Biography
Patricia Rand is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education at Clarkson University’s Capital Region Campus. She teaches courses in literacy, education, and English in the Secondary Master of Arts and Teaching program, and began her career with Clarkson University in 2015, after 15 years of teaching English at the high school level. She is a National Board Certified Teacher, placing her among 3% of the national teaching force with this elite distinction. For more than two decades, she served on the executive board of the New York State English Council (NYSEC), and is currently on the leadership council of the National Board Council of New York State (NBCNY).
Education Background
- English, B.A. - Quinnipiac University
- English, M.A.T - Quinnipiac University
- Literacy, Ph.D. - University at Albany
Courses Taught
- ED 502: NYS Certification Requirements
- ED 503: Professionalism in Teaching
- ED 511: Curriculum & Methods of Teaching English
- ED 540: The Psychology of Teaching
- ED 541: Essentials of Reading Literacy
- ED 544: Literacy in the Content Classroom
- ED 545: STEM Methods & Teaching Lab
- ED 546: STEM Literacy
- ED 551/552: Teaching Residency
- ED 560: The Modern Teacher
- EGL 531: Teaching Poetry
- EGL/HST 575: Interdisciplinary Connections of History & Multicultural Literature
- EGL 585: Nonfiction in the English Classroom
Research Interests
Her research interests include adolescent literacy, communities of practice, culturally-responsive teaching, disciplinary literacy, education reform, graduate teaching assistants, inquiry learning, social-emotional learning, teacher preparation, and diversity, equity & inclusion.
Certifications
National Board Certified Teacher, Adolescent/ Young Adult English Language Arts
New York State Permanent Teaching Certificate, English 7-12