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Jerek Sharrod Brown – Morehouse College

Political Science

Political Science | Field: Education
Raised in the heart of the South by way of Jackson, Mississippi, Jerek Brown firmly believes that educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. In so doing, he has committed to a lifelong career in education. Jerek had the honor of representing the Morehouse College Class of 2015 as the class valedictorian and was awarded the Robert Brisbane Award in Political Science after having maintained a cumulative grade point average of 4.0 during his four years there. The Phi Beta Kappa graduate is currently enrolled at Harvard Graduate School of Education where he is pursuing a Master of Education in Teaching and Curriculum with certifications in Political Science/Political Philosophy and History.

During his time at Morehouse, Jerek served in several leadership capacities. He served as President of the world-renowned Morehouse College Glee Club where he reinstated the Brother-to-Brother Initiative wherein which each of the organization’s newest members were paired with senior members who could assist in their transition to college and serve as a lifelong brother, and advocated for an exclusive study hall for members to promote academic excellence amongst the membership. Additionally, he served as President of the Morehouse Political Science Association, member of Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society Honor Society, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society to name a few.

After having been raised by a family of educators, Jerek credits much of his experience in college to ultimately lead him to the path of education. During Summer 2013, Jerek had the privilege of interning with Mentors of Minorities in Education’s Total Learning Cis-TEM (MOMIE’s TLC) in Washington DC. There he co-taught second graders in the Prince George’s County School District to reinforce state tested subject concepts that were introduced the previous term, attended trips that gave them cultural expose in the nation’s capitol and in Baltimore, Maryland, and worked closely with parents to monitor academic progress. He also worked with the Summer Training for Excellence in Education Research at UCLA as a summer research intern exploring the disparities amongst advance curriculum programs in Title I schools. This summer Jerek is a teaching intern at the Cambridge-Harvard Summer Academy and will have teaching placements in Boston Public Schools during the 2015-2016 school year. Jerek plans to gain experience teaching in urban schools and abroad before pursuing a doctorate degree in education and working in education administration and education policy.

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