About Us
Our Mission
DavidsonLearns seeks to enhance the intellectual, social, and cultural life of adults by providing challenging, diverse, and relevant courses, events, and experiences; thereby, DavidsonLearns will create a common ground where people come together with shared interests, goals, and expectations to form a vibrant community of adult learners.
About Us
Our Mission
DavidsonLearns seeks to enhance the intellectual, social, and cultural life of adults by providing challenging, diverse, and relevant courses, events, and experiences; thereby, DavidsonLearns will create a common ground where people come together with shared interests, goals, and expectations to form a vibrant community of adult learners.
About Us
Our Mission
DavidsonLearns seeks to enhance the intellectual, social, and cultural life of adults by providing challenging, diverse, and relevant courses, events, and experiences; thereby, DavidsonLearns will create a common ground where people come together with shared interests, goals, and expectations to form a vibrant community of adult learners.
About Us
Our Mission
DavidsonLearns seeks to enhance the intellectual, social, and cultural life of adults by providing challenging, diverse, and relevant courses, events, and experiences; thereby, DavidsonLearns will create a common ground where people come together with shared interests, goals, and expectations to form a vibrant community of adult learners.
Instructors
Colleen Thrailkill, EdD

Colleen Thrailkill holds an undergraduate degree in Sociology from Emory University, a master’s in Early Childhood Education from Georgia State University, and a doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Central Florida. She is retired from over three decades of teaching elementary school in Orange County, Florida, and local Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. During the pandemic she was inspired to write and publish a memoir/ teaching handbook (The Value of Rotting Pumpkins: The Art of Teaching Elementary School) after taking Jean Berg’s DavidsonLearns memoir writing class. She also participates in a local writing club.