’s School of Social Work, and the English Education Department of Columbia University’s Teachers College. Her honors include being appointed a Teacher Educator Effectiveness Advisor for the Massachusetts Department of Education, being named her district’s Teacher of the Year, and receiving the NYU Steinhardt Graduate Student Organization's Star Award.

Selected Publications

  • Turk, D., Brensilver Berman, S., Gentry, C., Traxler, R.E., & Caldwell, S.L. (2023). When equity and justice are front and center: Building a teacher residency that walks the walk on antiracism, equity, and justice. Issues in Teacher Education, 32(1), 102-127. 
  • Gentry, C. (2023). Speaking oneself into being: Oral storytelling as a transformational tool. In L. Pinhasi-Vittorio & E. Ben-Yosef (Eds.), Using innovative literacies to develop leadership and agency: Inspiring transformation and hope (pp. 48-64). IGI Global.
  • Cordi, K., Gentry, C., Smith, B. E., & Valdez-Gainer, N. (2022, December 5). Teaching storytelling position statement. National Council of Teachers of English. https://ncte.org/statement/teaching-storytelling-position-statements/
  • Gentry, C. & Brensilver Berman, S. (2022, June 28). Representation matters: The necessity of LGBTQ+ content in schools. Ed Prep Matters. https://edprepmatters.net/2022/06/representation-matters-the-necessity-…
  • Gentry, C. & Zhong, L. (2020). Participatory action research in a pandemic. Ed Prep Matters. Retrieved from https://edprepmatters.net/2020/09/participatory-action-research-in-a-pa…
  • Gentry, C. (2019). Bearing witness: Oral storytelling in the classroom. English Journal, 108(3), 14-16.
  • Gentry, C. (2019). Reflection. In D.R. MacDonald (Ed.), First-Generation Harvard Alumni Reflections (pp. 61-62). North Andover: Flagship Press.
  • Gentry, C. (2013). Reality and truth: Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried as an act of witness. English Record, 63(1), 117-131.
  • Gentry, C. (2011). The tidal pool and the sea. Printer’s Devil Review, 1(1), 23-33.