Team Bios: Fraboni

Michelle Fraboni
Director of Pedagogy & Learning Collectives Faculty Advisor
Assistant Professor in Elementary and Early Childhood Education at QC

Dr. Michelle Fraboni was the Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning from 2015 – 2020, where she led efforts at Queens College to provide QC faculty opportunities to enhance the quality of their teaching. She is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Elementary & Early Childhood Education, where she teaches Digital Literacy. As a faculty member in EECE, Michelle has taught and advised undergraduate and graduate students for over twenty years. She has contributed to her department, the College, and CUNY in myriad ways, serving as webmaster, department tech-consultant and faculty developer, coordinator of the undergraduate program, and deputy chair in EECE. She has served on many QC and CUNY committees, including the Queens College Middle States Committee, the QC Technology Fee Committee, and CUNY’s Committee on Academic Technology. She is currently the Co-Director of Transitions to Teaching (https://ttt.qc.cuny.edu), a hybrid community (entirely online since Spring 2020), dedicated to creating a sense of belonging and community for students considering becoming elementary school teachers.

Michelle received a BA in Sociology/Criminal Justice and a BS in Elementary Education from the University

of Minnesota, an MSEd in Elementary Education from Queens College, and a doctorate from Columbia University Teachers College. Her research focuses on fostering preservice teachers’ professional identity through their engagement in face-to-face and online learning communities. Additional research interests include how teaching practices and faculty mindset influence students’ sense of belonging and identity as learners.

Contact her at: Michelle.Fraboni@qc.cuny.edu