Identity-Based Bullying: What Is It and What Can Educators Do About It?

Jinnie Spiegler is the Director of Curriculum and Training at ADL, where she has been since 2013. In this capacity, Jinnie is responsible for the oversight, development and creation of curriculum and training efforts including print anti-bias curriculum guides, online resources, anti-bias training and special projects. In addition, Jinnie writes other online education tools and resources, presents at national conferences, writes articles and blogs for ADL and other external publications, oversees the civics education project and serves as an advisor to MTV’s Look Different campaign and the Ad Council’s Love Has No Labels campaigns.

Jinnie has worked for over 20 years in the field of K-12 education for both NYC-based and national educational organizations and institutions. Her professional interests include project-based learning, current events and civics education, children’s literature, social media, anti-bias, diversity and social justice education. Jinnie has a Masters’ degree (M.Ed) in Education from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hampshire College in Amherst, MA.

Cheryl has spent her career in education and is passionate about providing educators the tools to create LGBTQ+ and gender-inclusive classrooms where all children can thrive. As the Senior Director of The Human Rights Campaign Welcoming Schools Program, she leads the most comprehensive, bias-based bullying prevention program in the nation to provide LGBTQ+ and gender inclusive professional development, lesson plans, booklists and resources specifically designed for educators. The program uses an intersectional, anti-racist lens dedicated to actionable policies and practices.  Under her leadership, the educators trained have impacted over 10.5 million students.

Cheryl has also done extensive research on bullying prevention strategies and has led district and statewide initiatives to address bias based bullying and worked to establish a bullying prevention certificate program at the collegiate level.