Faculty and Staff

Professor Eleanor Miele

Eleanor Miele , the appointed faculty advisor  and curriculum leader for science at the Teacher Academy at Brooklyn College, is a molecular biologist who teaches science education. She received her doctorate at Columbia University and was recently appointed to a named professorship endowed by Leonard and Claire Tow. She also serves as program head of the masters programs in Childhood and Middle Childhood Science Education. Professor Miele works closely with informal science institutions including the American Museum of Natural History, the New York Hall of Science and the Wildlife Conservation Society in teacher preparation. She is co-director of the National Parks of New York Harbor Education Center.

Edwina Branch-Smith

Ms. Edwina Branch-Smith, the director of The Teacher Academy at Brooklyn College , has administrative oversight for the program under supervision of the Dean of the School of Education and in partnership with the appointed academic faculty advisors and curriculum leaders. Ms. Branch-Smith taught both physics and mathematics in high school over eight years, was the founder and principal of the New School for Arts and Sciences in the Bronx for six years, and currently serves as a Newton Fellow at Math for America .

 
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