Trish
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| Occupation | Educational Consultant |
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| Location | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Introduction | Dr. Tricia Gallagher-Geurtsen received her doctoral degree in Curriculum and Teaching from Columbia University’s Teachers College. She holds a Masters in Curriculum and Teaching from Columbia University and Bachelors in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego. Tricia was a bilingual public elementary school teacher and a migrant education teacher in California. Tricia has supervised and mentored student teachers in California, New York, and Utah. As a teacher educator, Tricia has taught both preservice and inservice teachers methods and theory for teaching social studies, reading, science, integrated curriculum, English as a Second Language, and multicultural curriculum and teaching. She has presented locally and nationally to teachers and researchers about meeting the needs of all students in schools. She is the recipient of the 2003 AERA Outstanding Dissertation Award for Curriculum Studies and the 2003-2004 Mortar Board National Senior Honor Society Top Professor Award at Utah State University. Tricia carries out research and publishes about teacher education. Tricia is passionate about making curriculum engaging and accessible to all students in schools. |
| Interests | Professional: social studies and history education, educational equity, teacher education, post-colonial theory in education Personal: spending time with family outdoors, running, hiking, cooking, socializing with friends, reading etc. |
| Favorite Books | Too many to name. |