Jessica Lee Hochman - PhD candidate
Coordinator - Library Media Specialist Program
 email: jhochman@pratt.edu

 

Jessica Hochman is working on her dissertation toward the PhD at Columbia University, Teachers College in the Philosophy and Education Program in the Department of Arts and Humanities. In addition to her studies in philosophy and gender studies, she has studied and worked extensively in the field educational technologies holding a Masters in Instructional Technology and Media from Columbia.  

Education
Graduate Studies
  • Teachers College, Columbia University, Presently studying for a Doctorate of Philosophy in Philosophy & Education and Cultural Studies. Diversity Fellow 2001-2003  
  • Master of Arts Degree in Instructional Technology and Media in the Program of Scientific Foundations. Completed May, 2001.
Undergraduate Studies  
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
  • Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Womens Studies, May 1996
  • Dean’s List, Hilldale Award for Undergraduate Research, senior thesis, graduated with honors.
  • School for International Training, Harare, Zimbabwe, Fall 1993
  • Internship at Musasa Project Domestic Violence Agency.
 
Work, Research and Internship  
  • Center for Children and Technology, New York, NY -March 2004-July 2005.  
  • Research Associate on Intel Teach to the Future Workshops on Interactive Thinking Tools Summer 2002
  • Intern on Evaluation of Intel Computer Clubhouse project. Conducted field research and assisted in the creating of rubric and evaluation of student work. (Visit http://www2.edc.org/cct/projects_summary.asp?numProjectId=667 to view report.)
  • Psychology Department, Columbia University, New York, NY - fall 2003-spring 2004
  • Research Assistant with “Intervention for Achievement” Project, Carol Dweck and Lisa Sorich Blackwell, principal investigators.  
  • Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning, New York, NY - January 2001-fall 2002
  • Managing Editor of “The Media Machine Project”, an online database of film clips for use in Cultural Studies courses. Project Director: Professor John Broughton. (for access, please contact for passwords and URL)
  • Playing 2 Win, Harlem, N.Y. A community technology center. June 2000-February 2002  - Responsibilities Included: writing grants and assisting in fundraising activities. Instruction of classes on computer skills, writing and social issue; curriculum development.
  • HarlemLive, Harlem, N.Y. An online magazine written and produced by youth of color. January 2000-February 2002 - Advisor and curriculum developer of  “It’s A She Thang,” the magazine’s girls’ page. http://www.harlemlive.org/shethang/main.html (student-produced web page)
  • Afropaedia, L.L.C., Cambridge, Mass. The first hypermedia encyclopaedia of the African Diaspora, edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Kwame Anthony Appiah and produced by the Microsoft Corporation. January 1998-July 1999; Commissioning Editor, (11/98-7/99).  Managing of contracts, correspondence between contributing writers, editors and Microsoft, and maintenance of contributor database.
  • Text-Prep lead,  (1/98-10/98). Hiring, training and daily direction of a team of text-preppers. Served as liaison between  Cambridge staff and Microsoft, providing training on the use of software.
  • Respond, Cambridge, Mass.  Non-profit agency providing advocacy and services to battered women.
  • March 1998-August 1999 Volunteer educator on teen dating violence and counselor.
  • Dane County Advocates for Battered Women, Madison, WI, Summer 1994 Intern in outreach, one-to-one counseling, hospital advocacy program through Spring 1995. 
Teaching Experience
  • Art and Design Education Program, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY;  Adjunct Instructor, Masters Level Thesis Writing  (ADE 660), Spring 2005-present.
  • Foundations of Education Department, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY; Adjunct Instructor, Introduction to Philosophy of Education (FDED 127), Fall 2003, Fall 2005-present.
  • Adjunct Instructor, The American School (FDED 111), Spring 2004.
  • Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY; Instructor, Aesthetics of Technology (AH&F 4089), Summer 2003
  • Instructor, Ethnicity, Technology and Culture (AH&F 4068), Summer 2002. Course developed and taught in accord with Diversity Fellowship. Teaching Assistant, Popular Culture (AH&F 4088), Fall 2002
 
Curriculum Development and Consultation
  • CampInteractive, New York, NY. May 2002-September 2002. A summer experience for teens focusing on outdoor living and web site creation. Revised pilot year curriculum and wrote new curriculum for second year of program. http://www.campinteractive.org/groups/
  • Harlem School for the Arts, New York, NY, June 2002-September 2002. Managed a team of curriculum developers to implement technology into Dance and Theatre programs, in compliance with ARTech grant award. Worked in conjunction with Institute for Learning Technologies, Teachers College.
  • Oxygen Media, New York, NY, December 2000-May 200.  Created “Link to Think” Curriculum, a program to teach young women about social issues through the production of an online magazine. Provided curriculum, teacher training and consulting.
  • http://www.insight-com.com/intheknow/program_louisville.html (curriculum description)  http://www.louisville-ezine.org/ (student-produced web site)
  • MOUSE.net, May 2000-December 2000.  In collaboration with Playing2Win, piloted the Young Women’s Technology after school project, which produces online magazines on social issues by young women from the New York Public Schools. Developed Curriculum Pilot and revision, taught course, trained future instructors. http://www.mouse.org/ywt/whatspoppin/index/index.html (student-produced web site) http://www.mouse.org/resources/ny_schoolMain/res_young   (curriculum available online)
Academic Distinctions, Conference Presentations and Papers
Spencer Foundation Fellowship: “Ways of Doing” Fellowship through the Department of Arts and Humanities, Teachers College, Columbia University. Formation of editorial board of  “Spaces,” an online publication for graduate student research in the arts and education. Fall 2006-Spring 2007
 
Conference: Co-Chair of “Threat-n-Youth: Cultural Studies Responds to Violence and Education,” a Graduate Student conference to be held at Teachers College, Columbia University Spring 2006. Management of conference included procuring keynote speakers, reviewing submissions, secured funds from Teachers College Community and Diversity fund and Office of Student Programs and Columbia University’s President & Provost’s fund.
 
Paper: “A shared way: multiple narratives of mourning,” Presentation at CUNY Feminist Studies Group Conference, April 2007.
 
Paper: “From the street to the screen: the visual and youth-created thirdspaces as sites for change,” [forthcoming] Presentation at Cultural Studies Now Conference, East Docklands, London July 2007.
 
Paper: “Writ Large: Graffiti and Praxis in Pedagogical Thirdspaces,” Presented at Philosophy and Education Society’s Annual Meeting, April 2006. Published in PES Yearbook 2006.
 
Paper: “Alternative Narratives: An exploration of how both researchers and students learn in educational thirdspaces,” Presented at Ways of Knowing in Educational Research, Teachers College, March 2006
 
Paper: “Making Thinking Visible: Using Online Tools to Initiate Teachers’ and Students’ Thinking,” Co-authored with Dara Wexler. Presented at SITE Conference, March 2005.
 
Paper: “Are We Going to Prom or to Hell? A New Heroine Emerges through the Domination Conflict,” Presented at Villanova Philosophy and Psychoanalysis Conference, March 2003. [to be published in forthcoming book on cultural studies and education]
 
Dean’s Diversity Fellowship, September 2001-May 2002.  With Professor John Broughton, developing a course on Ethnicity, Culture and Technology. Taught course Summer 2002.
 
Dean’s Diversity Fellowship, September 2002-May 2003.  Re-awarded fellowship with Professor John Broughton. Projects include improving resources for Cultural Studies students by creating relationship with local community-based organizations, improving online media database and updating Ethnicity, Technology and Culture course.