Chadwick Fellows 2019-2020
Recipients of the 2019-2020 Chadwick Fellowship are:
Staff: The MET Analytics Team, compromised of Dalia Yassa, Anton Konovchenko, Michele Lok and Omkar Hagavane
The MET Analytics Team, compromised of Dalia Yassa, Anton Konovchenko, Michele Lok and Omkar Hagavane, has the mission of supporting Metropolitan College with the data necessary to make analytically informed decisions. This past year, their work has included data collection, visualization, and analytics of remote learning technologies. With the switch to fully remote teaching and learning in March 2020, the continuation of this model into the summer, and plans for the hybrid Learn from Anywhere (LfA) model in the fall, it became more important than ever to access this data from the platforms used in the classroom (e.g., Blackboard and Zoom) and make it available.
As Chadwick Fellows, they will be: promoting the results obtained thus far with the data and the importance of using these tools to analyze data; advocating the benefits of using the available platforms in a manner that allows accurate data collection and analysis; and creating dashboards that are user friendly and informative to the College’s faculty, staff and students. They plan to use the funds from the fellowship to partially sponsor conference registrations where they present their findings in the field of higher education.
Faculty: Mary Ellen Mastrorilli
Dr. Mary Ellen Mastrorilli is the chair of the Department of Applied Social Sciences and faculty director of Boston University’s Prison Education Program. As a Chadwick Fellow, Dr. Mastrorilli will focus on the Prison University Project, which operates out of San Quentin Prison in California. This program has secured philanthropic funding, carried out rigorous data-driven research, and provided technical assistance in support of prison education programs across the country. Given its impressive accomplishments, Dr. Mastrorilli is interested in learning more.
The focus of her Chadwick Fellowship will be: to meet with Prison University Project staff and gain insights into research and funding strategies; share resources about Boston University’s Prison Education Program; network and build relationships with Prison University Project Staff; explore the beliefs, perspectives and first-hand accounts of those most impacted by prison education – students and teachers. Finally, upon the completion of her project, Dr. Mastrorilli will disseminate her findings by: preparing and presenting a summary of the project and findings to the faculty of the Department of Applied Social Sciences and Massachusetts Prison Education Consortium; writing and delivering a paper to the American Society of Criminology Conference; and submiting a manuscript to the peer-reviewed Journal of Correctional Education. Dr. Mastrorilli’s ultimate goal is to use the Chadwick Fellowship to further advance the mission, reach, quality, and sustainability of the Boston University Prison Education Program.