Faculty and Staff Directory

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Faculty & Staff Directory

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    Mr. Jason Carney
    Afternoon Program Director, History Teacher
    805-640-3201
    Villanova University - BA
    University of Hawaii - MEd
    Bio
     
    Jason teaches two sections of history, advises, and chairs the School's Voices and Perspectives Committee. While at Thacher, Jason has served as History Department chair, dormitory head for three dorms, a senior admission officer, and dean of faculty. He has also developed curriculum for many history courses, including Honors U.S. History and Honors Contemporary Ethical Issues. Additionally, Jason has coached the varsity boys’ basketball team since 2002 and, along with receiving league honors, was a CIF Coach-of-the-Year recipient. 
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    Mr. Jake Conway
    Bio
     
    After graduating from Yale with a degree in history, Jake headed west to start his career in Silicon Valley where he worked at Google and Square. At Thacher, Jake teaches advanced economics and modern Middle Eastern history, advises juniors and coaches basketball, tennis and debate. Before joining the Thacher faculty, he taught at School Year Abroad in Beijing and Buckingham Browne & Nichols School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Jake has completed coursework in microeconomic theory at the London School of Economics. He is from West Hartford, Connecticut.
A college preparatory boarding school for grades 9-12
5025 Thacher Road
Ojai, California, 93023
Tel: 805-646-4377 Fax: 805-646-9490 Email: info@thacher.org 
Notice of nondiscriminatory policy as to students: The Thacher School admits students of any race, color, national, and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the School. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national, and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other School-administered programs.