Barbara Kent Lawrence has taught for many years in schools in Washington, DC, Connecticut, and Maine, and at Boston University and since 2010 at Lesley University in Massachusetts. Her academic credentials include a BA in Anthropology from Bennington College, MA in Sociology from New York University, and an Ed.D. in Administration, Training, and Policy Studies from Boston University.

In addition, Dr. Lawrence has written and lectured about the affect of culture on aspirations, issues affecting small schools, and school-community facilities. The audience for these publications includes other professionals in the field, as well as advocates for small schools, students, and community members.

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Academic Work
EDUCATION:
    Milton Academy 1961

College:       Bennington College
      B.A. Anthropology    1965

Graduate School:      New York University  1969

M.A. Sociology:   Boston University School of Education
      Administration, Training, and Policy Studies 1998

       Ed.D. Dissertation: "The Influence of Culture on Aspirations,
a Case Study of Tremont, ME." 

      National Rural Education Association DissertationAward    1997-98

EMPLOYMENT:

Education   Director, Facilities Initiative
     The Rural School and Community Trust         1998 - present

    Adjunct Professor, Lesley University 2000 - present

    School of Education, Boston University
    Teaching Assistant to Dr. Charles Glenn          1995 - 1997

    Brunswick School, Greenwich, CT
    Teacher: History, Sociology, Anthropology
    Chairman: History Department, Dean of Guidance          1971 - 1979

REAL ESTATE            Broker, Consultant LandVest, Boston Office    1995 - 1999

    Train Properties, Ltd.
     President, Designated Broker and Co-Owner   1980 -1997
 
VOLUNTEER WORK
IN EDUCATION Citizens School: "Brain Trust"     1996 - 1997  T                                                  Trinity Church, Education Task Force 1996 - 1998
   Field Studies for Children
   Environmental program at College of the Atlantic
   Founder/Member of Advisory Board    1980 - 1996
   The Tremont School Fund
   Co-Founder and Chair   1984 - 1990

VOLUNTEER WORK in   President, Hamilton-Wenham GREEN   2007 - present
OTHER AREAS   Member: Hamilton Government Study Committee             2008 - present
    Member: Hamilton -Wenham Capital Management Committee        2007 - present
    Chair: Inter-Community Organizations Coalition 2008 - present
    Co-Chair: Hamilton Village Improvement Society

OTHER: Bitter Ice: a memoir of love, food and obsession, published December, 1999, William Morrow, Inc., NY. Currently working on a novel, Islands of Time.

Courses taught at Lesley University, Adult Learning Division

IGS:

Writing: Topics
Memoir
Creative Writing

Social Sciences: Topics
Gender typing in a pre-school
Family Issues for parents of LD students
Environmental law

FIRST READER FOR THESES: Topics
Fashion as a reflection of the changing role of women
Sexual abuse of girls and women by priests and family members
The meaning of menstruation for women
The journey of Irish women as told by the granddaughter of an immigrant
Journey of a 'project kid' from Cambridge

COURSES:
Lives in Context
Writing Skills I
Writing Lab
Research Seminar

OTHER INTERESTS:
Small schools
Culture change and acculturation
Social movements and the Sixties