Graduate Faculty

Cynthia Gerstl-Pepin, Professor and Dean of the College, B.A., Bates, 1989; PhD., North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, 1998

Ezekiel Kimball, Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, B.S., Southern Maine, 2005; M.S., 2008; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State, 2012.

Cristine A. Crispin Smith, Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Engagement, B.A., California State at Chico, 1978; B.A., California at Santa Cruz, 1983; M.S., Cornell, 1985; Ed.D., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1997.

Shane Hammond, Graduate Program Director and Lecturer, B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1991, M.Ed., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1995, Ed.D., George Washington University, 2013.

Ivon Arroyo, Associate Professor, B.S., Universidad Bals Pascal, 1995: M.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2000; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2003.

Theresa Y. Austin, Professor, B.A., California at Los Angeles, 1976; M.A., 1980; Ph.D., 1991.

Ysaaca Axelrod, Assistant Professor, B.A., Haverford College, 1999; M.A., California at Berkeley, 2003; Ed.D., Columbia, 2012.

Benita Barnes, Associate Professor and Direcor of Diversity and Inclusion, B.A., Michigan State, 1982; M.A., 1999; M.A., 2003; Ph.D., 2005.

Ian Barron, Professor, B.Sc., University of Stirling, 1985; M.App.Sci., University of Glasgow, 1987; D.Ed.Psy, University of Dundee, 2009.

Beverley Bell, Senior Lecturer and Assistant Dean of Educator Preparation

Warren Blumenfeld, Lecturer, B.A., San Jose State University; M.Ed., Boston College; Ed.D., University of Amherst

Sade Bonilla, Assistant Professor, M.A., Brown University, M.A., Stanford University, Ph.D. Stanford University.

Mary Lynn Boscardin, Professor, B.S., Illinois, 1975; M.S., Wisconsin, 1976; Ph.D., Illinois, 1984.

Maria José Botelho, Associate Professor, B.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1984; M.Ed., 1996; Ed.D., 2004.

Jeanne Brunner, Assistant Professor, B.A., Northwestern University 2004; M.Ed., National Louis University, 2007; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbina-Champaign, 2016.

J. Camille Cammack, Senior Lecturer, B.S., Brigham Young, 1978; Ph.D., Oregon State, 1998.

Jonique Childs, Assistant Professor, B.S., Northern Illinois University, 2008; M.Ed., Northern Illinois University, 2012; Ph.D. University of Iowa, 2018.

Justin Coles, Assistant Professor, B.A., Political Science, 2011; M.S., The University of Pennsylvania, 2013; Ph.D. Michigan State University, 2018.

Catherine L. Dimmitt, Department Chair of Student Development and Professor, B.A., Wesleyan, 1985; M.Ed., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1990; Ph.D., 1995.

Marialuisa Di Stefano, Assistant Professor, B.A., University of Messina; M.A., Washington State University, 2012; Ph.D., Utah State University, 2017.

Darrell Earnest, Associate Professor, B.A., Washington, 1998; M.A., Tufts, 2002; M.A., California at Berkeley, 2007; Ph.D., 2012.

Jeffrey W. Eiseman, Associate Professor, B.A., Stanford, 1962; M.A., Michigan, 1964; Ph.D., 1971.

Sarah Fefer, Associate Professor, B.A., Vermont, 2008; M.A., South Florida, 2009; Ph.D., 2013

John M. Francisco, Associate Professor, B.A., Pedagogical University, Mozambique, 1992; M.Ed., Rutgers, 1999; Ph.D., 2004.

Sally Galman, Associate Professor, B.A., Grinnell, 1996; M.A., Colorado at Boulder, 1998; Ph.D., 2005.

Margaret Gebhard, Professor, B.A., New York at Binghamton, 1986; M.A., Syracuse, 1989; Ph.D., California at Berkeley, 1999.

Keisha Green, Assistant Professor, B.A., Columbia College, 1999; M.A., New York University, 2001; Ph.D., Emory, 2011.

Linda L. Griffin, Professor, B.S., Black Hills State, 1976; M.S., Ithaca, 1986; Ph.D., Ohio State, 1991.

Claire E. Hamilton, Associate Professor and Associate Provost and Director for Center for Teaching and Learning, B.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1981; M.Ed., 1986; Ph.D., California at Los Angeles, 1994.

John M. Hintze, Professor, B.A., New York at Cortland, 1982; M.A., Alfred, 1984; Ph.D., Lehigh, 1994.

Dawn Horton, Assistant Professor, B.A., State University of Albany; M.S., State University of Albany; Ph.D., Montclair State University.

