Julie Kenny Calzini Named Myrt Harper Rose ’56 Dean of the School of Education
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Dr. Julie Kenny Calzini, Ed.D. has been appointed the next Myrt Harper Rose ’56 Dean of the School of Education.
1/25/2024
Dr. Julie Kenny Calzini, Ed.D. has been appointed the next Myrt Harper Rose ’56 Dean of the School of Education. Her appointment is effective immediately and follows a search process involving extensive conversations with School of Education faculty and staff, and President Steven R. DiSalvo, Ph.D.
“The passion for pedagogy among our students, administrators, and faculty makes Endicott an amazing place and I am excited and honored to be the next Myrt Harper Rose ’56 Dean of the School of Education,” said Kenny Calzini, who has served as Interim Dean of the School of Education since July 2023. “Together, we will continue to elevate the School of Education and provide an outstanding experience for our students.”
Since July, Kenny Calzini has served as Interim Dean of the School of Education. She has been an equity-driven educator for 30 years but her career at Endicott began nearly seven years ago in 2017, when she joined the College community overseeing teaching fellows and 5th-year programs.
Before her work in higher education, Kenny Calzini was a secondary school teacher and administrator. She is a specialist in secondary schools with extensive experience in advising students, college/career counseling, mentoring faculty, curriculum development, teaching, research, and creating and implementing policies and procedures that affect positive change.
Her doctoral research focused on critical whiteness; specifically, what it means to be a white preservice teacher. The results of her research have been applied to curricular and programmatic changes at Endicott to ensure teacher candidates understand how their identities impact marginalized groups. She believes that policies and practice should be student-centered.
She received a B.A. from Merrimack College, an M.A.T in English from Salem State University, and a doctorate in Curriculum, Teaching, Learning, and Leadership from Northeastern University.