Muninder Kaur Ahluwalia
Education — Ph.D., New York University; M.A., New York University; B.A., New York University
Research/Interests — Multicultural counseling training, issues of identity and self among south Asians, discrimination, and Asian American women, and methodological issues in qualitative research
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Katrina Bulkley
Education — Ph.D., Stanford University; M.A., University of North Carolina; B.A., Wesleyan University
Research/Interests — School governance and school reform, charter schools and school privatization
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Leslie Kooyman
Education — Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Charlotte; M.A., University of North Carolina, Charlotte; B.S., University of Santa Clara
Research/Interests— High-risk sexual behavior of gay men and men who have sex with men (MSM),HIV/AIDS prevention, gay men and aging, acculturative stress of international students, GLBT issues, counselor development
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Dana Heller Levitt
Education — Ph.D., Counselor Education, University of Virginia; M.Ed., Counselor Education, University of Virginia; B.A., Psychology, James Madison University
Research/Interests — Ethics, Religious/Cultural Issues in Counseling, Pedagogy, Counselor Education, Body Image/Eating Disorders, Gender Issues
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Suzanne McCotter
Education — Ph.D., University of Georgia; MLS, Rutgers University; B.A., Rutgers
Research/Interests — Instructional supervision, professional development, teacher reflection
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Joseph Oluwole
Education — Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University; J.D., The Ohio State University; B.A., Michigan State University
Research/Interests — Legal issues in public schools (including the constitutional and statutory rights of teachers, students and administrators; whistle blowing; educational equity and the law; the No Child Left Behind Act and ethics
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Edina L. Renfro-Michel
Education — Ph.D. Mississippi State University; M.Ed. University of New Orleans; B.A. University of New Orleans
Research/Interests — Counselor supervision, adult child attachment, technology in counselor education
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Catherine Roland
Education — Ed.D., M.Ed., University of Cincinnati; B.A., Marshall University
Research/Interests — Counseling families, agency and school counseling, developmental counseling with adults, counselor preparation and supervision, pedagogy Clinical Specializations: Include marriage and family counseling, eating disorders, treatment of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, alternative lifestyle issue
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Angela I. Sheely-Moore
Education — Ph.D., University of North Texas; M.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte; B.A., North Carolina Central University
Research/Interests — School counseling for economically disadvantaged children and their families, school-based play therapy and filial therapy, multicultural counseling
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Matthew Shurts
Education — Ph.D., M.S., Ed.S., The University of North Carolina at Greensboro; B.A., Wake Forest University
Research/Interests — Premarital and pre-union counseling, romantic relationship development, counselor education pedagogy Clinical Specializations: Include premarital and pre-union counseling, marriage and family counseling, emergency/crisis assessment
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Danne E. Davis
Education — Ph.D., Boston College; M.Ed. Wheelock College; B.S. Northeastern University
Research/Interests — Curriculum, critical pedagogy, elementary instruction, multiculturalism, teacher education, urban schooling
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Elizabeth J. Erwin
Education — Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University; B.S., Syracuse University
Research/Interests — Inclusive early childhood education, family-professional partnerships, self-determination in young children with disabilities, issues of membership and belonging
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Fran Greb
Education — Ed.D., St. John's University; M.A., Newark State College; B.S., Boston University
Research/Interests — Elementary education, special education, professional development schools
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Sumi Hagiwara
Education — Ph.D., M.Phil., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.S., New York University; B.A., Baruch College, City University of New York
Research/Interests — Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, teacher education, urban science education, immigrant families, culture and diversity, social justice and critical pedagogy
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Tina Jacobowitz
Education — Ph.D., New York University; M.A., University of Wisconsin; B.A., Brooklyn College
