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Winter Storm Advisory

Due to an impactful winter storm affecting our area, the University of Hartford will be closed on Sunday, Jan. 25, and Monday, Jan. 26. This includes Harrison Libraries.

In-person Hartt School auditions that were scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 25, have been rescheduled.

The Connecticut Scholastic Art Awards Ceremony scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 25, is canceled.

 

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Julie Sochacki

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Program Director, English-Secondary Education; Clinical/Applied Associate Professor of English; Director, First- and Second-Year Reading/Writing Programs

English and Modern Languages

College of Arts and Sciences
A 212-F
Education

JD, Western New England College

BA, Assumption College

Julie Sochacki is a Clinical Associate Professor of English and Director of the English Secondary Education Program. She is a former urban educator and has the Connecticut credentials as an ELA teacher, literacy specialist, and intermediate administrator/principal.

Professor Sochacki holds a Juris Doctor and has been a member of the Connecticut Bar since 2001. She is a council member on the Connecticut State Department of Education Educator Preparation Advisory Council.

Her research concerns the resilient teacher and compassionate pedagogies in secondary and higher education. Professor Sochacki is a 200 hour Kripalu Yoga teacher; she also brings mindfulness into the classroom. Her courses are engaging, collaborative and reflective.