Amanda Man

Amanda On-Yee Man (she/her) is a Ph.D. student in the School of Education at the University of Delaware, Newark, DE. She completed her B.A. in English Literature and Secondary Education at Washington University in St. Louis and holds a M.S.Ed. in Education, Culture, and Society from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. In the six years between her studies, she taught high school English in New Jersey, USA, then moved to Macau S.A.R. to teach in and support the development of a local secondary school’s English-language immersion program.

Currently, she supports the implementation of basic needs programming at the University of Delaware’s Center for Intercultural Engagement alongside her research and studies. Her research interests revolve around the interactions between crises, schools, communities, and young people, and is grounded in healing-centered pedagogy, radical empathy, promoting equity, and uplifting student voices. 

Education

• M.S.Ed. in Education, Culture, and Society, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, Philadelphia, PA, 2022
• B.A. in Secondary Education and English Literature, magna cum laude, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 2015

Professional Experience

• Museum Educator, the Penn Museum, 2023
• West Philadelphia Tutoring Project Coordinator, Civic House, University of Pennsylvania, 2021-2022
• English instructor, Colegio Diocesano de Sao Jose 6, Macao, 2017-2021
• English teacher, STEMCivics Charter School, 2015-2017

Recent Honors and Awards

• Fontana Family Graduate Scholarship, University of Delaware, 2023–present
• Penn GSE Named Scholar – Roberts Family Scholarship Fund, University of Pennsylvania, 2021-2022 
• Honors with Distinction, Department of English , Washington University in St. Louis, 2015
• Academic Excellence Award, Depart of Education, Washington University in St. Louis, 2015
• National Merit Scholar Scholarship, National Merit Scholarship Corp., 2011-2015
• AmeriCorps Education Award, Corporation of National and Community Service, 2013
• Member, Phi Beta Kappa
• Member, Sigma Tau Delta

Publications

• (under review) Man, Amanda. “There Is Everything to See Here: The Magnifying Potential of Flashpoint Crises.” Essay. In International Handbook of Schooling in Times of Crisis. Routledge, n.d.