Past Fellows

2016-2017

LILIA CAI-HURTEAU

Chinese Instructor
Institute Fellow: Chinese Cloud Peers: Measuring Social and Cognitive Impact of Virtual Partnerships

STEPHANIE CURCI

Chair of the English Department and Instructor in English
Institute Fellow: Mapping and Teaching the Haitian Revolution

BRIAN FAULK

Chemistry Instructor  
Institute Fellow: Food Chemistry; Reimagining Chemistry

ANDY HOUSIAUX

Philosophy and Religious Studies Instructor
Institute Fellow: Mindful Community

CHRIS JONES

Instructor of History and Social Science
Institute Fellow: Mapping and Teaching the Haitian Revolution

CHRISTINE MARSHALL-WALKER

Instructor in Biology
Institute Fellow: Scientific Learning: Measuring Outcomes in Generative, Experiential Science Courses

PAUL MURPHY ’84

Mathematics Instructor
Institute Fellow: Online Geometry

CAROLINE ODDEN

Physics Instructor
Institute Fellow: Astro, with Jacques Hugon; Physics Modules: Introduction to Projectile Motion, in collaboration with the Physics Department

NOAH RACHLIN

Instructor in History and Social Science
Institute Fellow: Hybrid Learning Disposition Curriculum; “I Can’t Do That…Yet”: Cultivating a Learning Disposition

KEITH ROBINSON

Biology and Chemistry Instructor
Institute Fellow: Food Chemistry; Reimagining Chemistry

LANI M. SILVERSIDES

Instructor in Mathematics, Head Girls Varsity Basketball Coach
Institute Fellow: Applied Sport Psychology Curriculum

2015-2016

LOU BERNIERI

Lou has been a PA English instructor and football and track coach since 1977.  He founded Andover Bread Loaf in 1987. ABL’s primary site is in Lawrence, MA, but it also has sites in several US and international cities.

Director, Andover Bread Loaf, Instructor of English
Institute Fellow: Writing to Change the World

MONIQUE CUETO-POTTS

Monique Cueto-Potts has been a faculty member at Phillips Academy since 2007, first as a part of the Institute for Recruitment of Teachers and for the last three years as the Director of the Office of Community Engagement. Her experiences as a tutor in high school and college, as well as her years as a public school teacher in New York City and Lynn, MA, have made issues of educational equity and social justice central to her professional life. In her current role, Monique works with students who are figuring out the role that community engagement and activism will play throughout the rest of their lives, and she collaborates with and learns from incredible community partners and colleagues every day. She serves as a complementary house counselor in Burtt House, an admission reader, an advisor, and a member of the Prize Committee and the Committee for the Lorant Fellowship for Most Earnest Endeavor. Monique earned her BA degree from Georgetown University and her MA in Elementary Education from Bank Street College of Education in New York City.

Director of the Office of Community Engagement
Institute Fellow: Writing to Change the World

MARK CUTLER

Since arriving at Andover in 2003, Mark has been pushing limits in his academic, athletic, co-curricular, and residential roles, implementing in all these realms his philosophies on experiential education and expeditionary learning.  He has had great success designing community-based projects in Spanish 530, 510, and 511 with partners in Lawrence schools and non-profit organizations; developing leaders and environmental stewards in Outdoor Pursuits; reimagining the academic experience in Science 410: Sense of Place with Christine Marshall-Walker; exploring intersections of ancient and modern cultures in the B.A.L.A.M. and H.U.A.C.A. Projects in Latin America with Donny Slater; and fostering empathy, mindfulness, and sustainable habits in Draper Cottage and Fuess House.  Inspired by all these endeavors, as well as a lifetime of experiential learning opportunities of his own, Mark has devised a project that ties together his passions for educational adventures beyond the classroom.

Mark earned his B.A. in Spanish and education from St. Lawrence University in 1998 and his M.A. in Spanish from Middlebury College in 2003.  He is a founding and current board member of the Independent Schools Experiential Education Network and a recently elected board member of the Lawrence History Center.  He and his wife, Melanie, are from Andover and have two daughters and a dog.

