
Darla Shaw
Community AdvisorDr. Darla Shaw is a full time professor of education and women's studies at Western Ct. State University. Prior to becoming a professor she was an administrator for the Ridgefield School for 38 years. As a volunteer she teaches classes at the DAnbury Women's Center and TBICIO and in the Danbury School System and serves as a job coach at the Prospector Theater. She is also an active volunteer for the Danbury Cultural Alliance, The Danbury Historical Society, and several robotics teams. Musically she plays with the Wilton Steel Drum Band, the Founder's Hall Band in Ridgefield, and runs drums circles for autistic children. She also is a local storyteller, takes on the roles of famous women in the area, and does living eulogies for people in hospice. Dr. Shaw also writes for the Ridgefield Press, travels extensively on humanitarian programs, and takes oral histories on people of interest. She has recently been featured in documentary, A Different Drummer, and appears in six inspirational videos for Hooplaha. Politically she is working with Dr. Jesse Turner, a fellow professor, on a quest to change what is wrong in education today; over focus on testing, teacher assessment, control by Pearson book company, and lack of creativity involved in the Common Core.
Darla Shaw's Contributions
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Ridgefield Band, With Average Age Of 88, Finds Fountain Of Youth In Music
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WestConn Professor Finds Strength In Sisterhood At Women's March In D.C.
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Refurbished Le Chateau At Ridgefield Border Will Reopen For Private Affairs
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Ridgefield Boy Scout Troop Picks Up, Recycles Christmas Trees
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Enchanted Garden Puts A Ridgefield Spin On Tale Of 'The Nutcracker'
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Ridgefield Embraces Love Your Library Day With Special Events
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Ridgefield Library Features Mother's Day Community Singalong
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Shakespeare Actor To Perform As King Lear, Iago, More At Ridgefield Library
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Silver Hill Hospital Schedules Opioid Addiction Program In Ridgefield
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Take Part In Family Friendly Passover Service At Ridgefield Congregation