Research/Interests — Literacy, critical thinking, social justice, democratic practice
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Erik Jacobson
Education — Ed.D., Harvard University; Ed.M., Harvard University; B.A., Wesleyan University
Research/Interests — Adult literacy practice and instruction, cultural variations in the definition of literacy, literacies in creole speech communities, critical pedagogy and learner leadership
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Michele Knobel
Education — Ph.D., Queensland University of Technology; M.Ed., Queensland University of Technology; M.Ed., B.Ed., University College of Southern Queensland
Research/Interests — New technologies, in-school and out-of-school practices, classroom teaching
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Nancy J. Lauter
Education — Ed.D., Boston University; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University; B.A., Connecticut College
Research/Interests — School-university partnerships, new teachers in urban settings, curriculum development, mentoring leadership development
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Bree Picower
Education — Ph.D. New York University; B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Research/Interests — Social justice education, teacher activism, race and racism in education, teacher education, elementary social studies education
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Victoria I. Puig
Education — Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; Bilingual Cert., CUNY; M.A., M.ED., Teachers College, Columbia University; B.A., Ithaca College
Research/Interests — Early childhood special education, cultural and linguistic diversity, partnering with families of young children with special needs, mentoring new teachers
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Minsun Shin
Education — Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University; B.A., Fairleigh Dickinson University
Research/Interests — Young children's social and emotional development, teacher's role in young children's development, teacher training and professionalism, parent involvement
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Tamara Spencer
Education — Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.A., University of Pennsylvania; B.A., Colorado College
Research/Interests — Early childhood literacy, urban education, literacy curriculum, diverse school settings
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Eric J. Weiner
Education — Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University; M.A., University of Massachusetts; B.A., University of Massachusetts
Research/Interests — Critical literacy, cultural studies, critical pedagogy, social theory
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Dana J. Wilber
Education — Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.A., University of Colorado; B.A., B.S., University of Colorado
Research/Interests — Literacy practices of college-age students, history of literacy, literacy and technology, literacy and cognition
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Susan Wray
Education — Ph.D., University of Wisconsin; M.S., University of Wisconsin; B.S., Northern Arizona University
Research/Interests — Teacher learning communities, teacher learning and professional development, social justice education, constructivist teaching and learning practices, teaching portfolios
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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
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Brian 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Kathryn Herr
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
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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
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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
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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
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Michele M. Fisher
Education — D.P.E., Springfield College; M.S., East Stroudsberg University; B.S., Elizabethtown College
Research/Interests — Cardiovascular and environmental aspects of exercise physiology, Prevention/management of coronary heart disease
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Steven Leigh
Education — Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; M.S., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; B.S., Loughborough University, England
Research/Interests — Sports performance enhancement, and injury prevention and rehabilitation, with an emphasis on throwing sports and shoulder and elbow injury prevention.
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David A. Middlemas
Education — B.S., Muhlenberg College of Natural Science and Mathematics; M.A., University of Nebraska at Kearney Sports Medicine; Ed.D., Rutgers University Educational Statistics and Measurement.
Research/Interests — Dr. Middlemas joined the faculty at MSU in 2000 as associate professor and Director of the Athletic Training Education Program.
