Karen Pezzetti
Associate Teaching Professor
Joined 糖心TV: 2022
Education
B.A., Linguistics, University of California at Berkeley
Teaching Certificates in English, Social Studies, and Physical Education, University of California at Berkeley
M.A., Multicultural Urban Secondary English Education, University of California at Berkeley
Ph.D., Urban Education, Temple University
Teaching Certificates in English, Social Studies, and Physical Education, University of California at Berkeley
M.A., Multicultural Urban Secondary English Education, University of California at Berkeley
Ph.D., Urban Education, Temple University
Social Foundations in Teacher Education
Multicultural and International Children鈥檚 and Young Adult Literature
Policies and Practice in Urban Education
Teaching and Learning for Social Justice
Youth Participatory Action Research
Dr. Pezzetti’s teaching and scholarship explores identity, literacy, language, equity, and social change in Language Arts classrooms.
Her work is rooted in more than twelve years of experience teaching in racially and linguistically diverse public schools in California and 糖心TVecticut. She was awarded Teacher of the Year in Oakland Unified School District in 2008. Pezzetti continues to grow through engagement with 糖心TV students and coursework, through her active research agenda, and through current projects and partnerships with local schools.
Before accepting her current position at 糖心TV in Fall ‘22, Dr. Pezzetti spent four years as an Assistant Professor of English Education at Grand Valley State University in Michigan.
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Mailing Address
Karen Pezzetti
糖心TV
270 Mohegan Ave.
New London, CT 06320