Brainwaves Video Anthology
Daniel A. Kinderlehrer, MD - Teachers Make a Difference - Hannah, Eliana & Tovah
Daniel Kinderlehrer, MD, is a nationally recognized physician with expertise in the fields of nutrition, allergy, environmental medicine, Lyme disease, and the healing of mind-body-spirit as a unified whole. He co-founded The New England...
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Todd S. Jokl - Teachers Make a Difference - Hayes Raffle
Todd S. Jokl is the dean of the College of Art and Design, Rochester Institute of Technology. Jokl holds a bachelor’s degree from Yale University, a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Connecticut, and a doctorate in education...
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Sumbul Ali-Karamali - Growing Up Muslim
Sumbul Ali-Karamali grew up in Southern California, answering questions about Islam. She holds a B.A. from Stanford University, a J. D. from the University of California at Davis, and a graduate degree in Islamic Law from the University...
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Danielle McGuire - From Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power - Part 1
Danielle McGuire, PhD, is an award-winning historian, public speaker and author of At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape and Resistance-a New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power...
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Émile Le Menn - Teachers Make a Difference - Delphine Lebrun
Émile Le Menn is a French primary school teacher based in Paris. In 2017, in order to become a better teacher, he went on a trip around the world to discover innovative and alternative schools. This experience led to the book "L'Ecole...
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Preston E. Green - Teachers Make a Difference - Fr. Joseph Brown
Preston Green is a professor of educational leadership and law at the University of Connecticut. At the University of Connecticut, Dr. Green helped develop the UCAPP Law Program, which enables participants to obtain a law degree and...
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Pegi Deitz Shea "Jeanne Baret's First Voyage"
Pegi Deitz Shea is an award-winning author and poet for all ages. She is a writing instructor at The Mark Twain House & Museum, School Literary Presenter at Children's Books and the First Poet Laureate at Town of Vernon, CT. She studied...
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Pat McLean-Smith “A Conscious Encounter”
Pat McLean-Smith, is a published poet and teaching artist. She is the author of two books of poetry and the recipient of several awards. Including 1st place for the Sonia Sanchez/Audre Lorde Poetry Competition, 2nd place for Judith Stark...
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Dianne Bilyak "A Bell of Water, Ringing"
Dianne Bilyak is a Pushcart-prize nominated writer, graduate of the Institute of Sacred Music and Art, and Connecticut disability rights advocate. Her book of poems Against the Turning was published in 2011, and her work has also been...
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David Stoloff - Teachers Make a Difference - Mr. Wagner
Professor Stoloff studies emerging educational technologies in his teaching and scholarship, including applications of global collaborations, electronic portfolios and open educational resources in student-managed learning. He has taught...
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Aaron Caycedo-Kimura Teachers Make a Difference -Tommy Nelle Hampton Mullane
Aaron Caycedo-Kimura is a poet, visual artist, and cartoonist. His poetry appears or is forthcoming in Beloit Poetry Journal, Poet Lore, DMQ Review, Tule Review, THINK Journal, Louisiana Literature, Naugatuck River Review, and elsewhere....
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Van Hartmann "On Looking at Nhem En's Photographs"
Van Hartmann teaches English at Manhattanville College. He received an undergraduate degree in history from Stanford University and a doctorate in English from UNC at Chapel Hill. His poetry has appeared in numerous journals. His first...
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John L. Stanizzi "Hallelujah Time!"
John L. Stanizzi is the author of the chapbook, Windows. His full length collections are Ecstasy Among Ghosts, Sleepwalking, Dance Against the Wall Antrim House Books, and After the Bell, and Hallelujah Time!, Big Table Publishing...
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Jerry Blumengarten - Teachers Make a Difference - Pat Corr
Jerry Blumengarten taught for 32 years in the New York City school system. Even though he was a licensed Social Studies teacher, he taught most subjects (Language Arts, Science, Math, Computers…) for grades 6-9. He wrote curriculum for...
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Gaëlle Assoune - Teachers Make a Difference - Mr. Jean Calvi
Gaelle Assoune has spent much of her professional life trying to widen the horizons of teaching beyond the boundaries of the national teaching system. She believes that in the French system, there is not enough room for experimentation,...
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Sheena Graham - "As a Woman: Life is Challenging"
Sheena Graham was educated in the Public School System of Ansonia, Connecticut. She received her B.S. in Music Education from Western Connecticut State University, and 30+from St. Joseph's and Southern CT State Universities. She became...
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Acharya Shunya -Teachers Make a Difference - Guru Baba Ayodhya Nath
Trailblazing Vedic spiritual teacher Acharya Shunya is the first female head of her 2,000-year-old Indian spiritual lineage, Shunya reinterprets and recontextualizes ancient teachings for modern times, empowering people everywhere to...
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Jennifer Brown Teachers Make a Difference - My Aunt Deb!
Jennifer Brown (she/her) is a globally recognized DEI thought leader, highly sought after speaker, award-winning entrepreneur, and best-selling author. Jennifer envisions inclusive organizations where all of us can thrive. As someone who...
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Denisha Jones, Ph.D, J.D. - CRT and Our Schools
Denisha Jones is the Director, Art of Teaching Program at Sarah Lawrence College. She earned a BS in Early Childhood Education and Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership from the University of the District of Columbia; PhD. in Curriculum...
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Alicia Ostriker "The Light"
Alicia Ostriker was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1937. Ostriker received a BA from Brandeis University in 1959 and an MA and PhD in literature, in 1961 and 1964 respectively, from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.She is the author...
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Robert L. Dilenschneider - Nailing It: How History's Awesome Twentysomethings Got It Together
Robert L. Dilenschneider formed The Dilenschneider Group in October 1991. Prior to forming his own firm, Mr. Dilenschneider served as president and chief executive officer of Hill and Knowlton, Inc. from 1986 to 1991. He has counseled...
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Van Hartmann - Teachers Make a Difference - Thomas Stumpf
Van Hartmann teaches English at Manhattanville College. He received an undergraduate degree in history from Stanford University and a doctorate in English from UNC at Chapel Hill. His poetry has appeared in numerous journals. His first...
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Nancy Correa "ORCA""
Nancy Correa is a poet and visual artist. She graduated with a BFA with a minor in Design from Paier College. She is a Traditional Chinese herbalist focusing on nonhuman animals. She rescues nonhuman animal victims from stockyards,...
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Mariela Guadagnoli - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - Argentina
English subtitles are available. Please click on closed captions (cc).Mariela Guadagnoli is an Argentine professor and architect.She was a top fifty finalist for the one million dollar Global Teaching Prize. She is an architect by...