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Tiffany L. Brown
Education — Ph.D., Syracuse University; M.A., B.A., Binghamton University
Research/Interests — African American families, cultural influences on parenting and family relationships, gender and intimate relationships
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Connie Gager
Education — Ph.D., M.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.A., University of Vermont; B.A., Clark University (Massachusetts)
Research/Interests — Predictors of relationship quality and divorce; the division of household labor, adolescent time use
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Pauline Garcia-Reid
Education — Ph.D., Fordham University; M.S.W., B.A., Rutgers University
Research/Interests — Culturally-grounded social work practice, latino/a emphasis, educational outcomes, youth substance use & violence prevention
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Katia Paz Goldfarb 
Education — Ph.D., Michigan State University; M.A., Eastern Michigan University; B.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel) 
Research/Interests — Examining the social issues that influence families and community life, particularly latino families and children, family diversity and the role of family and child studies in the teacher preparation
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Sara Goldstein
Education — Ph.D., Bowling Green State University; M.A, Bowling Green State University-Ohio; B.A., College of New Jersey
Research/Interests — Social and cognitive development, focusing on the development of peer relationships and peer behavior during childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood. Specifically, how peer relationships and cognitions about peer relationships influence the development of aggression and other forms of problem behavior
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Soyoung Lee
Education — Ph.D. Virginia Tech, M.S., B.S. Seoul National University
Research/Interests — Community capacity, reciprocal influences between diverse families and communities, immigrant families, family life education, family program development and evaluation, decision making among young females
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Miriam R. Linver
Education — Ph.D., M.S., University of Arizona; B.A., Brandeis University
Research/Interests — Family processes through which income affects children and youth, transition to young adulthood; child and adolescent time use
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Olena Nesteruk
Education — Ph.D., Louisiana State University; M.S, Louisiana State University; B.S., National Agricultural University of Ukraine
Research/Interests — Immigrant families and their adaptation to a new socio-cultural environment, family stress and coping, qualitative research
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Christine A. Price
Education — Ph.D., University of Georgia; M.S., University of Georgia; B.A., University of California, Irvine
Research/Interests — Women and retirement, aging family relationships and intergenerational dynamics, gender issues in later life, qualitative methods
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Robert J. Reid
Education — Ph.D., Columbia University; MSW, Rutgers; B.A., Rutgers
Research/Interests — Community based participatory research, substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention among urban minority youth, structural and environmental interventions to prevent alcohol and tobacco use
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Pearl Stewart
Education — Ph.D., University of Delaware; MSSA, Case Western Reserve University; B.S., University of Delaware
Research/Interests — African-American extended families, family diversity, cultural connections between African American and west African families
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Jennifer Brown Urban
Education — Ph.D., Cornell University; M.A., Cornell University; B.A., Tufts University
Research/Interests — Applied developmental science; Positive youth development; Developmental Systems Theories and Systems Science; Out-of-school activity involvement and the impact on positive and negative indicators of development; Ecological and neighborhood factors as context for development; Effective means of integrating research, practice, and policy; Evaluation and program planning particularly for youth development programs, STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) programs, and public health programs
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Ndidi Amutah
Education — Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park; MPH The George Washington University, B.S. Rutgers, The State University of NJ
Research/Interests — Community based participatory research, health disparities, the impact of stress and racism on infant mortality, low birth weight and preterm birth in women of color, HIV/AIDS, the social determinants of health.
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Yeon Bai
Education — Ph.D., Indiana University; M.S., Eastern Michigan University; B.S., Seoul National University
Research/Interests — Nutrition and breast cancer education, nutrition counseling
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Kathleen Bauer
Education — Ph.D., M.S., Rutgers, The State University; B.S., Northern Illinois University
Research/Interests — Nutrition and breast cancer education, nutrition counseling
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Amanda Birnbaum
Education — Ph.D., University of Minnesota; M.P.H., Columbia University; B.A., University of Bridgeport
Research/Interests — Adolescent health promotion interventions, social environmental aspects of adolescent physical activity and eating patterns, girls' health, and behavioral epidemiology
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Joseph Donnelly
Education — Ph.D., Southern Illinois; M.S., Southern Illinois; B.S., Southern Illinois
Research/Interests — Aspect of prevention & program planning within alcohol and substance abuse, stress reduction as it scientifically relates within health education
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Charles Feldman
Education — Ph.D., M.A., B.A., New York University
Research/Interests — Ancient food studies, Food transformation, Status and performance
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Mark Kaelin
Education — Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.A., B.A., Montclair State University
Research/Interests — Epidemiology education
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Yanyan Li
Education —  Ph.D., Ohio State University; B.S., Nanjing Normal University, China
Research/Interests — Bioactive food components, development of functional food products for health benefits.
