About Me.
MOIRA PIRSCH is a poet, educator, and organizer from Madison, Wisconsin. She has taught courses and facilitated conferences on social justice, the arts and education for over 10 years. She recently earned her PhD from Columbia University's Teachers College with a focus on the intersections of new literacies, hip hop education, spirituality and race. She earned her Masters Degree in Arts in Education from Harvard University where she was the Education Associate to the Hip Hop Archive and coordinator to the Arts First Festival. Before moving to the East Coast, she was the Youth Programs Associate at the MN Spoken Word Association for five years. She is currently a Coyle Fellow at the Center for Literacy at the University of Notre Dame and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Urban and Minority Education (IUME) at Columbia University. Her work focuses on the power of spoken word and hip hop to transform, uplift and empower communities. She believes in miracles.
EDUCATION
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
Ph.D. in English Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA
Ed.M. in Arts in Education
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN
B.A. in English Literature
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
Ph.D. in English Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA
Ed.M. in Arts in Education
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN
B.A. in English Literature
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AWARDS / RECOGNITION
Outstanding Dissertation Award, American Education Research Association, Spirituality SIG | 2018 Excellence in Teaching Assistance Award, (1 TA) General Studies Student Council, Columbia U | 2018 Dean’s Grant for Student Research, Teachers College, Columbia University | 2017-2018 Dean’s Fellow for Teaching and Diversity, Teachers College, Columbia University | 2015-2016, 2017-2018 Provost’s Grant for Professional Development, Teachers College, Columbia University | 2015-2016 College of Liberal Arts Student Commencement Speaker, University of Minnesota | 2010 Community Engagement Scholar, University of Minnesota | 2010 President Student Leadership & Service Award, (.05% of students) University of Minnesota | 2010 Alumni Association Award, (1 of 8 students) University of Minnesota | 2010 Engaged English Department Scholar, (1 of 9 students) University of Minnesota | 2010 Top 20 Artist under 20, Star Tribune and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN | 2008 |
| Moira Pirsch PhD CV 2018 |