EDUCATION
Teachers College, Columbia University — Ed.D student in the Department of Curriculum & Teaching
The School of the Visual Arts, City As Site Residency in Site-specific, Participatory Art — Participant
The Arts and Passion Driven Learning Institute, Hosted by the Silk Road Project and Harvard Graduate School of Education — Participant
Relay Graduate School of Education — Masters of Arts in Teaching with Honors, Secondary ELA
Princeton University — BA in Art History with Certificates in American Studies and African American Studies. Thesis "A Hidden City Emerges: Picturing the Industrial Identity, Civic Topography, and Urban Ethos of Newark, NJ", 2012
EXPERIENCE
Teachers College, Columbia University — Instructor, CT4052: Curriculum Design & Instruction. Summer 2018 to Present
Teachers College, Columbia University — Research Assistant, 2016 to Present [Dr. Thomas Hatch; Dr. Ioana Literat; Dr. Nancy Lesko]
City Seminary New York — Gallery & Writing Fellow, Jan 2018 to Present
Teachers College, Columbia University — Teaching Assistant, 2017-2018 [CT5000 Theory & Inquiry into Curriculum & Teaching; CT4004 School Change; CT4052 Curriculum Design & Instruction]
Ascend Public Charter School, NY — 6th Grade Humanities Teacher; ELA Intervention Teacher, 2014-2015
North Star Academy, NJ — 6th Grade English & Language Arts Teacher, 2012-2014
Princeton University Art Museum — Intern to Curator of Education; Student Tour Guide, 2008-2012
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
Gerth v.d. Berg, S. (2018). Pedagogical Possibilities: Arts-Based Practices of Collaborative Time for Teaching the Future. Transformations: The Journal of Inclusive Scholarship and Pedagogy.
Literat, I., & van den Berg, S. (2017). Buy memes low, sell memes high: Vernacular criticism and collective negotiations of value on Reddit’s MemeEconomy. Information, Communication & Society, DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2017.1366540
ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
van den Berg, S., Corson, J., & Hatch, T. (2018, April). Bringing Out-of-School Time into School: Spandrels of Opportunity for Transforming Formal Learning in New York City. Paper presented at American Education Research Association 2018 Annual Meeting, New York, NY.
van den Berg, S. (2017, October 19). Pedagogical Possibilities: Arts-Based Practices of Collaborative Time. Paper presented at Curriculum and Pedagogy Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Liu Wong, M., & van den Berg, S. (2017, October 18). Art, spirituality, and community engagement: A model for learning cities at a local scale. Paper presented at TRENDS2017 14th International Pascal Conference, Pretoria, South Africa.
Hatch, T., Faughey, D., Corson, J., & van den Berg., S. (2017, April). Improve or innovate? The possibilities and challenges for educational transformation in New York City. Paper presented at American Education Research Association 2017 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
van den Berg, S. (2017, February 11). A pedagogy of aesthetic participation: The curricular consequences of a gallery of artistic practices. Paper presented at LSU Curriculum Theory Project - Curriculum Camp, Baton Rouge, LA.