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Education Degrees

Shape the minds of the next generation and enhance their knowledge and understanding of everything from history to math, science, and English. With an education degree from Curry College, graduates are fully equipped to leave our classrooms and lead their own public school or community setting.

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Pathways to Public School Education

Students pursuing a path to teaching in a public school setting can choose from the following majors. These programs prepare students to work with children and their families in public school setting and require completion of the Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL).

Early Childhood Education Major Elementary Education Major Special Education (Moderate Disabilities) Major Special Education - Applied Behavior Analysis Track

Pathway in Community Education

The Community Education major prepares students to work with children and their families in a variety of community based educational settings and require completion of the Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL).

Community Education Major

Education Minors and Concentrations

Education (M) Early Intervention (M/C) Mathematics Education Minor Science Education (M) Special Education (M) Sports and Youth Recreation Programming (M/C) STEM Education (M) Youth Advocacy (M/C)

Applied Behavior Analysis

Curry College offers a track within the Special Education major in Applied Behavior Analysis, leading to a national credential as a Registered Behavior Technician (RBT).  In a formal partnership with Boston Public Schools, this track prepares Curry students as Special Education Paraprofessionals, who teach and support both an academic and life skills curriculum all in the context of facilitating the development of behavioral and emotional skills.

Applied Behavior Analysis Track

5th Year Master of Education

This Dual-Degree Program for future public school educators features the opportunity to earn an appropriate bachelor's degree in Education and a Master of Education degree in five years, plus two teaching credentials.

5th Year M.Ed. Master of Education Program

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Melissa Weinstein

Melissa Aiudi

Assistant Professor, Health Education

Department
Health and Wellness

Phone
(617) 333-2906

Email
mweinstein@curry.edu

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Dorothy Alexander

Dorothy Alexander

Professor

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2135

Email
dalexand@curry.edu

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Amy Leshinsky

Amy Leshinsky

Assistant Professor, Education

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2244

Email
amy.leshinsky@curry.edu

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Dr. Kathy McDonough

Kathleen McDonough

Associate Professor

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2221

Email
kathleen.mcdonough@curry.edu

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Jacquelyn Murphy

Jacquelyn Murphy

Assistant Professor

Department
Health and Wellness

Phone
(617) 333-2150

Email
jacquelyn.murphy@curry.edu

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Joanne Ruane Seltzer

Joanne Ruane Seltzer

Professor

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2904

Email
jseltzer0606@curry.edu

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Colby Zongol

Colby Zongol

Assistant Professor, Public Health & Wellness

Department
Health and Wellness

Phone
(617) 333-2283

Email
colby.zongol@curry.edu

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Jaclyn Abrams

Jaclyn Abrams

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
jaclyn.abrams@curry.edu

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Kathleen Bakis

Kathleen Bakis

Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
kathleen.bakis@curry.edu

Lynn Beal

Lynn Beal

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
lynn.beal@curry.edu

Katherine Begin

Katherine Begin

Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
katherine.begin@curry.edu

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Kimberly Bennett

Kimberly Bennett

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
kimberly.bennett@curry.edu

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Merle Berman

Merle Berman

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
merle.berman@curry.edu

Elizabeth Bohn

Elizabeth Bohn

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
elizabeth.bohn@curry.edu

Kacey Higdon

Kacey Bounds

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
kacey.bounds@curry.edu

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Mary Ann Bryan

Mary Ann Bryan

Senior Lecturer, Education

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2364

Email
mbryan0713@curry.edu

Sandra Clancy-Snow

Sandra Clancy-Snow

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
sandra.clancysnow@curry.edu

Carolyn Cragin

Carolyn Cragin

Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
ccragin0714@curry.edu

Melanie Curtin

Melanie Curtin

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
melanie.curtin@curry.edu

Jennifer Curtis-Whipple

Jennifer Curtis-Whipple

Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2364

Email
jcurtisw0713@curry.edu

Sheila Fisher

Sheila Fisher

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
sheila.fisher@curry.edu

Elizabeth Fitzgerald

Elizabeth Fitzgerald

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
elizabeth.fitzgerald@curry.edu

Layne Flynn

Layne Flynn

Associate Lecturer

Department
Health and Wellness

Phone

Email
layne.flynn@curry.edu

Patrick Fraine

Patrick Fraine

Senior Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
pfraine1209@curry.edu

