As the new academic year begins, Teachers College continues its tradition of excellence and innovation by recognizing the newest faculty members to join the TC community.
New Faculty
Carolina Concha-Arriagada, Assistant Professor of Education Policy & Social Analysis, holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Georgetown University and earned an M.A. in Economics, summa cum laude, from Universidad de Luis Hurtado. Concha-Arriagada’s work focuses on applied microeconomics, the economics of education, development economics, and political economy.
Her research includes working papers on college admission policies and strategic responses to improve admission outcomes. She also has worked in the Dominican Republic, where she is currently collaborating with the Ministry of Education (MINERD) to evaluate several government-run programs. Concha-Arriagada has received several awards, including the 2023 Outstanding Alumni Award from the Universidad de Santiago de Chile and the 2022 NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship. She has presented her research at numerous international conferences and has teaching experience in microeconomics and econometrics.
Emily Rosenzweig will join the Developmental Psychology Program, Department of Human Development as Associate Professor in January 2025 with a focus on studying the psychology of math and science learning during youth and adolescence. Rosenzweig formerly served as Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Georgia.
Her research is centered on understanding how and why students are motivated to learn math and science and how to help them reach their full academic potential. She is the author of several notable publications and co-authored book chapters, and her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. In 2022, she was rated as one the top 15 ‘most productive’ early career scholars in educational psychology by the Educational Psychology Review.
Victoria Tilton-Bolowsky, Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences & Disorders, earned a Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Sciences from the MGH Institute of Health Professions in 2022, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in neurology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2024. Tilton-Bolowsky has also worked as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Maryland and Loyola University Maryland.
Tilton-Bolowsky’s work focuses primarily on enhancing aphasia rehabilitation outcomes and promoting culturally-responsive and disability-affirming clinical and research practices in aphasia. Her research has been published in leading journals including the American Journal of Speech Language Pathology and Brain Sciences. She actively contributes to the academic community through presentations and publications in the fields of speech-language pathology and cognitive neuroscience. At TC, Victoria will establish and direct the Creative & Inclusive Rehabilitation for Communicating with Aphasia Lab.
Visiting Professors
Lisa Hochtritt (Ed. D. ‘04), Visiting Associate Professor of Art & Art Education, returns to Teachers College after graduating with her doctorate in Art & Art Education in 2004. Hochtritt’s scholarship focuses collectively on the arts to make the world a more equitable space. Through a social justice lens, she prioritizes critical engagements that are collaborative and relevant by connecting theory and practice. Hochtritt has over 30 years of experience in art education, teaching students of all ages in schools, museums, communities and universities. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the Higher Education Art Educator of the Year, Maryland Art Education Association (2023), NAEA National Higher Education Art Educator of the Year, Kathy Connors Teaching Award and more.
George Nicholson (Ed.D. ‘20), Visiting Assistant Professor in the Program of Music and Music Education, Department of Arts and Humanities, assumes his role at Teachers College with extensive experience in higher education and public school teaching. He holds a doctorate in Music and Music Education from Teachers College where he was a Florence K. Geffen Music Education Philosophy and Research Fellow.
His research focuses on the intersection of music education and theory and practice, with numerous publications and conference presentations to his name. In addition to his academic work, Nicholson has directed several orchestras and served as a guest conductor for various ensembles. He has co-authored several publications including Oxford Handbook of Gender and Queerness in Music Education, Oxford Handbook of Music Teacher Education in the United States, and more.
Michelle Odlum (Ed.D. ‘10) joined the Health Studies and Applied Psychology program at Teachers College as Visiting Associate Professor in 2023. Odlum seeks to eliminate health disparities through applied Informatics-based approaches. She centers her work around data science, artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics to investigate infectious disease outbreak prevention, containment and control (e.g., Ebola, MRSA, HIV/AIDS, and COVID-19) in high-risk groups.
