Erika Bernabei Resume
ERIKA BERNABEI MIDDLETON
341 Prospect Place, 1R, Brooklyn, NY 11238
914.924.3850 / email: erikabernabei@yahoo.com
EDUCATION:
STEINHARDT SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY New York, NY
•PhD Student, Education Leadership
TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY New York, NY
•M.A. Politics and Education, candidate, date of graduation -February 2010
•Focus on racial and social disparities in education policy and comprehensive educational assessment
•Thesis, “Interdisciplinary Assessment of Educational Opportunity: Using Public Health Assessment to Explore the Impacts of Decision-Making on Education”
BARNARD COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY New York, NY
•Bachelor of Arts, Double Major: Political Science / Pan African Studies
•Deans List
•2001 & 2002, received Barnard Student Leadership Award for community building
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2007 – Present
POLICYLINK New York, NY & Oakland, CA
•Research Associate – researches and writes on interagency, collaborative, and equity-focused policy change
•Focused on the Promise Neighborhoods Institute, a resource for communities that are working to advance opportunity and academic achievement for children and their families through comprehensive community initiative
2005 – 2006
BAY AREA LEGAL AID Oakland, CA
•Housing Unit Clerk
•Fair Housing/landlord-tenant cases; advocated for elderly, poor, disabled tenants
•Legal memos, research, case management
2002 –2004
VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE, YOUTH JUSTICE PROGRAM New York, NY
•Program Coordinator for national program that aids state government officials in better serving the increasing number of youth in the juvenile justice system
•Fulfilled administrative responsibilities including budget and database maintenance, bulk mailings, grant applications, creating PowerPoint presentations
•Responsible for daily research on youth justice news, website maintenance
•Researched and wrote memos on various topics
•Planned, coordinated and facilitated meetings and events nationally
ORGANIZING:
2007 – Present
The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond New York, NY
•Organizer for anti-racist non-profit that builds effective coalitions and aims to overcome institutionalized oppression and inequities
SKILLS:
Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SPSS, Website Maintenance and Content Management, Contribute, Visio, LexisNexis/Westlaw, Legal Writing, Citrix, Budgeting, Web-based Research, Outreach, Organizing
Languages: Fluency in French / Kiswahili, Some Spanish
REPORTS/PUBLICATIONS:
Co-Authored
Lisa Robinson and Erika Bernabei. “Forging Equity and Excellence in Education: Integrating Out of School Learning into National Education Policy,” Prepared by PolicyLink for the Policy, Evaluation and Research Center of ETS for the symposium “After the Bell Rings: Learning Outside of the Classroom and Its Relationship to Student Academic Achievement,” Washington D.C., October 5- 6, 2009. Oakland, CA: PolicyLink, 2009.
Victor Rubin, Arnold Chandler, Erika Bernabei, and Ruben Lizardo. Unincorporated Communities in the San Joaquin Valley: New Responses to Poverty, Inequity, and a System of Unresponsive Governance. Framing Paper for Convening. Oakland, CA: PolicyLink, 2007.
Research and Copy-Editing
Uncommon Common Ground: Race and America's FutureI. (2010). W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.; New York, NY.
Healthy, Equitable Transportation Policy: Recommendations and Research. Oakland, CA: PolicyLink and the Prevention Institute, 2009.
Radhika Fox and Solana Rice. An Engine of Opportunity: A User’s Guide to Advocate for Transportation Equity in the 2009 Recovery Act. Oakland, CA: PolicyLink, 2009.
http://www.policylink.info/engineopp/Engine%20of%20Opportunity_final.pdf
Judith Bell and Larry Cohen. The Transportation Prescription: Bold New Ideas for Healthy, Equitable Transportation Reform in America. Oakland, CA: PolicyLink, 2009.
Judith Bell and Victor Rubin. Why Place Matters: Building a Movement for Healthy Communities. Oakland, CA: PolicyLink, 2007.
Mary Lee and Victor Rubin. The Impact of the Built Environment on Community Health: The State of Current Practice and Next Steps for a Growing Movement. Oakland, CA: PolicyLink, 2007. http://www.calendow.org/uploadedFiles/The_Built_Environment_report.pdf
Website Management
Promise Neighborhoods Institute: see www.promiseneighborhoodsinstitute.org
Engaged Institutions: see www.engagedinstitutions.org
PRESENTATIONS/WORKSHOPS:
“Interdisciplinary Assessment of Educational Opportunity: Using Public Health Assessment to Explore the Impacts of Decision-Making on Education,” American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting 2011, April 8-12, 2011, New Orleans, LA (paper accepted)
“Breaking through Silos to Advance Racial Equity in Education: How Intersecting Systems Can Help Undo Racism,” RISE Conference 2010, October 23, 2010, New York, NY
“Reaping the benefits of intersectionality: Using tools from allied/intersecting systems to strengthen the work of undoing racism in education reform for racial equity,” Ithaca City School District Superintendent’s Day, March 19, 2010, Ithaca, NY
