Bioethics Summer Program

Dr. Karen Rezach is the Ethics Institute's Founding Director and is a leader in primary and secondary school ethics education.

Her doctoral research, “Spiritual Leadership as a Model of Effective Leadership in Independent School,” explores the ways that educators can bring values and moral awareness into non-sectarian settings, and was the catalyst for the founding of the Ethics Institute at Kent Place School.

She has an M.Div. from Yale University, an Ed.D. from Seton Hall University is an ordained Episcopal priest in the Diocese of Newark and serves on numerous boards in the community.

Dr. Rezach is the coach of the National Champion Kent Place High School Ethics Bowl Team.

She has 23 years of experience as an independent school administrator, including Director of the Middle School at Kent Place and Assistant Head of School at St. Philip’s in Newark, New Jersey.

Before she became a teacher, Maura Crowe conducted research in the fields of educational psychology and biomaterials. Since joining the KPS community, in 2007, she has been teaching seventh-grade science, Upper School bioethics, and elective courses in STEM. She is the STEM Coordinator, coaches Middle School Cross Country, and has led global trips that center on science and sustainability. She earned her bachelor’s degree in biology from Rutgers College and her master’s degree in science education from Columbia University.

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