QUALIFICATIONS
B.A. in English and B.S. in Neuroscience,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
M.Ed., Boston College
Professional Certifications: Chemistry, Biology, and English
Michelle Wynn has over 10 years of classroom teaching experience and more than five years of private tutoring experience. As both a tutor and classroom teacher, she has taught a wide array of subjects including chemistry, biology, English literature, and a neurobiology course she designed to prepare students for the AP psychology exam. Michelle has tutored students from Woodside Priory, St. Francis, GUNN, Castilleja, and MVLA.
Honors:
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2005
University of Massachusetts “Distinguished Alumni” Award, 2003
RET Summer Fellowship Stanford University School of Medicine, 2003
National e-cheivement Award for development of Project Prentiss, Inc., 2002
National Geographic contributor for “Skin” Documentary, 2002
Distinguished Speaker for Goodwin Law Firms Youth Internship Program 2001-2
Harvard University Teachers as Scholars Program, 2001-2
Ruettgers Grant Recipient
Outstanding Graduate Student Award Boston College, 1999
Donovan Scholarship Boston College, 1999
Publications:
Publication January 2007: Journal of the Neurobiology of Disease: “Modulation of Epiletiform activity by glutamine and System A transport in a Model of Post Traumatic Epilepsy”.
Other Credentials:
Additionally, Michelle ran a Gifted Education Program in Darien, CT, where she supported and advised 20 students per year in the development of their own multidiscipline year-long projects. She was a curriculum specialist for three years, and has worked with Leadership Public School (LPS) to design their science program and advise their teachers. She continues to work with LPS today.
