A former Fulbright Fellow, having conducted Dissertation Field Research in the Republic of Mali (West Africa), he is an experienced world traveler to the Republic of Mali, Senegal, Côte D’Ivoire, southern Mauritania, Turkey, the US Virgin Islands, New Zealand, and China.

A former CIC Minority Graduate Fellow, and Distinguished Teaching Fellow, Dr. Aden has taught at the collegiate and elite High School levels.

A three-time US Department of Education Foreign Language Area Studies Fellow who is fluent in Bamana, a language spoken by 25 million people in West Africa, Dr. Aden is also a former Asian Studies Development Program Fellow at the University of Hawaii – Manoa and a Beijing University China Field Seminar Fellow.

Dr. Aden makes his home in Fort Wayne, Indiana and is Coordinator of Diversity and an Instructor at the Canterbury High School, the top-ranked secondary school in the State of Indiana.

He teaches Diversity in Global Comparative Perspectives, Introduction to African History, US History, and Introduction to Chinese Philosophy, and is a certified instructor for AP World History and AP European History.

MSON’s Executive Director since 2016, Claire helped to develop the program while in the leadership of the Stanford Online High School. During her five-year tenure there, she served as Director of Admissions and External Relations, taught history, and oversaw the school’s Malone Scholars Program. Previously, Claire taught English and French and coached debate at the Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles. Claire is a member of the Boards of Trustees of the Enrollment Management Association and the Winsor School, and serves on the Institute for Educational Advancement’s Caroline D. Bradley Scholarship Committee. She holds an AB from Harvard College in History and Literature and a master’s degree in Policy, Organization, and Leadership Studies from the Stanford Graduate School of Education. She studied in Paris on a Harvard fellowship at the Ecole Normale Supérieure and was a Fellow with Education Pioneers. She writes and speaks nationally on online learning, school community, and educational innovation.

Josh completed his Ph.D. in mathematics in 2014 and, in the process, realized he loved teaching much more than doing research. He has been at Maret School in Washington, DC since then and he started teaching MSON Multivariable Calculus during the 2015-2016 school year. He learned a great deal from other MSON teachers and he particularly enjoyed the flipped nature of the synchronous classes. This experience encouraged him to flip his brick and mortar calculus classes the following year and every year since. In the summer of 2017, Josh was selected as a Desmos Fellow. He is in constant communication with other fellows and Desmos employees to help optimize their software for student learning. Josh enjoys cooking, playing games, and spending time with his wife and two daughters.

Carrie Lopez has taught chemistry and forensic science at private college preparatory schools for nearly 20 years. She is currently a part of faculty at Trinity Preparatory School in Winter Park, FL and has taught virtually through the Malone School Online Network for five years. Her interest in Criminalistics coupled with her foundation of chemistry led her to develop a popular lab based survey course of Forensic Science focused at the high school level, which is taught both in the classroom and virtually. She holds a BS in Chemistry Education and an MS in Forensic Science, from the University of Florida.