List of Endorsers

If you are a Massachusetts professor or researcher willing to endorse the statement, please send an email to matestingstatement@gmail.com (note: you must copy and paste this gmail address into the “To” line of an email) with “I Will Sign On” in the subject line and your name and title as you would like them to appear on the statement in the body of the email.  Also, please send this information to colleagues at your college or at another college, in schools of education, or in other departments.

Note: Institutional affiliations are for identification of individuals only.  In no way do they indicate that the institutions themselves endorse the statement.

1. Jorgelina Abbate-Vaughn, UMass Boston
2. Lisa M. Aguiar, MSW, Adjunct Professor, Wheelock College
3. Louise M. Antony, Professor of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts Amherst
4. Nina Aronoff, Wheelock College
5. Polly F. Attwood, Ed.D., Assistant Academic Specialist/Department Advisor, Dept of Education – Northeastern University
6. Michael Ash, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Chair of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
7. Theresa Austin, Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
8. Laura Baker, Assistant Professor, Westfield State University
9. Deepankar Basu, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
10. Sam Baumgarten, Bridgewater State University
11. Alfredo Bautista, Post-Doctoral Associate, Tufts University, Department of Education
12. Linda V. Beardsley, M.Ed., Director of Teacher Education & School Partnerships, Senior Lecturer, Tufts University
13. Kristen Abbott Bennett, Lecturer, Graduate College of Education, English Department, University of Massachusetts Boston
14. Berta Rosa Berriz, Lesley University Arts in Learning Division
15. Dr. Katerine Bielaczyc, Director, Jacob Hiatt Center for Urban Education, Clark University
16. Linda Blum, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University
17. Maria José Botelho, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
18. George Branigan, Associate Professor of Education, Stonehill College
19. Gretchen Brion-Meisels, Instructor, Harvard Graduate School of Education
20. Linda Brion-Meisels, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Education, Lesley College
21. John Brown, Ed.D. Lecturer, Graduate School of Education, UMass/Lowell
22. Chris Buttimer, Instructor, Ed.D. candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Education
23. Nancy Carlsson-Paige, Lesley University
24. Courtney B. Cazden, Charles William Eliot Professor of Education Emerita, Harvard University
25. Theodore Chao, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education
26. Dan Clawson, Professor of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
27. Katherine Clunis D’Andrea, UMASS Boston
28. Steve Cohen, Education Department, Tufts University
29. Grace J. Craig, Professor Emerita, School of Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst
30. Barbara Cruikshank, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
31. John Dacey, Boston College
32. Vivian Dalila Carlo, Ed.D., Associate Professor, Lesley University Graduate School of Education
33. Kathleen S. Davis, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Science Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst
34. Thomas Del Prete, Ed.D., Director, Adam Institute for Urban Teaching and School Practice, Clark University
35. Eric DeMeulenaere, Ph.D., Clark University
36. Robin DiAngelo, Ph.D., Westfield State University
37. Dr. Mara Dodge, History Dept., Westfield State University
38. Holly Dolan, Associate Professor of Practice, Jacob Hiatt Center for Urban Education, Clark University
39. Sarah Dryden-Peterson, Assistant Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
40. Eleanor Duckworth, Harvard University
41. Liz Dawes Duraisingh, Ed.D., Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education
42. Marcia Edson, Clinical Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Education
43. Susan Edgerton, Ph.D., Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Education Department Chair, Honors Program Co-Director
44. Kim Eldred, Contract Faculty/Consultant in Cooperative Education, Northeastern University
45. Stephan Ellenwood, Associate Professor of Education, School of Education, Boston University
46. Brenda Engel, retired, Lesley University
47. Kevin Fahey, Salem State University
48. Heidi Fessenden, Second Grade teacher, Boston Public Schools, and Adjunct Instructor, Wheelock College, Lesley University
49. Lisa B. Fiore, Dean of Faculty & Assoc. Professor, Lesley University
50. Rona F. Flippo, Professor of Education, University of Massachusetts Boston
51. R. Clarke Fowler, Coordinator of Early Childhood Education, Salem State University
52. Ellie Friedland, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Early Childhood Education, Wheelock College
