Joan Skolnick  |  Interests  |  Scholarship  

Education:

• Ed.D. Curriculum, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1977
• M.A. European Social History, Columbia University, New York City, 1969
• B.A. History, niversity of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1967

Teaching Experience:

• Professor, Kalmanovitz School of Education - Saint Mary's College of California (1990 - Present)
• Teacher - Nueva Day School, Hillsborough, CA (1989 - 1990)
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Women's Center Coordinator - College of Marin, Kentfield, CA (1977 - 1978)
• Assistant Professor of History - Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA (1970 - 1975)

Other Experience:

• Arts in Education Initiative - Ford Foundation Grant (2004 - 2009)

Professional Experience:

• Curriculum and Teacher Education Specialist - University of CA, San Francisco, School of Medicine (1988 - 1990)
  Center For AIDS Prevention Studies
• Acting Director - University of CA, Berkeley (1983 - 1986)
  Center for the Study, Education & Advancement of Women
• Author and Education Consultant - (1980 - 1986)
• Director, Desegregation Project - Novato Unified School District, Novato, CA (1978 - 1980)

Grant:

• Arts in Education Initiative - Ford Foundation Grant (January 2009)
  2004-2009

Professional Licenses & Certifications:

• Special Training - Multilingual Trainer of Trainers Institute (MTTI) (1997)
  Schooling Language Minority Students for the Twenty-First Century, Alameda County Office of Education (1994- 97).
• Certificate, Intermediate Spanish - Lacunza Instituto Intenacional, San Sebastian, Spain

Presentations:

Selected Presentations

• The Arts in Education Initiative at Saint Mary's College: A Model for Arts Integration in a Pre-service Teacher Education Program. Skolnick, Joan (talk, speech or lecture)
  University of Southampton, U.K.
  (June 2009)
• Artful Teacher Education: Preparing New Teachers for Teaching and Integrating the Arts. Skolnick, Joan and Dulberg, Nancy (paper)
  Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HA
  (January 2008)
• Developing Disciplinary Understandings in History Through the Arts. Skolnick, Joan (talk, speech or lecture)
  American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education
  (February 2007)
• Developing Thinking Disposition Through the Arts. Skolnick, Joan (talk, speech or lecture)
  Saint Mary's College Sabbatical Presentation
  (October 2006)
• Reading Critically, Thinking Historically. Skolnick, Joan and Grant, Barbara (talk, speech or lecture)
  California Council for the Social Studies
  (January 2006)

Publications:

• Skolnick, Joan, Dulberg, Nancy & Maestre, T. (2004). Through Other Eyes: Developing Empathy and Multiple Perspectives In The Social Studies. Markham, Ontario: Pippin Publishing Limited
• Skolnick, Joan. (1995). A Rare Commodity. In Kleinfeld, J. and Yerian, S..(Eds.), Gender Tales: Tensions in the Schools. New York: Saint Martin's Press.
• Skolnick, Joan. (1995). Diane: Gender, Culture And A Crisis of Classroom Control. In Kleinfeld, J. and Yerian, S.(Eds.), Gender Tales: Tensions In The Schools. New York: Saint Martin's Press.
• Skolnick, Joan, Langbort, C. & Day, L. (1982). How To Encourage Girls In Math And Science: Strategies For Parents And Educators. Englewood, Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall