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
Elizabeth K Baker
Professor of Education Practice
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
Jennifer N Baldassari
Kevin L Collins
Assistant Adjunct Professor of Education
Professional Interests: School finance and equity, educational administration, utilization of student data, secondary education
Ellen Dahlke
Assistant Adjunct Professor of Education
Professional Interests: Language, literacy, and identity; African American English; literacy education; teacher education; education in prison contexts
Priya S Driscoll
Professor of Education
Early Childhood Education Department Chair, Holland Professor of Early Childhood Education
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
Raina J Leon
Assistant Adjunct Professor of Education
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
Shawn R Nealy-Oparah
Assistant Adjunct Professor
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
Adrienne D Oliver
Assistant Adjunct Professor of Social and Historical Studies
Professional Interests: Critical Race Theory, Critical Hip Hop Pedagogy, Sociology of Hip Hop, Educational Leadership, Race & Ethnicity, Narrative Inquiry, Community Engagement, Service Learning, Creative Writing
Jaci M Urbani
Associate Professor of Education
Professional Interests: Asset-based education & Intersections of learning and community for students with special needs; 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