53. Gerald Friedman, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
54. Chris Gallagher, Northeastern University
55. Eugene D. Gallagher, Associate Professor, UMass Boston
56. Naomi Gerstel, Distinguished University Professor,  University of Massachusetts, Amherst
57. Panayota Gounari, Associate Professor, Dept. of Applied Linguistics, University of Massachusetts Boston
58. Brian Gravel, Ph.D., Director of Elementary Education, Tufts University
59. Peter Gray, Research Professor of Psychology, Boston College
60. Tina A. Grotzer, Associate Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education
61. Lisa Guisbond, FairTest
62. Ken Haar, Associate Professor, Associate Vice President for Government Relations, Westfield State University
63. Nick Haddad, Project Director, TERC
64. David Hammer, Professor, Tufts University
65. Walt Haney, Professor, Boston College; Senior Research Associate at Center for the Study of Testing Evaluation and Educational Policy
66. Priscilla Harmel, National Faculty, Lesley University
67. Pam Hawes, Director of Teacher Training Brookwood School, Lesley University
68. George E. Hein, Professor Emeritus, Lesley University
69. Jill Hendrickson Lohmeier, Ph.D., Asst. Professor, Graduate School of Education, University of Massachusetts Lowell
70. Mary Jo Hetzel, Ph.D., Springfield College
71. Vanessa Holford Diana, Westfield State University
72. Sven Holch, Adjunct Instructor, Lesley University; Social Studies Dept. Coordinator, Brookwood School
73. Jim Horn, Professor, Cambridge College
74. Nuria Jaumot-Pascual, Senior Research Associate, TERC
    
75. Joeritta Jones de Almeida,  Assistant Professor of Education, Wheelock College
76. Jonathan King, MIT
77. Sheila Kirschbaum, Doctoral Candidate (Ed.D.), University of Massachusetts Lowell; Director, Tsongas Industrial History Center
78. Susan Klimczak, Ed. D. Learn 2 Teach, Teach 2 Learn, South End Technology Center @ Tent City
79. Trudy Knowles, Ed. D., Westfield State University
80. Theodore Kokoros, Adjunct  Professor of Early Childhood Education, Bay State College and Fisher College
81. Louis Kruger, Northeastern University
82. Thomas Kühne, Strassler Professor of Holocaust History, Clark University
83. Alexis Ladd, Adjunct Instructor, Wheelock College
84. Dr. Mary Beth Lawton, Associate Professor, Early Childhood Education, Lesley University
85. C.N. Le, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
86. Sara Lennox, Professor Emerita, German and Scandinavian Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst
87. Mishy Lesser, Ed.D., Learning Director, Coexist
88. Marya R. Levenson, Professor of the Practice in Education, Brandeis University
89. Diane Levin, Wheelock College
90. Joseph Levine, Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
91. Jack Levy, Ph.D., Professor, Dept of Curriculum & Instruction, University of Massachusetts Boston
92. Aviva Liebert, Ph.D., Framingham State University
93. Flo Lucci, D.B.A., Professor of Management/Marketing, Quinsigamond Community College
94. Kristen Luschen, Associate Professor of Education Studies, Hampshire College
95. Steven Luz-Alterman, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, School Psychology Program, Tufts University
96. Michael MacDonald, Honors Faculty, Author-in-Residence, Northeastern University
97. George Madaus, Boisi Professor of Education and Public Policy Emeritus at Boston College
98. Barbara Madeloni, Senior Lecturer, University of Massachusetts Amherst
99. Emily Mann, MSSW, Ph.D., Human Services Program, Northeastern University
100. Ben Mardell, Program Director, Early Childhood Education, Lesley Graduate School of Education
101. Robin Marion, Westfield State University
102. Christopher Martell, Ed.D., Lecturer UMass Boston and Teacher, Framingham Public Schools
103. James E. McDermott, Ed. D., Assistant Professor, Jacob Hiatt Center for Urban Education, Clark University
104. Kirstin McEachern, Instructor, Ph.D. candidate, Boston College
105. David Mednicoff, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst
106. Swati Mehta, PhD Candidate, Instructor, Boston College
107. Deborah Meier, Coalition of Essential Schools, Fair Test, SOS, Former Principal of Mission Hill Boston Public School
108. Terry Meier, Associate professor of education, Wheelock College
109. Sarah Michaels, Professor of Education and Senior Research Scholar, Hiatt Center for Urban Education; Chair, Education Department and Director, Communication and Culture Program, Clark University
110. Edward Miller, Wellfleet, Mass.; teacher and writer; former editor, Harvard Education Letter
111. Joya Misra, Professor of Sociology & Public Policy, Editor, Gender & Society, University of Massachusetts Amherst
112. Paul Naso, Lesley University Graduate School of Education
113. Linda Nathan, Ex. Director, Center for Arts in Education, Boston Arts Academy, Founding Headmaster, Boston Arts Academy.
