Our faculty
Names are linked to full profiles. Research specializations are listed below.
Tariq Akmal Associate Professor. Ph.D. from Washington State University. Middle school, retention in grade, teacher education.
SusanRae Banks-Joseph Associate Professor. Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University. Native teacher education and retention, special education.
Pamela Bettis Associate Professor. Ph.D. University of Toledo. Gender and Schooling, youth cultures and schooling.
June Canty Academic Director and Professor. Ed.D. University of Washington. Teacher education, rural education.
Barb Clausen Associate Professor. J.D. Georgetown University Law Center.
Deanna Day Assistant Professor. Ph.D. University of Arizona. Children’s literature, literature circles.
Michael W. Dunn Assistant Professor. Ph.D. Indiana University, Bloomington. Literacy skills/strategies, response to intervention.
Joy Egbert Associate Professor. Ph.D. University of Arizona. Educational technology, English as a second language.
Gisela Ernst-Slavit Professor. Ph.D. University of Florida. English as a second language, bilingual education.
Susan Finley Associate Professor. Ph.D. University of Michigan. Diversity, engaging students from underrepresented groups.
Janet Frost Assistant Professor. Ph.D. University of Nevada, Reno. Influences on pre-service and in-service mathematics teachers.
Cheryl Granby Professor. Ed.D. U.S. International University at San Diego. Art and music in the K-12 classroom to enhance student learning.
David Greenwood Associate Professor. Ph.D. University of New Mexico. Environmental education, community-based education.
Leslie Hall Clinical Assistant Professor. Ph.D. Ohio State University. Teacher education, media literacy.
Michael Hayes Associate Professor. Ph.D. University of Utah. Socio-cultural influences in schools, documentary film.
Hal Jackson Assistant Professor. Ph.D. University of Washington. Prevention and social skill intervention practices, oppositional defiant disorder.
David
Johnson, Assistant Professor. Literacy and language
education.
Eric Johnson, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. University of Arizona. Ethnographic approaches to language-minority education programs and language policies in public schools.
Jane E. Kelley Assistant Professor Ed.D. University of Massachusetts. Children’s literature, multicultural literature.
Stephen B. Kucer Associate Professor. Ph.D. Indiana University. Interrelationships between the reading and comprehending processes dimensions of literacy.
Armando Laguardia Associate Professor. Ph.D. Portland State University. Diversity, multicultural education, school reform/restructuring.
Elizabeth 'Liza' Nagel, Academic Director, WSU Tri-Cities. Ph.D. Washington State University. Mediators and causes of stress among new faculty and future teachers.
Tonda Liggett Assistant Professor. Ph.D. University of New Hampshire. Teacher racial and cultural identity, English as a second language teacher education.
Linda Mabry Professor. Ph.D. University of Illinois. Assessment of K-12 student achievement, evaluation of educational and social programs.
Patricia Mainella Assistant Clinical Professor. Ph.D. Gonzaga University. Assessment and professional development in literacy.
Cori Mantle-Bromley Professor and Chair. Ph.D. University of Idaho. Teacher education, partnerships with schools and communities.
Jason Margolis Assistant Professor. Ph.D. University of Michigan. School reform/restructuring, teacher professional development.
Matt Marino Assistant Professor. Ph.D. University of Connecticut. Reading disabilities, technology, universal design.
Darcy Miller Professor. Ph.D. University of Wisconsin. Fetal alcohol syndrome, risk and resillency factors.
Paulette Mills Associate Professor. Ph.D. University of Washington. Disability and special education law and policy.
Judy Morrison Assistant Professor. Ph.D. Oregon State University. Science education, teacher professional development.
Tamara Nelson Associate Professor. Ph.D. University of Washington. Teacher education, science education.
Jo Clay Olson Assistant Professor. Ph.D. Illinois State University. Assessment and learning of low-performing students (Ell and special needs) in mathematics.
Paula Groves Price Huie-Rogers Faculty Fellow for Diversity Education, Associate Professor. Ph.D. University of Norht Carolina. Diversity, school reform/restructuring.
Mary Roe Professor. Ph.D. University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Literacy education, teacher collaboration.
Amy Roth McDuffie, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. University of Maryland. The professional development of preservice and practicing teachers in mathematics education.
Tom Salsbury Assistant Professor. Ph.D. Indianna University, Bloomington. English as a second language, applied linguistics.
Pauline Sameshima Assistant Professor. Ph.D. University of British Columbia. Curriculum theory, artful research methodologies.
Richard Sawyer Associate Professor. Ed.D. Columbia University. Teacher education, high school students.
Lenore Schmidt Clinical Associate Professor. Ph.D. Florida State University. Teacher education, arts education.
Dawn Shinew Associate Professor. Ph.D. Ohio State University. Socio-cultural influences in schools, teacher education.
David Slavit Professor. Ph.D. University of Delaware. Math education, teacher professional development.
Chris Sodorff Director of Field Experiences and Student Teaching. M.Ed. Washington State University. Teacher preparation field experiences.
Jan Spiesman-Laughlin Undergraduate Program Chair/Instructor. M.S. Portland State University. Teacher education.
Blakely Tsurusaki, Assistant Professor
Trenia Walker Assistant Professor. Ed.D. University of Houston. Teacher education, socio-cultural influences in schools.
Guy Westhoff Assistant Clinical Professor. Ph.D. University of Northern Colorado. Educational technology.
Terrell Young Professor. Ed.D Brigham Young University. Literacy education, children’s literature.
Faculty members (from left) SusanRae Banks-Joseph, Dawn Shinew and Corinne Mantle-Bromley.