Our Faculty

Anne E. Adams, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research interests: teachers’ use of literacy strategies in mathematics classes and in using literacy strategies to help students make meaning of mathematics, teaching and learning mathematics with understanding for all students, especially the role of literacy strategies, discussion, and use of representations in helping students make meaning of the mathematics they are learning.
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Kris Allen
Lecturer, Community Partnership Coordinator
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Ernest Biller, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dr. Biller has been studying and publishing the related works of Professor Frank Parsons, founder of the career development movement.
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Corinne Mantle-Bromley, Ph.D.
Dean College of Education
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John G. Cannon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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John Davis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Geological Science and Curriculum and Instruction
Research interests: Science teaching methodology, Increasing science literacy, and Pre-K-12 school structure and function
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Emily Duvall, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Dynamic Assessment; Vygotsky's Cultural-Historical Approach; Sociocultural theory; Cultural Historical Activity Theory as Methodology; Democratic-Hermeneutic Activity Theory (Vygotsky/ Gadamer/ Dewey); Multiliteracies and transmediation; Developing the aesthetic response to reading & writing; Multicultural / Multiracial awareness development in pre-service teachers; Using Theatre of the Oppressed for pre-service teacher development; Herstory narratives of literacy development
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Dr. Raymond A. Dixon
Assistant Professor in Curriculum and Instruction
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Julie Fodor Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Director, CDHD
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Paul Gathercoal, Ph.D.
Department Chair; Professor
Research interests: Webfolios in education and teaching and learning at a distance; Neuroscience, behavior and cognition; Research on the implementation of Judicious Discipline in schools; the Effects of violent media messages on individuals and society; Service learning and innovative technologies; and the Metacognitive and metalinguistic links between media literacy and reading comprehension.
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Deanna Gilmore, Ph.D.
Affiliate Assistant Professor
Research interests: Education for English Language Learners; Teaching EFL in Higher Education; Literature Circles with English Language Learners; Diverse Family Structure Children’s Literature
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Sally Greene
Director of Field Experiences
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James A. Gregson
Associate Dean and Professor
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Mrs. Monica R. Hansen
Instructor, Teaching Assistant
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Terry Jentsch
Instructor
Focus areas: Undergraduate teacher preparation, Positive behavioral supports
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Georgia Johnson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
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Anne Liu Kern, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Science teaching and learning, science knowledge development, and science integration in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Plus Cooperative learning and team functioning in STEM disciplines.
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Janel M. Kerr
Instructor
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Allen Kitchel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Teacher Professional Developmemt, Program and curriculum development in business and marketing education, Teaching pedagogy in business and marketing education, Best practice models for online pedagogy, Educational technology adoption by teachers, Technology literacy
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Sally Machlis
Professor, Chair
Focus: Art education, Drawing, Painting, Mixed media artwork
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Melissa McConnell, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Literacy Intervention for Children with Learning Disabilities; Response to Intervention(RTI); Early Childhood Literacy Instruction
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Rodney McConnell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Secondary Writing Instruction; Use of reading and writing to enhance student understanding of math and science concepts; Secondary Literacy Instruction for Children with Learning Disabilities
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Brant G. Miller, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Science Education
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Zachary J. Russell
Instructor
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Melissa Saul, Ph.D.
Research interests: Cultural studies and social thought in education, peace education, social justice, and ecological sustainability.
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Ingrid Spence
Lecturer, Community Partnership Coordinator
Office: ED 211 B Phone: (208) 885-0123 Fax: (208) 885-6869
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Matthew Wappett
Interdisciplinary Training Director & Assistant Professor
The field of human geography, and specifically spatial theory, gives us a lens to examine the often taken for granted spaces where teacher education takes place. Spatial theory has seen a significant surge in interest as discourse around space has shifted from understanding space merely as the canvas on which human activity occurs, to conceptualizing space as a discursive construction that reflects and exercises power and hegemonic interests in the dominant culture. Interdisciplinary theorists and researchers have started to use this new understanding of space as an analytic lens to examine how humans interact with and construct the spaces and places that define their realities. In Space in Teacher Education we apply spatial theory to colleges of education to illustrate the ways that intellectual, administrative, pedagogical, and physical space affects the preparedness of teachers to include students from diverse populations in their classrooms. We illustrate how abstract constructs like attitude, perception, policy, and pedagogy all serve to create and reify spaces that shape the training and learning that occurs in U.S. colleges of education, specifically spaces that reinforce dominant notions of privilege, power, and ability. We conclude by arguing that if inclusion is going to evolve beyond more than just a placement decision, we need to critically examine how colleges of education are creating and indoctrinating our teachers through the critical misconstruction of space.
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Margaret Vaughn, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Literacy Education
My research interests revolve around the intersection between adaptive teaching and student agency. Of particular interest are the ways in which elementary students develop their identities as readers and writers across the curriculum.
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