John Hosp, Professor, B.A., Hobart College, 1992; M.S./C.A.G.S, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1995; Ph.D. Vanderbilt, 2002.

Michelle Hosp, Associate Professor, B.S., Syracuse, 1987; M.S. (CAGS), M.Ed, Massachusetts at Amherst, 1990; Ph.D., Vanderbilt, 2002.

Kate Hudson, Senior Lecturer and Director of Online Programs and Digital learning, B.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1987; M.Ed., Maine at Orono, 1994; Ed.D., Massachusetts at Amherst, 2010.

Denise K. Ives, Associate Professor, B.S., Brigham Young, 1994; M.A., Saginaw Valley State, 2002; Ph.D., Michigan State, 2008.

Korina Jocson, Associate Professor, B.A., California at Berkeley, 1994; M.A., San Francisco State, 1996; Ph.D., California at Berkeley, 2004.

Sangeeta G. Kamat, Professor, B.A., Sophia College, India, 1985; M.A., The Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India, 1988; Ph.D., Pittsburgh, 1998.

Lisa A. Keller, Associate Professor, B.S., Saint Michael’s College, 1993; M.S., Massachusetts at Amherst, 2002; Ed.D., 2002.

Michael P. Krezmien, Professor, B.A., Chicago, 1995; M.A., Texas at Austin, 2001; Ph.D., Maryland, 2007.

John Kudukey, Lecturer, B.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1973; M.Ed., American International College, 1983; C.A.G.S., Massachusetts at Amherst; Ed.D., 1997.

Alexandra Lauterbach, Associate Professor, B.A., North Carolina, 2003; M.S., Pennsylvania, 2004.

Jamila Lyiscott, Assistant Professor, B.A., Hunter College, 2007; M.A. Hunter College, 2010; Ph.D., Columbia University, 2015.

Sandra R. Madden, Associate Professor, B.S., Western Michigan, 1987; M.A., 1993; M.S., 2003; Ph.D., 2008.

Robert W. Maloy, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1969; M.A.T., 1971; Ed.D., Boston University, 1976.

Amanda M. Marcotte, Associate Professor, B.A., Providence College, 1996; M.Ed., Massachusetts at Amherst, 2003; Ph.D., 2006.

Kathryn A. McDermott, Department Chair of Educational Policy, Research & Administration and Professor, B.A., Lehigh, 1990; M.A., Yale, 1991; M.Phil., 1993; Ph.D., 1997.

Elizabeth McEneaney, Department Chair of Teacher Education & Curriculum Studies and Associate Professor, B.A., Carleton College, 1983; M.A., Stanford, 1998; Ph.D., 1998.

Jacqueline Mosselson, Associate Professor, B.A., Tufts, 1994; M.I.A., Columbia, 1997; M.Ed./M.Ph., 2000; Ph.D., 2002.

Scott L. Monroe, Assistant Professor, B.A.& JD, California at San Diego; M.S., Brooklyn College, 2013; Ph.D. California at Los Angeles, 2014.

Martina Nieswandt, Associate Professor and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement, M.A., Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany, 1987; Ph.D., University of Kiel, Germany, 1996.

Bjorn Nordtveit, Associate Professor, B.A., Panthéon-Sorbonne, France, 1991; B.A., Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, France, 1993; M.Ph., École Pratiques des Hautes Études, France, 1993; Ph.D., Maryland, 2005.

Kysa Nygreen, Associate Professor, B.A., Barnard, 1997; M.A., California at Berkeley, 2002; Ph.D., 2005.

Jennifer Randall, Associate Professor, B.A., Duke, 1996; M.A.T., 1999; Ph.D., Emory, 2007.

Tammie Samuels, Lecturer, B.A., Columbia College, 1989; M.Ed., University of Southern Mississippi, 1996; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2012.

Raymond Sharick, Senior Lecturer, B.S., Pennsylvania State, 1990; M.Ed., Pennsylvania at Indiana, 1998; Ed.D., Massachusetts at Amherst, 2007.

Stephen G. Sireci, Distinguished University Professor, B.A., Loyola College, 1985; M.A., 1987; Ph.D., Fordham, 1993.

Enrique Suarez, Assistant Professor, B.S., University of Oklahoma, 2006; M.S., Tufts University, 2012; Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder, 2017.

Florence Sullivan, Professor, B.A., New College of California, 1995; M.A., San Francisco State, 1999; Ed.M., Teachers College, Columbia, 2001; Ph.D., 2005.

Torrey Trust, Associate Professor, B.A., California at San Diego, 2007; M.A., San Diego State, 2012; Ph.D., California at Santa Barbara, 2014.

