College of Education
Faculty Areas of Expertise
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AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Catriona Anderson
Area(s) of Expertise: Elementary and Math Education
Keena Arbuthnot
Area(s) of Expertise: Research
Nina Asher
Area(s) of Expertise: Elementary/Multicultural Education
Jacqueline Bach
Area(s) of Expertise: English Education
Gerline Beckers
Area(s) of Expertise: Special Education; Reading
Pam Blanchard
Area(s) of Expertise: Science Education; Earth and Environmental
Hillary Braud
Area(s) of Expertise: Elementary/PK-3 Education
Terry Buchanan
Area(s) of Expertise: Ch. development; Family studies; Dev. app. Practices; Material employment
Karen Callender
Area(s) of Expertise: Elementary Education; School Administration – School Principalship; Teacher Mentoring
Russell L. Carson
Area(s) of Expertise: Daily emotional experiences and their relationship to teacher burnout
Renee Casbergue
Area(s) of Expertise: Early Literacy; Reading Education
Ray Castle
Area(s) of Expertise: Heat-related illness; athletic training
Earl Cheek
Area(s) of Expertise: Reading Education
Laura Choate
Area(s) of Expertise: Counseling
Neva Cramer
Area(s) of Expertise: Reading Education
Rita R. Culross
Area(s) of Expertise: Gifted education; Counseling the gifted; Underachievement; International Baccalaureate
Jennifer Curry
Area(s) of Expertise: Counseling
Karen Donnelly
Area(s) of Expertise: Elementary Reading
Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell
Area(s) of Expertise: Language; Literacy; Culture; Academic – service learning
Ken Denny
Area(s) of Expertise: Special Education
Margaret Denny
Area(s) of Expertise: Special Education
Denise Egea-Kuehne
Area(s) of Expertise: Foreign Language; Curriculum Theory
Kristin Gansle
Area(s) of Expertise: Special Education
Gary Gintner
Area(s) of Expertise: Counseling
Debra Guedry
Area(s) of Expertise: Reading/Language Arts; Classroom management; Mentoring of beginning teacher
Karen Hamblen
Area(s) of Expertise: Art Education
Noel Hammatt
Area(s) of Expertise: School Choice; Vouchers; School Boards
Kathy Hannaman
Area(s) of Expertise: Reading; Mentoring new teachers
Petra Munro Hendry
Area(s) of Expertise: Social Studies; Curriculum Theory
Debbie Heroman
Area(s) of Expertise: Educational Technology
Jan Hinson
Area(s) of Expertise: Educational Technology
Jennifer Jolly
Area(s) of Expertise: Gifted Education; Elementary Education
Eugene Kennedy
Area(s) of Expertise: Educational Research
David Kirshner
Area(s) of Expertise: Mathematics education – algebra from a structural perspective; Learning Theory in relation to pediegogy
Janet Kirshner
Area(s) of Expertise: Supervision
Elecia Lathon
Area(s) of Expertise: Elementary/Secondary Education
Byron Launey
Area(s) of Expertise: Clinical Faculty-Elementary; Science
Nancy Litton
Area(s) of Expertise: English Education; Supervision
Yiping Lou
Area(s) of Expertise: Educational Technology
S. Kim MacGregor
Area(s) of Expertise: Educational Research
Robbie McHardy
Area(s) of Expertise: gifted education; teacher education, appropriate curriculum, teaching strategies, diversity issues
Thomasine Mencer
Area(s) of Expertise: Professional Practice - Elementary
Roland Mitchell
Area(s) of Expertise: Higher Education
Paul Mooney
Area(s) of Expertise: Special Education
Sarah Raines
Area(s) of Expertise: Educational Leadership
Tom Ricks
Area(s) of Expertise: Mathematics
Kaustuv Roy
Area(s) of Expertise: Curriculum Theory; Middle School
Laura K. Stewart
Area(s) of Expertise: use of botanicals in the prevention of disease; dietary modification and weight loss/prevention of weight gain; evaluation of immune function in humans; use of strength training/endurance training programs in research
Jimmy Stockard
Area(s) of Expertise: Professional Practice - Elementary/Social Studies
Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell
Area(s) of Expertise: Reading Education
Dianne Taylor
Area(s) of Expertise: Research; Policy Studies
Beth Tope
Area(s) of Expertise: Reading/Language Arts
Ann Trousdale
Area(s) of Expertise: Children's Literature/Language Arts
Jim Wandersee
Area(s) of Expertise: Science Education; Biology
Sassy Wheeler
Area(s) of Expertise: Diversity/Special Education
Elizabeth Willis
Area(s) of Expertise: Professional Practice; Reading/Language Arts
Noelle WItherspoon
Area(s) of Expertise: Educational Leadership
