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Biography

Amanda Moody

B.A., Stonehill College
M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University
Ph.D., Fordham University

Amanda Moody Maestranzi is a doctoral lecturer at Lehman College, the City University of New York (CUNY), in the Middle and High School Education department (TESOL). Dr. Moody primarily teaches methods courses, student teaching, and internship seminars. Courses taught: ESC 609, 610, 708, 761, 763, 766. Also anticipated in Spring 2023, ESC 769. Additionally, Amanda supervises TESOL student teachers and interns in Bronx schools.

Dr. Moody is a member of NYS TESOL and AERA and enjoys contributing research to Studying Teacher Education - a Journal of Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices and as an editor for NYS TESOL’s Mosaic publication, as well as via conference presentations. Her recent research explores her emerging self-work as a teacher educator, mentor, and supervisor. She is interested in self-study and arts-based research, especially creative non-fiction, narrative inquiry, and poetry, and how they can be used for further collaboration and growth-oriented, critical self-work in and around her professional roles.

Dr. Moody previously taught middle and high school English as a New Language in NYC public schools and is a Peace Corps Fellow (Teachers College, MA TESOL, 2010) and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Mauritania, 2005-2007, Secondary English Education/Gender and Development). She holds a Ph.D. in Contemporary Learning and Interdisciplinary Research from Fordham University, an M.A. in TESOL P-12 from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a B.A. in English from Stonehill College.