Teacher-Educator | Scholar | Poet | Author
Cultivating the teachers of today and tomorrow.
Dr. Brian Mooney is a teacher-educator, scholar, poet, and author from New Jersey. He earned his doctorate in English Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.
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Breakbeat Pedagogy
Published in 2016 by Peter Lang International Academic Publishers. Available wherever books are sold.
Teaching and Research
Dr. Mooney is an experienced teacher who taught high school English for nearly 10 years. In recent years he’s been teaching at both Teachers College, Columbia University and Montclair State University. Dr. Mooney teaches courses on language, literacy, culture, and urban education.
His research interests include hip hop & spoken word pedagogy, youth participatory action research, and digital and media literacies.
Consulting and Speaking
As an experienced speaker and workshop facilitator, Dr. Mooney can provide a number of services for your school, district, or organization.
He has provided professional development for teachers, principals, teaching-artists, supervisors, coaches, and central office administrators from across the country.
Brian’s expertise includes culturally responsive education, youth activism, antiracist teaching, and more. If you would like to bring Brian to your district or organization, please reach out below.
“I was intrigued that somebody other than myself can articulate and break down the concepts of TPAB almost better than I can. That let me know he’s a true lover of music”
— Kendrick Lamar, Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper
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In June 2015, the Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar paid a visit to Dr. Mooney and his students in New Jersey. NPR was there to cover the story.
