Childhood Education
Jennifer Gordon
Associate Professor
Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
Research Interests
- Qualitative research methodology, race and social justice
- School reform initiatives including the charter movement
Early Childhood Education
Elizabeth Anderson
Associate Professor; Co-director, Institute for Justice and Well-Being
Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
Research Interests
- Trauma-informed practices
- Interprofessional education and collaboration
- Young children with complex academic mental health and health needs
Educational Foundations
Pamela Sandoval
Associate Professor
Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
Research Interests
- Program evaluation using both quantitative and empirical qualitative methods
Education Minor
David Archer
Lecturer, Undergraduate Minor Coordinator
Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
Research Interests
- Understanding what leads to individuals reaching peak performance as students and as athletes
- Skills and concepts of Leadership
Educational Leadership
Mary Visser
Lecturer, Educational Leadership Program Coordinator
Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
Research Interests
- The role of school principals in K-12 literacy learning
English Education
Matthew McConn
Assistant Professor
Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
Research Interests
- The impact of standards on teacher development for the teaching of literary appreciation
- The professional development of teaching English in secondary schools
- The processes of change in secondary English teachers’ perceptions regarding the purposes of teaching literature.
Literacy Education
Marla Mallette
Associate Professor, Doctoral Program Coordinator
Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
Research Interests
- understanding the role of teachers’ and students’ beliefs about literacy learning
- teacher expectations
- early literacy learning
- literacy instruction and intervention
- mixed methods research in literacy
Erin Washburn
Associate Professor
Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
Research Interests
- Reading related difficulties
- teacher preparation
- reading and socio-emotional learning and assessment
Bogum Yoon
Associate Professor
Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
Research Interests
- Critical global literacies; cultural pluralism; positional identities and agency; and English language learners
- Improving teachers' and teacher educators' practices for all students' learning including immigrant students
Mathematics Education
Amber Simpson
Assistant Professor
Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
Research Interests
- she is interested in examining maker education in adolescent learning of STEM-related practice skills as well as ways to engage families within the process of making.
- Simpson is interested in understanding one’s STEM identity: specifically female identification or disidentification in STEM-related degrees and careers.
- she is interested in exploring how one’s STEM identity is shaped within various learning experiences including formal; informal and out-of-school learning experiences.
Romance Languages Education
Chesla Ann Lenkaitis (Bohinski)
Assistant Professor
Romance Languages and Literatures
Research Interests
- Identifying the most effective ways to facilitate the teaching and learning of a second language (L2)
- Examining technology integration in the L2 classroom including telecollaboration and intercultural competence
Science Education
Thomas O'Brien
Professor
Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
Research Interests
- Science Curriculum-Instruction-Assessment development
- Preservice and inservice teacher professional development
- 5E model (Engage-Explore-Explain-Elaborate-Evaluate)
- Applied cognitive psychology and K-12 educational leadership
Special Education
Nicole Fenty
Assistant Professor
Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
Research Interests
- Students with or at risk for disabilities in reading teacher education and special education
- Increased access to the general education curriculum for students with or at risk for learning disabilities
Loretta Mason-Williams
Assistant Professor
Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
Research Interests
- Preparation and qualifications of special education teachers
Candace Mulcahy
Associate Professor, Department Chair
Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
Research Interests
- Education policies that apply to youth in corrections
- Provision of appropriate education and special education services to marginalized youth
- Effective reading and mathematics instruction for youth with disabilities in public schools and for youth in corrections
Michael Rozalski
Associate Professor
Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
Research Interests
- Alternatives to aversive procedures like seclusion and timeout
- Legal issues related to students with disabilities
Social Studies Education
Adam Laats
Professor
Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
Research Interests
- History of American education
- History of cultural battles over schooling and school reform
S. G. Grant
Professor
Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
Research Interests
- Social studies teaching and learning curriculum and assessment
- New national standards for social studies
- Curriculum and instructional model that advances inquiry-based teaching practice
TESOL
Shannon Hilliker
Assistant Professor
Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
Research Interests
- ESL after school programs
- Content area teacher perceptions of ESL students
- ESL teacher identity and online language and cross cultural exchange
Hoe Kyeung Kim
Associate Professor
Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
Research Interests
- Teacher education and assessment
- L2 writing
- Sociocultural theory
- Korean L2 learning
- Educational technology
Support Staff
Rhonda Branca
Director of Lyceum
Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
Andrea Decker
Director of Field Education
Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
Tami Mann
Director of Recruitment, Admissions, and Certification
Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
Katie McGowan Bucci
Director of Assessment, Accreditation, and Curriculum
Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
Caroline Millen
Director of Strategic Initiatives
Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
Nicole Smith
Administrative Assistant
Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
