Jordy Oakland helps to devise and run initiatives like the Project Zero Doctoral Fellowships and the PZ Student Research Cohort. She oversees aspects of Project Zero’s cultural life, including speaker series, community events, and art installations in the PZ space.
PZ Work
As the special projects coordinator, Jordy works closely with Project Zero’s co-directors Carrie James and Liz Dawes Duraisingh to bring culture to life at PZ and implement vital initiatives with Harvard students.
Further Work
A teaching artist in Boston-area schools, she is interested in the relationship between words, the body, and the physical spaces we inhabit. Her work with pre-K- to 5th-grade students emphasizes using the tools of embodied storytelling and collaborative performance to place the body at the center of teaching and learning within our regular classroom walls. She is a great fan of the work of Vivian Paley, Shakespeare & Co., and Mary Overlie.
Jordy has been a teaching fellow for Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) courses in the Arts & Learning concentration and the Learning Technology Innovation and Design program that explore the nature of generative collaboration and the conditions that create effective teams, groups, and communities across settings.
Fun Facts
Jordy’s background is in theater, film, and arts education. She holds degrees from Emerson College and HGSE.
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