People

Gwen Bass is the Director of the Master of Arts in Teacher Leadership program. She holds a Ph.D. in special education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, an M.Ed. in school counseling and an M.A. in sport management. Her professional experience includes 10 years of teaching in pre-K–12 special education and general education settings, primarily in roles that involve the intersection of mental health and learning.

Eric is an eighth grade English teacher at the Nock Middle School in Newburyport, MA. He is also the Interim Assistant Director for Outreach at the Mount Holyoke School of Professional and Graduate Education (PaGE). He is active in organizing for unions and political campaigns, and he has experience working in independent, parochial, charter, and public schools. He collaborates with artists, writers, actors, journalists, and other creative professionals to bring learning to life for students. He believes in the power of live theater to build community and transform people's lives.

David Bosso is the 2012 Connecticut Teacher of the Year and 2012 National Secondary Social Studies Teacher of the Year. Bosso was co-chair of Connecticut’s 2015 Empowered to Lead Symposium, and was elected President of the Connecticut Council for the Social Studies. He was a 2014 fellow at the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes and provided instruction in educational methodology for forty Rwandan educators in the Rwanda Teacher Education Program. Bosso’s dissertation, focusing on teacher morale, motivation, and professional identity, is a qualitative study of State Teachers of the Year.

Jemelleh Coes is pursuing her Ph.D. in Educational Theory and Practice with certificates in law and policy, disability studies, and qualitative research at the University of Georgia. She is a classroom and field instructor for teacher candidates at the University of Georgia, and she also serves as a teacher mentor for classroom teachers throughout the state.

Kim Evelti is the Curriculum Director and a Computer Science teacher for The Williston Northampton School. During her ten years at Williston, Evelti has been responsible for initiating and implementing the school’s 1:1 computing initiative with the Microsoft Surface, earning herself a position among Microsoft’s Innovative Education Expert and Surface Expert teams. She has also lead the school’s faculty through its strategic planning processes and a variety of other strategic administrative initiatives.

Nancy Gardner is a renewed National Board Certified Teacher with 32 years of classroom teaching experience and an MA in English. A former Center for Teaching Quality Teacherpreneur, she joined the CTQ staff for 18 months as a Communications Coach after her retirement from full time teaching. Gardner has been a national facilitator, consultant, and keynote speaker for the Senior Project Center since 1992.

Karen Harrington is currently Assistant Director of the Center for Youth Engagement at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She holds a master’s degree in education and a certificate   in advanced graduate studies in school counseling and has worked in the field of educational research and evaluation since 2005. Her professional interests include career development for incarcerated youth, curriculum design, the role of social emotional factors in academic achievement, and Early Warning Indicators.

John Holland is an embedded practitioner and frequent guest lecturer with the Mount Holyoke Masters of Arts in Teacher Leadership program. Holland has dedicated has career to serving his community's neediest and youngest school children as a preschool teacher of 3- and 4-year-olds from Richmond, Virginia’s toughest neighborhoods. John supports the M.A.T.L. program with his expertise in teacher-led innovation, coaching for equity, research, education policy, and the foundations of education.

Elise Kuypers holds a Bachelor’s degree in elementary education with a concentration in English as a Second Language from the University of Illinois. She earned a Master’s degree from Mount Holyoke in Teacher Leadership.  She has been an educator for seven years, both as an elementary school teacher and STEM coach.  Elise’s professional interests include emotional resilience in educators, combating burnout, problem-based learning, and integrated learning.

Greg Martin began teaching as a triple threat educator (teacher, coach, dorm parent) in 1996 at Rumsey Hall School in Connecticut. He then held positions at the Gunnery (Washington Connecticut), Western Connecticut State University, and Porter-Gaud School (Charleston, South Carolina). Martin currently serves as the Dean of Upper School and History Department Head at the Perkiomen School in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania.

Daniele Massey has over 13 years of experience as a classroom teacher, virtual teacher, mentor, instructional coach, teacher leader and educational consultant at the district, state, and national level. Massey is the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) 2013 Teacher of the Year.

Sarah has spent 20 years working as a performance coach development consultant. Initially based in the UK, she led the technical development of the UK Coaching Certificate, a professional coaching qualifications framework. In response to the culture shift in UK sports she created e.t.c coaching consultants, an independent coaching consultancy practice and worked with numerous sports to create their coaching systems and coach development programs.

Seasoned educator, Pam Mulcahy received an M. Ed. in Administration and Supervision from the University of New Hampshire. She graduated cum laude with honors in English from Smith College. She has served in a variety of administrative positions including Dean of Studies, Dean of Faculty, Assistant Head, and Mathematics Department Chair. She comes to Holderness most recently from New Hampton School but also has extensive work at Pomfret School.

Shelby Regner holds a Bachelor’s degree in elementary education and early childhood and a Master’s degree from Mount Holyoke in Teacher Leadership. She spent 12 years in schools as a classroom teacher and literacy coach where she completed a National Board Certification. Regner’s professional interests include early literacy, teacher efficacy, and improving the andragogy experience for educators.

Jennifer Walker is passionate about urban educational issues and is currently a Supervisor of School Improvement in a diverse, urban district. In this role, her primary responsibilities are to support educators and administrators, and district and state reforms designed to promote student growth and performance.

Ryan Wallace is the English Department Chair for Tolman High School in Pawtucket, RI. In addition to his 18 year career in the ELA classroom, he has also served as a Data Analysis Coach for the Rhode Island Department of Education, a professional learning facilitator for the Rhode Island Federation of Teachers, and currently serves as Chair for the Rhode Island Teacher Advisory Council.

Sarah Brown Wessling is a 20-year veteran of the high school English classroom. While a member of the faculty at Johnston High School in Johnston, Iowa she has taught courses ranging from at-risk to Advanced Placement and has served the department and district in a variety of leadership roles. Wessling is a National Board Certified Teacher since 2005 and in 2010 was selected as the National Teacher of the Year.

Before coming to the Pioneer Valley, Amy lived in New York City where she worked in the Admissions office of a prestigious girls’ K-12 for ten years.  She joined Mount Holyoke College in August 2013 where she started in the Presidents’ Office, but now works in the Professional and Graduate Education office. You may also see her on stage in Chapin or McCulloch playing clarinet and saxophone with the Jazz Ensembles of Mount Holyoke College.

Mary Corinne is the Program Coordinator for Professional and Graduate Education. In this capacity, she supports all of the programs offered through the department. Prior to working at Mount Holyoke College, Corinne served as the Program Coordinator for Executive Education at NYU Stern. She also has extensive experience working in the fields of Theater and Arts Education having previously served as the Director of Education at Barrington Stage Company, and the Assistant Director of Education at TADA! Youth Theater. Corinne holds an MFA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, an MA from New York University, Steinhardt, and a BS from Skidmore College.