Department of Education

Professor Brianna Balke comes to Brown after many years teaching high school science and supporting student teachers at Blackstone Academy, one of the MAT program’s partner schools. She is a Brown MAT alumna herself as well as a Senior Fellow with the Knowles Teacher Initiative. Brianna is committed to making our schools more equitable and justice-centered and is passionate about creating relationship- and community-centered learning environments characterized by inquiry and productive struggle. She seeks to support students and teachers in becoming agents of change.