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Lisa D. Lieberman
Education — Ph.D. University of Michigan; M.A. Kent State University; B.A. Kent State University
Research/Interests — Program development and evaluation in adolescent risk reduction; teen pregnancy and HIV prevention; maternal/child health; tobacco control
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Doreen Liou
Education — Ed.D., M.Ed., M.S., Columbia University; B.S., New York University
Research/Interests — Psychosocial theories in health behavior, nutrition education
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Meena Mahadevan
Education — Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University; M.H.E, University of Georgia
Research/Interests — Nutritional Aspects of Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS, Dietary Acculturation
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Stephanie A. N. Silvera
Education — Ph.D., Yale University; M.S., Rutgers University; B.A., Rutgers College
Research/Interests — Cancer epidemiology, specifically diet and lifestyle as risk factors for cancer, with a focus on racial/ethnic disparities in cancer outcomes.
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John J. Specchio
Education — Ph.D., M.S., B.S., Rutgers, The State University
Research/Interests — Food safety, food packaging, food analysis for contaminants
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Shahla M. Wunderlich
Education — Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.S., American University of Beirut (Lebanon); B.S., Pahlavi University (Iran)
Research/Interests — Clinical nutrition assessment of older adults, maternal/child nutrition, global food studies and eating behaviors. nutrition and aging
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Vanessa Domine
Education — Ph.D., New York University; M.A., B.A., San Jose State University
Research/Interests — Educational technology, media literacy, and uses of technology for educational renewal
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Rebecca Goldstein
Education — Ph.D., M.S., University of Rochester; B.A., Bucknell University
Research/Interests — Urban education, school reform, and teacher identity development in multicultural context and power in education
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David Lee Keiser
Education — Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley; M.A., San Francisco State University; B.A., University of Michigan
Research/Interests — Mindfulness and contemplative pedagogy; culturally responsive teaching; school-university partnerships
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Emily J. Klein
Education — Ph.D., New York University; M.A., Stanford University; B.A., Barnard College
Research/Interests — Professional development, school reform, professional communities of practice
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Douglas B. Larkin
Education — Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison; B.S., Trenton State College, NJ
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Fernando Naiditch
Education — Ph.D., New York University; M.A., Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; B.A., Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Research/Interests — Second language acquisition, multicultural/bilingual education, cross-cultural communication, teaching English language learners, interlanguage pragmatics
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Danielle Parisi
Education — Ph.D., School Psychology, University of Oregon, 2009; M.S., Special Education, University of Oregon, 2007; B.A., Psychology, University of Chicago, 2003
Research/Interests — Systems level prevention of academic difficulties through implementation of data-based decision making and evidence-based instruction and intervention practices. Teacher professional development and coaching for implementation of these practices. Response to Intervention and Multi-Tiered Support Systems as schoolwide improvement models and as a means for identifying students as eligible for Special Education services under the category of Learning Disability.
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David Schwarzer
Education — Ph.D. University of Arizona; M.A., Tel-Aviv University; B.A., Tel-Aviv University
Research/Interests — Emergent literacy development in multilingual settings; Research as a tool for empowerment and innovative methodologies in second/foreign language education
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Monica Taylor
Education — Ph.D., University of Arizona; M.S., City College of New York; B.A., University of Pennsylvania
Research/Interests — Self-study, action research and co/auotethnography, inquiry and teaching for social justice, adolescent language, literacy, and culture, teacher leadership
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Nancy Rennau Tumposky
Education — Ed.D., M.Ed., SUNY at Albany; B.A., Manhattanville College
Research/Interests — Second language learning and teaching, and teaching for critical thinking
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Ana Maria Villegas
Education — Ph.D., New York University; M.S., Hunter College; B.S., St. Peter's College
Research/Interests — Culturally responsive teaching, preparing teachers for a diverse K-12 student population, and increasing the diversity and cultural knowledge/expertise of the teacher workforce
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Richard Wolfson
Education — Ph.D., M.A., The Ohio State University; B.S., The City College of New York
Research/Interests — CEmerging trends in educational technology, and university governance
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