114. James Nehring, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education, UMass/Lowell
115. Monty Neill, Ed.D., FairTest
116. Mary Ni, Ed.D., Associate Professor, Literacy, Counseling and Learner Development, Salem State University
117. Chandra Orrill, STEM Education/Kaput Center for Research & Innovation in STEM Education, UMass Dartmouth
118. Floriz Wilma Ortiz, Westfield State University
119. Max Page, Professor, UMass Amherst
120. Robert Page, Ph.D., Framingham State University
121. Leigh Patel, Boston College
122. Robert Paynter, Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
123. Barbara Pedulla, Regis College
124. Joseph J. Pedulla, Associate Professor, Lynch School of Education and Senior Research Associate, The Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation and Educational Policy, Boston College
125. Lyda S. Peters, Professor of Education, Cambridge College
126. Erika Pilver, Westfield State University
127. Donna M. Qualters, Ph.D, Director, Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching; Associate Professor Public Health and Community Medicine; Adjunct Associate Professor Education, Tufts University
128. Sharon Rallis, Dwight W. Allen Distinguished Professor of Educational Policy and Reform, UMass Amherst
129. Isabel Raskin, Education Advocacy Clinic, Suffolk University Law School
130. Ryan Redmond, Education Department, Tufts University
131. Dr. Laurie Robertson-Lorant, Adjunct Professor, English Department, Bridgewater State University
132. Dean E. Robinson, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst
133. Eleanor Roffman, Professor, Lesley University
134. Dirck Roosevelt, Associate Professor of Education, Director, Master of Arts in Teaching Program, Brandeis University
135. Dr Joao Rosa, Associate Professor &  Chair, Dept. of Teaching & Learning, UMASS Dartmouth
136. Ricardo D. Rosa – University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth / Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
137. Ann S. Rosebery, Co-Director, Chèche Konnen Center, TERC, Cambridge, MA
138. Al Rudnitsky, Professor of Education & Child Study, Smith College
139. Charlotte Ryan, Associate Professor, Sociology Dept, University of Massachusetts – Lowell
140. Priscilla H. Sanville, Ph.D.,Associate Professor, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
141. Sigrid Schmalzer, Associate Professor, UMass Amherst
142. Ann Scott, Associate Professor, Education Department, Massachusetts,College of Liberal Arts
143. Jessica Scott, Ed.M., UMass Boston Adjunct 2010-2012, Boston University Adjunct 2012, current Ed.D. candidate (HGSE)
144. Erin Seaton, Ed.D., Department of Education, Tufts University
145. Steve Seidel, Harvard Graduate School of Education
146. Clement A. Seldin, Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts Amherst
147. Dennis Shirley, Professor, Boston College Lynch School of Education
148. William Shorr, Ed.D., Senior Lecturer, Emmanuel College
149. Jay Simmons, Professor, Language Arts and Literacy, Faculty Chair, Graduate School of Education, University of Massachusetts Lowell
150. Elizabeth Stassinos PhD, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Westfield State University
151. Marc W. Steinberg, Associate Professor, Smith College
152. Florence R. Sullivan, Associate Professor, UMass, Amherst
153. Joanne Szamreta, Lesley University
154. Peter Taylor, Critical & Creative Thinking & Science in a Changing World Programs, University of Massachusetts Boston
155. Terrence Tivnan, Human Development & Psychology, Harvard Graduate School of Education
156. Roger Tobin, Professor and Chair, Department of Physic and Astronomy, Tufts University
157. Dr. Betsy J. Tregar; Program Chair, Senior Faculty; Cambridge College Graduate School of Education
158. Sabina E. Vaught, PhD, Associate Professor of Urban Education, Tufts University
159. Tony Wagner, Ed.D., Innovation Education Fellow, Technology & Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard
160. Amanda Walker Johnson, UMass-Amherst
161. Natasha Kumar Warikoo, Assistant Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
162. Beth Warren, Co-Director, Chèche Konnen Center, TERC
163. Alex Willingham, Dept of Political Science, Williams College
164. Stephen Witzig, Ph.D., Assistant Professor-Science Education, Department of Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) Education/Kaput Center for Research & Innovation in STEM Education, UMass Dartmouth
165. John Womack Jr., Robert Woods Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics, emeritus, Harvard University