Faculty Directory

  • Bruce D. Baker
    Professor
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    My primary areas of research are education finance and the economics of education, including studies of teacher and administrator labor markets...

  • W. Steven Barnett
    Board of Governors Professor
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    W. Steven Barnett is a Board of Governors Professor and Director of the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) at...

  • Dan Battey
    Associate Professor
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    Dan Battey is an Associate Professor in Elementary Mathematics Education in the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers, the State University of...

  • Alisa Belzer
    Associate Professor
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    Program Coordinator, Ed.M. in Adult and Continuing Education

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  • Wanda J. Blanchett
    Distinguished Professor
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    Dr. Blanchett’s teaching, research and service focuses on issues of educational...

  • Cindy Blitz
    Executive Director of Center for Effective School Practices / Research Professor
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  • Erica Boling
    Associate Professor
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    Dr. Boling received her Ph.D. in Curriculum, Teaching, and Educational Policy from Michigan State University. She has worked as an elementary...

  • Greg Camilli
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  • Clark A. Chinn
    Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Faculty Development, and Research Outreach
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    My research teams are current working on two interconnected lines of research. In the first line of research (the Epistemic Education project), we...

  • Chia-Yi Chiu
    Associate Professor
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    Chia-Yi Chiu's research focuses on the development and improvement of quantitative methods and models in educational testing and measurement. She...

  • Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers
    Associate Professor
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    Caroline Clauss-Ehlers...

  • Lenore Cortina
    Assistant Professor of Teaching
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    Lenore Cortina, Ed. D. is the Faculty Coordinator of the Gifted Education Graduate Certificate Program. She coordinates the faculty and oversees...

  • Mary Elizabeth Curran
    Associate Dean for Local-Global Partnerships
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    Dr. Curran oversees and leads the GSE's efforts to leverage the strengths and diversity of...

  • Richard De Lisi
    University Professor
    Faculty

    I have been a faculty member in the Rutgers Graduate School of Education since 1976. I am a developmental psychologist by training with special...

  • Nicole DiCrecchio
    Assistant Research Professor
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    Nicole DiCrecchio is an Assistant Research Professor at NIEER specializing in quantitative data analysis. She currently analyzes data from large-...

  • Ravit Golan Duncan
    Associate Professor
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    My research interests focus on thinking and learning in science. I am specifically interested in the role of domain-specific knowledge in...

  • Eugenia Etkina
    Professor
    Faculty

    Eugenia Etkina is a physics educator (a former high school physics teacher) who directs the...

  • Alexandra Figueras-Daniel
    Assistant Research Professor, National Institute for Early Education Research
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    Alexandra Figueras has collaborated on ...

  • Nydia Flores
    Associate Professor GSE Department of Learning and Teaching & the School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
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  • Allison Friedman-Krauss
    Assistant Research Professor
    Faculty

    Dr. Friedman-Krauss’s research focuses on (1) unpacking impacts of early education interventions, (2) early education quality, and (3) the...

  • Kedra N. Gamble
    Assistant Professor
    Faculty

    Kedra Gamble is an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in the Graduate School of Education's Department of Learning and Teaching. She has...

  • Drew Gitomer
    Rose and Nicholas DeMarzo Chair in Education
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    As a member of the Department of Learning and Teaching, my research centers on the assessment and evaluation of teaching and related policy issues...

  • Janice Gobert
    Professor
    Faculty

    Dr. Gobert received her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto (1994) in Cognitive Science...

  • Susan L. Golbeck
    Associate Professor
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    I'm interested in how children become autonomous thinkers in dynamic social contexts.

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  • Gerald A. Goldin
    Distinguished Professor
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  • Florence A. Hamrick
    Professor
    Faculty

    My research agenda centers on issues of equity, access, and success in higher education settings. I am Graduate Program Director of the Ph.D. in...

  • Judith R. Harrison
    Assistant Professor
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    Dr. Harrison received her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University In Educational Psychology with an emphasis in Special Education and Emotional and...

  • Paul A. Herman
    Lecturer
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    Consultant to the GSE for development of the Ed.M. Program in College Student Affairs.

  • Ebelia Hernández
    Associate Professor
    Faculty

    Dr. Hernández’s research agenda centers on the Latino college student experience. She...

  • Nora E. Hyland
    Associate Professor
    Faculty

    Professional Affiliations:

    American Educational Research Association, ...

  • Kwanghee Jung
    Assistant Research Professor, National Institute for Early Education Research
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    Kwanghee Jung, an assistant research professor, brings to...

  • Benjamin Justice
    Professor and Chair, Department of Educational Theory, Policy, and Administration
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    I am an historian interested in American education. My research is wide-ranging, from colonial times to present, engaging a variety of themes at...

  • Lauren Kelly
    Assistant Professor
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    Lauren Leigh Kelly is Assistant Professor of Urban Teacher Education. She received her bachelor's degree in English from Wesleyan University; her...