K. C. Nat Turner, Associate Professor, B.A., Brown, 1999; Ed.M., Harvard, 2001; Ph.D., California at Berkeley, 2008.

Laura A. Valdiviezo, Associate Professor, B.A., Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 1993; M.A., Clark, 1996; Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia, 2006.

Ruth-Ellen Verock, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1994; M.Ed., 2001; Ed.D., 2006.

Craig S. Wells, Professor, B.S., Castleton State College, 1993; M.S., Wisconsin at Madison, 2000; Ph.D., 2004.

Ryan S. Wells, Professor, B.S., Iowa State, 1995; M.A., Iowa, 2004; Ph.D., 2008.

Sara Whitcomb, Associate Professor, B.A., Boston College, 1996; Ed.M., Harvard, 1998; Ph.D., Oregon, 2009.

Carmen Woodhall, Lecturer, B.A, B.S., Bemidji State University, M.Ed., Kent State University, Ph.D., University of Central Florida, 2012.

Rebecca Woodland, Professor, B.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1991; M.A., Northern California, 1997; Ph.D., Colorado State, 2001.

Seon Yeong Yu, Associate Professor, B.A., Sookmyung Women's University, South Korea, 1997; M.A., Ewha Women's University, South Koria, 2000; Ph.D., Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011.

April Zenisky, Associate Research Professor, B.A., Amherst College, Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2004.

Ximena U. Zúñiga, Professor, M.E., Universidad Católica de Chile, 1979; M.A., Michigan, 1982; Ph.D., 1992.

Faculty Emeriti

Maurianne Adams, Professor Emerita (2008).

Liane Brandon, Professor Emerita (2005).

Donald K. Carew, Professor Emeritus (1994).

Alfred Carlson, Professor Emeritus (2015).

John J. Clement, Professor Emeritus (2011).

Grace Craig, Professor Emerita (2004).

Patricia H. Crosson, Professor Emerita (2001).

Patt S. Dodds, Professor Emerita (2004).

Andrew Effrat, Professor Emeritus (2011).

Portia C. Elliott, Professor Emerita (2014).

Kenneth Ertel, Professor Emeritus (1991).

David R. Evans, Professor Emeritus (2017).

Allan Feldman, Professor Emeritus (2009).

George E. Forman, Professor Emeritus (2002).

Atron A. Gentry, Professor Emeritus (1999).

Patricia S. Griffin, Professor Emerita (2004).

Ronald Hambleton, Professor Emeritus (2017).

Jack Hruska, Professor Emeritus (1990).

Thomas E. Hutchinson, Professor Emeritus (1992).

Allen E. Ivey, Professor Emeritus (1998).

Bailey W. Jackson, Professor Emeritus (2011).

Richard D. Konicek, Professor Emeritus (1995).

Richard Lapan, Professor Emeritus (2020)

Christine McCormick, Professor Emeritus, (2019)

William J. Masalski, Professor Emeritus (2002).

William J. Matthews, Professor Emeritus (2011).

Robert J. Miltz, Professor Emeritus (2002).

Sonia Nieto, Professor Emerita (2006).

J. Kevin Nugent, Professor Emeritus (2012).

Kenneth A. Parker, Professor Emeritus (2002).

Judith Placek, Professor Emerita (2007).

Sharon F. Rallis, Professor Emertus (2020).

Janine Roberts, Professor Emerita (2006).

Gretchen Rossman, Professor Emeritus (2020)

Masha K. Rudman, Professor Emerita (2009).

Stanley E. Scarpati, Professor Emeritus (2010).

David M. Schimmel, Professor Emeritus (2008).

David F. Schuman, Professor Emeritus (2006).

Irving Seidman, Professor Emeritus (2006).

Clement A. Seldin, Professor Emeritus, (2011).

Doris J. Shallcross, Professor Emerita (1995).

Sidney B. Simon, Professor Emeritus (1989).

Robert L. Sinclair, Professor Emeritus (2006).

Judith W. Solsken, Professor Emerita (2002).

Mary Deane Sorcinelli, Professor Emerita (2014).

Patrick J. Sullivan, Professor Emeritus (2002).

Hariharan Swaminathan, Professor Emeritus (2002).

William L. Theummel, Professor Emeritus (2001).

George E. Urch, Professor Emeritus (1998).

Ernest D. Washington, Professor Emeritus (2017).

Kenneth R. Washington, Professor Emeritus (1995).

Gerald Weinstein, Professor Emeritus (1995).

Robert E. Wellman, Professor Emeritus (1993).

Jerri Willett, Professor Emerita (2013).

William C. Wolf, Jr., Professor Emeritus (1992).