Odlum’s analytical methods offer a deeper understanding of the challenges associated with aging with HIV. In 2022, she was named the National Institute of Aging (NIA) Butler Williams Scholar. She is also a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded Sustained Training on Aging & HIV Research Scholar (STAHR), enabling her to explore neurocognitive and mental health impacts on aging with HIV. Odlum guides students toward a comprehensive understanding of health inequities, the determinants that influence them, and the potential of technology to address the interactions between society and health.
Emery Petchauer, Visiting Full Professor in the English Education Program, Department of Arts and Humanities, is a scholar and artist whose interests explore intergenerational spaces where people make things together — especially beats, sounds, songs, and beautiful noise. Before coming to Teachers College, Petchauer spent eight years as a tenured professor at Michigan State University, where he coordinated the English education concentration from 2016 to 2022.
Petchauer is the author and editor of four books and over 40 peer reviewed articles, chapters and editorials. His scholarship on how teacher licensure exams shape the racial diversity of the teaching profession was recognized in 2018 by the Innovations in Research on Equity and Social Justice in Teacher Education Award by the American Educational Research Association. His work has been supported by the Spencer Foundation and through partnerships with Ableton and Koala Sampler.
Lauren Vogelstein, Visiting Assistant Professor in the Dance and Dance Education Program, Department of Arts and Humanities, joins the College after earning a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University along with postdoctoral positions at NYU and the University of Pennsylvania. She integrates embodied learning theories with STEM education, drawing on the expressive practices of dancers and choreographers to reimagine learning processes in STEM environments.
Vogelstein’s research more specifically explores how embodied and interactionist perspectives can enhance collective learning, diversify participation, and expand the pedagogical implications within STEM fields. Through her research, Vogelstein uses an interdisciplinary approach, which bridges the arts and sciences to create expansive and inclusive learning environments. She has contributed significantly to the field through numerous publications and her research has received substantial grant funding.
Lecturers
Amanda Earl, Lecturer for International and Transcultural Studies, returns to the College after earning her Ph.D. in Comparative and International Education from Teachers College. She brings a comprehensive range of teaching and research experience to her role, with a focus on the schooling of rural, Indigenous, and migrant students in Latin America and the US. Earl has published multiple peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on topics such as intercultural and bilingual education and decolonial pedagogy, and has worked for Teachers College Record. The TC alum is also a recipient of the Foreign Language and Area Studies doctoral fellowship and the Teachers College Dissertation Research Fellowship.
Kaitlin Gould, Lecturer and Program Director of School Psychology assumes her position after serving as a Clinical Investigator for the Center of Autism and Disabilities and as an Assistant Professor of School Psychology at the College of Saint Rose for several years. Her research interests include behavioral intervention, neurodiversity, and intervention acceptability. Gould holds many publications, including articles in peer-reviewed journals and co-authored book chapters, spanning the school psychology, special education and behavior analytic literature.
Rachel Knight (Ed.D. ‘23), Lecturer of Curriculum and Teaching, joins the Curriculum and Teaching department with a doctorate in Curriculum and Teaching from Teachers College focusing on early childhood literacy and multimodal/digital literacy. She has taught at Queens College and City College of New York. Knight's research, including the dissertation "Centering Children’s Voices and Cultural Worlds in an Online Writing Club," emphasizes the importance of children's voices in early childhood education. Knight has also actively contributed to educational research and presented at national conferences.
Lauren van Haaften-Schick, Lecturer in the Arts Administration Program in the Department of Arts and Humanities, assumes her position in the Arts and Humanities department at Teachers College. She holds a Ph.D. from Cornell University, and has worked in galleries and arts non-profits for over a decade. Her research addresses the intersections of art, law and technology, focusing on artists' interventions in law.
van Haaften-Schick has held fellowships at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and NYU School of Law and is currently a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Wesleyan University. She has published widely in academic journals, in addition to organizing numerous exhibitions and events on labor, economic, and legal issues in the arts.