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	Graduate School of Education Faculty


		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) Faculty Info \| Course Info


		Ruth Cossey Professor of Education Education 210 510.430.3159, rcossey@mills.edu Office Hours: Tuesday 2:30-4:00 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 Faculty Info \| Course Info


		David Donahue Associate Professor of Education Lynn T. White, Jr. Chair Education 223 510.430.3393, ddonahue@mills.edu Office Hours: Wednesday 3:00-5:30, Thursday 2:30-5:00 Professional Interests: English and social studies education, service learning, literacy, human rights education Faculty Info \| Course Info


		Tomás Galguera Associate Professor of Education Education 217 510.430.3252, tomasgs@mills.edu Office Hours: Tuesday 12:45-2:45 and by appointment Professional Interests: Teacher education for language-minority students, bilingual education and English-language development programs, ethnolinguistic diversity in education Faculty Info \| Course Info


		Joseph E. Kahne Professor of Education Dean of the School of Education John and Martha Davidson Chair Education 206 510.430.3275, jkahne@mills.edu Office Hours: Monday 2:00-4:00 Professional Interests: Democracy and education, digital media and public participation, urban educational change and school policy, service learning, youth development


		Diane Ketelle Associate Professor of Education Associate Dean School of Education Educational Leadership and Administrative Service Credential Education 221, 510.430.2189, dketelle@mills.edu Office Hours: Wednesday, Thursday 3:30-5:00 Professional Interests: Administrator knowledge, administrator stories, narrative inquiry, fictionalizing real experience Faculty Info \| Course Info


		Linda Kroll Professor of Education Faculty Executive Committee Division Representative Mary and Richard Holland Chair Education 214 510.430.3161, lindak@mills.edu Office Hours: Tuesday 2:00-3:00 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 Faculty Info \| Course Info


		Vicki LaBoskey Professor of Education Education 219 510.430.3110, vickikl@mills.edu Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday 12:00-1:00, 3:30-4:00 and by appointmentt Professional Interests: Self-study of teacher education practices, reflection in teaching, narrative in teaching and teacher education, teacher research Faculty Info \| Course Info


		Linda Perez Professor of Education Director of Child Life and Early Childhood Specialist Programs Director of Infant Mental Health Program Education 213 510.430.3238, lmperez@mills.edu Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday 12:00-1:00, 2:30-4:00 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 Faculty Info \| Course Info


		Anna Richert Professor of Education On sabbatical Fall 2009 Education 218 510.430.3160, anna@mills.edu Professional Interests: Teacher learning and school reform, teacher knowledge, professional education/development, teacher research Faculty Info \| Course Info


		Priya Shimpi Assistant Professor of Education Education 215 510.430.2114, pshimpi@mills.edu Office Hours: Tuesday 1:00-2:00, Wednesday 10:00-12:00 and by appointment Professional Interests: Communicative, social, and cognitive development in a diversity of learning environments; translating early childhood research into practice; the role of culture and experience in children’s attention and learning Faculty Info \| Course Info


		Sabrina Zirkel Professor, Educational Leadership Abbie Valley Professorship in Education 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 multi-ethnic and urban schools, intergroup relations in schools, educational leadership for social change Faculty Info \| Course Info

Visiting Scholars

Elizabeth Baker
Visiting Assistant Professor, Spring
Education 203, 510.430.3190, ebaker@mills.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday 4:00-6:00 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, Fall
Education 203, 510.430.3110, fbreuer@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment

Professional Interests: Early literacy development, K-6 writing curriculum, children's literature

Debra Brown
Lecturer, Head of Children's School
PS 101, 510.430.2118, msbrown@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment

Professional Interests: Developing school leadership, facilitating change

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

Kevin Harrigan
Lecturer, Fall
Education 203, 510.430.3190, Keh1202@hotmail.com
Office Hours: by appointment

Linda Honeyman
Lecturer, Spring
Education 203, 510.430.3190, lhoneyma@mills.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

Josephine Lee
Lecturer
Education 222, 510.430.3525, 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

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, infant mental health, early intervention advocay and public policy cultural understanding when working with Asian families

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

Kate McKleroy
Lecturer, Fall
Education 203, 510.430.3190 kmcklero@mills.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

Tania Mitchell
Visiting Assistant Professor, Fall
Education 203, 510.430.3190, tmitchell@mills.edu
Office Hours: Thursday 2:00-4:00 via Skype

Professional Interests: Service learning and civic engagement, social justice and critical pedagogy, college student development, higher education policy

Julie Nicholson
Visiting Assistant Professor
Kimball C, 510.430.3293, jnichols@mills.edu
Office Hours: Monday 2:00-3:00 and by appointment

Professional Interests: Early care and education, teacher learning and teacher research, supporting the development of dispositions for inquiry and strengths-based orientations for students in the early care and education field, the importance of play across the lifespan, the impact of early trauma and maltreatment on children's brain development and behavior, computer mediated communication tools in teacher education

Alisa Peres
Lecturer, Fall
Education 203, 510.430.3190, aperes@mills.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

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

Caitlin Schwarzman
Lecturer, Fall
Education 203, 510.430.3190, cschwarz@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment

Regina Stroud
Lecturer
Education 203, 510.430.3190, reginastroud@sbcglobal.net
Office Hours: By appointment
Professional Interests: African American Women Leaders; racial identity and representation; community college administration; narrative inquiry integrated with videography

Lucinda Taylor
Lecturer, Spring
Education 203, 510.430.3190, lucinda.taylor@ousd.k12.ca.us
Office Hours: by appointment

Stacy Thompson
Visiting Assistant Professor, Fall
Education 203, 510.430.3190, sthompson@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, Spring
Education 203, 510.430.3190, rulrich@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment

Vicki Van Steenberg
Lecturer
Education 222, 510.430.3325, vvan@mills.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

Professional Interests: Early childhood special education, inclusion and diversity, school-community partnerships, family systems and teacher-parent teams, teacher education involving personal transformation, multicultural consciousness, sustainability for systems change

Vicki Webber
Lecturer, Spring
Education 203, 510.430.3190, vwebber@mills.edu

Staff

Lea Austin
Program Coordinator, LPEC
School of Education
Kimball House C, 510.430.2116, laustin@mills.edu

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

Last Updated: 9/29/09