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Dr. Charlotte
Phoenix, Ph.D.
Provost (Acting)
Dr. Charlotte Phoenix, Senior Vice President and Provost
(Acting) holds the rank of Professor in the Education
Department. She has served as Director, Multicultural Diversity
and Staff Development, First Director of the Center for
Excellence in Learning and Teaching, Chair of the Education
Department, Co-Director of ARCES, and Associate Dean of Academic
Affairs. She earned her BA and MA in Elementary Education at
Howard University and Wayne State University,
respectively, and her Ph.D. in Early Childhood and Elementary
Education (Curriculum and Instruction/Pre-K – 8 Mathematics) at
New York University. She was Academic Coordinator and Co-Host
of two CBS Sunrise Semester telecourses produced by Medgar Evers
College: Mathematics for Everyday Living and Living and Working
with Your Different Child. She has authored several articles
and made numerous presentations across America, in Europe and in
West Africa.
Dr. Phyllis Curtis-Tweed, Ph.D.
Associate Provost (Acting)
Dr. Phyllis Curtis-Tweed graduated from Emory University
in 1993 with a Ph.D. in Education with a specialty in
Psychology. She then pursued postdoctoral training in
psychology in the highly selective Clinical Research
Training Program in Social Psychiatry at Harvard University.
While at Harvard, Dr. Curtis-Tweed also obtained a minority
investigator’s award from the National Institute of Health to
examine agency development in families in which parents
experience depression.
Dr.
Curtis-Tweed was an instructor in psychology at Harvard Medical
School for five years and taught at the Harvard Graduate School
of Education, Simmons College and in numerous grand rounds at
the Harvard affiliated Hospitals. She is a referee for the
Journal of Moral Education and an elected member of
the Executive Board of the Association for Moral Education. She
has published and presented at national and
international conferences on issues in psychology, education,
and particularly on the first year experience.
Dr.
Curtis-Tweed joined the faculty at Medgar Evers College of the
City University of New York in 2001 as an Associate Professor
(currently on leave) and Director of the Freshman Year Program.
Dr. Curtis-Tweed assisted in developing the Task Force and
providing leadership to the College’s work in Phase I of
the Foundations of Excellence Project and served as campus
liaison for Phase II of the Project. These efforts have
broadened the college’s understanding of, and commitment to,
programming to ensure student success beginning with their first
college year. They have brought Medgar Evers College national
recognition as a “College that Cares.” Dr. Curtis-Tweed is
currently the interim Associate Provost at Medgar Evers College.
Dr. Claudia Schrader, Ed.D.
Assistant Provost (Acting)
Dr. Claudia Schrader was appointed as the (Acting) Assistant
Provost for Assessment, Research, Institutional and Student
Success in December 2006. Dr. Schrader received her Bachelor of
Arts from Rutgers University; and the Master of Arts; Master of
Education; and Doctorate in Education from Teachers College,
Columbia University. Dr. Schrader has over 10 years of
experience working in Special Education and related fields as a
Developmental Specialist, Evaluator, Assessment and Clinical
Supervisor, Program Development consultant, and adjunct
Professor at Teacher College, Columbia University, Bankstreet
Graduate School of Education, State University of New York
College at Old Westbury, and the College of New Rochelle. She
is active in the field of Teacher Education and Special
Education presenting at local, national and international
conferences.
Dr. Schrader
joined the faculty of the Education Department in 2000 where she
is currently an Associate Professor (on leave). As a faculty
member in the Education Department, Dr. Schrader served most
recently as Interim Department Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson
(2001-2006) and Council for the Accreditation of Teacher
Education (NCATE) Coordinator (2003-2006). In her capacity as
the NCATE Coordinator, she spearheaded the Education
Department’s accreditation process. Dr. Schrader served as part
of the Middle States Accreditation Team and has been invited to
serve as an NCATE consultant.
Carren Strock
Carren Strock serves as Special Assistant to the Provost. She
has also been the focal point in the production of the new
2005-2008 college catalog. For fourteen years prior coming to
the Office of Academic Affairs in 2004, Ms Strock was an
integral part of Medgar Evers College's Worker Education Program
which catered to working adults and non-degree students,
offering college courses in more than 20 locations throughout
the city. In addition, Ms. Strock is a writer. Her articles and
photographs have appeared in numerous publications both in the
US and abroad and her groundbreaking book, Married Women Who
Love Women, is soon to go into its second edition. |
