Ann Fradkin-Hayslip, Ed.D. is an associate professor within the Elementary Education & Reading Department at the State University of New York at Oneonta. She has spent nearly 30 years in preschool and elementary school classrooms, having taught a variety of grades in public, private, and federally funded programs in urban, rural, and suburban settings, as well as at a Title I school. Dr. Fradkin-Hayslip holds a doctoral degree in educational leadership from the University of Florida and a bachelor's degree in juvenile justice from Hampshire College.