Instructor in Spanish
Institute Fellow: Place-based Learning

BRIAN FAULK

Instructor in Chemistry
Institute Fellow: Reimagining Chemistry
Brian Faulk’s desire to become a teacher was rooted in the relationships he forged with his instructors, coaches and advisor as a student at Andover. After earning his B.S. in chemistry and A.M. in Chemical Biology from Stanford and Harvard, respectively, Faulk joined the Andover chemistry department in the fall of 2006. He is equally passionate about teaching our introductory levels as he is teaching organic chemistry and has been inspired by the themes of the Tang Institute to reimagine Chemistry 250. Faulk is also equally invested in our golf program and has coached the squad for the last seven years. He lives in Taylor Hall with his wonderful family — his wife Catherine and children Jack and Juliet.

ANDY HOUSIAUX

Instructor in Philosophy and Religious Studies
Institute Fellow: Mindful Community

This project supports community members — students, staff, and faculty—in their cultivation of mindfulness in daily life. The overarching goal of the Empathy and Balance pillar of the 2014 Strategic Plan identifies “mutual understanding and individual well-being as essential to a thriving community.” Mindfulness practice can play an important role in enhancing individual health and cultivating empathy in our interactions with others. To that end, one aspect of the program will partner with the Empathy and Balance Strategic Plan Implementation Group to introduce existing school-based mindfulness curricula to PA students. Another part will work with faculty and staff to support their own practices of mindfulness, both at home and at work. Throughout, we will be looking for ways to bring this practice to interested members of the PA community in a variety of settings and contexts.

JACQUES L. HUGON ’79

Instructor in Mathematics and Computer Science
Institute Fellow: Developer and Technology Partner

Jacques joined the Phillips Academy faculty in 2001 as an instructor in mathematics and computer science after spending nearly 20 years as a software engineer and manager in the high-tech industry. Jacques worked in a number of consumer-oriented industries during his engineering career, including video games, personal computer peripherals, and electronic TV program guides.

His professional interests include business productivity tools and Web page design, as well as providing high school students with practical, up-to-date computer and analytical skills. He has taught most algebra and computer science courses at the Academy, and recently introduced two new courses on Web design.

Jacques was awarded the Donna Brace Ogilvie Teaching Foundation Instructorship in 2010. He holds AB, MS, and MBA degrees from Harvard University.

MATT LISA

Instructor in Mathematics
Institute Fellow: Khan Academy Statistics

JOSHUA MANN ’96

Chair of Classics
Institute Fellow: Greek/ESA Collaboration

Joshua Mann is an instructor in Greek and Latin in the Classics Department, returning in 2013 to the very same department where he developed his interest in language as a student at Phillips Academy. Joshua also currently works with the burgeoning certamen team in the Classics Department, as well as assisting with the school’s radio station WPAA. While working toward his AB in Classics at Harvard, he also found time to be the rock director at Harvard’s radio station WHRB and to be the captain of the varsity alpine ski team there. After working at a small start-up software company in Cambridge, he began his teaching career at Middlesex School in Concord, MA. He taught Latin, Greek, and English at Middlesex for nine years, where he was also the head alpine ski coach and assistant varsity baseball coach. Prior to arriving back at Phillips Academy, Joshua earned his MA in Education Leadership from Teachers College at Columbia University in 2009.

ANNA MILKOWSKI ’93

Instructor in Biology and Environmental Science
Institute Fellow: Water Resources/ESA Collaboration

Anna Milkowski teaches biology and environmental science at Andover. She first taught at Andover in 1999-2000 as a teaching fellow, and then returned as a full-time instructor in 2009. In between, she taught at the Putney School in Putney, Vermont, pursued bicycle racing, and completed graduate work in environmental science and public health. Interested in complex and interdisciplinary issues, Anna teaches electives on water resources, global climate change, and food and agriculture. Anna coaches Nordic skiing and cycling and has been involved with the development of the Brazil PLACES summer program. Anna earned MEM and MPH degrees from Yale in 2009 and a BA in Biology from Harvard in 1997.

CARMEN MUÑOZ-FERNÁNDEZ

Instructor in Spanish
Institute Fellow: Learning in the World Coordinator

The Tang Institute’s Global Citizenship Fellow, as well as an instructor in Spanish and a house counselor at Phillips Academy, Carmen’s area of expertise is contemporary Latin American literature and culture, with a specialization in Caribbean, Mexican, and Latino studies. Her research and publications incorporate interdisciplinary approaches from the fields of anthropology, cultural studies, border studies, postcolonial studies, and cartography.

