Mary Coakley-Fields

Dr. Mary Coakley-Fields is an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum
and Instruction in Manhattanville's School of Education. In addition, she serves as
program coordinator for literacy programs and program advisor for the Rose Institute
for Learning and Literacy. She coordinates the Dyslexia and the Science of Reading
Advanced Certificate as well as the Social Emotional Learning and Whole Child Education
Advanced Certificate. Dr. Coakley-Fields taught in New York City public and independent
schools as a classroom teacher and teacher leader. She then worked at Teachers College,
Columbia University as an instructor in the Literacy Specialist and Elementary Inclusive
Education programs. She completed her doctoral degree from Teachers College, Columbia
University, where her research focused on the intersections of literacy instruction
with inclusive teaching practices. She has presented at regional and national conferences,
including American Education Research Association (AERA), Literacy Research Association
(LRA), and the Annual Ethnography Forum at the University of Pennsylvania. She has
published in journals such as The Reading Teacher, Reading Horizons, and The New York
Language and Literacy Spectrum. Dr. Coakley-Fields teaches courses focusing on K-12
literacy methods, the Science of Reading, culturally relevant and sustaining pedagogies
and teacher education.
Areas of Interest: Classroom Research, Teacher Inquiry, Professional Development Schools
(PDS), Ethnography, Narrative Research, Literacy Instruction, Content Area Literacy,
Science of Reading (SOR), Social Emotional Learning and Whole Child Education
Elementary and Early Childhood Education, M.S., City College of New York
English, B.A., Wesleyan University