Kirsten Cole

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Associate Professor
Teacher Education

EMAIL: kcole@bmcc.cuny.edu

Office: S-616

Office Hours: (email for current office hours)

Phone: (212) 220-1289

Kirsten Cole (she/her) is a teacher, researcher, and parent based in Brooklyn, NY. Her research interests include the study of teachers’ lives, the relationship between families and teachers, and anti-racist/anti-bias education. Cole has the pleasure to teach and learn from her students and colleagues as an Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education at BMCC.

Expertise

Early Childhood Education

Degrees

  • B.A. Wesleyan University, English, 1993
  • M.F.A. California College of the Arts, Textiles, 1999
  • Ph.D. CUNY – Graduate Center, Urban Education, 2013

Courses Taught

Research and Projects

Publications

Honors, Awards and Affiliations

Selected for BMCC’s 2023 Faculty Fellowship in Re-envisioning Scholarship

Selected for BMCC’s 2018 Faculty Leadership Fellows Program.

Selected for CUNY’s 2017 Faculty Fellowship Publication Program.

Additional Information

Interviewed in the NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/09/nyregion/nyc-schools-gifted-education.html

Interviewed on NY1: https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2021/10/11/this-brooklyn-school-is-already-phasing-out–gifted-and-talented–classes

Interviewed in New York Magazine: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/10/can-ending-gifted-and-talented-programs-desegregate-schools.html

Interviewed in USA Today: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/01/13/nyc-doe-racist-segregation-brooklyn-specialized-high-school-exam-gifted/2763549001/