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 Teaching Fellowship (TF)
2008-2009 Teaching Fellows
Boscarino, Jessica
Jessica Boscarino is a doctoral student in political science with an interest in environmental politics. Her dissertation examines the agenda-setting strategies of environmental organizations, focusing on issues related to energy, urban development, and forestry. She received her B.A. in environmental studies from Middlebury College, and an M.A. in international relations from Syracuse University. She has lived and spent time in Upstate New York, Vermont, Washington, D.C., and Madrid. When not studying or teaching, Jessica enjoys traveling, hiking, cooking and escaping to the Adirondack Mountains.
Brown, Jenny
Jenny Brown is a doctoral candidate in the clinical psychology Ph.D. program. She received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Ohio Dominican University in 2003 and her master’s degree in clinical psychology from Syracuse University in 2006. She loves teaching undergraduates about psychology and finding interactive ways to demonstrate the application of psychological principles to real-world issues. Her research focuses on HIV prevention and health promotion among HIV-positive individuals. In particular, her dissertation research will develop and test an intervention to improve HIV-positive women’s ability to effectively cope with stress. In her spare time, she enjoys outdoor activities, traveling, and ballet.
Collins, Rachel
Rachel Collins, a doctoral candidate in the English Department, has taught a variety of courses in both the Writing Program and the English Department at Syracuse University. She enjoys summer picnics and playing with her two cats.
Crist, Stephanie
Stephanie is a graduate student in the Department of Sociology. Her academic and activist interests are related to issues of food justice. She is currently a Teaching Assistant for an undergraduate quantitative methods course but has dreams of teaching courses on food politics and inequality. When not working on her dissertation or teaching, Stephanie enjoys being outside, working in the community, and spending time with the people she loves and her dogs.
Dutta, Aditya
Aditya Dutta is an advanced doctoral student in the Department of Biology. His research focuses on the regulation of programmed cell death and how cells communicate with each other. His model system uses the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana and the bacterium Pseudomonas syringae. He studies cell signaling during the defense response of the plant in response to pathogen. He obtained his M.S. from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay, India. His research studied gene regulation in the bacteria Bacillus subtilis. When he is not at school, he loves visiting new places, reading about world economics and playing soccer.
Dwyer, Michael
Michael Dwyer is a doctoral candidate in English with research interests focusing on American youth cultures, Hollywood film and the cultural construction of adolescence. His anticipated dissertation project will focus on the revisiting and revising of the 1950s teenager in Hollywood films of the 1970s and 1980s. He comes to Syracuse from Pittsburgh, after getting a B.A. in English at the University of Miami and an M.A. in literary and cultural studies from Carnegie Mellon. At Syracuse he has taught courses in popular culture in the English department as well as freshman and sophomore composition courses in the Writing Program. He is also active in the English Graduate Organization and is still smarting from the USA’s performance in World Cup 2006. This is his third year as a Teaching Fellow.
Ghosh, Tanushree
Tanushree received her B.A., M.A. and M.Phil. from Delhi University, India, before arriving at Syracuse University in 2004. She is currently working on her dissertation, focused primarily on nineteenth-century visual culture and crime fiction. Her other academic research interests include globalization, post-colonial literature and film studies. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her partner, music, and films.
Goulopoulou, Stella
Stella Goulopoulou is a doctoral student and teaching associate in the Department of Exercise Science. She received her B.S. in Physical Education from the University of Athens, Greece, and also has a diploma in drama studies. She completed her Master’s degree in exercise physiology at Syracuse University. Stella’s main research interest is the regulation of the cardiovascular system in health and disease. She enjoys teaching physiology-related courses encouraging inquiry and independent thinking in her classroom. Besides her research and teaching interests, Stella likes spending time with her family, friends, and her beautiful dog, Carmella.
Green-Barnes, Jessica
Originally from California’s Silicon Valley, Jessica has spent the last six years in colder climes. She received her B.A. in linguistics from Earlham College in Indiana, then ventured on to Minnesota’s Twin Cities and Syracuse. At SU, she is working towards her masters in linguistics with an emphasis on sociolinguistics, a field she chose because of her fascination with the complex relationship between language and culture. As a TA, she teaches two classes in the ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) department, where she hopes that her students have learned as much about English as she has about teaching.
Holmstrup, Michael
Michael Holmstrup is a Ph.D. student in the Exercise Science Department at Syracuse University. Aside from being a new Teaching Fellow, he serves as the Student Representative for the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine. He has taught several different Health and Exercise Science courses and labs since coming to Syracuse, in addition to studying the effects of meal frequency and composition on health outcomes. Fresh from completing his first marathon, Michael plans to slow down a little bit and join his wife Ria in preparing for the arrival of their first child early this fall.
Maniaci, Kathie
Kathie Maniaci is a fourth year doctoral student in teaching and curriculum and art education. After teaching art for seven years in the Syracuse City School District, Kathie became involved in creating practical literacy support strategies that art educators could use in their classrooms. Teacher training, conference presentations and the creation of a Teaching & Leadership graduate course called Supporting Thinking and Literacy through Visual Materials led Kathie to pursue her Ph.D. at Syracuse University. In her research, Kathie hopes to combine study of literacy support strategies in art classrooms with visual art and design in all content areas as a pathway to learning for students of all abilities. Kathie is a teaching assistant serving in the Department of Art Education.
