Curriculum Vitae

Robin Elizabeth Hancock, M.A., Ed.D.

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
Ed.D. Curriculum and Teaching May 2015
Dissertation Title: All of This is Yours: Global Citizenship Education as Emancipatory Practice for African American Preschools
Advisor: Celia Genishi

Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Master of Arts in Cultural Anthropology May 2007

Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Bachelor of Arts in English Literature May 2004

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Urban Educators Leadership Project Research Associate 06/14-02/15
Teachers College, Columbia University, Department of Education Leadership
New York, NY
Supervisor: Dr. Brian Perkins
Developed educational tools to assist superintendents and aspiring superintendents as part of Teachers College’s annual superintendent’s professional development conference.
• Qualitative data methods including archival research used to collect information on current events affecting California superintendents to determine needs and concerns.
• Coordinated with Assistant Director of Educational Leadership program in order to identify target audience and format case studies accordingly.
• Created case studies based on information collected resulting in opportunities for responsive
Problem-solving by conference participants.

Early Childhood Graduate Research Fellow 09/09-07/10
Rita Gold Child Study Center, Teachers College, Columbia University
New York, NY
Supervisor: Dr. Susan Recchia
Created research project assessing the opportunities for and cognitive ability of very young children aged 6 months to 3 years to experience and respond to agency in their first year of preschool.
• Built year-long research plan including assessment program for implementation.
• Targeted three children in an infant and toddler classes in order to comparatively observe the developmental differences between a 6-month-old, 12-month-old and 18-month-old simultaneously.
• Engaged participant observation method of data collection to evaluate findings.
• Created end of year report in order to summarize findings and recommendations for future research.

Intercultural Residency Research Assistant 11/06-05/07
Slifka Center for Intercommunal Coexistence, Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
Supervisor: Dr. Cindy Cohen
Conducted multi-level evaluation of Slifka’s Intercultural Residency Series for the purpose of planning intercultural dialogue across disciplines and practice in similar university settings.
• Created survey and archive to document successes and failures of fall 2006 series in order to organize future successful residency series.
• Evaluated data generated entirely by students to document feedback of series and to be as relevant as possible to student interests and academic enrichment for future series.

Aga Khan Islamic Art and Architecture Research Associate 05/06-08/06
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Supervisor: Andras Reidlmayer
Identified and cataloged literary and photographic data relating to genocide and destruction of cultural property in the former Yugoslavia
Explored various websites documenting the architectural history of Bosnia and Herzogovina in order to observe extent of city sieges.
• Engaged in thorough review of Harvard Islamic art and architecture archives in order to match destroyed cultural landmarks with original architecture.
• Organization of said data into a comprehensive photographic archive to be used as visual evidence during trials at criminal war tribunal in The Hague, by the Harvard community, and eventually as an educational tool for the general public.
• Cataloged accompanying literary data to serve as supplementary material.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Associate Teacher 02/12-present
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Day School
New York, NY
Created developmentally appropriate curriculum inspired by Reggio Emilia model of schooling which acknowledges the value of the community of the child as a primary teaching tool for preschool aged children between the ages of eighteen months and five years of age for an independent secular preschool.
• Implemented curriculum as part of team of three co-teachers.
•Actively engaged in relationship building with parents in form of ongoing parent/teacher conferences, home visits and bi-annual report writing in order to provide support system around children.
• Took part in professional development several times a year so as to provide most up-to-date curriculum and care to children.

Coordinator/ Intern Manager 09/10-06/12
Reach The World
New York, NY
Facilitated relationships between college students/world travelers and New York public school classrooms.
• Successfully promoted cultural dialogue, love for travel and tech literacy through weekly engagement with school smartboards, skype and children’s letter writing to travelers as well as the development of lesson plans focused on global citizenship and community along with consistent dialogue with travelers, teachers and school administrators.
• Created and modeled high-quality curriculum practice, developing and sustaining strong relationships with teachers and schools and coordinating intern support to ensure program quality and accessibility.
• Hired, trained and coached 24 Reach The World interns and placed in New York City title 1 elementary and middle schools.

Site Manager 08/07-08/09
Jumpstart For Young Children
Berkeley, CA
Successfully developed and managed city-wide branch of Jumpstart for Young Children in affiliation with the University of California, Berkeley.
• Created and oversaw an aggressive recruitment strategy which included guest lecturing online campaigning and relationship building with the department of student affairs in order to recruit t he highest caliber of undergraduates to program. Maintained the quality of membership in the second year of the program.
• Supervised a staff of forty corps members, six team leaders, volunteer coordinators and administrative staff
• Created ten point plan to observe Jumpstart sessions and monitor for quality implementation of classroom standards.
• Built and managed high-quality relationships between twelve preschool program partners throughout San Francisco Bay Area and university relations to ensure sustainability of program.
• Implemented family orientation and involvement events in order to maintain communication and encourage feedback about children’s progress in the program.

Graduate Outreach Coordinator/Publicity Co-Chair 09/06-05/07
Slifka Program in Intercommunal Coexistence
Waltham, MA
Created and implemented student outreach programs to facilitate dialogue on relationship between peace building and arts.
• Assisted Executive Director in creating an anthology of work on use of theater to aid in process of communication and peaceful coexistence.
• Interfaced with various authors to coordinate intimate writing and large scale publicity events s upporting anthology.