Before coming to Phillips Academy, Carmen taught at the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University, where she had the opportunity to collaborate with the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology in several archaeological field projects, taking students to Copaán, Honduras, one of the most important sites in ancient Maya civilization.

Carmen earned an MA degree in Spanish from Western Michigan University, and a PhD (ABD) degree in Spanish and contemporary Latin American literature from Tulane University.

CAROLINE E. ODDEN

Instructor in Physics and Astronomy
Institute Fellow: Astro

Caroline joined the Phillips Academy faculty in 2001 as an instructor in physics. She discovered an affinity for astronomy several years later, when she was pressed into teaching an introductory course in the subject and was asked to manage the Phillips Academy Observatory. While on sabbatical in 2011–2012, she developed the advanced astronomy research course, in which students utilize the observatory to pursue independent research goals. Currently, Caroline is an instructor in physics on the Israel Family Foundation for Science Research.

In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Caroline coaches ice hockey and golf and serves as the faculty representative to the Pine Knoll Discipline Committee. She earned a BA degree from Yale University and an MST degree from the University of New Hampshire.

NOAH A. RACHLIN

Instructor in History and Social Science
Institute Fellow: Learning Disposition

Noah joined the Phillips Academy faculty in 2013 as an instructor in history and social science. He began his career in education by teaching middle school history in New York City before moving to Southern California to help found Pacific Ridge School, an independent school that now serves students in grades 7 through 12. While at Pacific Ridge, Noah oversaw the school’s 11th-grade students, faculty, and curriculum and designed courses in AP U.S. history, ethical thinking, and American studies. In part for his work as a classroom teacher at Pacific Ridge, he was honored through the Stanford University Teacher Tribute Initiative.

Noah earned a BA degree in history and philosophy from Brandeis University and an MA degree in education policy and management from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education.

KEITH ROBINSON

Instructor in Chemistry
Institute Fellow: Reimagining Chemistry

2014-2015

JACQUES L. HUGON ’79

Instructor in Mathematics and Computer Science
Institute Fellow: Developer and Technology Partner

Jacques joined the Phillips Academy faculty in 2001 as an instructor in mathematics and computer science after spending nearly 20 years as a software engineer and manager in the high-tech industry. Jacques worked in a number of consumer-oriented industries during his engineering career, including video games, personal computer peripherals, and electronic TV program guides.

His professional interests include business productivity tools and Web page design, as well as providing high school students with practical, up-to-date computer and analytical skills. He has taught most algebra and computer science courses at the Academy, and recently introduced two new courses on Web design.

Jacques was awarded the Donna Brace Ogilvie Teaching Foundation Instructorship in 2010. He holds AB, MS, and MBA degrees from Harvard University.

ELIZABETH C. JOSEPH

Instructor in Mathematics
Institute Fellow: Refining and Implementing our Blended Online BC Calculus Course

An instructor in mathematics at Phillips Academy, Elizabeth is teaching an online BC calculus course that the Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science is piloting. Prior to joining the Academy, Elizabeth served as a data analyst for 4R Systems, a profit-maximizing company for retail chains. She has taught math and statistics at Iowa State University, the University of Maine at Farmington, and Merrimack College. She earned an MSc degree in mathematics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India, and a PhD degree in applied mathematics from Iowa State University.

JOSHUA MANN ’96

Instructor in Classics
Institute Fellow: Developing Online Hybrid Courses in Greek, collaboration with the Eight Schools Association (ESA)

Joshua Mann is an instructor in Greek and Latin in the Classics Department, returning in 2013 to the very same department where he developed his interest in language as a student at Phillips Academy. Joshua also currently works with the burgeoning certamen team in the Classics Department, as well as assisting with the school’s radio station WPAA. While working toward his AB in Classics at Harvard, he also found time to be the rock director at Harvard’s radio station WHRB and to be the captain of the varsity alpine ski team there. After working at a small start-up software company in Cambridge, he began his teaching career at Middlesex School in Concord, MA. He taught Latin, Greek, and English at Middlesex for nine years, where he was also the head alpine ski coach and assistant varsity baseball coach. Prior to arriving back at Phillips Academy, Joshua earned his MA in Education Leadership from Teachers College at Columbia University in 2009.

