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		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 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 Faculty Info \| Course Info


		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 Faculty Info \| Course Info


		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 Faculty Info \| Course Info


		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 Faculty Info \| Course Info


		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 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: 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: 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 Faculty Info \| Course Info


		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 Faculty Info \| Course Info


		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 Faculty Info \| Course Info


		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 Faculty Info \| Course Info

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

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

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

Last Updated: 4/10/08