Eldaly, Shokry (se2278)

- Ed.D., Adult Learning & Leadership (AEGIS) — Teachers College, Columbia University (2021). Dissertation: Understanding the Desistance of Formerly Violent Offenders.
- M.S., Negotiation and Conflict Resolution — Columbia University (2025)
- M.Ed., Leadership for Educational Change — Bank Street College of Education (2016)
- M.A., Teaching of English — Teachers College, Columbia University (2011)
- M.F.A., Writing — Goddard College (2010)
- B.A., English–Creative Writing (minor: Psychology) — Hunter College, CUNY (2008)
- M.Phil., Organizational Dynamics — University of Pennsylvania (in progress)

Certificates and Certifications

- Associate Certified Coach (ACC), International Coaching Federation (2024)
- Leadership Performance Coaching Certification (LPCC) — ACT Leadership and Brown University School of Professional Studies (ICF Level 1 accredited), 2024
- Executive Certificate in Social Innovation Design — University of Pennsylvania (2024)
- New York State Professional Teacher Certification, English 7–12 (2016)

Adult learning and transformative learning theory · leadership development and executive coaching · AI-enhanced learning and communities of practice · negotiation and conflict resolution in organizational change · embodied and somatic pedagogy · education in justice-impacted settings

Eldaly, S. (2024). "Embodied Liberation and The Collective Freedom Dream." In Fabbri, Fedeli, Faller, Holt, & Romano (Eds.), Getting Transformation into Good Trouble: Making New Spaces of Possibility with Community and in Practice. Proceedings of the XV Biennial International Transformative Learning Conference, University of Siena, Italy.

Eldaly, S., & Ferguson, J. "Critical Literacies and Contested Futures." Forthcoming, New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education (Wiley).

Eldaly, S. (2021). Understanding the Desistance of Formerly Violent Offenders (doctoral dissertation). Teachers College, Columbia University.

Eldaly, S. (2016). "An America I See In The Distance." Essay, NBC News (NBCBLK), July 2016.

Eldaly, S. (2016). "I Had This Dream / the city of shadows." In The City That Never Sleeps: Poems of New York. SUNY Press, Excelsior Editions, April 2016.

Profiled in Growing for Justice: A Developmental Continuum of Leadership Capacities and Practices (Drago-Severson, Blum-DeStefano, & Brooks Lawrence, Corwin, 2023).

ORLD 6902 Pro-Seminar in Adult Education (co-designed and co-taught with Victoria J. Marsick and Janet Ferguson) · ORLD 6800 Workshop in Adult Education: Critical Literacy; Capstone Workshop · ORLD 6914/6915/6916 Learning Communities I–III · dissertation advisement and doctoral committees (organizational learning, coaching, higher education, K–12 education).

Eldaly, S. "Consequence Topologies and Bifurcation Literacies: Extending Transformative Learning Theory for AI-Enhanced Communities of Practice."

Ferguson, J., & Eldaly, S. "Voicing the Body: An Embodied Exploration of the Transformative Possibilities of Creative Writing Pedagogy and A Simple Everyday Practice."

Glick, J., & Eldaly, S. "Identity Reconstruction and the Art of Co-Creating Change: Extending Transformative Learning Through Complexity."

"Beyond Words: Somatic Practices for Rebuilding Belonging in Polarized Times" — invited pre-conference workshop, NPEA 2026 Conference, Atlanta (April 2026)

"Beyond the Hype: Practical and Equitable Uses of AI in Educational Access" — NPEA 2026 Conference, Atlanta (April 2026); also panelist, Industry Experts Panel

NPEA three-part AI Virtual Learning Series — designed and led (fall 2025); moderated the national AI in Educational Access panel (November 2025)

"Liberated Learning: AI-Enhanced Classrooms for Transformative Education" — ISTELive 25 & ASCD Annual Conference 25, San Antonio (2025)

"AI as a System Disruptor: Ethical Applications for Advancing Educational Equity" — NPEA 2025 Conference, Philadelphia (April 2025)

Speaker, Digital Learning Annual Conference (2025)

"Innovations in Ed: Moving from Linear to Lateral Learning" — panelist, EdTech Week 2024, StartEd, New York, with Pierre Faller, Moses Ojeda, and William Frackelton (October 2024)

Presenter, 7th Annual Teaching Black History Conference, University at Buffalo (July 2024) — five sessions on AI, Afrofuturism, and emancipatory education

Speaker, 6th Annual Black Men in Education Convening, Center for Black Educator Development, Philadelphia (November 2023)

Paper session, XV Biennial ITLC, University of Siena, Italy (September 2024)

Advisory Board & Partnerships Committee, National Partnership for Educational Access (2024–Present)

Host Committee member and Fellowship Leader, EdTech Week 2026, StartEd

Alumni Mentor, Columbia University Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Program (2025–Present)

IRB faculty sponsor; second reader; AEGIS doctoral research teams advised to accepted papers at ITLC 2026