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Kean University to Shift to Remote Operations on Sunday, October 12

Due to the ongoing State of Emergency across New Jersey amid the nor’easter storm, Kean University will continue remote operations on Monday, October 13. 
All classes on New Jersey campuses will be held remotely, and all in-person activities are canceled. 
Employees who had planned to observe the Columbus Day holiday should do so as scheduled. All other employees will work remotely on Monday. Only essential personnel should report to work as required. Employees with questions should contact their supervisors for guidance. 
Keanu’s Kitchen on the Union campus will remain open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday to serve residential students.

Tara Schwitzman-Gerst, Ed.D.

Assistant Professor
Office Location
HH-406
Email
tgerst@kean.edu
Phone
(908) 737-3774
Tara Schwitzman-Gerst

Degrees Earned

  • Ed.D., Curriculum and Teaching, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2022
  • M.Ed., Multicultural Education, Eastern University, 2012
  • B.S., Psychology, University of Florida, 2009
  • B.M., Music Performance, University of Florida, 2009

Courses Taught

  • EDUC 3000 Curriculum Evaluation and the Learner
  • EMSE 3140 Social Studies and Contemporary Issues in Elementary Education
  • EMSE 4900 Seminar in Clinical Practice
  • GE 1855 Intersectionality and the Arts (First Year Seminar)

Research Interests

Diversity, Equity, and Care in Teaching and Teacher Education; Intersectional Justice; Preservice Teacher Preparation for General and Special Education; Inclusive Education; Hispanic Serving Institutions; Higher Education; Issues in Qualitative Research

Selected Publications

Schwitzman-Gerst, T. (2022). “We Still Miss Some of Them”: A DisCrit analysis of the role of two, 4-year Hispanic Serving Institutions in racially diversifying the K-12 teaching force. Teachers College Record, 124(7), 82-104.

Naraian, S., Chacko, M., Feldman, C., & Schwitzman-Gerst, T. (2020). Emergent Concepts of  Inclusion in the Context of Committed School Leadership. Education and Urban Society, 52(8), 1238-1263.

Gerst, A. & Schwitzman-Gerst, T. (2020). Disabling Inequity: How the social model of disability resists barriers to social security disability benefits. N.Y.U. Review of Law and Social Change, 44(2), 145-170.

Schwitzman, T.E. (2019). “Dealing with Diversity and Difference”: A DisCrit analysis of teacher education curriculum in a historically marginalized space. Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 34(1), 50-71.

Schwitzman, T.E. (2018). St(r)uck by Feminism: The implications of engaging a text of resistance. Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 33(1), 45-58.