Morris, Paul
Paul Morris grew up in Berea, Kentucky, where his father was director of campus ministry and assistant professor of Religion at Berea College. After earning his B.A. in Religion at Sewanee: The University of the South, he began his graduate work in Religion at Syracuse University in the fall of 2003. His academic interests include religion in the context of secularism and modernity; the aesthetics of religious practice; music, ritual, performance, and the body; and continental philosophy of religion. He looks forward to teaching religion, preferably at a small liberal arts college, upon completion of his Ph.D.
McQuitty, Vicki
Vicki McQuitty is a 5th year Ph.D. student in the Teaching and Curriculum program of the School of Education. She is originally from Texas, but has lived in Syracuse for 10 years and has learned to love the snow! Vicki is interested in how elementary school teachers learn to teach language arts, particularly writing, and she enjoys helping teachers improve their teaching skills. In her free time, she likes to read mystery novels, hang out with friends, and catch up on her sleep!
Oxman, Jeff
Jeff Oxman is a 4th year Ph.D. student in the Whitman School of Management, majoring in Finance. He has taught Introduction to Corporate Finance and Finance for Non-Business Students at the Whitman school. Prior to that, he was a teaching assistant at Simon Fraser University, teaching Investments, Introduction to Derivative Securities, and Managerial Economics. Jeff’s research interests are in the field of private equity, leveraged buyouts, acquisitions, and hedge funds. When not researching or teaching, Jeff acts as a servant to his English bulldog, Simon.
Pant, Prarthana
Prarthana Pant is a doctoral student in the Department of Child and Family Studies. She received her masters in child development and bachelors in home science in India. Prarthana came to Syracuse University as a Graduate Fellow to pursue her doctoral degree after teaching in two Indian universities for the past 10 years. During the past year she has served as a teaching associate and the FPP-PFF representative for the Child and Family Studies Department. She also serves as an international ambassador for Syracuse University. Her primary research interests include cross-cultural parental belief systems and parent-child relationships.
Pour Mokhtarian, Afshin
Afshin Pour Mokhtarian is a third year Ph.D. student in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. He received his B.S. in civil engineering and his M.S. in civil and environmental engineering in Iran. He came to the United States to pursue his Ph.D. in civil engineering with a main focus on environmental engineering. He was a teaching assistant and associate during the academic years 2006-07 and 2007-08, respectively. He received the Outstanding TA Award in 2008. His current research interest focuses on modeling climate change using the fully integrated biogeochemical model (PnET-BGC) to evaluate the effects of climate change in the Northeastern U.S. He is working closely with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in order to study soil and surface water responses and the changes in water quality to different climate change scenarios over the 21st century.
Rebovich, Samantha
Sam is a fourth-year doctoral student in historical archaeology in the Department of Anthropology. Her research focuses on the differences in laborer lifeways between the periods of slave and wage labor on a sugar plantation in Antigua. Sam got her B.A. at Barnard College in New York City, and while she misses city life, she loves being in Syracuse. When Sam is not working, she loves to bake and keep up on all things pop culture!
Roache, Amy
Amy Roache is a doctoral candidate in the Anthropology Department, specializing in the archaeology of 18th century blacksmithing. She is involved in the Future Professoriate Program and is an FPP Associate for the Anthropology Department. Her article “An Air of Integrity: Building a Preventative Classroom Environment” will be included in Pedagogy Not Policing published by the Graduate School.
Robison, Kristenne
Kristenne Robison is a doctoral student in the Department of Sociology. She received her undergraduate degree in psychology from Baldwin-Wallace College and an M.A. in education from The Ohio State University, where she completed her thesis on cowgirls of the rodeo. Before coming to Syracuse, Kristenne was the head volleyball coach at St. Lawrence University, where she found her passion for teaching and sociology. Currently, she is researching her dissertation on women police officers. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, playing volleyball, and spending time with her partner, Ryan, and kitten, Frankie.
Schaefer, Donovan
Donovan Schaefer is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Religion at Syracuse University. He has a B.A. in religion, literature and the arts from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and an M.A. in religion from Syracuse. His research focuses on issues relating to animals in the contemporary world, using philosophical, history of religions, cognitive scientific and evolutionary biological approaches.
Terry, Chris
Chris Terry is a doctoral student in experimental psychology. He received his B.S. in psychology from Towson University in 2003 and his M.S. in experimental psychology here at SU in 2005. He has enjoyed working as a TA for several courses, including Introduction to Biopsychology and Drugs & Behavior, and loves teaching Foundations of Human Behavior and Research Methods. His graduate research is focused on the effects of aging and structured versus unstructured environments in human multitasking behavior. In his spare time, he enjoys running, skiing, jazz, and playing in the “lake effect” snow.
Thibodeau, Ryan
Ryan Thibodeau is a graduate student in SU's Clinical Psychology program. He obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Southern Maine in 2001. He is actively engaged in research in the areas of psychophysiology, emotion, and health psychology. Ryan has taught undergraduate courses in introductory psychology and personality.
White, Holly
Holly White is a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Religion. Her areas of interest include poststructuralist philosophies and feminism, with a special emphasis on the intersections of justice and art. She taught an FPP course, entitled "Heaven on Earth: American Utopias" and is pursuing further research on the topic. Holly moved to Syracuse from Richmond, Indiana, after a finishing a year in a traveling improvisational arts ensemble.
Young, Monica
Monica Young is working on her doctoral degree in science education in the Department of Science Teaching, as well as pursuing NYS certification in 7-12 Physics. She holds bachelors and masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering, which have contributed to her interest in her research topic of women in the engineering professoriate. Monica has been a TA in the MAME department and has TA’d all of the courses taught by her current department for the students pursuing certification, including co-teaching the culminating course, Teacher Development in Science. In her spare time, Monica enjoys golfing, fishing, and many other sports.
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