Faculty & Staff

Kathryn Herr Chair
	Education — Ph.D., Ohio State University; MSW, Fordham Graduate School of Social Services, B.S., Millersville University
	Research/Interests — Qualitative and action research, equity issues in schools, fit/lack of fit between diverse student bodies and schools, issues of gender, youth studies; adolescents
	Office — University Hall 2129
	Phone — (973) 655-5170
	Email — herrk@mail.montclair.edu

Brenda Godbolt Secretary
	Office — University Hall 2128B
	Phone — (973) 655-5170
	Email — godboltb@mail.montclair.edu

Faculty

Zoe Burkholder
	Education — Ph.D. New York University; M.A. University of California, Berkeley; B.A. University of Virginia, Charlottesville
	Research/Interests — Social construction of race in schools; history of educational antiracist activism; teachers and schools in the long civil rights movement
	Office — University Hall 2140
	Phone — (973) 655-3481
	Email — burkholderz@mail.montclair.edu

Brian V. Carolan
	Education — Ph.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.Phil., Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University; B.A., Rutgers College, Rutgers University
	Research/Interests — Sociology of education; school and classroom organization; social networks
	Office — University Hall 2161
	Phone — (973) 655-7175
	Email — carolanb@mail.montclair.edu

Nicole DiDonato
	Education — Ph.D. Rutgers University, New Brunswick; M.Ed. Rutgers University, New Brunswick; B.S. Rutgers University, New Brunswick
	Research/Interests — Self-regulated learning; collaborative learning; authentic tasks/assessments; teaching and learning in urban schools
	Office — University Hall 2110
	Phone — (973) 655-3028
	Email — didonaton@mail.montclair.edu

Helenrose Fives
	Education — Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park; M.A., Trinity College; B.A., The Catholic University of America
	Research/Interests — Research focuses on the intersection of teacher beliefs and practices with an emphasis on understanding the interrelationship between teachers' beliefs (specifically efficacy, knowledge, and ability beliefs) and the process of teaching and learning to teach. Interests include developing a better understanding of the teaching learning process with particular focus on the teaching as persuasion metaphor
	Office — University Hall 2135
	Phone — (973) 655-7162
	Email — fivesh@mail.montclair.edu

Maughn Gregory
	Education — Ph.D., Iberoamericana University; M.A., University of Hawaii; J.D., J. Ruben Clark Law School
	Research/Interests — Philosophy and education; critical thinking
	Office — University Hall 2197
	Phone — (973) 655-7049
	Email — gregorym@mail.montclair.edu

Jaime G. A. Grinberg
	Education — Ph.D., Michigan State University; M.A., Eastern Michigan University; B.A., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)
	Research/Interests — Teacher education; historical, cultural, political and social contexts of schooling; teaching; educational leadership; professional development
	Office — University Hall 2137
	Phone — (973) 655-4427
	Email — grinbergj@mail.montclair.edu

David Kennedy
	Education — Ed.D., University of Kentucky; M.S., Eastern Montana College; B.A., Luther College
	Research/Interests — Community of inquiry; history of childhood
	Office — University Hall 2139
	Phone — (973) 655-4279
	Email — kennedyd@mail.montclair.edu

Tyson E. Lewis
	Education — Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
	Research/Interests — Critical pedagogy, critical theory, sociology of schooling, surveillance theory, cultural studies and education
	Office — University Hall 2131
	Phone — (973) 655-7094
	Email — lewist@mail.montclair.edu

Tamara Lucas
	Education — Ph.D., M.A., Stanford University; M.A., San Francisco State University; B.A., Centre College of Kentucky
	Research/Interests — Culturally and linguistically responsive teaching, the preparation of teachers to teach culturally and linguistically diverse students, the education of English language learners
	Office — University Hall 3141
	Phone — (973) 655-7128
	Email — lucast@mail.montclair.edu

Jamaal Matthews
	Education — Ph.D., University of Michigan; M.S., Mercy College; B.A., Columbia University
	Research/Interests — Self-regulated learning; achievement motivation; ethnic minority youth and urban education; adolescent identity development; early childhood cognitive and social development
	Office — University Hall 2133
	Phone — (973) 655-3027
	Email — matthewsj@mail.montclair.edu

Jeremy N. Price
	Education — Ph.D., Michigan State University; H.D.E. (Sec)., H.DJourn., B.Comm., Rhodes University, South Africa.
	Research/Interests — Teacher education for social justice; action research, youth identities and schooling, transformative pedagogies, educational policy and teaching
	Office — University Hall 2112
	Phone — (973) 655-7039
	Email — pricej@mail.montclair.edu

Alina Reznitskaya
	Education — Ph.D., M.Ed., M.S., B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
	Research/Interests — Development and assessment of argumentation and reasoning
	Office — University Hall 2193
	Phone — (973) 655-4080
	Email — reznitskayaa@mail.montclair.edu

Mark Weinstein
	Education — Ph.D., The City University of New York; M.A., The City College of New York; B.A., Brooklyn College
	Research/Interests — Philosophy of education, methods of inquiry
	Office — University Hall 2195
	Phone — (973) 655-7041
	Email — weinsteinm@mail.montclair.edu