Faculty & Staff Directory

Karen joined Eaglebrook in 2021 as a teacher, coach, and advisor. She currently serves as the History Department Chair and out-of-dorm advisor for Halsted House and advises the Debate Club. Karen came to the Hill from the Stoneleigh-Burnham School in Greenfield, Massachusetts, where she spent 12 years as the History Department Chair, co-coordinator of the International Baccalaureate program, and debate coach. Prior to her time at Stoneleigh-Burnham, Karen spent nearly a decade at the Northfield Mount Hermon School. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Skidmore College, where she was a double major in history and political science, and earned her MAT, with a concentration in history, from Smith College.

In her free time, Karen loves spending time on the water and is currently a member and competitor in the New England Canoe and Kayak Racing Association and co-coach of the Paradise City Dragon Boat team—a team of cancer survivors and supporters. She and her husband, Tod, who is Eaglebrook’s Technology Project Manager, live in Greenfield with their dog, Darwin.

Jaye has been teaching Ceramics at Eaglebrook since 2010. As an artist, she has her own studio Good Dirt Pottery in Brattleboro VT, where she and her wife Kathleen live. She is a long time supporter of the Empty Bowls Project which benefits people with food insecurity, and has engaged her ceramics students in creating collaborative pottery donations for the Project. She co-owns the Sawmill River Arts Gallery located in the historic Montague Mill. When not working in clay, Jaye can be found hiking with her dog Mina, volunteering for the Vermont Food Bank, traveling with her family, or riding her Moto Guzzi motorcycle.