MARTHA BROWN

Experienced educator with a strong background in online teaching and curriculum development at Eastern Mennonite University. Demonstrated success in increasing student engagement through multimedia tools and clear communication. Expertise in creating collaborative learning environments and delivering constructive feedback to enhance academic performance. Focused on continuous improvement and implementing innovative instructional methods.

• Expanded Critical Supports (ECS): 3-Year Review. Trends, Lessons, and Visioning the Future of ECS, Aging & Trauma Training Workshop, Dallas, TX, 05/07-09/23
• Trauma-sensitive research and evaluation: Why and how stories matter, American Evaluation Society (AEA) Conference, Indianapolis, IN, 10/10/23
• What is Restorative Justice in Schools? Three full-day training workshops with various groups, Carroll County School District, MD, 2023-2024
• Understanding Restorative Justice in Education: A Professional Development Course, Online, self-pace course for staff, BOCES NY, 2023
• Getting Ready for Restorative Justice in Education, Online self-paced course, www.rjaeconsulting.com, 2023
• Reshaping Evaluation through trauma-informed evaluation, American Evaluation Society (AEA) Conference, New Orleans, LA, 11/06/22
• Becoming a trauma-informed evaluator, American Evaluation Society (AEA) eStudy, 03/15 & 03/22/20
• Trauma-informed and culturally responsive evaluation practices, American Evaluation Association (AEA) Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 11/12/19
• Bringing critical evaluation theories full Circle: An old-new practice for dialogic evaluations, Brown, M. A., Raphael, L., American Evaluation Society (AEA) Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 11/14/19
• Healing through the arts: Restorative practices for arts educators, Workshop, West Palm Beach, 09/21/19
• Trauma-informed and De-colonizing Evaluation Practices, Canadian Evaluation Society (CES) Conference, 05/25/19
• Bridging Disciplines, Space and Time: Teaching Evaluation Basics to Non-Evaluators in an Online Learning Environment, Canadian Evaluation Society (CES) Conference, 05/26-30/19
• Beyond Professional Development Workshops: Why We Need Restorative Justice in Teacher Education, Critical Questions in Education Conference, Savanna, GA, 03/04-06/19
• Speaking our truth, healing the wounds, regaining our strength, American Evaluation Society (AEA) Conference, Cleveland, OH, 10/31-11/02/18
• Intimidation rituals: Real life consequences of speaking truth to power, American Evaluation Society (AEA) Conference, Price, A., Wolfe, S., Brown, M. A., Cleveland, OH, 10/31-11/02/18
• Circles: A dialogic method for doing good in culturally responsive evaluations, American Evaluation Society (AEA) Conference, Cleveland, OH, 10/31/18
• E-VALUE-ation: Learning just how vital we are, Florida Associations of Museums (FAM) Conference, Naples, FL, 09/16-18/18
• Building RJ into our teacher preparation and professional development, International Conference on Restorative Practices, Minneapolis, MN, 08/09-11/18
• Beyond suspension rates: Using evaluation to improve whole school restorative practices training and implementation, International Conference on Restorative Practices, Minneapolis, MN, 08/09-11/18
• Restorative circles in evaluation: an emerging practice and methodology, Canadian Evaluation Society (CES) Conference, Calgary, AB, 05/27-29/18
• Supporting students in fast-track courses: F2F teaching with online support, Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Teaching with Technology Showcase: Moving Ahead with Technology, 04/20/18
• Restorative and trauma-informed approaches to evaluation, Canadian Evaluation Society (CES) Conference, Calgary, AB, 05/26/18
• Restorative circles in evaluation: An emerging practice and methodology, American Evaluation Association (AEA) Conference, Washington, DC, 11/07-11/17
• The art of program design, Culture Council of Palm Beach County, Lake Worth, FL, 09/26/17
• The magic of the virtual circle: Teaching and learning in online RJ courses, National Association of Community and Restorative Justice (NACRJ) Conference, Oakland, CA, 06/17-21/17
• Two worlds meet: Co-creating data collection instruments for an after-school arts education pilot program, Canadian Evaluation Society (CES) Conference, Vancouver, BC, 04/30-05/03/17
• Talking in circles: Preliminary findings of a mixed methods study of school-wide restorative practices in two urban schools, International Conference on Conflict Resolution Education (CRE), Washington, D.C., 06/18-20/15
• Talking in circles: Preliminary findings of a mixed methods study of school-wide restorative practices in two urban schools, National Association of Community and Restorative Justice (NACRJ), Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 05/31-06/03/15
• Combatting food insecurity and child hunger in one elementary school: Findings of the 'Nutrition in a Knapsack' program evaluation, The International Conference on Poverty, Globalization, and Schooling: A Holistic Approach, Orlando, FL, 02/18-20/15
• From zero tolerance to restorative justice in education: Practical policy reform to assure a just and equitable education for African American youth, International Conference on Conflict Resolution Education (CRE), Washington, D.C., 06/11-16/14
• Incorporating restorative justice and relational pedagogy into teacher education programs: Strategies for building peaceful classroom communities, Brown, M. A., Evans, K., International Conference on Conflict Resolution Education (CRE), Washington, D.C., 06/11-16/14
• Eugenics in education: The effects of tracking and zero tolerance policies on African American students, Florida Atlantic University, Eugenics: Race, Public Health and the Science of Nationalism Research Symposium, 02/10/14
• The restorative classroom: Practices for inclusion and care, National Association of Multicultural Educators Annual Conference, Oakland, CA, 11/06-10/13
• How can restorative approaches contribute to finding a solution to problems of institutional and systemic racism in schools?, National Restorative Justice Conference, Toledo, OH, 06/18-21/13
• Combatting racism in schools, Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Professional Development Retreat, Delray Beach, FL, 09/27-28/12
• Using Florida Ready to Work as an innovative approach to workplace readiness and inmate literacy in a therapeutic work release center, International Community Corrections Association Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, 09/09-12/12