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Education

Faculty & Staff

Jane B. Bowyer
Professor of Education
Education 220, 510.430.3251, jane@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Science education, teacher education, research in cognitive development, adolescent learning, research methods, issues of diversity in classrooms, technology enhanced learning in science (TELS)

Ruth Cossey
Professor of Education
On leave Spring 2008
Education 210, 510.430.3159, rcossey@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Preservice and inservice mathematics and science education, sociology of education in urban environments, mathematics reform in elementary and secondary schools

David Donahue
Associate Professor of Education
Education 223, 510.430.3393, ddonahue@mills.edu
Professional Interests: English and social studies education, service learning, literacy, human rights education

Delaine Eastin
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Education
Special Assistant to the President
Mills Hall Room 119, 510.430.2365, deastin@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Educational leadership, civic education and democracy, globalization and the educational imperatives that arise from it, public policy and education, universal preschool, hands-on learning

Tomás Galguera
Associate Professor of Education
Education 217, 510.430.3252, tomasgs@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Teacher education for language-minority students, bilingual education and English-language development programs, ethnolinguistic diversity in education

Joseph E. Kahne
Professor of Education
Dean of the School of Education
Abbie Valley Chair
Education 215, 510.430.3275, jkahne@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Democracy and education, urban educational change and school policy, sociology of education, service learning, youth development

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Diane Ketelle
Assistant Professor of Education
Educational Leadership and Administrative Service Credential
Education 221, 510.430.2189, dketelle@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Administrator knowledge, administrator stories, narrative inquiry, fictionalizing real experience

Linda Kroll
Professor of Education
Faculty Executive Committee Division Representative
Education 214, 510.430.3161, lindak@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Cognitive development, development of literacy, application of developmental theory to educational issues, teacher education, teacher development including development of teachers from their training throughout their careers

Vicki LaBoskey
Professor of Education
Education 219, 510.430.3110, vickikl@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Self-study of teacher education practices, reflection in teaching, narrative in teaching and teacher education, teacher research

Linda Perez
Associate Professor of Education
Director of Child Life and Early Childhood Specialist Programs
Director of Infant Mental Health Program
Mary and Richard Holland Chair
Education 213, 510.430.3238, lmperez@mills.edu
Professional Interests: At-risk children and families, the application of developmental theory to special education issues, mental health and developmental disorders of infancy and early childhood

Anna Richert
Professor of Education
Education 218, 510.430.3160, anna@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Teacher learning and school reform, teacher knowledge, professional education/development, teacher research

Sabrina Zirkel
Professor of Educational Leadership
Education 211, 510.430.3380, szirkel@mills.edu
Office Hours: Wednesdays 3:00-5:00 and by appointment
Professional Interests: Issues of race and ethnicity in education, creating more effective multiethnic and urban schools, intergroup relations in schools, educational leadership for social change

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Visiting Scholars & Artists

Rebecca Akin
Lecturer
Education 203, 510.430.3190, rcakin@comcast.net
Office Hours: By appointment

Claire Bainer
Lecturer, Summer
Education 203, 510.430.1076, cbainer@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Educational leadership, establishing sound mental health principals when working with young children in the ECE setting, translating and demonstrating how theory becomes practice in the ECE classroom, understanding and teaching to the child's development

Elizabeth Baker
Visiting Assistant Professor
Education 203, 510.430.3190, ebaker@mills.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays, Fridays 12:30-4:30 and by appointment
Professional Interests: Teacher research, including Japanese lesson study; pre-service and in-service science and mathematics education; gender and equity education in the urban classroom; constructivist education

Frederica Breuer
Lecturer
Education 203, 510.430.3110, fbreuer@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment

Debra Brown
Lecturer
Education 203, 510.430.3190, msbrown@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment

Kaye Burnside
Lecturer, Fall
Education 203, 510.430.3190, kburnsid@mills.edu

Susan Christopher
Visiting Assistant Professor
Education 210, 510.430.3170, schristo@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Professional Interests: Gender studies, curriculum change, qualitative inquiry, organizational issues in higher education

