In August of 2012, Amy Kenton received her doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. The focus of her dissertation was on youth leadership development. She zeroed-in on the role of community-based organizations in helping schools develop effective youth leadership programming. Dr. Kenton also analyzed the role of technology in young people's leadership cultivation.
Dr. Kenton's own work as a social studies teacher provided inspiration for her doctoral study. As a secondary social studies teacher, she provided students paths to develop leadership skills through service learning projects. Dr. Kenton also built into her lessons, opportunities for students to study and to meet noted youth leaders. As a result of her efforts, Dr. Kenton won a Congressional award, the James Madison Fellowship, which awards a Masters to one social studies teacher per state for excellence. Dr. Kenton applied the fellowship at Columbia University, where she received a Masters in American Studies in 2000. A central focus of her work at Columbia was on African American history. Dr. Kenton's thesis was on the activism of youth leaders during the Civil Rights Movement, who took part in the Freedom Summer in Mississippi in 1964. Dr. Kenton integrated biographies of youth activists from this period in her teaching of United States history and in her own youth leadership development methodology.
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AuthorApart from her EdD, Amy Kenton holds Master's degrees in Social Studies Education and School Administration and Supervision from C.W. Post College and an additional Master's degree in Liberal Studies from Columbia University. Archives
July 2014
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