Transitions to Teaching Team
Helen L. Johnson, Director
Helen Johnson is a Professor of Educational Psychology in the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education at Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center, and Director of Cross-Campus Learning Communities at Queens College. Helen served as Chair of Elementary and Early Childhood Education and as Director of The Family Literacy Project. She teaches courses on family contexts of language and literacy, instructional issues for diverse populations, and research methods.
Michelle Fraboni, Co-Director
Michelle Fraboni is Director of the Center for Teaching & Learning at Queens College, providing opportunities for QC faculty to enhance the quality of their teaching. She is also a full time lecturer teaching Digital Literacy in the Department of Elementary & Early Childhood Education (EECE. As a faculty member in EECE, Michelle has taught and advised undergraduate and graduate students for many years.
Line Augustin Saint-Hilaire , Advisement Coordinator
Line Saint Hilaire Augustin is an Assistant Professor of Science Education in the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education at Queens College, CUNY. As the Coordinator of the Undergraduate Elementary Education Program, Line interacts with students on a regular basis through email and in one-to-one meetings.
Karen Steuerwalt, Faculty Advisor
Gabriela E. Ayala, Project Manager
Ashley R. Davis, Project Coordinator
Ashley Renaire Davis is an educational psychology doctoral student at City University of New York’s (CUNY) Graduate Center. Ashley’s research focuses on the teaching and learning of mathematics from early childhood through postsecondary education, with special focus on the factors that reproduce inequity in the teaching and learning of mathematics in elementary schools. Ashley is an adjunct professor in the Elementary and Early Childhood Education Department at Queens College and has worked as a math consultant supporting Pre-K through fifth grade teachers in implementation of developmentally appropriate mathematical content. Ashley previously worked as Jumpstart @ QC’s workshop leader.