Barbara joined THE EXAMINED LIFE in the second year of the program’s existence and has continued her affiliation with the organization since that time. She is responsible for the ExL online webinars as well as THE EXAMINED LIFE graduate program.

Barbara was a fifth and sixth grade teacher at the Driscoll School in Brookline, MA, from 1981 until her retirement in 2006.  In 2002, she was the winner of the Brookline Foundation’s Ernest Caverly Award for Excellence in Teaching. After her retirement, she joined the Brookline School Committee and remained a member for twelve years. 

She is a graduate of Wilson College and has an M.Ed. from Johns Hopkins University and an M.S, and an M.A. from Simmons College where she was an adjunct member of the faculty in the Education Department for many years. She was also Co-Director of Children’s Literature New England for seven years and served on the Newbery Committee, the Caldecott Committee and several other ALA/ALSC and USBBY award committees.