Rose Frank

Rose Frank

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
rose.frank@curry.edu

Patricia Fry

Patricia Fry

Associate Lecturer, Graduate Level

Department
Education, Master of

Phone
(617) 333-2177

Email
patricia.fry@curry.edu

Linda Gigliotti

Linda Gigliotti

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
linda.gigliotti@curry.edu

Frank Gigliotti

Frank Gigliotti

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2125

Email
frank.gigliotti@curry.edu

Thomas Gorsuch

Thomas Gorsuch

Senior Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2243

Email
tgorsuch@curry.edu

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Pamela Gould

Pamela Gould

Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
pgould0214@curry.edu

Cheryl Govoni

Cheryl Govoni

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2196

Email
cheryl.govoni@curry.edu

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Dorothy Greene

Dorothy Greene

Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
dgreene0213@curry.edu

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Blake Grider

Blake Grider

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
blake.grider@curry.edu

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Hope Hanscom

Hope Hanscom

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
hope.hanscom@curry.edu

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Christopher Hickman

Christopher Hickman

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2125

Email
chickman0614@curry.edu

Patrick Jackman

Patrick Jackman

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2341

Email
patrick.jackman@curry.edu

Michael Kascak

Michael Kascak

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
michael.kascak@curry.edu

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Donna Kilday

Donna Kilday

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
donna.kilday@curry.edu

Thomas Kilduff

Thomas Kilduff

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2243

Email
tkilduff0910@curry.edu

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Theresa Kirk

Theresa Kirk

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
theresa.kirk@curry.edu

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Mia Klinger

Mia Klinger

Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
mklinger@curry.edu

Kristina Kozak

Kristina Kozak

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
kristina.kozak@curry.edu

Natalie Lacroix-White

Natalie Lacroix-White

Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2143

Email
nlacroix0209@students.curry.edu

Patricia Lally

Patricia Lally

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
patricia.lally@curry.edu

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Lauretta Lewis-Medley

Lauretta Lewis-Medley

Associate Lecturer, Education

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
lauretta.lewismedley@curry.edu

Jennifer Marchesiani

Jennifer Marchesiani

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education, Master of

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
jennifer.marchesiani@curry.edu

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Patricia McGaffigan

Patricia McGaffigan

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2196

Email
patricia.mcgaffigan@curry.edu

Margaret McKay

Margaret McKay

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2125

Email
mmckay@curry.edu

Elaine McNeil-Girmai

Elaine McNeil-Girmai

Associate Lecturer-Graduate Level

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2345

Email
elaine.mcneilgirmai@curry.edu

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Karen Monahan

Karen Monahan

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
kmonahan2002@curry.edu

Felicia Moschella

Felicia Moschella

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
felicia.moschella@curry.edu

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Diane Murphy

Diane Murphy

Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
dmurphy0114@curry.edu

Erin Nosek

Erin Nosek

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education, Master of

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
erin.nosek@curry.edu

Patricia Oakley

Patricia Oakley

Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
patricia.oakley@curry.edu

Taylor O'Brien

Taylor O'Brien

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education, Master of

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
taylor.obrien@curry.edu

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Theresa O'Neill

Theresa O'Neill

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
theresa.oneill@curry.edu

Ann Papagiotas

Ann Papagiotas

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
ann.papagiotas@curry.edu

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Nancy Pelletier

Nancy Pelletier

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
nancy.pelletier@curry.edu

Mary-Kate Peters

Mary-Kate Peters

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone

Email
marykate.peters@curry.edu

Carline Pignato

Carline Pignato

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
carline.pignato@curry.edu

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Armand Pires

Armand Pires

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
armand.pires@curry.edu

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Jennifer Powers

Jennifer Powers

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education, Master of

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
jennifer.powers@curry.edu

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Marisa Qualter

Marisa Qualter

Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
marisa.qualter@curry.edu

Anjana Ranjit

Anjana Ranjit

Associate Lecturer

Department
Health and Wellness

Phone

Email
anjana.ranjit@curry.edu

John Retchless

John Retchless

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
john.retchless@curry.edu

Miaki Rietz

Miaki Rietz

Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
mrietz@curry.edu

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Alison Riordan

Alison Riordan

Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
alison.riordan@curry.edu

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James Robbins

James Robbins

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
james.robbins@curry.edu

Philip Rodino

Philip Rodino

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
philip.rodino@curry.edu

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Donna Rousseau

Donna Rousseau

Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
droussea0111@curry.edu

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Peter Schafer

Peter Schafer

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
peter.schafer@curry.edu

Leslie Scollins

Leslie Scollins

Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
leslie.scollins@curry.edu

Jill Shea-Pohl

Jill Shea-Pohl

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
jill.sheapohl@curry.edu

Jean Silva

Jean Silva

Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
jsilva0212@curry.edu

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Erica Spiegel

Erica Spiegel

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone

Email
erica.spiegel@curry.edu

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Gina Stefanini

Gina Stefanini

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2196

Email
gina.stefanini@curry.edu

Annabel Stoler

Annabel Stoler

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone

Email
annabel.stoler@curry.edu

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Kiersten Sullivan

Kiersten Sullivan

Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
kiersten.sullivan@curry.edu