Associate Teacher 11/04-08/05
Yale Center for Early Childhood Education
New haven, CT
Collaborated with teachers to provide age appropriate curriculum to children from age three months to five years in five classrooms ranging in size from ten to 18 children.
• Engaged in mentoring strategy sessions with Director in order to develop career path in early childhood education and development.

Consultant 09/03-05/04
The World Library Partnership
Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
Documented presence and use of libraries and related educational resources in South African rural schools and communities resulting in creation of comprehensive, culturally specific educational tools to be used by regional schools.
• Collaborated with South African partners in order to create mentoring systems between South African middle school students and preschool aged children.
• Observed various structures of care, such as orphanages, extended family care systems and community based organizations to understand the effective and culturally relevant ways of care in region.

Department of Education Curatorial Assistant 06/04-09/04
Yale University Art Gallery
New Haven, CT.
Implemented early educational programs geared towards exposing greater numbers of school children in greater New Haven area to gallery’s collections resulting in increased attendance and life long interest in visual arts.
• Organized tours through Gallery’s Ancient, Modern and Contemporary and American collections.
• Collaborated with local New Haven public schools to support art education partnerships.

Production and Education Intern 05/03-08/03
Sesame Workshop
New York, NY
Provided assistance to a variety of projects under the direction of the directors of both Education and Production at Sesame Headquarters.
• Reviewed various guest artists’ work to submit for show content.
• Communicated with media sources (Sony, MTV, Nickelodeon, ABC), scheduled and facilitated meetings with sources, cast and crew for production team Tested show content among local pre- K and kindergarten aged children in order to gauge child response to entertainment and developmental factors.
• Interpreted data collected from classroom visits for new show content under the guidance of Director of Research.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Lecturer 09/07-05/09
University of California, Berkeley, Department of Social Work
Berkeley, CA
Taught four semesters of Jumpstart’s early childhood curriculum and community building strategy bridging gap between education and social work in order to provide accessibility to wide range of students.
• Trained UC Berkeley undergraduates in developmentally appropriate mentoring practice to prepare or work in Oakland and Berkeley Early Head Start classrooms.
• Liaised with faculty and staff from a wide variety of disciplines in order to provide culturally relevant and diverse perspectives in field of early childhood education, development and community support.

LANGUAGES

Conversational Spanish

SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

1. Grant in Aid, Teachers College, Columbia University
$8,064.00, 2014-2015
2. Graduate Assistantship, Teachers College, Columbia University
$4,032.00, Summer 2014
3. Constance McCutcheon Scholarship, Teachers College, Columbia University
$168.00, 2013-2014
4. E. Z. Lynch Scholarship, Teachers College, Columbia University
$6,884.00, 2011-2012
5. Gold Grant, Teachers College, Columbia University
$6,762.00, 2009-2010
6. Frances McKenzie Scholarship, Teachers College, Columbia University
$6,762.00, 2009-2010

PRESENTATIONS

Hancock, R. (2015, December). All of This is Yours: Global Citizenship Education as Emancipatory Practice for African American Preschoolers. To be presented at the 6th Annual International Human Rights Education Conference. University College Roosevelt. Middleburg, The Netherlands.

Hancock, R. (2015, October). Global Citizenship Education Practice in Early Childhood Classrooms Presented at the Bergamo Conference for Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice. Bergamo Center, Dayton, OH.

Hancock, R. (2015, May). 2015 Exemplary Scholar Award for All of This is Yours: Global Citizenship Education as Emancipatory Practice for African American Preschoolers. Presented at the Diversity in Research and Practice Conference. Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY.

Hancock, R. (2015, May). All of This is Yours: Global Citizenship Education as Emancipatory Practice for African American Preschoolers. Panelist. Presented at the Diversity in Research and Practice Conference, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY.

Hancock, R. (2015, April). Global Citizenship Education as a Means of Countering Negative Messages of Self Worth Among African American Preschoolers. Roundtable Discussant. Presented at the American Educational Researchers Association Annual Conference. Chicago, MI.

Hancock, R. (2007, April). Catch The Land: Art from Kakuma Refugee Camp. Presenter. Curator. Presented at the Greater Boston Anthropological Consortium with accompanying exhibit unveiled through the Department of Anthropology at Brandeis University.

Hancock, R. (2006, January- April). Tapestries of Love, Threads of Hope. Curator. Exhibit unveiled at The Women’s Center, Brandeis University.

PUBLICATIONS

Hancock, R. (2015). All of this is yours: Global citizenship education as emancipatory practice for African American preschoolers. (Under review).

Hancock, R. (2015). What’s good starts early: Self esteem development for African American children through global education. (Under review).

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Journal of Negro Education
Reviewer since 2015

American Educational Research Association
Active Membership since 2013

Kappa Delta Pi International Honors Society in Education
Teachers College, Columbia University
Induction: November, 2011

Association of Black Anthropologists
Member since 2007

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Proficient in MS Word, Powerpoint, Excel