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Early Childhood, Elementary and Literacy Education

Faculty & Staff


Tina Jacobowitz, Chair
Office: University Hall, Room 3163
Phone Number: (973) 655-5407
Email: jacobowitzt@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ph.D., New York University; M.A., University of Wisconsin; B.A., Brooklyn College
Professional Research/Interests: Literacy, critical thinking, social justice, democratic practice
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~jacobowitzt

Patricia Anne Watson, Department Administrator
Office: University Hall, Room 3167
Phone Number: (973) 655-7360
Email: watsonp@mail.montclair.edu
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~watsonp

Felicia Moore-Hines, Secretary
Office: University Hall, Room 3162
Phone Number: (973) 655-5407
Email: hinesf@mail.montclair.edu
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~hinesf


 
Faculty

Danne E. Davis
Office: University Hall, Room 3237
Phone Number: (973) 655-5183
Email: davisd@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ph.D., Boston College; M.Ed. Wheelock College; B.S. Northeastern University
Professional Research/Interests: Curriculum, critical pedagogy, elementary instruction, multiculturalism, teacher education, urban schooling
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~davisd

Elizabeth Erwin
Office: University Hall, Room 3241
Phone Number: (973) 655-6843
Email: erwine@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University; B.S., Syracuse University
Professional Research/Interests:Inclusive early childhood education, family-professional partnerships, self-determination in young children with disabilities, issues of membership and belonging
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~erwine

Margaret Freedson
Office: University Hall, Room 3220
Phone Number: (973) 655-5411
Email: freedsonm@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ed.D., Harvard University; Ed.M., Harvard University; B.A., University of California
Professional Research/Interests: Early literacy instruction in linguistically diverse, urban preschools
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~freedsonm

Fran Greb
Office: University Hall, Room 3181
Phone Number: (973) 655-7487
Email: grebf@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ed.D., St. John's University; M.A., Newark State College; B.S., Boston University
Professional Research/Interests: Elementary education, special education, professional development schools
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~grebf

Sumi Hagiwara
Office: University Hall 3179
Phone Number: (973) 655-6848
Email: hagiwaras@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ph.D., M.Phil., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.S., New York University; B.A., Baruch College, City University of New York
Professional Research/Interests: Critical pedagogy, inner-city/urban elementary and middle school science education, immigrant students and families, multicultural education, emergent science education for the learning disabled
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~hagiwaras

Erik Jacobson
Office: University Hall, Room 3233
Phone Number: (973) 655-3471
Email: jacobsone@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ed.D., Harvard University; Ed.M., Harvard University; B.A., Wesleyan University
Professional Research/Interests: Adult literacy practice and instruction, cultural variations in the definition of literacy, literacies in creole speech communities, critical pedagogy and learner leadership
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~jacobsone

Michele Knobel
Office: University Hall, Room 3173
Phone Number: (973) 655-5405
Email: knobelm@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ph.D., Queensland University of Technology; M.Ed., Queensland University of Technology; M.Ed., B.Ed., University College of Southern Queensland
Professional Research/Interests: New technologies, in-school and out-of-school practices, classroom teaching
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~knobelm

Nancy J. Lauter
Office: University Hall, Room 3226
Phone Number: (973) 655-4243
Email: lautern@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ed.D., Boston University; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University; B.A., Connecticut College
Professional Research/Interests: School-university partnerships, new teachers in urban settings, curriculum development, mentoring leadership development
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~lautern

Dierdre Glenn Paul
Office: University Hall, Room 3224
Phone Number: (973) 655-7183
Email: pauld@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.ED., Lehman College, CUNY; B.A., University of Alabama
Professional Research/Interests: Issues pertaining to literacy, education of U.S. blacks
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~pauld

Victoria Puig
Office: University Hall, Room 3235
Phone Number: (973) 655-7159
Email: puigv@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; Bilingual Cert., CUNY; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University; B.A., Ithaca College
Professional Research/Interests: Early childhood special education, cultural and linguistic diversity, partnering with families of young children with special needs, mentoring new teachers
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~puigv

Minsun Shin
Office: University Hall, Room 3239
Phone Number: (973) 655-6961
Email: shinm@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University; B.A., Fairleigh Dickinson University
Professional Research/Interests: Young children's social and emotional development, teacher's role in young children's development, teacher training and professionalism, parent involvement
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~shinm

Tamara Spencer
Office: University Hall, Room 3198
Phone Number: (973) 655-4255
Email: spencert@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.A., University of Pennsylvania; B.A., Colorado College
Professional Research/Interests: Early childhood literacy, urban education, literacy curriculum, diverse school settings
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~spencert

Eric Weiner
Office: University Hall, Room 3222
Phone Number: (973) 655-5177
Email: weinerer@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University; M.A., University of Massachusetts; B.A., University of Massachusetts
Professional Research/Interests: Critical literacy, cultural studies, critical pedagogy, social theory
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~weinerer

