Faculty and Staff

Meet the faculty and staff from 麻豆传媒映画's College of Education.

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Faculty and Staff

Meet our Faculty and Staff

Our talented and accomplished faculty and staff are core to the 麻豆传媒映画 experience. What sets our faculty apart is a passion and dedication to the success of every student. From your intellectual and personal growth to leadership formation, 麻豆传媒映画 endows you with the knowledge, skills, connections and global perspective to become a leader of purpose.

In our classrooms, you’ll notice our small class sizes, esteemed faculty and people from a wide range of backgrounds and faiths. In our departments, you’ll have the support of talented professionals to realize your goals. Everyone contributes to a personalized, rigorous learning experience that empowers deeper learning and your ambitions at 麻豆传媒映画 and beyond.

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Meet our Faculty

Carol Adams, PhD

Associate Professor, Teacher Education (MIT & MEd)
Program Director, Graduate Teacher Education (MIT & MEd)
Jasmaine Ataga, PhD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Carrie Bailey

Adjunct, Leadership and Professional Studies
Danette Baker

Adjunct, Counseling
Jerry Blackburn, MEd, SUDP

Adjunct Faculty, Counseling (COUN)
Courtney R. Boddie, PhD, LCPC, LPC, NCC

Adjunct Faculty, Counseling Department
Juquatta Brewer, PhD, LPC

Assistant Clinical Professor, Leadership & Professional Studies
Dana M. Brickham, PhD, LP(WA), LPC(WI), CRC

Associate Clinical Professor
Christopher Caldwell
Jennifer Cannon, PhD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Leadership & Professional Studies
Edwin Carlos

Assistant Professor
Teaching, Learning & Leadership
Carla Cheatham

Assistant Clinical Professor, Online School Counseling (OSCOUN)
Ashley Coombs, PhD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Leadership & Professional Studies
Charisse Cowan Pitre, PhD

Interim Dean
College of Education Professor
Teacher Education
Amanda Davis

Adjunct, Leadership and Professional Studies
Kathleen Driscoll, PhD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Leadership & Professional Studies
Cher Edwards, PhD

Assistant Clinical Professor, School Counseling (SCOUN)
Rolita Flores Ezeonu, EdD

Adjunct Faculty
David Fainstein, PhD, NCSP

Assistant Professor, K-12
LaToya Flowers-Roe, EdD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Leadership & Professional Studies
John Jacob Zucker Gardiner, PhD

Professor Emeritus
Paige Gardner, PhD

Interim Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Success and Development
Co-Program Director for Curriculum and Instruction Design and Higher Education Leadership and Administration (HELA)
Assistant Professor, Higher Education Leadership and Administration (HELA)
Jan Gay, PhD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Online School Counseling (OSCOUN)
Jennifer Gess, PhD

Associate Clinical Professor, Online Clinical Mental Health Counseling (OCMHC)
Nikki Golden, PhD, LMFT, SUDP, MAC, CMHS

Assistant Professor, Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC)
Mary Graham, PhD

Program Director, Online School Counseling
Professor, Online School Counseling Program Director
Pao-Yin Huang, PhD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Leadership & Professional Studies
Meg Iyer, PhD

Special Education Transition Specialist
Lorraine Joseph, PhD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Leadership & Professional Studies
Ted Kalmus, MPA

Assistant Teaching Professor, K-12
Daniel Kelley-Petersen

Adjunct Faculty
Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC)
Cade Kirkhart

Adjunct, Counseling
Colleen Loranger, MEd

Instructor, K-12
Jiale Man, PhD, LHMCA, NCC

Assistant Professor, Clinical Mental Health Counseling (OMHC)
Victoria Mann

Affiliate, Teaching, Learning & Leadership
Nathaniel Mason, MEd, NCC

Assistant Clinical Professor
Nora Maza

Assistant Clinical Professor, Online Clinical Mental Health Counseling (OCMHC)
Cody McCall

