Department of Curriculum and Teaching

About the Department

Welcome to the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Hunter College, the home of a wide variety of graduate and undergraduate programs that will prepare you for one of the highest callings in society: education. Along with the other departments in the School of Education, we carry on the original mission of Hunter College: the preparation of educators.

As part of the largest department in the Hunter College School of Education, Curriculum & Teaching programs prepare teachers and other school personnel in the areas of Childhood Education (elementary), Adolescent Education (secondary), Early Childhood Education, Literacy, Bilingual Education, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL–K-12 and Adult), and Administration & Supervision. Our primary mission is to prepare teachers for any classroom environment, although we are particularly committed to preparing teachers for the challenges of public education in an urban setting.

The Department of Curriculum and Teaching houses the majority of the programs and courses in the Hunter College School of Education, working closely with departments in the School of Arts & Sciences to train teachers in content area knowledge, and in the methods of teaching such subject areas as English/Language Arts, Social Studies, Foreign Languages, Music, ESL, Bilingual Education, Math, and Science. Its programs ask future teachers and administrators to be thoughtful and knowledgeable educators, advocates for children and other learners, active promoters of social justice, knowledgeable resources, and effective future leaders in education.

Administration

Chairperson:

Professor Jennifer Tuten
1023 West
212 772-4686

Administrative Assistant:

Genevieve Joseph

Assistant to the Department Chair:

Jade Young

College Assistant:

Angela Calvo

Hazera Jalil

Faculty

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

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

Yvonne De Gaetano, Associate Professor; EdD, Columbia; Philosophy, Social Sciences

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 Linguistics

Terrie Epstein, Professor; EdD, Harvard; Education

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

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

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

George Gonzalez, Associate Professor; PhD, Yeshiva; Developmental Psychology, Reading and Language Arts, Bilingual/Special Education

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

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

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

Abigail Jewkes, Assistant Professor; PhD, Univ. of Michigan; Education

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

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

Carmen Mercado, Professor; PhD, Fordham; Reading and Language Arts

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

Barbara Ottaviani, Assistant Professor; EdD, Columbia ; Instructional Technology

Janet Patti, Professor; EdD, Northern Arizona; 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

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, Assistant Professor; 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