Fran Roy

Fran Roy

Professor of Practice in Education and Coordinator of Field Experience

froy2@stonehill.edu

Biography

Professor of Practice in Education and Coordinator of Field Experience Fran Roy is a distinguished educator with over 30 years of experience in mathematics education and leadership. Throughout her career, Roy has been deeply committed to advancing educational equity.

She began as a middle school math teacher before becoming an Assistant Professor of Education at the University of Rhode Island. Later, she returned to public education as the Chief Academic Officer for the Fall River Public Schools, playing a pivotal role in transforming the district from state-mandated recovery to release from state monitoring. Before joining the faculty at Stonehill College, Roy continued her work in school transformation as the on-site Receiver for Parker Elementary in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and Dever Elementary in Boston, Massachusetts.

Education

  • Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin—Madison
  • M.A., Mathematics, Rhode Island College
  • B.S., Mathematics, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 

Courses Taught

  • Practicum: Reflective Seminar
  • Assessment and Analysis in Education

Areas of Expertise

Urban Education , Mathematics Education , Curriculum and Instruction

Titles

Professor of Practice in Education and Coordinator of Field Experience

Departments

Education

  • Roy, F.C. (2010). Reweaving the curriculum. In C.T. Fosnot (Ed.), Reweaving the Tapestry: Models of Intervention in Mathematics. Reston, VA: NCTM
  • Kitchen, R.S., Roy, F. C., Lee, O., & Secada, W. G. (2009). Comparing Teachers’ Conceptions of Mathematics Education and Student Diversity at Highly Effective and Typical Elementary Schools. Journal of Urban Mathematics Education 2(1), 52-80.
  • Roy, F., & Rousseau, C. (2005). Student thinking as a context for high expectations. For the Learning of Mathematics, 25(2), 19-26.

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