Child Development
Faculty
Rebecca L Akin
Associate Adjunct Professor of Education
Professional Interests: Elementary literacy, critical literacy, Participatory Action Research, citizen science, practitioner inquiry
Nneka N Allen-Harrison
Assistant Adjunct Professor of Education
Professional Interests: Urban education, ethical care, early childhood and youth development, home-school community partnerships, transformative learning, and narrative inquiry
Kevin L Collins
Assistant Adjunct Professor of Education
Professional Interests: School finance and equity, educational administration, utilization of student data, secondary education
Priya S Driscoll
Professor of Education
Associate Dean of the School of Education, Director of Early Childhood Education Graduate Programs, Director of Undergraduate Education Programs; Director o
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 childrens attention and learning
Victoria R Forrester
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Professional Interests: The principalship, teaching and learning, Special Education, educational equity
Tomas Galguera
Professor of Education
Teacher Education Department Chair
Professional Interests: Teacher preparation pedagogy for language development, teacher classroom research, trauma informed practice, and the role of information technology and social media on teaching and teacher education
Nolan A Jones
Associate Adjunct Professor of Education
Director of Online Programs
Professional Interests: Youth development, critical, transformative, and hip hop pedagogies, cultural capital and constructivism, green technology and community health
Argelia Lara
Assistant Professor of Education
Director of Educational Leadership Doctorate
Professional Interests: Chicana/o Latina/o Education, Immigrant and Undocumented Education, Critical Race Studies in Education, Higher Education Equity and Access, and Educational Leadership
Alison L McDonald
Adjunct Professor of Education
Director, Administrative Services Credential Program
Professional Interests: K-12 school Leadership; transformation and sustainability in leadership positions
Pedro E Nava
Associate Professor of Education
Eugene E. Trefethen Jr. Faculty Awardee '19, Abbie Valley Professor of Education
Professional Interests: Urban and rural education, Latina/o education, school-community partnerships, participatory action research, communities and schools, critical pedagogy, critical race theory, (im)migrant education, geographic information systems
Julie M Nicholson
Professor of Practice
Professional Interests: Leadership development, early childhood system building (prenatal-8 years), trauma informed practices, play across the lifespan, gender and race equity, teachers' use of data to inform their instruction, and homelessness in early childhood
Kimberly S Payton
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Jacquelyn M Urbani
Associate Professor of Education
Professional Interests: Asset-based education & intersections of learning and community for students with disabilities; Family and professional partnerships for early childhood; Evidence-based practices for language and literacy development, specifically dialogic reading
Wendi S Williams
Professor of Education
Dean of the School of Education
Professional Interests: intersection of education and mental health; embodied pedagogies; leadership development
Dana E Wright
Associate Professor of Education
Professional Interests: Critical youth participatory action (Critical PAR) research, schooling in urban contexts, critical youth studies, organizational transformation, curriculum studies, youth organizing, critical arts pedagogies, and educational leadership, equity and policy.
Staff
Gabriela Powell Cervantes
Director of Administration and
Executive Assistant to the Dean