Mar 12, 2025  
Graduate Catalog 2014-2015 
    
Graduate Catalog 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Faculty for the School of Education


Faculty

Curriculum and Teaching

Laura Baecher, Assistant Professor; EdD, Teachers College, Columbia; TESOL

Carmen Sherry Brown, Assistant Professor; EdD Buffalo; Early Childhood Education 

Nadine Bryce, Assistant Professor; EdD, Teachers College, Columbia; Reading and Language Arts

Jenny Castillo, Associate Professor; PhD, CUNY; Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature

Brian Collins, Assistant Professor;  PhD, NYU; Bilingual Education

Stephen DeMeo, Professor; EdD, Teachers College, Columbia; Secondary Science Education

Ann Ebe, Assistant Professor; PhD, Univ. of Arizona; Language Reading and Culture: Reading and Writing Processes, Uses and Research

Anne M. Ediger, Professor; PhD, UCLA; Applied Linguistic

Terrie Epstein, Professor; EdD, Harvard; Education

Timothy Farnsworth, Assistant Professor; PhD, UCLA; Applied Linguistics

Dolores Fernández, University Professor; PhD, Hofstra; Language and Cognition

Francis Gardella, Associate Professor; EdD, Rutgers; Mathematics Education

Robert Gyles, Professor; PhD, NYU; Mathematics Education/Curriculum and Instruction

Yang Hu, Associate Professor; EdD, Teachers College, Columbia; English Education

Kathleen Isaac, Distinguished Lecturer; MA, NYU; Dance Education

Deborah Ann Jensen, Associate Professor; PhD, Fordham; Language, Literacy and Learning

Marcia Knoll, Associate Professor; EdD, St. John’s; Curriculum and Teaching

Karen Koellner, Associate Professor; PhD, Arizona State; Mathematics

Patricia Martin, Lecturer; PhD CUNY; Clinical Psychology

John Niman, Professor; PhD, Columbia; Mathematics and Mathematics Education                            

Janet Patti, Professor; EdD, Northern Arizona; Education

Lacey Peters, Assistant Professor; PhD Arizona State; Early Childhood Education   

Anthony Picciano, Professor; PhD, Fordham Univ.; Educational Administration, Technology

Jody Polleck, Assistant Professor; PhD, NYU; English Education

Dennis Robbins, Associate Professor; EdD, Teachers College, Columbia; Science Education

Christine Rosalia, Assistant Professor; PhD, Teachers College, Columbia; Educational Communications & Technology

Melissa Schieble, Assistant Professor; PhD, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison; Curriculum/Instruction

Benjamin Shuldiner, Distinguished Lecturer; MSEd, Baruch College; Educational Leadership

Debbie Sonu, Assistant Professor; EdD, Teacher’s College, Columbia; Curriculum and Teaching Urban-Multicultural Education

L. Christina Taharally, Associate Professor;EdD, Univ. of Massachusetts (Amherst); Early Childhood Education

Virginia Tong, Assistant Professor; PhD, NYU; Bilingual Education

John Toth, Distinguished Lecturer; PhD, European Graduate School; Media & Communications

Jenny Tuten, Associate Professor and Chair; PhD, Fordham; Language and Literacy Education

Rachael Welder, Assistant Professor; PhD, Montana State; Mathematics and Mathematics Education

Sandra Wilde, Professor; PhD, Univ. of Arizona; Elementary Education

Jason Wirtz, Assistant Professor; PhD, Michigan State; Rhetoric and Writing

Educational Foundations

Markus Bidell, Associate Professor; PhD, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara; Clinical Counseling/School Psychology

Sarah Bonner, Associate Professor; PhD, Univ. of Arizona; Educational Psychology

Tamara Buckley, Associate Professor; PhD, Teachers College, Columbia; Counseling Psychology

Elizabeth Cardoso, Professor; PhD, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison; Psychology

Peggy Pei-I Chen, Associate Professor; PhD, CUNY; Educational Psychology

Henry L. Evans, Lecturer; MFA, Columbia; Writing

Jorge Fuentes, Assistant Professor; EdD Grambling State; Student Development and Personnel Affairs

Sherryl Browne Graves, Professor and Acting Senior Associate Dean; PhD, Harvard; Clinical Psychology, Public Practice

Calliope Haritos, Associate Professor; PhD, CUNY; Developmental Psychology

John Keegan, Assistant Professor; PhD, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison; Rehabilitation Psychology

Mario A. Kelly, Associate Professor; EdD, Univ. of Rochester; Developmental/Educational Psychology

Kimberly Kinsler, Professor; PhD, CUNY; Educational Psychology

Michelle Lask, Distinguished Lecturer, EdM, Teachers College; Psychological Counseling

Gess LeBlanc, Associate Professor and Chair; PhD, CUNY; Developmental Psychology

Fredericka Liggins, Lecturer; MSEd, Fordham; Counseling and Personnel Services

Stephaney Morrison, Assistant Professor; PhD, Western Michigan Univ.; Counseling Education

Ruth Rose, Lecturer; MA, Southern Illinois; Linguistics/EFL

Cynthia Walley, Assistant Professor; PhD, Old Dominion; Counseling

Jeanne Weiler, Associate Professor; PhD, SUNY (Stony Brook); Social Foundations of Education 

Arnold Wolf, Professor; PhD, NYU; Philosophy 

Special Education

Jamie Bleiweiss, Assistant Professor; PhD, SUNY (Stony Brook); Clinical Psychology

Elissa Brown, Distinguished Lecturer, PhD, College of William and Mary; Educational Policy, Planning and Leadership

David Connor, Associate Professor and Chair; EdD, Teachers College, Columbia; Curriculum and Teaching, Learning Disabilities

Donia Fahim, Assistant Professor; PhD, Birkbeck College, London; Applied Linguistics

Elaine Gale, Assistant Professor; PhD, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder; Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

Katherine Garnett, Professor; EdD, Columbia; Assessment and Curriculum Development–Learning Disabilities

Sara Hines, Assistant Professor; PhD, Univ. of Maryland, College Park; Special Education

Timothy Lackaye, Assistant Professor; EdD, Teachers College, Columbia; Learning Disabilities

Thomas C. McIntyre, Professor; PhD, Univ. of Connecticut; Emotional and Behavior Disorders

Angela Mouzakitis, Assistant Professor; PhD, CUNY; School Psychology

Jennifer Samson, Assistant Professor; EdD, Harvard ; Human Development and Psychology

Rosanne K. Silberman, Professor; EdD, Columbia; Visual Impairment, Severe/Multiple Disabilities

Ellen Trief, Professor; EdD, Teachers College, Columbia; Visual Impairment, Severe/Multiple Disabilities