Student Activities and Programs

Student Organizations

Current Student Organizations

There are about 33 recognized student organizations active at Teachers College for the 2012-2013 academic year. In addition, there are numerous other student organizations available to Teachers College students through Columbia University. The missions for these organizations range from professional networking, academic enrichment, to social advocacy.

Please review the information below regarding our active student organizations. Feel free to contact the officers of those organizations you are interested in joining. If you would like further information about starting a new organization or student activities in general, please email the Student Activities office at StudentOrgs@tc.columbia.edu.

• African Studies Working Group (ASWG)
  Officers
  President: Emily Richardson
  Committee Member: Evan Hendon
  Committee Member: Tara Stafford
  
  Group Information
  Email: aswg.tc.columbia@gmail.com
  Website: /site/tcstudentorgsaswg/
  
  
                           
  
• Asian & Pacific Islanders in America (APIA)
  Officers
  Co-Chair: John Yi
  Co-Chair: Alexandra Thomas
  Treasurer: Jess Bertubin
  Secretary: Jenny Fan
  
  Contact Information

  Email: apiainitiative@gmail.com

  Website: Unknown
  
     
  
• Association of Latin American Scholars (ALAS)
   
  

  
  

  Officers
  

  President: Ana Cecilia Galindo Diego
  Vice President: Yumiko Locosol
  Vice President: Natalia Molina
  
  Contact Information
  Email: alas.tc.columbia@gmail.com
  Website: http://www.teacherscollege.edu/students/alas/
     
  
• Association of Multilingual Education Scholars (AMES)
  Officers 

  President: Lisbeth Woodington
  Co-President: Margauex Pierre
  
  

  Contact Information 
  Email: amesattc@gmail.com
  Website: Unknown
  
     
  
• Black Student Network (BSN)
  Officers
  President: Jem Huges
  Vice President of Academics: Alana Miles
  Vice President of Social Programs: Carnisha Jobe
  Vice President of Media/Communications: Deiana Jackson

  
  Contact Information
  Email: tcblackstudentnetwork@gmail.com  

  Website: Unknown
     
  
• Coalition of Latino/a Scholars (CLS)
  Officers
  Co-Chair: Osvaldo Avila
  Co-Chair: Saul Martinez
  Co-Chair: Melissa Monge
  Co-Chair: Gloria Calderon
  Contact Information
  E-mail: cls.tccu@gmail.com
  Website: Unavailable
  
  
• Critical Management Studies Network (CMSN)
  Officers
  President: Nathan Gerard
  Vice President: Rachel Fudman
  Treasurer: Bradford Smith
  
  Contact Information
  E-mail: nathanmgerard@gmail.com
  
  
  
  
• Development in South Asia (DISHA)
  Officers
  Co-President: Meg Whittenberger
  Co-President: Mahreen Tahir
  
  Contact Information
  E-mail: tcdisha@gmail.com
  Website: Unavailable
  
• Friends of Japan
  Officers
  President: Maka Clifford
  Vice President: Fred Tsutagawa
  
  Contact Information
  E-mail: fojofficers@googlegroups.com
  Website: Unavailable
  
  
• International Students Psychology Association (ISPA)
  
  

  
  

  Officers

  President: Fan Jiang 

  VP of External Affairs: Min Chen 

  VP of Program Development: Lijie Wang

  VP of Publicity and Communication: Haofei Shen 

  Senior Consultant: Seth Thompson, Ioanna Georgakopoulou, Sayaka Aoki 

  
  

  Contact Information

  Email: ispa@inpsy.info

  Website: inpsy.info/
  
  
• Kappa Delta Pi
  Officers
  President: Katrina Pierre
  Vice President: Dominic Mentor
  Secretary: Mary Chacko
  Member: Cherie Glover
  Member: Hae Won Jeong
  
  Contact Information
  Email: kappachaptertc@gmail.com
  Website: http://kdp.pressible.org
  
  
• Korean Graduate Student Association (KGSA)
  Officers
  President: Christine Lee
  Vice President: Eunseok Ro
  Secretary: Jinha Kim
  
  Contact Information
  Email: tckgsa@gmail.com
  Website: 'TC Korean Graduate Student Association' on Facebook
  http://club.cyworld.com/TCKGSA
  
  
• LEARNPLAY
  Officers
  President: Will Jordan-Cooley
  Vice President: Christian De-Luna
  Social Chair: Jenna Marks
  Treasurer: Fran McGreever
  Secretary: Kenay Sudler
  
  Contact Information
  Email: csj2109@tc.columbia.edu
  Website: Unavailable
  
• Mindfulness and Education Working Group (MEWG)
  Officers
  Co-Chair: Sarah Sherman
  Co-Chair: Home Nguyen
  
  Contact Information
  E-mail: mindfulness@tc.columbia.edu
  Website: http://www.tc.columbia.edu/centers/mindfulness/
  
  
• National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA)
  Officers
  President: Elanna Seid
  Vice President: Alexa Schuessler
  Treasurer: Carly Weinreb
  Secretary: Whitney Barnett
  
  Contact Information
  Email: tcnsslha@tc.columbia.edu
  Website: Unknown
  
  
• Organization and Human Development Consulting Club (OHDCC)
  Officers
  

  President: Laura Fisher
  Vice President: Kristen Bakalar
  Vice President: Alan Llobet
  Vice President: Anna Denton
  Vice President: Sony Mysore
  
  Contact Information
  

  Email: contactodhcc@gmail.com
  Website: Unknown
  
  
  
