New faculty and staff appointments, June 2015 • Jeff Boyd, Middle School, language arts/science – Boyd is a graduate of Brown University and earned an Ed.M. from Harvard Graduate School of Education. He has taught and coached at Greenhill School in Addison, Texas. • Teresa Evans, administrative assistant to Upper School director – Evans earned an associate’s degree from Central Virginia Community College. She has been executive assistant to the director of athletics at N.C. State University. • Fabrice Fortin, Middle School, math – Fortin graduated from The College of Staten Island (CUNY) with a B.S. in physics and a B.S. in math. He has taught at The Rudolf Steiner School in New York City. • Lauren Garrett, Upper School, English – Garrett is a graduate of Millsaps College and earned an M.A. and Ph.D. from UNC-Chapel Hill. She has been a teaching fellow in the department of English and comparative literature at UNC-Chapel Hill. • Christian Hairston-Randleman, Preschool, director/teacher – HairstonRandleman earned B.A., M.Ed. and M.S.A. degrees from UNC-Chapel Hill and an Ed.S. from Liberty University. She has served as principal of Durham’s Club Boulevard School and schools in Alamance and Orange Counties. • Ashley Hinton, Lower School, second grade – Hinton is a cum laude graduate of N.C. State University and graduated summa cum laude with an M.A.T. from American University. She taught at North Star Academy in Newark, New Jersey, where she also was dean of curriculum and instruction. • Gretchen Houghton, Lower School, science teaching assistant – Houghton earned a B.F.A. from St. Mary’s College and an M.S. in interior architecture from Pratt Institute. She has worked with Ward Design Group. • Chip Lupa, Lower School, fourth grade – Lupa earned a B.A. from Canisius College and an M.S.Ed. from State University of New York at Oswego. He was a substitute teacher at St. Thomas More Catholic School and taught fourth grade at Adams Elementary School in Cary.
• Melissa Mack, Middle School, science (interim) – Mack earned a B.S. from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana and an M.Ed. from Benedictine University. She has taught at Herget Middle School in Aurora, Illinois, and at the International School of Beijing in China. • Holly McKenna, Admissions Office, administrative assistant – McKenna is a graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania and earned a master’s degree in school counseling from Marymount University. She has been a teaching assistant at DA Lower School and The Hill Center. • Julie Morris, Middle School, math – Morris earned a B.S. from the University of Dayton. She has been a substitute math teacher at Durham Academy and has taught at Cary Academy and Seven Hills School in Cincinnati, Ohio. • Karen Richardson, Middle School, chorus – Richardson earned a Bachelor of Music from the University of Western Ontario and elementary and primary diplomas from Toronto Montessori Institute for Teacher Training. She has been a music specialist at Montessori Community School in Durham. • Isabel Ríos-Torres, Upper School, Spanish – Ríos-Torres earned a B.A. from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez and an M.A. from Duke University, where she is a Ph.D. candidate. She has taught in the Spanish language program at Duke. • Josh Ross, Upper School, math – Ross was a National Merit Scholar at Emory University, where he earned B.A. and M.A.T. degrees. He has taught at The Weber School in Atlanta. • Kevin Schroedter, Upper School, French – Schroedter graduated from Duke University and earned an M.A. from Middlebury College. He has taught at Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, California. • Jazmin Garcia Smith, Upper School, associate director of college counseling – Smith graduated from the University of Notre Dame and earned a J.D. from DePaul University College of Law. She has served as senior assistant director of undergraduate admissions at UNC-Chapel Hill. DURHAM ACADEMY
• Bonnie Wang, Upper School, Chinese – Wang earned undergraduate degrees from Portland State University and Northeast Normal University in Changchun, China, and holds an M.A. degree from UNCChapel Hill. She has taught Chinese at UNCChapel Hill. • Amanda Zhu, Middle School, Chinese – Zhu earned a B.A. from Southeast University in Nanjing, China, and an M.A.T. from Duke University. She has taught at New Oriental English Summer School in Zengzhou, China, and has been a teaching assistant at Southeast University.
DEPARTING FACULTY AND STAFF, JUNE 2015
• Anna Bland Costello – Admissions Office, administrative assistant • Stephanie Derfeuil – Upper School, French • Dot Doyle – Upper School, math • Jim Ebert – Upper School, math • Elizabeth Everett – Upper School, college counseling • Abby Finkel – Middle and Upper School, Chinese • Susie Hoercher – Middle School, math • Pat Isbell – Upper School, administrative assistant • Anna Karol – Lower School, fourth grade • Jim McGivney – Middle School, math • Anna Mesen – Lower School, second grade • Lorena Ochoa – Upper School, Spanish • Deb Shadduck – Preschool, teaching assistant • Robert Sheard – Middle School, language arts • Taylor Smith – Upper School, Chinese and English • Cindy Sundy – Lower School, teaching assistant • Jill Stafford – Preschool, teaching assistant and drama • Tanya Tanhehco – Preschool, teaching assistant • Melody Zentner – Middle School, choral music |
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