Dana J. Wilber
Office: University Hall, Room 3200
Phone Number: (973) 655-7486
Email: wilberd@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.A., University of Colorado; B.A., B.S., University of Colorado
Professional Research/Interests: Literacy practices of college-age students, history of literacy, literacy and technology, literacy and cognition
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~wilberd

Linda L. Wise
Office: University Hall, Room 3126
Phone Number: (973) 655-4436
Email:wisel@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.S., Ed., Lehman College, CUNY; B.A., Syracuse University
Professional Research/Interests: Social context issues in literacy development, teacher education
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~wisel

Susan Wray
Office: University Hall, Room 3177
Phone Number: (973) 655-6902
Email: wrays@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin; M.S., University of Wisconsin; B.S., Northern Arizona University
Professional Research/Interests: Teacher learning communities, teacher learning and professional development, social justice education, constructivist teaching and learning practices, teaching portfolios
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~wrays

  Staff
Elizabeth Kendall
Program Coordinator, P-3 Modified Alternate Route Program
Office: University Hall, Room 3187
Phone Number: (973) 655-7101
Email: kendalle@mail.montclair.edu
Education: M.T.S., Drew University; B.A., Glassboro College
Professional Research/Interests: Early childhood curriculum, urban communities
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~kendalle

Nancy Rosario-Layne
Assistant Coordinator, P-3 Modified Alternate Route Program
Office: University Hall, Room 3189
Phone Number: (973) 655-6909
Email: rosariolaynn@mail.montclair.edu
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~rosariolaynn

Betty Moore
Secretary, P-3 Modified Alternate Route Program
Office: University Hall, Room 3162
Phone Number: (973) 655-4247
Email: moorebe@mail.montclair.edu
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~moorebe

Tina Seaboch
Coordinator, Literacy and Assessment Centers
Office: University Hall, Room 3124
Phone Number: (973) 655-7490
Email: seabocht@mail.montclair.edu
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~seabocht

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Adjunct Faculty
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Name Courses Email
Maria Aielo ECEL maiello@montville.net
Gail Ahnemann ECEL ahnemann@verizon.net
Janet Armstrong ECEL rockserene@aol.com
Grace Bourbon ECEL bourbong@mail.montclair.edu
Joanne Cooney ECEL cooneyj@mail.montclair.edu
Rosemary Clerico ECEL rclerico@nutleyschools.org
Lynn DiMatteo ECEL mailto:DiMatteo.Lynn@cedargrove.k12.nj.us
Carla Engstrom READ engstromc@mail.montclair.edu
Rosa Espinal-Perez ECEL espinalperezr@mail.montclair.edu
Nicole Fiore-Levy ECEL nlevy@unigene.com
Kelli A. Fitzgibbons ECEL fitzgibbonsk@mail.montclair.edu
Heather Frank ECEL heather.a.frank@gmail.com
Sigrid Frawley ECEL sfrawley@tenafly.k12.nj.us
Kristin Freeh ECEL freehk@mail.montclair.edu
Michele Granger ECEL grangerm@mail.montclair.edu
Laurence Greenberg ECEL laurencedgreenberg@yahoo.com
Lynn Harvey ECEL harveyl@mail.montclair.edu
Kevin Heller ECEL khellr@newarkmuseum.org
Gwen Jackson ECEL Jgjacson_5@msn.com
Jeffrey Keith ECEL gpa88@comcast.net
Naomi Kirkman ECEL kirkmann@mail.montclair.edu
Jay Klausner ECEL klausnerj@mail.montclair.edu
Priva Lalvani ECEL lalvanip@mail.montclair.edu
Anthony Lanzo READ alanzo@veronaschools.org
Susan Latino ECEL latinos@mail.montclair.edu
Carol Lewis ECEL lewisc@mail.montclair.edu
Theresa Mangravite ECEL mangravitet@mail.montclair.edu
Jeffrey Monacelli ECEL Jmonacelli@comcast.net
Kenneth J. Monaco ECEL kjmonaco@opnonline.net
Susan Monfet ECEL susanmnft@yahoo.com
Melissa Montanez ECEL mmontanez@woboe.org
Leslie Mozulay ECEL llmoz55@aol.com
Lorraine O'Neill-Nardi ECEL flnardi@aol.com
Cherylyn Paredes ECEL paredesc@mail.montclair.edu
Arleen Perkins ECEL paredesc@mail.montclair.edu
Beverly Plein ECEL bplein@bellatlantic.net
Robert Price ECEL price@nvnet.org
Wayne Rush MEDI rushw@mail.montclair.edu
Carol Sadler READ csadler@woboe.org
Sonia Santos ECEL sonia@thelearningnook.net
Marilyn Shapiro ECEL shapirom@mail.montclair.edu/a>
Courtney St. Prix ECEL stprixc@mail.montclair.edu/a>
Kimberly Smith ECEL smithk@mail.montclair.edu/a>


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