Faculty and Staff | Graduate Programs in Education


	Graduate School of Education Faculty


		Ruth Cossey Professor of Education Education 210 510.430.3159, rcossey@mills.edu Office Hours: Thursday 4:00-5:00 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 Professor of Education Associate Provost Mary S. Metz Professorship for Excellence and Creativity in Teaching Mills Hall 206 510.430.3393, ddonahue@mills.edu Office Hours: by appointment Professional Interests: English and social studies education, service learning, literacy, human rights education Faculty Info \| Course Info


		Tomás Galguera Professor of Education Abbie Valley Professorship in Education Education 217 510.430.3252, tomasgs@mills.edu Office Hours: Wednesday 1:00-3:00 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 Chair, MacArthur Research Network on Youth and Participatory Politics Education 220 510.430.3275, jkahne@mills.edu Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday 4:00-6:00 Professional Interests: Democracy and education, digital media and public participation, urban educational change and school policy, service learning, youth development Faculty Info \| Course Info


		Diane Ketelle Associate Professor of Education Educational Leadership and Administrative Service Credential Education 221, 510.430.2189, dketelle@mills.edu Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday 3:00-5:30 and by appointment 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 Education 214 510.430.3161, lindak@mills.edu Office Hours: 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 Faculty Info \| Course Info


		Vicki LaBoskey Professor of Education Education 219 510.430.3110, vickikl@mills.edu Office Hours: Tuesday 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 Faculty Info \| Course Info


		Linda Perez Professor of Education Director of Child Life and Early Childhood Specialist Programs Co-Director of Infant Mental Health Program Mary and Richard Holland Professorship in Early Childhood Education Education 213 510.430.3238, lmperez@mills.edu Office Hours: Thursday 11:00-1:00 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 Ershler Richert Professor of Education Mills Teacher Scholars, Faculty Director Education 218 510.430.3160, anna@mills.edu Office Hours: Wednesday 12:30-2:00 and by appointment Professional Interests: Teacher learning and school reform, teacher knowledge, professional education/development, teacher research Faculty Info \| Course Info


		Katherine Schultz Professor of Education Dean of School of Education Education 206 510.430.3384, kschultz@mills.edu Office Hours: By appointment Professional Interests: Urban teacher education, pedagogical practice and teacher learning, international teacher professional development, adolescent literacy in and out of school Faculty Info \| Course Info


		Priya Shimpi Assistant Professor of Education Education 215 510.430.2114, pshimpi@mills.edu Office Hours: Tuesday 2:00-4:00, Wednesday 6:45-8:00 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 On sabbatical 2012-2013 Education 211 510.430.3380, szirkel@mills.edu 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

Richard Ayers
Lecturer, Spring
Education 203, 510.430.3190, rayers@mills.edu
Office Hours: Thursday 12:30-1:00 in the Tea Shop

Professional Interests: Teacher education, equity and social justice, discourse and literacy

Elizabeth Baker
Visiting Assistant Professor
Education 223, 510.430.3154, ebaker@mills.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 3:30-5:00 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

Merri Besden
Lecturer, Fall
Education 203, 510.430.3190, mbesden@mills.edu
Office Hours: Not teaching in Spring

Professional Interests: Inclusive practices, Reggio Emilia inspired classrooms, sensory integration, facilitating social and pre-academic skills using photography and visual strategies

Frederica Breuer
Lecturer
Education 203, 510.430.3191, fbreuer@mills.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 6:30-7:00, Wednesday 3:30-4:00 and by appointment

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

Lakimbre Brown
Visiting Assistant Professor, Fall
EDUC 203, 510.430.3190, labrown@mills.edu
Office Hours: Not teaching in Spring

Professional Interests: School leadership and building teacher leadership, being a principal and mentoring new principals

Nanu Clark
Lecturer, Spring
Education 210, 510.430.3191, nanunanu@mills.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

Professional Interests: Early childhood curriculum, children's literature and literacy development, kindergarten readines, teacher training

Kevin Collins
Visiting Assistant Professor, Spring
Education 406, 925.944.6850, Ext. 2010kcollins@mills.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

Professional Interests: School finance and equity, educational administration, utilization of student data, secondary education

Connie Davidson
Visiting Assistant Professor
Education 203, 510.430.3190, connie.davidson10@gmail.com
Office Hours: by appointment

Curriculum and instruction practices for urban educators; 21st-century skills and technology integration at all levels of instruction; cognitive coaching, mentoring, and recruiting educators; creating and developing professional development, i.e., Urban Boot Camp for Educators

Karl Debro
Visiting Assistant Professor
Education 203, 510.430.3190, ddome@mills.edu
Office Hours: Not teaching in Spring

Professional Interests: Race, culture, class and social reproduction in schooling, mentoring relationships within the school context, building collaborative structures across professional hierarchical boundaries such as departments and job classifications

Dora Dome
Visiting Associate Professor, Fall<
Education 203, 510.430.3191, ddome@mills.edu
Office Hours: Not teaching in Spring

Professional Interests: Legal representation of public school districts in the areas of student discipline and special education, and the provision of professional development on equity issues related to disproportionality and student achievement

Eliana Elias
Lecturer, Fall
Education 203, 510.502.3642, elianaelias@comcast.net
Office Hours: Not teaching in Spring

Professional Interests: Dual language learners, education equity, immigrant families, early childhood staff development, preschool curriculum

Victoria Forrester
Lecturer, Spring
Education 210, 510.430.3191, vforrester@mills.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