  
• Organizational Leadership Association (OLA)
  Officers
  

  President: Brian Long
  VP Career and Leadership Development: Victoria Passarella
  VP Learning and Development : Amy Lakusiewicz
  VP Community Building: Nicole DeMarsh
  VP Learning and Development: Jody Barto
  
  Contact Information
  

  Email: ola.tc.is@gmail.com
  Website: http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=58180180299
  
  
  
• Peace Education Network (PEN)
  Officers
  

  President: Joyce Maxwell
  Co-President: Maka Akan Najin Clifford
  Secretary: Diana Rodriguez-Gomez 
  
  Contact Information
  

  Email: peace.education.network@gmail.com
  Website: Unknown
  
  
  
• Psi Chi - International Honor Society in Psychology
  Officers
  

  President: Curtis Boykin
  Vice President: Anthony Caputo
  Secretary: Ji Eun Shin
  Treasurer: Duoc Nguyen
  
  Contact Information
  

  Email: cmb2218@tc.columbia.edu
  Website: Unknown
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Queer TC (QTC)
  Officers
  

  President: AJ Stachelek
  Program Coordinator: Nick Martucci
  Social Activities Coordinator: Dyan Ferraris
  Outreach and Communications: Jennifer Chang
  
  Contact Information
  

  Email: cadenbutch@gmail.com
  Website: Unknown
  
• School Psychology Club
  Officers
  President: Samantha Shulman
  Vice President: Tasha Storonsky
  Rep/non-social events chair: Cara Fahey
  Secretary: Daniella Phelan
  
  Contact Information
  Email: tcschoolpsychologyclub@gmail.com
  Website: http://www.tc.edu/students/spc
  
  
• Society for Anthropological Study (SAS)
  Officers
  President: Elaine Christian
  Vice President: Cody Madsen
  Treasurer: Jordan Wright
  
  Group Information
  E-mail: society.anthro.studies@gmail.com
  Website: Unknown
  
  
• Student Advocates for the Arts (SAA)

  Mission
  Student Advocates for the Arts works to educate, empower, and mobilize students to influence cultural policy and arts advocacy issues. To this end, we provide a platform for students to engage in open discussion on advancing the arts in the United States through the democratic process.
  Officers
  Position	Name
  President	Priya Sircar
  Secretary/Treasurer	Robin Parks
  Board Member	Eliza Lamb
  Board Member	Helena McCarthy
  Advisor
  Department	Name
  Arts Administration	Joan Jeffri
  Group Information
  Email:	studentartsadvocates@gmail.com
  Website:	http://www.studentadvocatesforthearts.org
  Meeting Times:

  
  
• Society for Entrepreneurship and Education (SEAE)
  Officers
  Co-president: Robin Perenchio
  Co-president: Melissa Hong
  Vice President: Jade Le
  Officer: Timothy Wolfe
  Officer: Delia Hong
  
  Contact Information
  Email: S.E.A.E.Columbia@gmail.com
  Website: /site/tcstudentorgsseae/
  
• The Society for Sociology and Education (SSE)
  Officers
  President: Jonathan Dant
  Secretary: Yu Fan
  Treasurer: Makeeya Hazelton
  
  Contact Information
  Email: sociology.tc@gmail.com
  Website: Unknown
  
  
• Society for International Education (SIE)
  Officers
  President: Rebecca Spotts
  Vice President (Events): Molly Hamm
  Vice President (Events): Luke Yim
  Vice President (Events): Michelle Hollet
  
  Contact Information
  Email: societyintled@gmail.com
  Website: Unknown
  
• Society of Economics and Education [SEE]
  Officers
  President: Miguel Martinez
  Co-President: Sabine Zander
  Treasurer: Alper Dincer 
  
  Contact Information
  Email: see.teacherscollege@gmail.com
  Website: http://www.tc.columbia.edu/students/see/
  
• Students in Health (SIH)
  Officers
  President: Krista Gotcliffe
  
  Contact Information
  Email: tc.studentsinhealth@gmail.com
  Website: Unknown
  
• The Association for the Advancement of Learning Issues in the Middle East (TA'ALIM)
  Officers
  President: Sarah Brandt
  Vice President: Juliana Hess
  Events Chair: Emily Richardson
  
  Contact Information
  E-mail: tctaalim@gmail.com
  Website: Unavailable
  
• Future China Initiative (FCI; formerly known as TCCSSA)
  Officers
  Qin Cui, Mona Gao, Ellen Hu, Shijing Jiang (president 2012-13), Yuzhen Liu, Yang Lu, Kai Chung Tam, Lijie, Wang, Hantian Wu, Yuan Zhou.
  
  Contact Information
  

  Email: futurechina@columbia.edu

  Website: futurechina.us

  
  
• Teachers College Taiwanese Club (TC TC)
  Officers
  President: (Kera) Tzu-Yun Shen
  Vice President: Jenny Ko
  Treasurer: Annabel Lin
  Officer: Helen Lee
  
  Contact Information
  Email: tctccolumbia@gmail.com
  Website: Unknown
  
• Teacher-Writers For a Public Voice
  Officers
  President: Blake Seidenshaw
  President: Mary Barnum
  Vice President: Victoria Grubbs
  
  Contact Information
  E-mail: interdisciplined@gmail.com
  Website: http://ecogradients.com
  
  
• TESOL/AL Roundtable (TESOLAL)
  Officers
  President: Di Yu
  Vice President: Andrea Durkis
  Public Relations Officer: Jiaxin Chloe Xie
  Treasurer: Shiyun Sussi Su
  Secretary: Hoiyee Carol Lo
  
  Contact Information
  Email: tesol.alroundtable@gmail.com
  Website: Unavailable