Promising Practices

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Co-Chairs
Past Promising Practices Keynote Speakers
Outstanding Educator Award Recipients

Co-Chairs

Year	Name	Department
2007/2008	Bigler, Ellen	Education/Anthropology
	Lesley Bogad	Educational Studies
2006/2007	Mendy, Peter	History
	Poole, Willis	Educational Studies
2005/2006	Mendy, Peter	History
	Sciulli, Joe	Elementary Education
2004/2005	Min, Eung-Jun	Communications
	Ozcan, Mustafa	Educational Studies
2003/2004	Bogad, Lesley	Educational Studies
	Singh, Amritjit	English/AFAM
2002/2003	Shelton, Carol	Nursing
	Thomas, David	History
2001/2002	Howkins, Mary Ball	Art
	Fennessey, Sharon	Henry Barnard
2000/2001	Rowell, Elizabeth	Elementary Education
	Motte, Mark	Geography
1999/2000	Bigler, Ellen	Education/Anthropology
	Scott, Daniel	English/AFAM
1998/1999	Lobban, Richard	Anthropology
	Henshaw, Elizabeth	Elementary Education

Past Promising Practices Keynote Speakers

Year	Date	Speaker
2008	November 1	Peggy McIntosh
2007	November 3	Kathleen Cushman
2006	November 4	Laura Wood
2005	November 5	Lelia de Andrade
2004	November 6	Paula Rothenberg
2003	November 15	Dennis Littky
2002	November 2	Paul Hei Matsuda
2001	November 3	Ronald Thorpe
2000	November 4	Diana Lam
1999	November 6	Patricia Medeiros-Landurand
1998	November 7	Ewa Irena Pytowska

Outstanding Educator Award

In 2004 the Dialogue on Diversity Committee inaugurated this award to recognize outstanding Rhode Island educators.

Recipients

Year	Name	School	City
2007	Shawn Rubin	CVS Highlander Charter School	Providence
2006	Michael N. Browner, Jr.	Frank E. Thompson Middle School	Newport
2005	Nancy Diaz	Metropolitan Regional Career & Technical Center	Providence
2004	Kathleen Serverian-Wilmeth	Pleasant View Elementary School	Providence

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