Nicole L. Lorenzetti, Ph.D., M.Phil., M.S., brings more than a decade of experience in research and evaluation, including designing research studies, collecting and analyzing data, overseeing formative and summative evaluations, conducting field work, and performing complex analyses of teacher, student, and school data. She has served as the Accreditation Specialist in the MAT in Art Education at the School of Visual Arts, overseeing national accreditation for their MAT in Art Education program through AAQEP in addition to her career as a teacher educator. 

Nicole has been a teacher educator in New York City at several institutions, including the School of Visual Arts, the City College of New York, and Hunter College where she focuses on courses that prepare educators to be culturally responsive in their teaching and assessment. She teaches courses in Experimental Psychology, Child Development, Adolescent Development, the Psychology of Teaching and Learning, Assessment of Learning, Urban Education, Research and Evaluation, and the Research Seminar in Special Education. 

Additionally, at Columbia University, she has served on on faculty in the Applied Analytics department with courses such as Research Design and Data Science Consulting. Prior to entering research, evaluation, and teaching in higher education, she spent ten years in arts education administration and teaching theatre. To date, Nicole has taught over 95 post-secondary courses. 

In her five years at Metis Associates, she worked with clients such as the American Museum of Natural History, VH1’s Save the Music Foundation, Lincoln Center Education, Moving for Life, and the Center for Educational Innovation. Nicole is currently an independent researcher and evaluator, consulting with organizations around the tri-state area.

Nicole holds a Ph.D., a M.S., and a M.Phil. in Educational Psychology, where her research program continues to focus on implicit biases in teachers and the effects on decision-making about students. Her research has been published in journals and conference proceedings. She is also the parent of two amazing public school kids, and volunteers as a community organizer for education justice. 

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