Timothy Bellavia

Timothy Bellavia is an assistant professor in the Chilhood 1-6 General and Special Education program at the Graduate School of Education. He earned his MFA from Pratt Institute and was a fellow of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and he is the author of several children's picture books, including the award-winning “We Are All the Same Inside.” Over the past few decades, Bellavia has collaborated with several non-profit organizations including Sesame Workshop, Mattie J.T. Stepanek Foundation, and the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz. He was a recipient of Education Update’s Outstanding Educator of the Year Award, and is now serving as an integral part of a five year research project to highlight the importance of integrating STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) topics into elementary school's curriculm. The research is funded through an Education Innovation Research (EIR) grant from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE).

Education

• Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (1997 — 1997)
• M.F.A. Pratt Institute (1992 — 1994)
• B.S. Roberts Wesleyan College (1989 — 1992)

Companies

• D.A.S.A. (Dignity for All Students Act) Trainer Touro College (2013)
• Assistant Professor Touro College & University System (2011)
• Founder / President T.I.M.M.-E. Company, Inc. (2000)
• Online Instructor Lander Center for Educational Research (2013 — 2016)
• Teaching Artist / Consultant Jerry Joy, Inc. (2004 — 2014)
• Teaching Artist / Curriculum Consultant Materials for the Arts (2004 — 2013)
• Teaching Artist / Consultant Greenwich Historical Society (2010 — 2012)
• Consultant Children's Health Education Foundation (2008 — 2012)
• Consultant / Teaching Artist Museum of the City of New York (2005 — 2011)