School of Education - Core Faculty

Abraham Abadi, Assistant Professor. Ed.D., Boston University; Ed.M., Boston University; B.A., Boston University

Kate Austin, Assistant Professor. Ph.D., Union Institute; M.Ed., Lesley University

Deanna Bardetti, Assistant Professor. M.A., Harvard University; B.S., Boston University

William Barowy, Associate Professor. Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst. M.S., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; B.S. University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Aziza Braithwaite Bey, Assistant Professor. Ph.D., Union Institute; M.A. Fashion Institute of Technology; B.F.A., Pratt Institute of Technology.

George Blakeslee, Professor. Ed.D., Boston University; M.Ed., Boston University; B.S., Miami University

Sharyn S. Boornazian, Assistant Professor, Certification Officer. Ph.D., The Union Institute and University, Cincinnati, OH; M.Ed., Northeastern University; B.S., Northeastern University

Mario R. Borunda, Associate Professor. Ed.D., Harvard University; Ed.M., Boston University; B.A., Whittier College

Linda Brion-Meisels, Professor. Ph.D., Boston College; M.S.Ed., Wheelock College; B.A., Grinnell College

Marcia Bromfield, Professor, Director of Field Placement and Professional Partnerships. Ph.D., Syracuse University; M.Ed., Syracuse University; B.A., Tufts University

Joseph Cambone, Associate Dean, Associate Professor. Ed.D., Harvard University; M.A., Boston College; B.A., Mount Saint Mary College

Mary Ann Cappiello, Assistant Professor. Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; Ed.M., Teachers College Columbia University; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University; B.A., Haverford College

Vivian Dalila Carlo, Associate Professor. Ed.D., Boston University; M.Ed., Lesley College

Nancy Carlsson-Paige, Professor. Ed.D., University of Massachusetts - Amherst, M.S., Lesley College, B.S., Syracuse University

Gail M. Carney, Assistant Professor, Director of Undergraduate Education Programs. Ed.D., Boston University; M.Ed., University of Lowell; B.A., Framingham State College

Richard Carter, Associate Professor. Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.Ed., Lesley University; B.A., Vassar College

Judith Beth Cohen, Professor. Ph.D., Union Institute; M.A., University of Michigan; B.A., University of Michigan

Stephan Cohen, Assistant Professor. Ed.D. Harvard University; M.Ed., Lesley University; B.A., Hampshire College

Anne Collins, Assistant Professor, Director of Center for Mathematics Achievement. Ph.D., Boston College; C.A.G.S., Harvard University; M.A., Cambridge College; B.A., Westfield State College; B.S., Framingham State College

Constantina Comnenou, Associate Professor. Ed.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.A., Boston College; B.A., Goucher College

Maureen Creegan-Quinquis, Assistant Professor. Ph.D. Candidate, Lesley University; M.F.A., Tufts University; M.Ed., Endicott College; Studio Arts Diploma, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Mary E. Curtis, Professor, Director of Center for Special Education. Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh; M.S., University of Pittsburgh; B.A., Nazareth College of Rochester

Sue Cusack, Instructor. M.Ed., Emmanuel College; B.A., Skidmore College

Erika Thulin Dawes, Assistant Professor. Ed.D., Columbia University Teachers College; M.Ed., Lesley University; B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Harriet Deane, Assistant Dean, Assistant Professor. M.B.A., Simmons College; M.Ed., Boston University; B.A., Washington University

Lisa Donovan, Division Director, Associate Professor. Ph.D., Lesley University; M.S., Boston University; B.A. State University of New York, Oneonta.

Susan J. Doubler, Associate Professor. Ph.D., University of Liverpool; M.Ed., Boston University, B.S., Bowling Green State University

Grace Enriquez, Assistant Professor. M.S.Ed., University of Pennsylvania; B.A., Boston College

Lisa Fiore, Assistant Professor. Director of Early Childhood Program. Ph.D., Boston College; M.A.T., Tufts University; B.A., Brandeis University

Irene Fountas, Professor, Director of Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative. Ed.D., Boston University; C.A.G.S., Boston University; M.Ed., Boston University, B.S.; Boston University

June Fox, Professor Emerita. Ph.D., Ohio State University; M.A., Ohio State University; B.S., Northwestern University

Barbara R. Francis, Associate Professor, Program Director, Middle and High School Programs. Ed.D., University of Rochester; M.A., University of Rochester; Dickinson Program at Johns Hopkins SAIS, Bologna, Italy, B.A., University of Rochester

Karen Frostig, Associate Professor. Ph.D., Union Institute and University; M.Ed., Lesley University; B.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art

Danielle Georges, Associate Professor. M.F.A., New York Unviersity; B.S.S.P. Communication Studies, Emerson College

Barbara P. Gibson, Assistant Professor, Director of Special Education Program. C.A.G.S., Lesley College; M.Ed., Temple University; B.A., Bucknell University

Rita Gordon, Instructor, Interim Program Director, Elementary Education. C.A.G.S., State College at Boston; M.Ed., Boston University; B.S., Boston University

Stephen Gould, Assistant Professor, Program Director, Ph.D in Educational Leadership. Ed.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.Ed., Fitchburg State College; B.M., Berklee College of Music

Barbara L. Govendo, Associate Professor. Ph.D., Boston College; M.Ed., Lesley College; B.Ed., State University of New York, Buffalo

Lorraine Greenfield, Assistant Professor, Director, Curriculum and Instruction Program. Ed.D. Boston University; CAGS, Bridgewater State College; M.Ed., Boston University; B.S. in Secondary English Education, Boston University

Jo-Ann Hart, Professor. Ph.D., New York University; M.A., New York University, B.A., University of California at Los Angeles

