Faculty - Education

With an M.Ed. from Cambridge College and an Ed.D. from the University of Maine, Sandip has a passionate interest in children's nonfiction literature, how it can be used in classrooms, can be used to support literacy programs, and connect families and schools. While Dr. Wilson started out as a history and social studies teacher, she realized that without literacy, students could not function in the content areas, so she brings a love of history and historical thinking to her study of children's literature. Dr. Wilson currently serves as the Chair of the Orbis Pictus Award Committee for the National Council of Teachers of English. This committee was established in 1989 to honor the outstanding non-fiction literature written for children. She has also been appointed to serve a three year term on the Executive Board of the New England Reading Association, as of March 2006. She is a tapestry designer and weaver and has explored how tapestry has changed as literacy has developed and how tapestry weaving shares parallel features with writing.

The courses I teach are interactive and integrate both theory and practice. I strive to give my students knowledge and experience in teaching so that they can bring multiple approaches and strategies to their work with the children.