Katy Farber
Saint Michael's College Assistant Professor of Education
New England
Dr. Katy Farber is an author and Assistant Professor of STEM Education. She is the author of four books about education: Why Great Teachers Quit and How We Can Stop the Exodus (Corwin Press, 2010); Change the World with Service Learning (Rowman & Littlefield, 2011); Real and Relevant: a guide to service and project-based learning, 2nd edition (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017), and is a co-author of Personalized Learning in the Middle Grades (Harvard Education Press, 2019) as well as several book chapters and academic articles. Katy was a classroom teacher for 19 years. She is passionate about promoting student and teacher voice, engaging students in hands-on learning, sharing the power of service learning, and creating inclusive communities where joy, courageous conversations, creativity, and kindness are the norm.