Sara Tatyana Bernstein, PhD
Co-founder
Sara is a writer, researcher and educator with more than 15 years of teaching and curriculum design experience. Additionally, she recently provided communications and digital marketing support for Oregon’s largest labor federation and a premier academic editing agency.
Her favorite work days are spent collaborating with Elise: crafting proposals, designing projects, putting together the perfect team, and diving into the job. Their accomplishments together range from an oral history project for the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress to co-editing and operating Dismantle Magazine for seven years.
Sara’s writing has been published in Longreads, Lit Hub, Catapult, Hippocampus Magazine, Vox, BuzzFeed Reader, The Outline, Screen Studies (a digital learning platform from Bloomsbury), and more. To learn more about Sara’s writing, visit her website here.
Elise Chatelain, PhD
Co-Founder
Elise is an educator, writer, and editor with 25+ years in academia, hospitality, and communications. While most of her teaching career has been in university classrooms, she also has worked in K-12 education as a private tutor and homeschool teacher.
Her professional life has taken her in some unconventional directions, from operating a bar and restaurant in New Orleans to writing marketing copy for a popular YouTube channel. She also is a certified yoga teacher and brings the same principles of mindfulness and empathetic instruction to her academic and scholarly work.
Today, in addition to running Dismantle projects with Sara, Elise teaches research and writing skills to graduate students and works as a freelance developmental editor.
Stacey Parshall Jensen
Workshop Facilitator and Research Consultant
Stacey is a Mixed-Blood, Mandan and Hidatsa, and Black screenwriter, an award-winning filmmaker, and a Sensitivity Reader-Diversity Editor-Cultural Consultant. She lives in Minneapolis and Los Angeles depending on the snowfall.
She’s a very proud and giddy mom, nana, auntie, niece, sister, and friend. She writes film and TV crime suspense thrillers with Mixed-Blood or Indigenous women leads who kick ass. Her stories are about race, oppression, women, families, love and hope.
When not binging an international crime series, you can find her dancing and air-jammin to 70’s and 80’s tunes in her office. Or in her car.
Stacey believes her consulting service is how she gives back, using her talent, expertise and lived experiences to help others. Her goal is to be a respectful and authentic storyteller.
Andrea Boll
Curriculum and Instructional Design Consultant
Andrea Boll is an experienced educator, curriculum designer, and equity-focused leader with over two decades of experience in education, instructional design, and organizational development. She is a trained facilitator in restorative justice and anti-oppression education. Throughout her career, she has taught and supported learners of all ages and abilities, consistently centering equity, engagement, and culturally responsive instruction. She is also a writer (and lover!) of creative writing, having published fiction, poetry, and non-fiction.
Andrea is deeply committed to educational justice, bringing both technical expertise and a student-centered approach to her work, supporting learners, educators, and organizations in creating inclusive and transformative educational experiences.
Justin Thomas
Business Manager
Justin has over 30 years of business operations, executive chef, and event planning experience. A native New Yorker, he spent his early career in the food, beverage, and hospitality industry before moving to New Orleans and opening his own bar and restaurant. For Dismantle, he brings his “do-it–all” skill set to develop and manage business opportunities, as well as to support projects where needed.
It’s hard to fully capture everything Justin brings to the Dismantle team. He runs payroll and does bookkeeping while also constantly searching for our next business opportunity. For the oral history project we completed with the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, he served as a key informant as well as our videographer, photographer, and sound guy. Justin’s project management skills ensure our work is always delivered on time and at the highest quality.
Zach Golden
Business Developer
Zach Golden is a business development specialist with expertise in education, construction, and manufacturing sectors. He is the founder and operator of Loyal Contracting Solutions, LLC, which supports small businesses in navigating the world of federal government contracting.
In addition to his background in business development, Zach brings to Dismantle hands-on experience in education at both the classroom and administrative levels. He has worked for international organizations teaching K-12 humanities and writing curricula and serving as a liaison between schools and communities.
With Zach’s support, Dismantle has found a niche in education and research contracts, with a 50% award rate since they started working together in 2022.
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