Certificate alumni – Class of 2012
Felicia Arriaga, sociology major, cultural anthropology minor
Honors Thesis: Paternal Employment, Family Functioning and Young Child Well-Being: A daily diary study of Mexican immigrant families – Gender differences in time use
Mentor: Anna Gassman-Pines, assistant professor of public policy
Aug 2012 – present: Ph.D. candidate, sociology department, Duke University
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Michelle Barbera, psychology major, education minor, student rep to certificate program
Honors Thesis: A Comparison of Storybooks and Textbooks: Effect on learning and suggestibility in early elementary school children
Mentor: Elizabeth Marsh, associate professor of psychology and neuroscience
Current educational pursuit (2012): pursuing master’s in education at Northwestern University while teaching as part of the Inner-City Teaching Corps in Chicago, IL
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Emily Eshman, public policy major
Independent Study: Best Practices for Easing the Transition from Elementary to Middle School in Durham Public Schools (School Research Partnership)
Mentor: Ben Goodman, research scientist, Center for Child and Family Policy
June 2012 – June 2013: Capital Teaching Resident, KIPP DC, Washington, DC
Aug 2013 – Sept 2014: 1st grade lead teacher, KIPP DC, Washington, DC
Sept 2014 – June 2015: Math Resource Teacher, KIPP DC, Washington, DC
July 2015 – present: 1st grade teacher, KIPP Excelencia Community Prep, Redwood City, CA
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Ivy Prince, public policy major
Independent Study: Recommendation for a Family Academy that Increases Academic Achievement in Durham Public Schools (School Research Partnership)
Mentor: Ann Skinner, research project manager, Center for Child and Family Policy
Aug 2012 – July 2015: Business Advisory Consultant, Ernst & Young, New York, NY
July 2015 – present: Global Alumni Relations Supervising Associate, Ernst & Young, New York, NY