College Unbound Central Office, Providence, Rhode Island
Dennis Littky, Co-Director (biography)
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Adam Bush, Educational Program Director
Adam Bush is the Educational Program Director as well as co-coordinator of Ashé College Unbound, a distance learning program for cultural practitioners in New Orleans based out of the Ashé Cultural Arts Center. Adam is also a doctoral candidate in American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California where he is completing his dissertation, “Passing Notes in Class; Listening to Pedagogical Improvisations in Jazz History,” based around archival research and extensive oral history interviews with students, musicians, and community leaders, and seeking to position an history of black music around practice and pedagogy through an examination of the origins of institutionalized jazz education. Adam is a member of the Next Generation Engagement research collective of the New England Resource Center for Higher Education (www.nerche.org), and is the Director of Imagining America’s Publicly Active Graduate Education (PAGE) program (www.imaginingamerica.org), a network dedicated to developing and recognizing new types of training, teaching, and professionalization in higher education centered around access, inclusion, and civic engagement for a new generation of graduate students and early career faculty.
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Tracy Money (biography)
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Ricardo Cortez
Ricardo holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English with a
Communication Emphases from California State Polytechnic University,
Pomona. He also has a Master’s Degree in Education from the University
of La Verne. Ricardo has taught Adult ESL, high school English, and
middle school Language Arts and History. He has also worked in child
development and with special needs students. Ricardo recently
relocated to Providence from Los Angeles as an AmeriCorps VISTA member
to work with College Unbound. He enjoys listening to good music,
reading and writing, eating good food, and drinking great coffee.
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Andre Bradley
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Rachel Brian
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Beau Poppen-Abajian
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Allison Campfield
After graduating from college with degrees in Economics and
Management, Alli moved to California where she spent two years working
with AmeriCorps. It was during her second year as an elementary
school mentor that she developed a passion for education. Alli then
spent time teaching in South Korea and Denver, Colorado before moving
to Providence in 2011 to attend graduate school. She joins College
Unbound in August 2012 as…
In her free time Alli enjoys photography, running, sketching, and
exploring the great outdoors.
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Elaine Hackney
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Valeria Lopez
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Tara Hagopian, Special Assistant to College Unbound (biography)
College Unbound @ Roger Willams University Team
Dennis Littky, Lead Faculty (biography)
Adam Bush, Ashe Unbound Coordinator (biography)
College Unbound @ Southern New Hampshire University Team
Elizabeth Sheehan, Director and Academic Coordinator
Advisory Board
Jacob Allen
Eileen Brown
Kabba Colley
Bill Daugherty
Mario De Anda
Tim Eatman
Alan Ecthenkamp
Lynn Fawthrop
Lewis Feldstein
Gwen Fountain
Charlotte Frank
Stanley Goldstein
Ellen Hunter
Samuel Jackson
Summer Jarratt
Kim Lau
Paul LeBlanc
Jay McNally
Nyema Mitchell
Gloria Nemerowisz
Sarah Matthews
Dan Okrent
Greg Prince
James Siminoff
Ron Wolk
Zac Zeitlin
