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• Current Staff

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    Cathy Lechowicz, Director, Center for Community Partnerships

    Cathy oversees the various components of the CCP, including the Green Street Arts Center, Office of Community Service and Volunteerism, Service-Learning Center, CPE, and also PIMMS (Project to Increase Mastery of Math and Science). Her areas of expertise include university-community partnership development and innovative programs addressing educational inequalities. She received a B.S. in Education from the University of Virginia and an MPA from NYU's Wagner School of Public Service.

    Alexis Sturdy, Manager, Center for Prison Education

    Lexi became the CPE Manager in July 2012 after serving two years as CPE Fellow.  During her time as CPE Fellow, Lexi oversaw the program's reapproval with Wesleyan Faculty and the expansion of the program at Cheshire C.I.  As a founding member of the CPE, Lexi has played an integral role in our program since its inception.  Her senior year, she served as our Student Coordinator and was responsible for organizing and supervising the volunteer programs at York Women's Facility and Connecticut Juvenile Training School, a facility for youth offenders.  Additionally, throughout her time as an undergraduate, Lexi led academic workshops at York Women's Facility in creative writing, Sociology, and Mathematics.  She graduated with honors from Wesleyan's Sociology Department.

    Maddie Neufeld, Fellow, Center for Prison Education

    Maddie Neufeld became the CPE fellow in June 2012 after graduating with honors from Wesleyan’s American Studies Department. She became involved with the Center in her sophomore year at Wesleyan, when she enrolled in the service-learning course “Critical Pedagogy.” In her junior year, Maddie was named Course Assistant for Critical Pedagogy, and she began to facilitate College Prep workshops at Cheshire Correctional Facility. Maddie maintained her involvement at Cheshire during her senior year as Student Coordinator for CPE. As an undergraduate Maddie also coordinated the Middletown Youth Radio Project and wrote a senior thesis on theories of memory, trauma, and identity. She hails from New York City.

    
    

• Current and Past Professors

  • Spring 2013:

    At Cheshire C.I.

    • Peter Rutland, Professor of Government

    • Sean McCann, Professor of English

    • Jeremy Zwelling, Professor of Religion, Emeritus

    • Abbey Bourdon, PhD Candidate in Mathematics, Wesleyan University

    At York C.I.

    • Beth Richards, Director of Rhetoric and Professional Writing, University of Hartford

    • Elise Springer, Associate Professor of Philosophy

    Fall 2012:

    • Michael McAlear, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

    • Deb Unferth, Associate Professor of English

    • Gretchen Pfeil, PhD Candidate in Anthropolgy, University of Chicago

    • Abbey Bourdon, PhD Candidate in Mathematics, Wesleyan University

    Spring 2012:

    • Lori Gruen, Professor of Philosophy

    • Sean McCann, Professor of English

    • Mariah Schug, Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology

    • Guilio Gallarotti, Professor of Government

    Fall 2011:

    • Priscilla Meyer, Professor of Russian Language and Literature

    • Michael Keane, Professor of Mathematics

    • Beth Richards, Director of Rhetoric and Professional Writing, University of Hartford

    • Christopher Anderson, Professor of Political Science, University of Hartford

    Spring 2011

    • Richard Buel, Professor of History, Emeritus

    • Elizabeth Bobrick, Visiting Professor of Classical Studies

    Fall 2010

    • Lori Gruen, Professor of Philosophy

    • Jason Wolfe, Professor of Biology, Emeritus

    Spring 2010

    • Michael McAlear, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

    • Melanye Price, Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University

    Fall 2009

    • Beth Richards, Director of Rhetoric and Professional Writing, University of Hartford

    • Charles Lemert, Professor of Sociology, Emeritus

• Current Volunteers

  • Zachary Fishman, Summer Programming Coordinator, Volunteer Coordinator at Cheshire C.I. and Writing Tutor

    Margo Tercek, Volunteer Cooridnator at York C.I.

    Haley Perkins, Volunteer Coordinator at Carl Robinson C.I. and Student Forum Co-Facilitator
    

    Paul Silverman, College Prep Coordinator at Cheshire C.I. and Student Forum Co-Facilitator

    Ema Tanovic, Summer Intern and Writing Tutor

    Writing Tutors and Teaching Assitants, Fall 2012:

    Laura Werle, Teaching Assitant for Professor McAlear

• Current Faculty Committee
  • Katja Kolcio, Associate Professor of Dance and Chair of Dance

    Magda Teter, Associate Professor of History and Director of Jewish and Israel Studies Program
    

    
     

• Current Advisory Board
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    • Greg Berman

    • Majora Carter

    • Katherine Eyster

    • Randy Ezratty

    • Max Kenner

    • Michael Lawlor

    • Cathy Lechowicz

    • Russell Perkins

    • Theodore Shaw

    • Alexis Sturdy

    • Andrew Szegedy-Maszak
    • Sarah Williams