The Doctor is in!

  • Create a space that promotes the spiritual growth and focus of students, staff and faculty.

  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. , Maya Angelou, My Elders, The God Within.

  • Spiritual Education is a term that was born after the successful defense of my Doctoral dissertation. It is the intentional promotion of education, encouraging learning innovatively with focus on the non-materialistic development of learners. Spiritual learning shares value in the knowledge of one’s true historical, and current identity with relationship to ancestral history and understanding of intuitive strength. (Copywrite, 2024)

    noun (n.)

    Holistic education inclusive of historical, indigenous, and ancestral context as related to the learner

    verb (v.)

    To develop systems of education steeped in leadership, learning, and curriculum inclusive of cultural capital, communal connections, and social identity.

  • Emphasizing spirituality in education enriches the learning experience by integrating personal growth, cultural awareness, emotional intelligence, and a deep sense of connection to the world. It encourages learners to explore their unique identity and intuitive capabilities while fostering a universal understanding of energy, creation, and interconnection.

  • Influencing, and supporting the reimagination of public education for students of color.

Tamara Massay-Trotz, Ed.D

Doctor of Education

Saint Peter’s University

Class of 2024

Previous Institutions and Roles

  • Rutgers University Newark

    2007-2020

    TRIO Talent Search Counselor, Coordinator, Director

  • Saint Peter's Univeristy

    2020-2023

    TRIO SSS Director, 2020-2021

    Associate Dean of Academic Services, 2021-2023

  • Montclair State University at Bloomfield College

    2024-Current

    Senior Director of Student Services, Academic Affairs

“To be deeply of a place and of a people means knowing their seasons and languages, speaking their tongues, singing their music of growing things, knowing and loving their names.”

— Rachel L. Bagby

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“Freedom flows effortlessly with generosity, patience, honor, bravery/courage, a loving heart, ingenuity, resilience, positive regard, and well-wishes and action for and with others.”

- Sheryl Petty, Ed.D

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