Professional and Graduate Education
Tiffany Espinosa, Executive Director
Carolyn Rogers-Harris, Program Coordinator
Amy Asadoorian,Assistant Director of Communication, Outreach, and Admission
Merrill House
413-538-3478
https://www.mtholyoke.edu/professional-graduate
Overview and Contact Information
Professional and Graduate Education (PaGE) at Mount Holyoke College offers engaged learning communities and high-quality academic programs for adult learners. PaGE offerings include a portfolio of Master's degree programs, teacher licensure programs, institutes for educators, and professional development programming. All courses, workshops, seminars and institutes offered through Mount Holyoke's Professional and Graduate Education (PaGE) programs are gender-inclusive.
PaGE Program Offerings
Graduate Programs
PaGE offers three graduate degrees with a mix of on-campus, online and hybrid courses:
- Master of Arts in Teaching, Teacher Leadership
- A 32-to-34 credit two-year program
- With customized options for areas of focus such as independent schools, advocacy and policy, research, differentiated learning, global and intercultural education, or entrepreneurship in education.
- Master of Arts in Teaching, Mathematics
- A 36-credit two-year program
- Master of Arts in Teaching
- A program that can be completed in a one- or two-year format
- With Initial Teacher Licensure in areas including:
- Biology (8-12)
- Chemistry (8-12)
- Dance (All)
- Early Childhood (PreK-2)
- Earth and Space Science (8-12)
- Elementary (1-6)
- English (5-12)
- English as a Second Language (ESL)/English Language Learners (ELL) (PreK-6; 5-12)
- Foreign Language (5-12)
- General Science (5-8)
- History (5-12)
- Mathematics (5-8; 8-12)
- Middle school: Humanities (5-8)
- Middle school: Mathematics/Science (5-8)
- Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General (All)
- Physics (8-12)
- Social Science (5-12)
- Teacher of Students with Moderate Disabilities (PreK-8; 5-12)
- Theater (All)
- Visual Arts (PreK-8; 5-12)
Professional Development: Graduate Institutes and Non-degree Courses
In addition to the degree programs, there is a range of other opportunities to learn through our graduate-level institutes and customized on-site professional development offered through our initial teacher licensure, teacher leadership and mathematics teaching programs:
- Additional Teacher Licensure
- English as second language/English language learners (PreK-6, 5-12)
- Special education/moderate disabilities (PreK-8, 5-12)
- New level/subject area
- Mathematics Leadership Programs
- Teacher Leadership Programs
Professional and Graduate Education is administered by:
Tiffany Espinosa, Executive Director
Marria Carrington, Director, Mathematics Programs
Jemelleh Nurse Coes, Director, Teacher Leadership Programs
Naomi Dupre-Edelman, Assistant Director, Mathematics Programs
Ruth Hornsby, Associate Director, Teacher Licensure Programs
Corrine Miller, Assistant Director
Justin Minkel, Assistant Director, Teacher Leadership Programs
Roberto Mugnani, Program Director, New Program Development
Catherine Swift, Director, Teacher Licensure Programs
Faculty, professors of practice, and teacher-leaders-in-residence teaching in Professional and Graduate Education programs:
Kathryn Accurso, M.A., University of Missouri
Sarah Banning, M.A.T., Mount Holyoke College
Gwendolyn Bass, Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst
Virginia Bastable, Ed.D., University of Massachusetts
Sarah Bent, M.A.T., Mount Holyoke College
Beth Brady, M.A.T., Mount Holyoke College
Heather Brown, M.A., University of Arizona
Sarah Brown Wessling, M.A., Iowa State University
Kelly Carriere, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst
Erin Casioppo, M.Ed., Smith College
Zachary Champagne, M.A., University of North Florida
Yi Law Chan, M.Ed., Bank Street College of Education
Amy Chang, M.Ed., University of Massachusetts Amherst
Stephanie Charbonnet, M.A.T., Mount Holyoke College
Carmelo Chiello, M.A.T., Florida Atlantic University
Jemelleh Coes, Ph.D., University of Georgia
Amia Dixon, Ed.D., University of South Carolina
Jed Dearybury, M.A.T, Converse College
Kim Evelti, Ed.M., Harvard Graduate School of Education
Heidi Fessenden, Ed.M. Harvard University
Indyasia Fowler, M.Ed., University of Georgia
Michael Flynn, M.Ed., Lesley University
Andrew Gael, M.S., Brooklyn College
Marta Garcia, M.A., Florida Atlantic University
Nancy Gardner, M.A., Florida State University
Lauren Giordano, M.A.T., Mount Holyoke College
Holly Graham, Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst
James Hanson, M.A.T., Mount Holyoke College
Karen Harrington, M.Ed., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Shauna Hedgepeth, M.S., University of Southern Mississippi
John Holland, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University
Ruth Hornsby, M.A.T., Mount Holyoke College
Katisha John
Mary Keller, M.A.T., Mount Holyoke College
Patricia Kepler, M.Ed., George Mason University
Elise Kuypers, M.A.T., Mount Holyoke College
Lauren Lamb, M.A.T Mount Holyoke College
Alicia Lopez, M.Ed., University of Massachusetts Amherst
Meagan Magrath-Smith, M.A.T., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Lisanne Manzi, M.Ed., Lesley University
Daniele Massey, Ed.D., Walden University
Bryan Meyer, M.Ed., High Tech High Graduate School of Education
Pam Mulcahy, M. Ed., University of New Hampshire
Lyndsey Nunes, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Allegra Osborne, M.A., University of Phoenix
Deborah Peart, M.A., Manhattanville College
Shelby Regner, M.A.T., Mount Holyoke College
Jacob Rivers, M.A.T., Mount Holyoke College
Deborah Schifter, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
Eric Schildge, M.A.T., Mount Holyoke College
Karen Schweitzer, M.A.T., Mount Holyoke College
Meredith Stanley, M.A.T., Mount Holyoke College
Tammy Sullivan-Daley, M.Ed., University of Massachusetts Amherst
Anne Sussman, M.A.T., Smith College
Catherine Swift, M.Ed., Smith College
Janice Szymaszek, M.Ed., Smith College
Kaneka Turner, M.A.T., Mount Holyoke College; M.Ed., University of Phoenix
Elizabeth Van Cleef, M.S., Bank Street College of Education
Polly Wagner, M.Ed., Lesley College
Diana Yousfi, M.Ed., Boston University
Ann Zito, M.A.T., Mount Holyoke College