Jeneca Parker-Tongue is a Distinguished Lecturer of Educational Leadership at Hunter College and the Founding Director of the Hunter College Collaborative for Social Emotional Learning & Leading (C-SELL). With experience ranging from early childhood to high school, Jeneca has served as Principal and Assistant Principal within NYC Public Schools for over ten years, where she has demonstrated strength in designing collaborative structures that support academic and social-emotional needs for racially, culturally, and linguistically diverse students. She coaches adults to enhance emotional intelligence for effective school leadership.
In 2023, she was awarded the Distinguished Principal Award of Manhattan by MSPA and national SEL Leadership award by BlackSEL. She is also a current doctoral student in Educational Leadership. Her research interests explore leadership studies in placemaking. Toward this goal, she examines the social context of education, human geography, and emotional intelligence of school leaders by mapping internal and external geographies of belongingness in schools.
