Shana Haines
Doctoral Student and Research Assistant
University of Kansas
1200 Sunnyside Ave., 3122 Haworth Hall
Lawrence, KS 66045
Office Phone: (785) 864-2457
Fax: (785) 864-7605
Email: shanahaines@ku.edu
Bio: After graduating from college in New York City, I went to Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa with the Peace Corps to work as a water and sanitation volunteer specializing in guinea worm eradication. Upon return, I became a New York City Teaching Fellow and earned my Master's in education while working as a fifth grade ELL teacher at P.S. 161 on 134th Street. In 2004, I left the big city so my husband could attend The Landing School of Boatbuilding and Design in Kennebunk, Maine. I worked as a first and second grade teacher and school adminstrator at Breakwater School in Portland, Maine, until coming to Kansas to pursue a doctoral degree in special education.
Education:
BA, Urban Studies and Environmental Science, Barnard College, Columbia University, 1998
MS, Elementary Education, City College of the City University of New York, 2004
Interests: I am particularly interested in disability as it relates to immigrant children, especially refugees, in America.