Faculty and Staff
Heather Curl. M.S.Ed
Heather Curl, currently an Ed.D. candidate at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, will lead the year-long senior capstone experience for students completing teacher certification: Education 301 (Curriculum and Pedagogy) and Education 302 (Practice Teaching Seminar) at Bryn Mawr. In addition, she is one of the instructors for the introductory course, Education 200 (Critical Issues in Education) for both the fall and spring semesters. Heather has taught English and social studies in a number of K-12 educational institutions. While at the University of Pennsylvania, she served as a mentor for first year Teach for America teachers for two years, and currently acts as the alumni coordinator and research assistant to an Executive Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership. In addition, she has prepared Bryn Mawr and Haverford students interested in pursuing careers in education to teach in a non-profit summer program for high school students from Philadelphia.
Her primary research interests include the intersection between social class stratification and education, upward mobility, whiteness studies and critical race theory. She is also interested in youth culture, particularly when it is used as a curricular tool for student engagement, and has travelled abroad in Africa, Latin America and Haiti to pursue her interests in education as international development.
Heather holds a M.S.Ed in Teaching, Learning and Curriculum from The University of Pennsylvania, and a B.A. in History along with Pennsylvania Teacher Certification in English and Social Studies from Haverford College. She has recently completed her coursework and is currently completing comprehensive exams toward her Ed.D at the University of Pennsylvania.
