Mills Teacher Scholars

Anna Richert, Executive Director anna@mills.edu
BS Skidmore College, Education; MA Syracuse University, Education; MA Stanford University, Sociology; PhD, Stanford University, Curriculum and Teacher Education
Anna Richert’s teaching and research interests center on the preparation of and on-going support for teachers in urban schools.  Seeing inquiry as both a stance towards practice and a methodology for teaching and teacher learning, she has developed strategies for teacher education and support about which she has written extensively.  Her recent chapter coauthored with Claire Bove is entitled “Inquiry for equity:  Supporting teacher research” is coming out this fall in the Handbook of Reflective Inquiry.   Her work as a Teacher Education Scholar with the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching is documented by her Web page Learning about Adolescents from Teachers who Teach Them Well and her article, “Inquiring about practice:  Using web based materials in teacher education,” published in Teaching Education.  For her recent Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio fellowship she began a book project tentatively titled, What Should I do?  Managing the Dilemmas of Teaching in Urban Schools, which is the focus of her current work. She is a member of the Board of the National Equity Project and a past member of the Board of the National Coalition of Essential Schools.

Carrie Wilson carriekate@sbcglobal.net
BA Emory University, English; MA Mills College, Education
Program Director Carrie Wilson is a former Mills supervisor and cooperating teacher. She taught in Bay Area urban public schools for 7 years, with a focus on literacy and second language acquisition and has participated in the Mills Teacher Scholars Group. Her masters research focused on supporting an inquiry stance in post-observation conversations with novice teachers. Carrie coordinates the School-site Scholars, the development and outreach efforts for the Mills Teacher Scholars, and oversees the program work. She has been a district mentor, and a cooperating teacher. She is a Carnegie Scholar and for the last three years has been working with teachers in the

Claire Bove cgbove@gmail.com
BS UC Berkeley, Molecular and Cell Biology; MA UC Berkeley, Education in Math, Science, and Technology
Associate Director Claire Bove taught science at Bancroft Middle School in San Leandro for 9 years. She has been a district mentor, and a cooperating teacher. She is a Carnegie Scholar and for the last three years has been working with teachers in the East Bay as coordinator of the Mills Scholars group. Her research focuses on the relationship between classroom-based inquiry and collaboration. She has been a district mentor, and a cooperating teacher. She is a Carnegie Scholar and for the last three years has been working with teachers in the

Tomás Galguera tomasgs@mills.edu
BS CSU Hayward, Biology; PhD Stanford University, Language Literacy and Culture
Consultant Tomás Galguera is a Professor of Education at Mills and head of the secondary humanities group of the Teachers for Tomorrow’s Schools Program.  Currently a Carnegie Teacher Education Scholar, Tomás began his career as a bilingual elementary school teacher in Oakland.  His research focuses on preparing teachers to teach second language learners and the pedagogy of teacher education. He brings his keen interest in technology to provide technical support to all aspects of the Scholars’ work. She has been a district mentor, and a cooperating teacher. She is a Carnegie Scholar and for the last three years has been working with teachers in the

Aija Simmons aijeron@aol.com
BA UC Berkeley, Sociology; MA Mills College, Education
Program Associate and New Highland Academy School-site teacher leader, Aija Simmons, is a graduate of the Mills TTS and MEET programs. Aija provides support to build our  partnership with New Highland Academy in east Oakland where she has been teaching for five years. Aija also contributes to the Teacher Scholars Leaders Network, which brings together teacher leaders from across school sites that are engaged in Mills Teacher Scholars inquiry. Aija was supported by Mills Teacher Scholars as a novice teacher and currently participates in the New Highland School-site Scholars. Through the Scholars Publishing Program Aija created a website showcasing her inquiry work with the Scholars Group. Aija also leads workshops that are informed by her inquiry work for the Bay Area Writing Project.

Daniela Mantilladleamer@prodigy.net
BA Swarthmore, Psychology; MA Mills College, Education
Program Associate Daniela Mantilla is a former Mills supervisor and cooperating teacher. She is currently the Title I Coach at Washington Elementary in San Leandro Unified and has worked as a bilingual elementary school teacher in the district for many years. Daniela participated in the Mills Teacher Scholars Group and her current work with MTS supports the School-site Scholars work at Rosa Parks Elementary in Berkeley Unified.

Pernian M. Faheem pfaheem@mills.edu
Mills College, Economics & Asian Studies; Wellesley College Exchange Student, Economics
Communications Assistant Pernian Faheem is a senior at Mills and a recent addition to the Mills Teacher Scholars team. She assists with content development for monthly newsletters and innovating news methods for the program’s outreach. She is part of many campus organizations such as Senior Class Council, Mills South Asian Student’s Initiative and the Muslim Students Association. Originally from Pakistan, Pernian came to Mills to pursue a liberal arts education and found her passion in the field of Economics. For her senior year thesis, she is looking at the energy sector in Pakistan and its differential economic impact on female laborers in the country.