  • Lisa M. Knox
    Assistant Professor
    Faculty

    Lisa Knox is an educational leader with over 20 years of experience in the field of education. She has a record of accomplishments in program...

  • Amy D. Lewis
    Assistant Professor
    Faculty

    Dr. Amy Lewis believes becoming an effective educator requires a complex set of skills and broad knowledge base.  She uses her practical...

  • Haiying Li
    Post Doctoral Associate
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    Haiying Li is a Ph.D. of Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Psychology in the...

  • Carrie Lobman
    Associate Professor
    Faculty

    Dr. Lobman is an educational researcher, trainer, and teacher educator whose research...

  • Catherine A. Lugg
    Professor
    Faculty

    Many years ago, the political scientist Harold Lasswell stated that politics is the process of determining "who gets what, when and how." In light...

  • Carolyn A. Maher
    Distinguished Professor; Director, Robert B. Davis Institute for Learning; Editor, The Journal of Mathematical Behavior
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    My early years of teaching as a secondary and college mathematics teacher provided me with a strong...

  • Melinda Mangin
    Associate Professor
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    Melinda Mangin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education Theory,...

  • Ariana Mangual Figueroa
    Associate Professor
    Faculty

    Dr. Ariana Mangual Figueroa is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Her work...

  • Matthew J. Mayer
    Associate Professor
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  • Lorraine D. McCune
    Professor
    Faculty

    Professional Affiliations: ...

  • Cheryl A. McLean
    Associate Professor
    Faculty

    Cheryl McLean works in Literacy Education and is Coordinator of the English Education program. Her teaching and research explore approaches to...

  • Juan Pablo Mejía Ramos
    Associate Professor
    Faculty

    Juan Pablo Mejía Ramos is Associate Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Education, jointly appointed in the Department of Mathematics (within...

  • Nicole Mirra
    Assistant Professor
    Faculty

    Nicole Mirra is Assistant Professor of Urban Teacher Education. She received her bachelor's degree in English from New York University; her master...

  • Lesley M. Morrow
    Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Literacy Development
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    "Reading instruction is about teaching children to become fluent readers. My major goal is to motivate a new generation of lifelong readers who...

  • Milagros Nores
    Assistant Research Professor, National Institute for Early Education Research
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    Milagros Nores analyzes...

  • Angela M. O'Donnell
    Professor
    Faculty

    My research explores the significance of peers in the learning process. Most people really learn what they want to know from asking other people...

  • Ifeyinwa (Ife) Onyenekwu
    Assistant Professor
    Faculty

    Dr. Onyenekwu is faculty in the College Students Affairs program. Her research focuses on diverse Black populations in higher education,...

  • Christelle Palpacuer Lee
    Assistant Professor of Practice
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    Christelle Palpacuer Lee is...

  • Kisha Porcher
    Assistant Professor
    Faculty

    Kisha Porcher is Assistant Professor of Professional Practice. She received her bachelor's degree in English and Secondary Education from Spelman...

  • Maqueda Randall-Weeks
    Assistant Professor
    Faculty

    Maqueda Randall-Weeks is Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in the Graduate School of Education's Department of Learning and Teaching....

  • Shannon Riley-Ayers
    Associate Research Professor, National Institute for Early Education Research
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    Shannon Riley-Ayers conducts research at NIEER on issues related to literacy, performance-based assessment, and professional development -- often...

  • Helane S. Rosenberg
    Associate Professor
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  • Beth C. Rubin
    Professor; Coordinator, Social Studies Education Program
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    As an educational researcher, I use a sociocultural frameworks and qualitative tools...

  • Sharon K. Ryan
    Professor
    Faculty

    Professional Affiliations:

    National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators (...

  • Tanja Carmel Sargent
    Associate Professor
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    Tanja Sargent's research explores...

  • Jessica Thomas Francis
    Assistant Research Professor, National Institute for Early Education Research
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    Jessica Thomas currently manages a study in Elizabeth, New Jersey that looks at dual language abilities of preschool children and the effects that...

  • Saundra M. Tomlinson-Clarke
    Professor
    Faculty

     "The educational climate can inspire students to excel in their personal and academic development or it can stifle students...

  • Gail S. Verona
    Assistant Professor
    Faculty

    Dr. Gail S. Verona is an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in the Department of Educational Theory, Policy and Administration in the...

  • Keith Weber
    Professor
    Faculty

    I am a researcher in mathematics education whose interests are in the mathematical cognition of doing advanced mathematics. I am particularly...

  • GG Weisenfeld
    Assistant Research Professor
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    GG Weisenfeld is an Assistant Research Professor working on the annual State of Preschool Yearbook, preparing state pre-K reports andresearching...

  • Dake Zhang
    Associate Professor
    Faculty

    Dr. Zhang received her Ph.D. in Special Education from Purdue University. She taught K-12 math for students with math difficulties in China and...