Faculty

Service & Seminar

	, 2008 B.A. DePauw University M.A. University of New Hampshire Instructor in Seminar, Resident Faculty Leslie Dillon received a B.A. in biology from DePauw University and an M.A. in sociology from the University of New Hampshire. She was a teaching assistant at both the University of New Hampshire and DePauw. Leslie was also an assistant coach in cross-country and track at Oyster River High School in Durham, New Hampshire, and was the summer program assistant coordinator for the Kittery Recreation Department.

	, 2005 B.S. State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry Director of Service, Resident Faculty Stacey Dodd graduated with a B.S. in paper science and chemical engineering and has worked as an engineering consultant. She spent five years in Northern Ireland and Ireland working for Habitat for Humanity as a program director and has been involved for many years as a Habitat for Humanity volunteer. Stacey enjoys organized sports, kayaking, hiking and camping, music and concerts, and international travel.

	, 2000 B.A., M.Ed. St. Lawrence University Director of College Counseling, Instructor in Seminar

	, 1983 B.S. Ithaca College M.S. The Sage Colleges Instructor in Seminar, Physical Education Elizabeth Parry has been a physical education and health/seminar instructor at Emma Willard since 1983. She coaches field hockey, lacrosse, and teaches lifeguard training between seasons. She is the Patroon Conference league representative for field hockey and the Section Two coordinator for Girls lacrosse as well as the assistant coordinator of girls lacrosse for New York State. Ms. Parry holds a B.S. from Ithaca College and an M.S. from The Sage Colleges. She is the advisor for the senior class.

	, 2000 B.S. Green Mountain College M.Ed. Harvard Graduate School of Education Resident Faculty, Instructor in Seminar A former Peace Corps volunteer in the West Indies, Sabrina Putnam works as a resident faculty members and also teaches in the Seminar division. She avidly supports the school's athletic teams, trying to attend every game. She adores reading, canoeing on a lake in Maine, watching professional football, and spending time with her husband, English instructor Todd Matthew, daughter Betsy, and son Calvin. “I also went to an all-girls boarding school (Stoneleigh-Burnham School), and it changed my life!”

	, 2005 B.A. Hamilton College M.P.H. Columbia University Director of Seminar After graduating from Emma, Pam Skripak ’80 earned a B.A. in English and women’s studies from Hamilton College and a master’s degree in public health from Columbia University. She brings a wealth of educational and project management experience to her position, including more than fifteen years in a variety of educational settings, from a private school classroom to a Peace Corps site in Ecuador to Planned Parenthood, where she designed and taught a number of health and wellness and communications programs.

	, 2008 B.A. Hamilton College M.A. Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University Instructor in Seminar Carrie Turvey earned a B.A. with a double major in religious studies and studio art (painting) and an M.A. in systematic theology and ethics. She has been a rape counselor at the Anti-Violence Support Center in New York City, a teaching assistant and acting teacher at the Center for Disabilities Services, an intern supervisor and co-curator of a summer program at The Norton Museum of Art, and a student intern for an independent film company in association with Focus Features. Carrie is an Emma dorm affiliate and assistant softball coach.

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Computer-generated art, fine art, drawing, painting

“At Emma, we spend time working through the technical aspects of creating art so students know what needs to be done in order to make the statement they want to make." Mark Van Wormer, arts instructor