Instructors
Tara L. Tetrault (WMST 101)
As an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Social Sciences at Montgomery College, Professor Tetrault teaches courses for the Anthropology, Archaeology, and Women’s Studies programs. She was awarded the Smithsonian Faculty Fellow in 2003 and 2007, integrating Smithsonian museum exhibits into her teaching practices, which parallels her expertise in cultural resources. During both fellowships, Professor Tetrault completed summer research projects on the Potomac Creek Indian Settlements and video production on Akan pottery. In 2005, Tetrault was recognized and awarded by the National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) for her development of a teaching training program for K-12 educators in the education of archaeology and preservation issues. She has published on topics ranging from the history of women in politics; to topics in prehistory; Women and pottery in Ghana and cultures in Brazil. Professor Tetrault has extensive experience working in the areas of preservation and legislation that guide both women’s rights and historic preservation; consulting for archaeological firms, museums, and foundations on curation, exhibits, public programming, and collections management issues. She currently volunteers on the Council for Maryland Archaeology Education Committee, which awards stipends to students who present papers at the Middle Atlantic Archaeology Conference (MAAC) each year.
As an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Social Sciences at Montgomery College, Professor Tetrault teaches courses for the Anthropology, Archaeology, and Women’s Studies programs. She was awarded the Smithsonian Faculty Fellow in 2003 and 2007, integrating Smithsonian museum exhibits into her teaching practices, which parallels her expertise in cultural resources. During both fellowships, Professor Tetrault completed summer research projects on the Potomac Creek Indian Settlements and video production on Akan pottery. In 2005, Tetrault was recognized and awarded by the National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) for her development of a teaching training program for K-12 educators in the education of archaeology and preservation issues. She has published on topics ranging from the history of women in politics; to topics in prehistory; Women and pottery in Ghana and cultures in Brazil. Professor Tetrault has extensive experience working in the areas of preservation and legislation that guide both women’s rights and historic preservation; consulting for archaeological firms, museums, and foundations on curation, exhibits, public programming, and collections management issues. She currently volunteers on the Council for Maryland Archaeology Education Committee, which awards stipends to students who present papers at the Middle Atlantic Archaeology Conference (MAAC) each year.
Sahar D. Sattarzadeh (SOCY 105)
Professor Sattarzadeh is an adjunct faculty member for Sociology within the Department of Social Sciences at Montgomery College. She is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Maryland, College Park, specializing in minority groups and indigenous peoples' equal and equitable access to "quality" higher education. In addition to teaching sociology at Montgomery College, Sattarzadeh has taught an online sociology course for a higher education institution in Iran. She currently works as a researcher for the Education Consortium for Research and Evaluation (EdCORE) at George Washington University, which focuses on K-16 public education reform in Washington, DC, as well as a consultant for Minority Rights Group International (MRG), an international non-governmental organization that has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and observer status with the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR). Her research and advocacy areas of interest include: urban education reform; social transformation of disadvantaged, underserved, and vulnerable populations; international human rights law; right to education; dynamics of inequality and injustice; new/social media advocacy; information communication technologies (ICTs), digital literacy, and access; indigenous knowledge systems; identity studies; discourse analysis and studies; and civil, cultural, economic, political, and social disparities and rights.
Professor Sattarzadeh is an adjunct faculty member for Sociology within the Department of Social Sciences at Montgomery College. She is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Maryland, College Park, specializing in minority groups and indigenous peoples' equal and equitable access to "quality" higher education. In addition to teaching sociology at Montgomery College, Sattarzadeh has taught an online sociology course for a higher education institution in Iran. She currently works as a researcher for the Education Consortium for Research and Evaluation (EdCORE) at George Washington University, which focuses on K-16 public education reform in Washington, DC, as well as a consultant for Minority Rights Group International (MRG), an international non-governmental organization that has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and observer status with the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR). Her research and advocacy areas of interest include: urban education reform; social transformation of disadvantaged, underserved, and vulnerable populations; international human rights law; right to education; dynamics of inequality and injustice; new/social media advocacy; information communication technologies (ICTs), digital literacy, and access; indigenous knowledge systems; identity studies; discourse analysis and studies; and civil, cultural, economic, political, and social disparities and rights.