Stephanie Holstad Ramsey, Ph.D., is an educational consultant based in New York City.   She received her doctorate in Cognitive Studies in Education under the advisement of Dr. Deanna Kuhn at Columbia University Teachers College. Stephanie's past experience includes serving as a Core Faculty Fellow in the Core Curriculum at Columbia University and Peace Corps volunteer in Malawi as a teacher in a community secondary school. Her research in cognitive development and experience teaching children and adults inform her teaching philosophy. Her classrooms are heavily discussion-based with active students and deep engagement facilitating not only the learning of content knowledge but enriched thinking and cognitive development. Stephanie's goal is to have long-term, valuable impact in her classroom and as a researcher.