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: Tuesday 1:00-2:00 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 Education 223 510.430.3393, ddonahue@mills.edu Office Hours: by appointment only Professional Interests: English and social studies education, service learning, literacy, human rights education Faculty Info \| Course Info


		Tomás Galguera Professor of Education Education 217 510.430.3252, tomasgs@mills.edu Office Hours: Tuesday 1:00-3:30 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 John and Martha Davidson Chair On sabbatical 2011-12 Education 220 510.430.3275, jkahne@mills.edu 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: 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 Mary and Richard Holland Chair Education 214 510.430.3161, lindak@mills.edu Office Hours: Monday 11:00-2:00 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: 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 Education 213 510.430.3238, lmperez@mills.edu Office Hours: Monday by appointment, Tuesday 11:30-1:30 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: Thursday 2:00-4:00 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: Wednesday 4:00-6:00 and 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: Monday 12:30-1:30, Tuesday 1:00-3:00 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: Tuesday 2:00-4:00 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

Richard Ayers
Lecturer, Spring
Education 203, 510.430.3190, rayers@mills.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

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

Elizabeth Baker
Visiting Assistant Professor
Kimball 2, 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

Frederica Breuer
Lecturer
Education 203, 510.430.3191, fbreuer@mills.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

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

Lakimbre Brown
Visiting Assistant Professor, Fall

Susan Christopher
Visiting Assistant Professor, Fall
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

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

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

Jamal Cooks
Visiting Associate Professor
Education 212, 510.708.0344, jcooks@sfsu.edu
Office Hours: Thursday 5:00-7:00 and by appointment

Professional Interests: Examining African American vernacular english, developing reading skills, building expository writing skills, and using popular culture in the classroom

Dora Dome
Visiting Associate Professor, Fall

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

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

Linda Honeyman
Lecturer, Spring
Education 203, 510.537.0719, lhoneyma@aol.com
Office Hours: by appointment

Professional Interests: Teacher education/staff development for improving elementary mathematics education, support provider for new teachers (emphasis is math education), support in mathematics for English language learners

Brandon Krueger
Visiting Assistant Professor, Fall

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 222, 510.430.3325, 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
Kimball House 4, 510.430.2328, blin@mills.edu
Office Hours: Monday 12:00-2:00, Thursday 10:00-12:00

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 213, 510.428.2490, smarchan@mills.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

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

Julie Nicholson
Visiting Assistant Professor
Leadership Program in Early Childhood (LPEC) and Early Childhood Education
Kimball C, 510.430.2116, jnichols@mills.edu
Office Hours: Monday 4:00-5:00 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

Zachary Roberts
Visiting Assistant Professor, Spring
Education 203, 510.430.3190, trevster12@yahoo.com
Office Hours: by appointment

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

Caitlin Schwarzman
Lecturer
Education 203, 510.430.3190, caitlin@crucker.com
Office Hours: by appointment

Professional Interests: Arts and humanities education, experiential education, teaching for equity, teaching girls

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: 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

Stacy Thompson
Visiting Assistant Professor, Fall

Professional Interests: Leadership in higher education, teacher preparation, diversity issues in education

Tracy Trujillo
Visiting Assistant Professor, Fall

Professional Interests: Advocation of the health of infants, children, adolescents and young adults

Jacqueline Ullman
Visiting Assistant Professor, Fall

Professional Interests: Academic self-concept and achievement motivation, same-sex attracted youth, secondary school peer culture, marginalized/stigmatized students, quantitative research methods in education

Ron Ulrich
Lecturer, Fall

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, 510.430.3325, 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, dual language learners in special education

Vicki Webber
Lecturer, Spring
Education 203, 510.430.3190, vwebber@mills.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

Staff

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

Susan Christopher
Admissions
School of Education
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
Academic Coordinator and Executive Assistant to Dean and School of Education
Education 203, 510.430.3192, aneves@mills.edu