DR. SHAWN MARIE GARRETT
∙ Co-founder, Director of Educational Consulting, GPS Academy Great Neck (private)
∙ Co-founder, Director of Educational Consulting, Long Island Scholars (nonprofit)
∙ Board Secretary, Co-director of Communications, yale.NYC
∙ Associate Member, Independent Educational Consultants Association
∙ President, Glen Cove (NY) High School PTSA
∙ Facilitator, TED-Ed Club of Long Island
∙ Member, Women's Diversity Network
∙ D.F.A., M.F.A., Dramaturgy & Dramatic Criticism, Yale School of Drama
∙ B.A. cum laude with Honors in English, Duke University
PROJECTS & RESUME
Selected projects since 2010
Educational Consulting
TED-Ed Club Leader: Guide high school and college students in developing and delivering Student TED Talks. (2021)
GPS Academy Great Neck: Co-founder, Director of Educational Consulting, 1 Bond Street, Great Neck, NY. (2020 - present)
Long Island Scholars: Design and direct program and operations of 501(c)(3) dedicated to supporting college and career readiness, access, and success for motivated, under-resourced public school students on Long Island. (2019 - present)
Nonprofit Governance and Communications
Yale.NYC: Serve as Board Secretary and co-direct communications of NYC metro-area Yale University alumni association serving 17,000 members: strategic planning, operations, internal and external communications (website, blog, video promotions, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram). (2018 - present)
Workshops for Writing Teachers
Participatory workshops in performance-based techniques for teaching writing. (2013 - 2016)
Selected Publications
“Quotation.” Reading Contemporary Performance: Theatricality Across Genres. Eds. Meiling Cheng and Gabrielle H. Cody. New York: Routledge. 2016.
“For the Love of the Venus: Suzan-Lori Parks, Richard Foreman, and the Premiere of Parks’s Venus.” Suzan-Lori Parks: Essays on the Plays and Other Works. Ed. Philip Kolin. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. 2010.