 ANNA MILKOWSKI ’93

Instructor in Biology and Environmental Science
Institute Fellow: Developing Online Hybrid Courses in Water Resources, collaboration with the Eight Schools Association (ESA)

Anna Milkowski teaches biology and environmental science at Andover. She first taught at Andover in 1999-2000 as a teaching fellow, and then returned as a full-time instructor in 2009. In between, she taught at the Putney School in Putney, Vermont, pursued bicycle racing, and completed graduate work in environmental science and public health. Interested in complex and interdisciplinary issues, Anna teaches electives on water resources, global climate change, and food and agriculture. Anna coaches Nordic skiing and cycling and has been involved with the development of the Brazil PLACES summer program. Anna earned MEM and MPH degrees from Yale in 2009 and a BA in Biology from Harvard in 1997.

CARMEN MUÑOZ-FERNÁNDEZ

Instructor in Spanish
Institute Fellow: Strengthening our Learning in the World Programs

The Tang Institute’s Global Citizenship Fellow, as well as an instructor in Spanish and a house counselor at Phillips Academy, Carmen’s area of expertise is contemporary Latin American literature and culture, with a specialization in Caribbean, Mexican, and Latino studies. Her research and publications incorporate interdisciplinary approaches from the fields of anthropology, cultural studies, border studies, postcolonial studies, and cartography.

Before coming to Phillips Academy, Carmen taught at the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University, where she had the opportunity to collaborate with the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology in several archaeological field projects, taking students to Copaán, Honduras, one of the most important sites in ancient Maya civilization.

Carmen earned an MA degree in Spanish from Western Michigan University, and a PhD (ABD) degree in Spanish and contemporary Latin American literature from Tulane University.

CAROLINE E. ODDEN

Instructor in Physics and Astronomy
Institute Fellow: Astronomy Web Portal to Facilitate Variable Star Discoveries

Caroline joined the Phillips Academy faculty in 2001 as an instructor in physics. She discovered an affinity for astronomy several years later, when she was pressed into teaching an introductory course in the subject and was asked to manage the Phillips Academy Observatory. While on sabbatical in 2011–2012, she developed the advanced astronomy research course, in which students utilize the observatory to pursue independent research goals. Currently, Caroline is an instructor in physics on the Israel Family Foundation for Science Research.

In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Caroline coaches ice hockey and golf and serves as the faculty representative to the Pine Knoll Discipline Committee. She earned a BA degree from Yale University and an MST degree from the University of New Hampshire.

NOAH A. RACHLIN

Instructor in History and Social Science
Institute Fellow: “I Can’t Do That…Yet”: Cultivating a Learning Disposition

Noah joined the Phillips Academy faculty in 2013 as an instructor in history and social science. He began his career in education by teaching middle school history in New York City before moving to Southern California to help found Pacific Ridge School, an independent school that now serves students in grades 7 through 12. While at Pacific Ridge, Noah oversaw the school’s 11th-grade students, faculty, and curriculum and designed courses in AP U.S. history, ethical thinking, and American studies. In part for his work as a classroom teacher at Pacific Ridge, he was honored through the Stanford University Teacher Tribute Initiative.

Noah earned a BA degree in history and philosophy from Brandeis University and an MA degree in education policy and management from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education.

CATHERINE D. TOUSIGNANT ’88

Instructor in English
Institute Fellow: Exploring the Use of Networked Tools in the Humanities

Catherine joined the Phillips Academy faculty in 1992. After graduate school, she worked for several years in the digital humanities as associate director of the Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia before returning to Andover in 1999. She has taught English 200, 300, and 301, as well as a variety of senior electives in modernism, media studies, and the poetry and practice of yoga. Outside of the classroom, she has advised the Women’s Forum, served on the Brace Center for Gender Studies Advisory Board, chaired the Academic Committee for Technology, and coached the novice girls’ crew team. Currently she teaches yoga and codirects the Niswarth program in India each summer.

Catherine earned BA degrees in English and French in 1992, and an MA degree in English in 1995, all from the University of Virginia. She was awarded the Academy’s Elizabeth Rogers Instructorship from 2005 to 2008.