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"The Unsung Hero concept dovetails nicely with projects I have done in the past as well as with my desire to heighten compassion, empathy, and humility in my students by learning about those who value the lives of others as much as they value their own.”
Sue Mary Kenney Ph.D. teaches Social Studies at Immaculate Heart Academy, a college preparatory high school in northern New Jersey. She teaches a wide range of courses from Genocide and Film to Narrative Medicine, and focuses on fostering empathy, compassion, and humanity in her students. Her undergraduate and master's studies are in writing and literature and her doctorate is in interdisciplinary humanities. She is a lifelong learner who enjoys bringing new information and new projects back to her students. She was the 2022 Advisory Board Member, St. Elizabeth University’s Holocaust and Genocide Center, 2020 Alfred B. Lerner Fellow, Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, 2020 Holodomor Research and Education Consortium Educator Award for the Holodomor Lesson Plan Development, 2019 Bergen County Coalition for Women and Women’s History Month Honoree: Women of Peace and Non-violence.
