LIfTS Fellowship Program
We strive to:
Offer Lesley doctoral students an opportunity to deepen their knowledge regarding the impact of trauma in education and strategies for mitigating that impact and
Provide a venue in which participants can develop and practice research.
The program offers two levels of participation, Fellow or Research Associate [RA], and is open to active doctoral students in any of the three specialization areas in GSOE. Each position is for one academic year and comes with a monetary stipend, as well as the ability to take up to two LIfTS courses tuition-free for graduate credit.
In addition, Research Associates typically engage in a group research project led by one of the Fellows. Research projects are supervised by Lesley faculty and approved by the Lesley IRB, as required.
Previous Fellowship projects have been part of the roundtable, paper, or poster sessions at New England Educational Research [NEERO] or New England Psychological Association [NEPA] conferences, as well as Lesley Community of Scholars Day.
The knowledge and skills developed during the LIfTS Fellowship program have often been valuable precursors to doctoral students’ dissertation work. Information regarding the application process is disseminated as part of the doctoral residency program.
Ph.D. Student Fellows and Research Associates
Announcing Ph.D. student Fellows and Research Associates for the Center for Inclusive and Special Education and the Lesley Institute for Trauma Sensitivity (LIFTS):
2024-25 Current Cohort
Prior Cohort
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Henry Bryant | LIFTS Fellow | Individually Designed | 2022 Cohort
Meggin Ball | LIFTS Research Associate | Educational Leadership | 2023 Cohort
Elisabelle (Belle) Bocal | LIFTS Research Associate | Human Development and Learning | 2023 Cohort
Kimberly Gower | LIFTS Research Associate | Individually Designed | 2024 Cohort
Chima Ikonne | LIFTS Research Associate | Human Development and Learning | 2023 Cohort
Carlos L Maynard | LIFTS Research Associate | Individually Designed | 2022 Cohort
Shel Shelton | LIFTS Research Associate | Human Development and Learning | 2022 Cohort
Casey Smith | LIFTS Research Associate | Individually Designed | 2023 Cohort
Lindsay Stewart | LIFTS Research Associate | Individually Designed | 2021 Cohort
Darnell T. Williams | LIFTS Research Associate | Educational Leadership 2023 Cohort
Karie Williams | LIFTS Research Associate | Individually Designed | 2023 Cohort
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Kelly Vogel | LIFTS Research Associate, Individually Designed | 2022 Cohort
Nicholas Suchecki | LIFTS Fellow | Individually Designed | 2021 Cohort
Ioanna Opidee | LIFTS Research Associate | Individually Designed | 2022 Cohort
Adina Feldman | LIFTS Research Associate | Human Development and Learning | 2021 Cohort
Chantal Ritter-Meserve | LIFTS Research Associate | Human Development and Learning | 2021 Cohort
Andrew Perron | LIFTS Research Associate | Human Development and Learning | 2021 Cohort
Henry Bryant | LIFTS Research Associate | Individually Designed | 2022 Cohort
Matthew Londo | LIFTS Research Associate | Educational Leadership | 2022 Cohort
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Sarah Kipp | LIFTS Fellow Human Development and Learning | 2019 Cohort
Eldine Beaubrun Montauban | LIFTS Fellow Educational Leadership | 2019 Cohort
Kelly McDermott | LIFTS Fellow Educational Leadership | 2019 Cohort
Kelly Vogel | LIFTS Research Associate Individually Designed | 2022 Cohort
Constance Chung | LIFTS Research Associate Individually Designed | 2021 Cohort
Christine Fallon Selmani | LIFTS Research Associate Human Development and Learning | 2019 Cohort
Congmin Zhao | LIFTS Research Associate Human Development and Learning | 2019 Cohort
Natalya Rakevich | LIFTS Research Associate Educational Leadership | 2021 Cohort
Nicholas Suchecki | LIFTS Research Associate Individually Designed | 2021 Cohort
Amanda Arnst | LIFTS post-doc team member Educational Leadership | 2015 Cohort
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Alicia Gray | LIFTS Fellow | Individually Designed | 2016 Cohort
Kenisha Coy | LIFTS Associate | Individually Designed | 2021 Cohort
Ashley Murray | LIFTS Associate | Human Development and Learning | 2021 Cohort
Betsy Lamore | LIFTS Associate | Individually Designed | 2021 Cohort
Ilana Page | LIFTS Associate | Educational Leadership | 2021 Cohort
Katelyn Delarosa | Center Fellow | Human Development and Learning | 2019 Cohort
Liz Stapleton | LIFTS Associate | Individually Designed | 2020 Cohort
Odilia Machado | Center Associate | Individually Designed | 2021 Cohort
Sarah Kipp | LIFTS Associate | Human Development and Learning | 2019 Cohort
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Leah Hough | Fellow Educational Leadership | 2019 Cohort
Julieandra Morgan | Fellow Educational Leadership | 2014 Cohort
Eldine Beaubrun Montauban | Research Associate Educational Leadership | 2019 Cohort
Katelyn DelaRosa | Research Associate Human Development and Learning | 2019 Cohort
Alicia Gray | Research Associate Individually Designed | 2016 Cohort
Alexandra Kirby | Research Associate Individually Designed | 2018 Cohort
Nancy Schneider | Research Associate Human Development and Learning | 2019 Cohort
Mark St. Pierre | Research Associate Educational Leadership | 2019 Cohort
Our Impact.
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Educators' Perceptions of Equity in Schools
Presented by: Lesley Institute for Trauma Sensitivity Research Fellows & Associates Community of Scholars March 30, 2022
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Building Trauma-Sensitive Art Education Programs
An interactive session that explores the relationship between trauma and art-making and provides practical information on identifying and building trauma-sensitive practices within visual arts programming. - Alicia Gray
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Schools Administrator - AASA
Compassion in the face of trauma. A school system’s backing of children who are depressed, deprived, and anxious.