Marnie Curry
Visiting Assistant Professor
Education 203, 510.430.3190, mcurry@mill.edu
Office Hours: By appointment

Deborah Feiler
Lecturer
Education 203, 510.430.3110, dfeiler@mills.edu
Office Hours: Mondays 3:35-5:00 and by appointment

Ann Holum
Visiting Assistant Professor
Education 203, 510.430.3190, aholum@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment

Linda Honeyman
Lecturer, Spring
Education 203, 510.430.3190, lhoneyma@mills.edu
Office Hours: Thursdays 3:30-4:30 and by appointment

Lorraine Hugenberger
Lecturer, Spring
Education 203, 510.430.3190, lhugenberger@mills.edu
Office Hours: Thursdays 3:30-4:30 and by appointment

Colleen Keirn
Lecturer, Fall
Education 202, 510.430.3255, ckeirn@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Professional Interests: Integrated educational technology, in-service teacher professional development, pre-service teacher education, online education for teachers

Judith Gonzales Kell
Lecturer, Summer
Education 203, 510.430.3190, jkell@mills.edu

Brandon Krueger
Lecturer, Fall
Education 203, 510.430.3190, bkrueger@mills.edu

Josephine Lee
Lecturer
Children's School 114, 510.430.2253, jlee@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Professional Interests: Infant care and development; supporting children's oral language development; the importance of symbolic play, television and media culture in the lives of young children

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Betty Lin
Lecturer, Fall
Education 206, 510.430-3190, blin@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Early intervention and early childhood special education

Kathy Love
Lecturer
Education 203, 510.430.3110, klove@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment

Susan Marchant
Lecturer
Education 203, 510.428.2490, smarchan@mail.cho.org
Office Hours: By appointment
Professional Interests: Genetic disorders, organizational psychology, pediatric chronic illness, pediatric palliative care, cultural implications in pediatrics

Ellen Middaugh
Lecturer, Spring
Education 203, 510.430.3190, emiddaug@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment

Julie Nicholson
Visiting Assistant Professor
Education 219, 510.430.3110, jnichols@mills.edu
Office Hours: Mondays 1:00-2:00 and by appointment
Professional Interests: Early childhood and elementary teacher learning and research based in inquiry for social justice; sociocultural, feminist, and social constructivist perspectives on learning and education; children's play and emergent literacy development; the impact of early trauma and maltreatment on brain development

Stanley Pesick
Visiting Assistant Professor, Spring
Education 203, 510.430.3190, spesick@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment

Abby Pletcher
Lecturer
Education 203, 510.430.3190, abbye@aocsweb.org
Office Hours: By appointment

Dan Siegel
Visiting Assistant Professor, Summer
Education 203, 510.430.3190, dsiegel@mills.edu

Lucinda Taylor
Lecturer
Education 203, 510.430.3110
Office Hours: By appointment

Tracy Trujillo
Visiting Assistant Professor, Fall
Education 203, 510.247.9968, Voice mail: 925.314.2525
t3trujillo@hotmail.com
Professional Interests: Advocation of the health of infants, children, adolescents and young adults

Ron Ulrich
Lecturer, Fall
Education 203, 510.430.3190, rulrich@mills.edu

Vicki Van Steenberg
Lecturer
Education 203, 510.430.3190, vvan@mills.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays 2:00-4:00 and by appointment

Vicki Webber
Lecturer, Spring
Education 203, 510.430.3190, vwebber@mills.edu
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 5:30-6:30 and by appointment

Rochelle Weintraub
Lecturer, Spring
Education 203, 510.430.3190, rweintra@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment

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Staff

Melissa Benham
Faculty Administrative Assistant
Education 206, 510.430.3293, mbenham@mills.edu

Susan Christopher
Admissions
Education 210, 510.430.3170, education@mills.edu

Colleen Keirn
Coordinator of Teacher Education, Credentialing
School of Education
Education 202, 510.430.3255, ckeirn@mills.edu

Annie Neves
Executive Assistant to Dean and School of Education
Education 203, 510.430.3192, aneves@mills.edu

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EDUC 099 - EDUC 161

EDUC 173A - EDUC 192A

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