Hometown: Norwich, Vermont
Major: Child Study and Human Development
Minor(s): Dance and History
Hailey Swett grew up in Norwich, Vermont, the oldest of three sisters. She is currently a senior majoring in Child Study and Human Development, with minors in Dance and History. Throughout her time at Tufts, Hailey has been dedicated to education and community, both on campus and in the greater Boston area.
At Tufts, Hailey has served as the teaching assistant for two courses in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development: “Children, Nature, and the Development of Earth Stewards” and “Children, Arts, and Media.” This past fall, Hailey designed and co-taught an Experimental College Explorations seminar titled “Mental Health Portrayals in American Culture,” also serving as a peer advisor to the first-year students in the class. Hailey assisted in the Eliot-Pearson Children’s School creative dance classes throughout her senior year, and her capstone project explored the role of dance in creating accessible and inclusive education.
As a founding student intern for the Hillel/McGlynn/Medford Cultural Partnership, Hailey helped design a program, started in collaboration with McGlynn Middle School, that trains Tufts student volunteers to teach English and provides free English classes for adults in the community. In addition, for the past two years, she has been a teacher for Boston Public Library’s English for Speakers of Other Languages program. As part of the applied experience for her major, Hailey had the opportunity to intern at the Suffolk County Juvenile Court. Over the years, she has also worked as an afterschool teacher in Watertown and taught at various day camps and preschools in the area.
This spring, Hailey was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Delta of Massachusetts and received the Eliot-Pearson Alumni Awardthrough the Department of Child Study and Human Development. Following graduation from Tufts, Hailey will pursue a M.Ed. and her teaching licensure through a joint program between Lesley University and Shady Hill School. She would like to thank her family, friends, professors, mentors, doctors, and nurses for their support throughout her (very circuitous) college journey.
