Core Faculty
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Jennifer Alanis
Program Coordinator of Student Affairs and Educational Justice, Research Fellow
Research Interests
Equity and diversity issues in higher education; theory and practice in student affairs; college student development; undocumented college students; first-generation college students; Latinx populations; minority-serving institutions
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Claudia Bermúdez
Clinical Assistant Professor
Preliminary Program Coordinator
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Deborah Faye Carter
Associate Professor of Higher Education
Research Interests
Higher education; transition to college; college student outcomes; access to college; race in education; mentoring, equity, and diverse learning environments in STEM
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David Drew
Professor of Education
Joseph B. Platt Chair in the Management of TechnologyResearch Interests
STEM education, data science, model building, technology development and management
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DeLacy Ganley
Dean, School of Educational Studies
Professor of EducationResearch Interests
Culturally relevant education; resiliency and achievement of marginalized populations; intersection of families, community, and school; language acquisition; social capital theory; systems theory
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Gwen Garrison
Clinical Professor of Education
Director of Educational Evaluation and Data Analysis
Research Interests
Organizational effectiveness; diversity & inclusion; research & evaluation process; data systems; data management; data visualization and storytelling
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Rebecca Hatkoff
Clinical Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Critical Social Justice Teaching Competencies; Classroom and School Ecology; Effective and Empowering Pedagogy for all Students, Teacher Candidates, and Teachers; Strength-Based Views of Schools, Teachers, Students, Households, and Communities
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Frances Marie Gipson
Clinical Professor of Education
Director, Urban Leadership ProgramResearch Interests
Urban schooling; distributed leadership; social-emotional learning; culturally relevant and linguistically responsive education; systems theory; learning and achievement; talent and leadership development; P-20 school policy
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June K. Hilton
Senior Lecturer
Research Interests
STEM Education, Equity Issues in Science and Mathematics, Effective Use of Instructional Technology, Teacher Preparation
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Tom Luschei
Professor of Education
Research Interests
International and Comparative Education; Economics of Education; Teacher Quality, Teacher Policy, and Teacher Distribution; Education Policy across the Americas; Bilingual Education Policy and Practice
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Dina C. Maramba
Professor of Education
Research Interests
Equity and diversity issues in higher education; theory and practice in student affairs; college student development; access and retention; first-generation college students; Asian American and Pacific Islander populations; minority serving institutions
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Susan J. Paik
Professor of Education
Research Interests
Educational productivity; talent and leader development; giftedness and creativity; learning and achievement; psychosocial and environmental factors; urban and international studies; underserved students; Asian Americans and education; family-school-community partnerships; research methods, design, and evaluation
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Linda Perkins
University Professor
Director, Applied Gender StudiesResearch Interests
Women and African-American higher education, history and contemporary issues on women in higher education, especially Black women, global gender issues.
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Emilie Reagan
Associate Professor of Education
Research Interests
Social justice and equity-oriented teacher education policy and practice; context-specific teacher preparation; teacher residency programs; assessment; accountability; quantitative methods; mixed methods
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Guan K. Saw
Associate Professor of Education
Research Interests
Educational inequality; diversity and inclusion; STEM education and workforce; college access and success; sociology of education; educational psychology; educational evaluation and policy analysis; quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods; health disparities
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Samara Suafo’a
Clinical Assistant Professor
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Torie Weiston-Serdan
Clinical Assistant Professor
Director, MA in Community Engaged Education & Social ChangeResearch Interests
Critical mentoring; critical youth work; non-profits and social enterprises; diversity and equity; non-profits and philanthropy; youth-serving non-profits; culturally sustaining pedagogy; abolitionist teaching; Black Feminism in education; learning and teaching