College of Education Faculty
Professor Kathy Canfield Davis, Ph.D.
canfield@uidaho.edu 208.292.1286
Biography:
Kathy Canfield-Davis is an assistant professor of Educational Administration at Coeur d’Alene and Sandpoint. She has served as outreach coordinator for the University, superintendent of the Post Falls School District, and as adjunct professor at University of Idaho, University of Phoenix, Gonzaga University and Lewis-Clark State College. She also works as an organizational consultant to educational institutions nationwide. Her areas of expertise include organizational leadership, multicultural education, and conducting and teaching qualitative research approaches.
Professor Cherie Major, Ph.D
cmajor@uidaho.edu , 208.292.2514
Biography:
Dr. Major is a full professor at the UI-Coeur d’Alene campus in the College of Education, Curriculum and Instruction department. A former elementary, middle school and high school teacher, she currently teaches a range of curriculum, instruction, methods and educational psychology courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Her area of expertise and research is in middle school reform and school university partnerships. Dr. Major was involved in one of the first Professional Development middle schools in the early 1990’s and has edited a book on a five year research study involving seven different universities in the National Education Association PDS network. Dr. Major is also the director of Middle Grades Connection, which is a Turning Points regional center for the northwest. Turning Points is a national, research based reform model where selected middle schools engage in a three year intensive reform process.
Professor Don Wattam, Ph.D.
dwattam@uidaho.edu 208.667.2588
Biophy:
Don Wattam is an assistant professor of Educational Administration at Coeur- d’Alene and Sandpoint. He formerly served as adjunct professor of educational leadership and curriculum and instruction at The University of Montana. He is a U.S. Air Force veteran who worked in communications programs management, taught business education and drafting, served as principal in a K-12 district, and also served as an elementary and middle school principal in a Montana school district
canfield@uidaho.edu 208.292.1286
Biography:
Kathy Canfield-Davis is an assistant professor of Educational Administration at Coeur d’Alene and Sandpoint. She has served as outreach coordinator for the University, superintendent of the Post Falls School District, and as adjunct professor at University of Idaho, University of Phoenix, Gonzaga University and Lewis-Clark State College. She also works as an organizational consultant to educational institutions nationwide. Her areas of expertise include organizational leadership, multicultural education, and conducting and teaching qualitative research approaches.
Professor Cherie Major, Ph.D
cmajor@uidaho.edu , 208.292.2514
Biography:
Dr. Major is a full professor at the UI-Coeur d’Alene campus in the College of Education, Curriculum and Instruction department. A former elementary, middle school and high school teacher, she currently teaches a range of curriculum, instruction, methods and educational psychology courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Her area of expertise and research is in middle school reform and school university partnerships. Dr. Major was involved in one of the first Professional Development middle schools in the early 1990’s and has edited a book on a five year research study involving seven different universities in the National Education Association PDS network. Dr. Major is also the director of Middle Grades Connection, which is a Turning Points regional center for the northwest. Turning Points is a national, research based reform model where selected middle schools engage in a three year intensive reform process.
Professor Don Wattam, Ph.D.
dwattam@uidaho.edu 208.667.2588
Biophy:
Don Wattam is an assistant professor of Educational Administration at Coeur- d’Alene and Sandpoint. He formerly served as adjunct professor of educational leadership and curriculum and instruction at The University of Montana. He is a U.S. Air Force veteran who worked in communications programs management, taught business education and drafting, served as principal in a K-12 district, and also served as an elementary and middle school principal in a Montana school district