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Faculty
Jane B. Bowyer Jane B. Bowyer
Professor of Education
Education 220,
510.430.3251 jane@mills.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

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 Ruth Cossey
Professor of Education
On leave Spring 2008
Education 210
510.430.3159, rcossey@mills.edu
Office Hours: Thursday 2:00-3:00 and by appointment

Professional Interests: Preservice and inservice mathematics and science education, sociology of education in urban environments, mathematics reform in elementary and secondary schools
David Donahue David Donahue
Associate Professor of Education
Education 223
510.430.3393, ddonahue@mills.edu
Office Hours: Thursday 3:00-5:30 and by appointment

Professional Interests: English and social studies education, service learning, literacy, human rights education
Delaine Eastin Delaine Eastin
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Education
Special Assistant to the President
Mills Hall Room 119
510.430.2365, deastin@mills.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

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
Tomas Galguera Tomás Galguera
Associate Professor of Education
Education 217
510.430.3252, tomasgs@mills.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday 2:30-4:30

Professional Interests: Teacher education for language-minority students, bilingual education and English-language development programs, ethnolinguistic diversity in education
Joseph E. Kahne Joseph E. Kahne
Professor of Education
Dean of the School of Education
Abbie Valley Chair
Education 215
510.430.3275, jkahne@mills.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

Professional Interests: Democracy and education, urban educational change and school policy, sociology of education, service learning, youth development
Diane Ketelle Diane Ketelle
Associate Professor of Education
Educational Leadership and Administrative Service Credential
Education 221, 510.430.2189, dketelle@mills.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

Professional Interests: Administrator knowledge, administrator stories, narrative inquiry, fictionalizing real experience
Linda Kroll Linda Kroll
Professor of Education
Faculty Executive Committee Division Representative
Education 214
510.430.3161, lindak@mills.edu
Office Hours: Monday 2:00-3:30, Tuesday 12:00-1:00 and by appointment

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 Vicki LaBoskey
Professor of Education
Education 219
510.430.3110, vickikl@mills.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday 3:30-4:30 and by appointment

Professional Interests: Self-study of teacher education practices, reflection in teaching, narrative in teaching and teacher education, teacher research
Linda Perez 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
Office Hours: Thursday 12:30-3:30 and by appointment

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 Anna Richert
Professor of Education
Education 218
510.430.3160, anna@mills.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

Professional Interests: Teacher learning and school reform, teacher knowledge, professional education/development, teacher research

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Visiting Scholars

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
Office Hours: By appointment

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: Tuesday and Friday, 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
Office Hours: By appointment

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

Professional Interests: Teachers’ work lives (including teachers’ professional development, career engagement, and participation in educational reform), research methods, education policy and organization

Deborah Feiler
Lecturer
Education 203, 510.430.3110, dfeiler@mill.edu
Office Hours: Monday 3:30-5:00 and by appointment

Ann Holum
Visiting Assistant Professor
Education 203, 510.430.3190
Office Hours: By appointment

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

Lorraine Hugenberger
Lecturer, Spring
Education 203, 510.430.3190
Office Hours: Thursday 3:30-4:30

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
Office Hours: By appointment

Brandon Krueger
Lecturer
Education 203, 510.430.3190, bkrueger@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment

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
Office Hours: By appointment

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, SMarchant@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: Monday 1:00-2:00 or 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
Office Hours: By appointment

Tracy Trujillo
Visiting Assistant Professor, Fall
Education 203, 510.247.9968, Voice mail: 925.314.2525
t3trujillo@hotmail.com
Office Hours: By appointment

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
Office Hours: By appointment

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

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

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

Sabrina Zirkel
Visiting Professor
Education 211, 510.430.3380, szirkel@mills.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday 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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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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