Professional Interests: Dual language learners, education equity, immigrant families, early childhood staff development, preschool curriculum

Kevin Harrigan
Lecturer, Spring
Education 203, 510.430.3191, kharrigan@nusd.k12.ca.us
Office Hours: by appointment

Professional Interests: Building leadership capacity in all members of the professional learning community; teacher leadership; instructional leadership coaching; creating inclusive communities through a culture of collaboration that leads to change, builds trust and ensures equity

Brandon Krueger
Visiting Assistant Professor, Fall
Education 203, 510.430.3190, bkrueger@mills.edu
Office Hours: Not teaching in Spring

Professional Interests: Organizational leadership theories, family and community engagement in schools, human resources leadership, shared leadership, program improvement strategies, state and federal programs, multilingual/multicultural education

Josephine Lee
Lecturer
Education 212, 510.430.3149, 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
Education 212, 510.430.3149, blin@mills.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 10:00-2:00 and by appointment

Professional Interests: Early intervention and early childhood special education, infant mental health, early intervention advocacy and public policy cultural understanding when working with Asian families

Susan Marchant
Lecturer
Education 212, 510.430.3149, smarchan@mills.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

Professional Interests: Genetic disorders, organizational psychology, pediatric chronic illness, pediatric palliative care, cultural implications in pediatrics

Melinda Martin
Lecturer, Spring
Education 210, 510.430.3191, mmartin@mills.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

Ellen Middaugh
Visiting Assistant Professor, Spring
Kimball House #10, 510.430.3357, emiddaug@mills.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 4:00-5:30 and by appointment

Professional Interests: Civic education, youth civic engagement, adolescent development, new media, research methods

Julie Nicholson
Director, Leadership Program in Early Childhood
Education 210, 510.430.2116, jnichols@mills.edu
Office Hours: Thursday 3:30-4:30 and by appointment

Professional Interests: Post-modern inquiry, early care and education, teacher learning and teacher research, inquiry based practice, developing capacity-based discourse within ECE, play across the lifespan, the impact of early trauma and maltreatment on learning and development, use of interactive computer mediated communication tools in teacher education

Patricia Nunley
Lecturer, Spring
Education 203, 510.430.3130, patricianunley@aol.com
Office Hours: by appointment

Professional Interests: The student-teacher relationship between urban black males and their teachers, consultant and educational Coach for 100 Black Men of the Bay Area Community School, professional development diversity workshops, Head Start, chronic exposure to community violence as a trauma source, global ECE and western theories, African American mental wellness

Terry Pollack
Visiting Assistant Professor
Education 203, 510.430.3190, tpollack@mills.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

Professional Interests: Racialized school narratives and teacher discourse, socialization of beginning teachers, teacher induction mentoring, culturally responsive teaching practices, multicultural education, educational leadership for social change

Nikole Richardson
Lecturer, Fall
Education 203, 510.430.3190, nrichardson@mills.edu
Office Hours: Not teaching in Spring

Zachary Roberts
Visiting Assistant Professor, Spring
Education 210, 510.430.3191, zroberts@mills.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

Professional Interests: Instructional supervision and cognitive coaching, reflective practice, early induction administration, assessment and evaluation, interdisciplinary education

Ingrid Seyer-Ochi
Visiting Associate Professor
Director, Center for Urban Schools and Partnerships (CUSP)
Kimball House 2, 510.384.2345, iseyerochi@mills.edu
Office Hours: Thursday 9:00-10:00 or by appointment

Professional Interests: Educational inequality, educational anthropology, urban education and urban studies, ethnography, public scholarship, social geography, social-cultural constructions of learning, school-community relationships, university-school partnerships, youth cultures, the history of educational and social service institutions, violence and urban social suffering

Regina Stroud
Visiting Assistant Professor, Spring
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

Greg Tanaka
Visiting Professor
Education 203, 510.430.3190, gtanaka@mills.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday 4:00-6:00 and by appointment

Professional Interests: Capital markets, systemic collapse/social change, qualitative research, participatory democracy, action research, subject formation and individual agency

Lucinda Taylor
Visiting Assistant Professor, Spring
Education 203, 510.430.3190, ltaylor@mills.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

Tracy Trujillo
Visiting Assistant Professor, Fall
Education 203, 925.314.2525, Voicemail: 925.314.2525, t3trujillo@hotmail.com
Office Hours: Not teaching in Spring

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: Not teaching in Spring

Professional Interests: Math and science education, teacher development, application of hands on learning, development of critical thinking skills, and classroom norms

Vicki Van Steenberg
Lecturer
Education 222, 510.430.3149, 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, dual language learners in special education

Vicki Webber
Lecturer
Education 216, 510.430.3190, vwebber@mills.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

Professional Interests: History and philosophy of education, ethnomathematics, teaching for equity and social justice

Staff

Melissa Benham
Program Coordinator, Early Childhood Education and Infant Mental Health
School of Education
Kimball 3, 510.430.3293, mbenham@mills.edu

Susan Christopher
Admissions and Financial Aid
School of Education
Education 202, 510.430.3170, education@mills.edu

Colleen Keirn
Coordinator of Teacher Education, Credentialing
School of Education
Kimball 5, 510.430.3255, ckeirn@mills.edu

Rachel Lefkowitz
Special Assistant to the Dean/Coordinator, Educational Leadership
Kimball 3, 510.430.3146, rlefkowitz@mills.edu

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