Mrs. Doar has been both the Summer Program Director as well as the Middle School Director at the Newport School for four years. She has taught both social science and history courses as a University level Adjunct instructor; on the high school level as a full time teacher; and on the middle school level part-time in an academic readiness program for gifted students of color. During the 1996 camping season she worked as a Senior Division Director at World of Discovery Day Camp in Brooklyn, NY. She serves on the Board of Directors for Life-Force Media Services for Youth in New York City and was the Assistant Director of its educational incentive program for public high school students, CLUB-B. She has been a guest presenter for the American Sociological Association, Junior Achievement, WTEM Radio and the People of Color in Independent Schools Job Fair. Her research and writing will be published in the upcoming Encyclopedia of African-American Associations. Mrs. Doar holds a B.A. with departmental honors in African-American studies from Wesleyan University, an M.A. in Sociology from Northeastern University, and doctoral credits in education and inequality from the University of Southern California.