Cindy Sypher-Lopez

Cindy Sypher-Lopez

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
cindy.sypherlopez@curry.edu

Nancy Takis Conway

Nancy Takis Conway

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
nancy.takisconway@curry.edu

Lisa White

Lisa White

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
lisa.white@curry.edu

Laura Williams

Laura Williams

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
laura.williams@curry.edu

Mary Woods

Mary Woods

Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
mwoods0509@curry.edu

Sydney Zadworny

Sydney Zadworny

Associate Lecturer

Department
Education

Phone
(617) 333-2128

Email
sydney.zadworny@curry.edu

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Highlights in Education

Curry professors pose in regalia at commencement

Celebrating Curry College Faculty Excellence in Scholarship and Service

 We’re proud to acknowledge the significant accomplishments of Curry College faculty whose scholarship, public engagement, and field expertise continue to inspire and elevate our academic prowess.
student raises arms as they cross the commencement stage

Curry College Class of 2025 Honored at 145th Commencement Ceremony

 On Sunday, May 18, President Jay Gonzalez conferred over 400 degrees during the 145th Curry College Commencement ceremony held at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, Mass.
Graphic Design students pose in front of projects

Students Showcase Research, Creativity, and Passion at Annual Academic Forum

 Over 70 students proudly presented their scholarly achievements and creative projects at the annual Academic Forum held in Katz Gymnasium. The Academic Forum highlights a diverse array of student-led projects, ranging from scientific research and graphic design to studies in the media. Under the guidance of faculty mentors, students presented their work through posters, presentations, and digital displays.
Melanie Bohane Poses on Orange Staircase

Teaching for Change: Melanie Bohane’s Commitment to Empowering Students with Special Needs

 Throughout her childhood, Melanie Bohane '19, M.Ed. '20 struggled to find the motivation needed to complete her academic tasks. It wasn’t until two of her high school teachers saw her potential beyond her grades, that she began to feel empowered in her education. In those moments, Melanie was inspired her to pursue a career in teaching, with the goal of providing others with the same kind of guidance and understanding.
Faculty group photo in regalia

Fall 2024 Faculty Accomplishments

 Curry faculty are continuously recognized in their craft, showcasing their hard work, dedication, and commitment to scholarly growth. Through their publications, awards, and/or presentations, we celebrate the many achievements of our faculty who work tirelessly to shape our students in the classroom while also advancing knowledge in their fields.
Curry Education Student Mentors Fifth Grader During STEAM Day

STEAM Event Welcomes Fifth Graders from Stoughton Public Schools for a Fun Day of Learning and Activities

 The Natural Sciences and Mathematics Department recently joined the Education Department with help from Visual & Performing Arts to host 55 fifth-grade students from Stoughton Public Schools for a day of learning, games, and STEAM activities.
Emma Burke Coaches Softball

Unique Academic Pathways Expand Career Options for Curry Students

 Curry College has recently launched a variety of relevant new minors and concentrations, enhancing students' skill sets and showcasing depth and versatility to potential employers. These unique additions not only broaden students’ knowledge in their respective fields, but also allow them to tailor their education to align with specific career goals and emerging industry trends.
Jay Gonzalez at the Podium during his Inauguration

Curry College to be First in Massachusetts to Offer Job Guarantee

 President Jay Gonzalez announced at his Inauguration this afternoon that Curry College will be the first college in Massachusetts to offer a job guarantee program, called The Curry Commitment, beginning with the current freshmen Class of 2027.
Olivia Smolster '24

Curry Education Program Offers Many Career Pathways

 With various pathways, concentrations, minors, and tracks, our Education students and alumni are fully equipped to shape the minds of the next generation.
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Start with a foundation in the liberal arts. Add attentive faculty and countless opportunities to learn by doing. That’s what you’ll get with a bachelor’s degree from Curry. Learn what’s waiting for you today.

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