Adjunct, Counseling
Carmen Medina

Department Chair
Professor, Teaching, Learning & Leadership
Jennifer Money Brady, PhD

Assistant Clinical Professor, School Counseling Program Director
Renita Newton, PhD, LPC

Assistant Clinical Professor
Mandy Nygren

Affiliate, Teaching, Learning & Leadership
Jason Parkin

Assistant Professor, School Psychology (SPSY)
Carlee Pendleton-Cole, PhD, PC, NCC, IPT-CST

Assistant Clinical Professor, Online Clinical Mental Health Counseling (OCMHC)
Shane Pisani, PhD

Special Assistant to the Dean
Associate Clinical Professor
Manivong Ratts, PhD, LMHC, NCC

Professor, Chair of Counseling Department
Ana Margarita Rivero Arias, PhD

Associate Clinical Professor
Mark Roddy, PhD

Chair
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Social Justice
Associate Professor, Teacher Education (MIT)
Katie Schmitz, PhD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Core Faculty
Counseling
Jordan Shannon, PhD, LMHC, C-DMHC, NCC

Associate Professor
Brandon Shurn, PhD, LCPC (MD), LMHC (FL), NCC

Assistant Clinical Professor, Online Clinical Mental Health Counseling (OCMHC)
Reyna Smith

Adjunct, Leadership & Professional Studies
Timothy Sneed, PhD, LPC

Instructor
Vera Sotirovska

Co-Program Director, EDLS
Sarah Springer, PhD

Associate Clinical Professor
Laurie Stevahn, PhD

Professor
Whitney Swann, PhD, LCMHC (NC), NCC, CCM, CCTP-II

Assistant Clinical Professor, Online Clinical Mental Health Counseling (OCMHC)
Erin Swezey, MPS, MA

Co-Program Director, Higher Education Leadership and Administration (HELA)
Associate Teaching Professor, Higher Education Leadership and Administration (HELA)
Colette M. Taylor, EdD

Professor and Special Assistant to the Vice President of Mission Integration
Erin Thomas

Adjunct, K-12 Teaching, Learning, Social Justice
Ashli D. Tyre, EdD, NCSP

Program Director, School Psychology (SPSY)
Professor, School Psychology (SPSY)
Kerry Soo Von Esch, PhD

Associate Professor, Teacher Education
Trenia Walker, PhD

Visiting Professor, Educational and Organizational Learning and Leadership
Danielle Walsh

Adjunct, Counseling
Joshua Webb

Adjunct, Leadership & Professional Studies
Karyn Wittmeyer

Adjunct, Counseling
Fanghui Zhao

Assistant Professor, Leadership & Professional Studies

Meet our Staff

Meeraf Alemayehu

Temporary Marketing and Communications Specialist, PEBCI
Beth Armitage

Certification Officer & Data Administrator
Lena Braylock

Online Student Success Coordinator
Wendy Bu

Program Operations Coordinator
Cynthia B. Dillard, PhD

Principal Investigator, Public Education in Beloved Community Initiative
Professor Emeritus, College of Education
Dean Emeritus, College of Education
Nick Haight

TLL Department Academic Services Coordinator
Elaine Marcinek

Principal Investigator and Director
Center for Change in Transition Services (CCTS)
Meghan McNeil

Director of Graduate Enrollment Marketing
College of Education
College of Arts and Sciences
Malaysia Myres

Executive Coordinator
Mark Petterson, MFA

Director of Communications, 麻豆传媒映画
Ky Pham

Associate Dean for Operations, Enrollment and Finance
Jay Shepherd

Assistant Director
Imani Sims

Program Manager
Project STRIDE
Benjamin Smith

Software Developer
Daniel Theus

Counseling Department Academic Services Coordinator
Katie Ann Vassiliou

Administrative Coordinator, Field Placement and Operations
Jessica Vu

Counseling Placement Program Manager
Día Joy Wright, PhD

Director for Research & Program Management

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