George Hein, Professor Emeritus, Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences, Senior Research Associate, PERG. Ph.D., University of Michigan; M.S., University of Michigan; B.A., Cornell University

Caroline Heller, Associate Professor. Ed.D., University of California Berkeley; M.F.A., Bennington College; B.A., University of Chicago

Paul Jablon, Associate Professor. Ph.D., New York University; B.S. Manhattan College

Judith Mathis Johnson, Assistant Professor. Ph.D., University of Oregon, B.A., Humbolt State University

Elizabeth Stringer Keefe, Assistant Professor. M.Ed., Lesley College; B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

James Keefe, Assistant Professor. Ed.D., Boston University; M.Ed., Lesley College; B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Michael Kemeh, Assistant Professor. Ph.D., Kansas State University; M.A., Kansas State University; Teacher's Certificate, Ghana

Sondra Langer, Professor Emerita. M.A., Simmons College; B.S., City College, New York

Anne Larkin, Professor Emerita. Ph.D., Boston College; M.Ed., Boston State College; B.S., Boston State College

Mary Beth Lawton, Assistant Professor. Ed.D., University of Massachusetts; Amherst, M.S., Wheelock College; B.S., Colby College

Solange de Azambuja Lira, Professor. Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; M.A., University of Delaware; B.A., Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Ben Mardell, Associate Professor. Ph.D., Tufts University; M.S., Wheelock College; A.B., Brown University

Brenda Matthis, Associate Professor, Director Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Division, Director of Technology in Education Program. Ed.D., Harvard University; Ed.M., Harvard University; B.B.A., University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee

Mary C. McMackin, Professor, Coordinator of Collaborative Internship Programs. Ed.D., University of Massachusetts, Lowell, M.Ed., Boston State College, B.S., Boston State College

Susan Merrifield, Professor. Ed.D., Harvard University, M.Ed., University of Maine, M.A., Goddard College, B.A., University of Massachusetts

Margery Staman Miller, Professor, Director of Literacy and Language Division and Director of the Consulting Teacher of Reading Programs. Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania, M.S., University of Pennsylvania, B.A., Simmons College

Mary Mindess, Professor, Coordinator, Early Childhood Institute. Ed.M., Boston University; B.S., Simmons College

Michael Pabian, Instructor. M.Ed., Boston State College, B.A., Boston College

Louise Pascale, Associate Professor. Ph.D., Lesley University; M.Ed., Lesley University; B.A., University of California

Vivian Poey, Associate Professor. Ed.M., Harvard University; M.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design; B.A., University of Southern Florida

Diane J. Powell, Assistant Professor, Center for Reading Recovery. M.A., Ohio State University, B.S., Ohio State University

Monica Prendergast, Assistant Professor. Ph.D., University of Victoria; M.A., University of Victoria; B.Ed., Queen's University; B.F.A., University of Regina

Susan Rauchwerk, Assistant Professor. Ed.D., Harvard University; M.Ed., Harvard University; B.S., Rutgers--The State University of New Jersey

Marianne Reiff, Associate Professor. Ph.D., University of California, B.G.S., University of Michigan

Maureen Riley, Associate Professor. Education; M.Ed., Harvard University, B.S., Boston College

Nancy Roberts, Professor. Ed.D., Boston University Ed.M., Boston University, A.B., Boston University

Arlyn Roffman, Professor. Ph.D., Boston College, M.Ed., Lesley College, B.A., Connecticut College

Priscilla Sanville, Associate Professor. Ph.D., Union Institute; M.A., Lesley University; B.A., University of Denver

Maria de Lourdes B. Serpa, Professor. Ed.D., Boston University, M.Ed., University of Massachusetts Boston, B.S., Boston State College and Magisterie Primario, Portugal

Robert Shreefter, Associate Professor. M.F.A., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison; B.A., City College of the City University of New York

Sam Smiley, Assistant Professor. M.F.A., Renssaeler Polytechnic Institute; B.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art

Debra Richardson Smith, Assistant Professor, Director, Program Evaluation and Research Group. Ph.D., Lesley University; M.Ed., Lesley University; B.A., University of Massachusetts, Boston

Stephanie Spadorcia, Associate Professor. Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, M.Ed., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.S., Lesley College

Barbara Steckel, Assistant Professor. Ed.D., Boston University; M.S., Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York; A.B., Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York

William Stokes, Professor, Director of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment Division. Ed.D., Boston University; M.Ed., Boston University; B.A., State University of New York, Stony Brook

Joanne M. Szamreta, Professor. Ph.D., Boston College; M.Ed., Erikson Institute; B.A., Smith College

Robert Thomas, Assistant Professor, Director, Teaching, Learning, and Leadership Division. Ed.D., Harvard University; MAT, School for International Training; BA, Boston University

Joan Thormann, Professor. Ph.D., University of Oregon; M.A., Boston College, B.S.; University of Wisconsin

Linda Mensing Triplett, Associate Professor. Ed.D., University of Massachusetts, M.S.Ed. University of Wisconsin, B.A. University of Minnesota

Barbara Vacarr, Associate Professor; Program Coordinator, Ph.D. in Adult Learning. Ph.D., Union University; M.A., Lesley University; B.S., Lesley University

Nancy Wolf, Assistant Professor, Director of Center for Continuing Teacher Assessment for Oregon Program. Ph.D, University of Nebraska; M.A., Ball State University; B.A., Miami University

Maureen Brown Yoder, Professor. Ed.D., Boston University; M.Ed., Lesley College; B.A., George Washington University

Young Song, Assistant Professor. Creative Arts in Learning. Ph.D., Lesley University; M.Ed., Lesley University