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Back To School 2012: Education Experts

The University of Maryland's faculty experts have the answers for many of the education issues you will be working on for the upcoming 2012-2013 school year - including the No Child Left Behind Act and its impact, minority education, getting kids interested in math and science (STEM issues), literacy issues, time management and interpersonal skills, bullying, special education and much more.

You can also search our online database by keyword for all our education experts.

Experts listed below are arranged alphabetically. Feel free to contact any of our experts directly.


Number of experts found: 76

 
Leigh R. Abts

Resident Associate Professor

College of Education

Expertise Key Words:
Pre-AP and Advanced Placement (AP) programs in engineering. Principal investigator for projects related to Research Experiences for Teachers in Higher Education Laboratories and outreach to Native American, Urban and Blind students and teachers.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 2336

labts@umd.edu

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Peter P. Afflerbach

Professor

Curriculum & Instruction

Expertise Key Words:
Children and reading - the best ways to develop a love of reading. How the Harry Potter series helps get kids to read.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 3159

afflo@umd.edu

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Patricia A. Alexander

Jean Mullin Professor of Litaracy

Human Development

Expertise Key Words:
Reading comprehension, and how children and adults' interest, knowledge, and beliefs impact their reading comprehension.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 2821

palexand@umd.edu

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Kathleen A. Angeletti

Assistant Dean

Student Services

Expertise Key Words:
Assessment; Undergraduate Applications; Undergraduate Admissions; Scholarships; Advising; Academic Programs; Pre-admission

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 2364

kangel@umd.edu

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Ayanna A. Baccus

Visit Asst Prof

Curriculum & Instruction

Expertise Key Words:

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 3324

baccusa@umd.edu

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Paula J. Beckman

Professor

Special Education

Expertise Key Words:
Children who are at risk for learning problems due to poverty and lack of educational opportunity; supporting families of young children with disabilities.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 6492

pbeckman@umd.edu

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Perla Blejer

Lecturer; Director of the Second Language Program, TESOL and Foreign Language.

Curriculum & Instruction

Expertise Key Words:
Second language acquisition, foreign language education methodology, language program administration in higher education, and issues of equal opportunity for at-risk students and disadvantaged populations.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 7091

pblejer@umd.edu

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Stephanie T. Brown

Executive Director -MIMAUE (Maryland Institute for Minority Achievement and Urban Education)

College of Education

Expertise Key Words:

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 5211

stbrown@umd.edu

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Alberto F. Cabrera

Prof

Education Leadership, Higher Educ & Intnl Educ

Expertise Key Words:
Dr. Cabrera specializes in research methodologies, college choice, college students, classroom experiences, minorities in Higher Education and economics of education. Webcam. Skype.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 2875

cabrera@umd.edu

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Natasha J. Cabrera

Associate Professor

Human Development

Expertise Key Words:
early childhood policy, fatherhood and a father's involvement in the family, parenting and social policy, child care, poverty/welfare; Headstart.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 2827

ncabrera@umd.edu

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Patricia F. Campbell

Associate Professor

Curriculum & Instruction

Expertise Key Words:
urban education and reform, reforming mathematics instruction in the K-5 classroom; professional development for teachers.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 3129

patc@umd.edu

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Marilyn J. Chambliss

Associate Professor

Curriculum & Instruction

Expertise Key Words:
Reading Education, High Quality Teaching of Reading, Improving the Quality of Textbook Writing, Reading in Science, Reading in Social Studies

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 7410

marilyn@umd.edu

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Daniel I. Chazan

Assoc Prof

Curriculum & Instruction

Expertise Key Words:
Student-centered mathematics teaching, the potential of history and philosophy of mathematics for informing such teaching, the role of technology in supporting student classroom exploration, educational scholarship and practice, and the preparation of future teachers.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 8539

dchazan@umd.edu

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Andrea M. Chronis

Director, Maryland Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Program

Psychology

Expertise Key Words:
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); child conduct problems; parenting; maternal depression

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 9640

achronis@umd.edu

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Lawrence Clark

Assistant Professor

Curriculum & Instruction

Expertise Key Words:
Influences on secondary mathematics teachers instructional decisions; equitable mathematics learning environments; professional development of secondary mathematics teachers

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 3324

lmclark@umd.edu

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Rose M. Codling

Senior Lecturer

Curriculum & Instruction

Expertise Key Words:
advanced reading diagnosis and instruction,reading assessment and reading instruction courses to students majoring in elementary education.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 8361

rcodling@umd.edu

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Helene K. Cohen

Visit Asst Prof

College of Education

Expertise Key Words:
Dr. Cohen's teaching and research focuses on the evolving potential and implications of Distance Learning, Educational Entrepreneurship, and Intentional Learning Communities.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 5050

hkcohen@umd.edu

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Robert G. Croninger

Associate Professor

Education Policy Studies

Expertise Key Words:
Sociology of education, equity-related issues in education, teacher qualifications, teacher practices, hierarchical linear models

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 2927

croninge@umd.edu

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Susan De La Paz

Assoc Prof

Special Education

Expertise Key Words:
Learning Disabilities, Writing, Content Area Instruction

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 2153

sdelapaz@umd.edu

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Mariam Jean Dreher

Professor

Curriculum & Instruction

Expertise Key Words:
What works to help students become great readers in elementary school and ways to help them understand and write about what they have read.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 3158

mjdreher@umd.edu

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Noah D. Drezner

Assistant Professor

Education Leadership, Higher Educ & Intnl Educ

Expertise Key Words:
Philanthropy, fundraising, fund raising, volunteerism, prosocial behavior, minority serving institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 2980
301-405-3573 (fax)

ndrezner@umd.edu

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Allison J. Druin

Associate Professor

College of Information Studies

Expertise Key Words:
Children's technology; k-12 education; educational computing; libraries; digital libraries; technology policy issues; human-computer interaction; mobile computing.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

Home phone    

Cell phone          

E-mail(s)    

301 405 7406

301 864 7345

301 332 2551

allisond@umiacs.umd.edu

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Andrew Elby

Asst Res Sci

Curriculum & Instruction

Expertise Key Words:
Science education. Science inquiry. Webcam.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 3161

elby@umd.edu

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Francine G. Favretto

Director

HDQM-Center for Young Children

Expertise Key Words:
Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education; How children learn and develp.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 3171

ffavrett@umd.edu

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Barbara J. Finkelstein

Professor, Affiliate Professor

Education Policy Studies

Expertise Key Words:
The historical and cultural dimensions of education policies and practices as they have impinged on the lives of children, youth, minority groups, and women, and shaped the quality of education opportunity available to them.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 3588

bf@umd.edu

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Charles H. Flatter

Professor Emeritus and Former Chair, Department of Human Development

Human Development

Expertise Key Words:
Parenting; parent education; drug prevention education; self; self-esteem; family support, grandparenting, chores.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 2818

cflatter@umd.edu

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Nathan A. Fox

Distinguished University Professor

Human Development

Expertise Key Words:
The effects of experience on brain development in infants and children. Cochlear implants and their impact on deaf children. Social and Emotional development of young children. The effects of violence on elementary school children. Bullying. Media and its impact on moral values among young people.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 2816

fox@umd.edu

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Sharon L. Fries-Britt

Associate Professor

Education Leadership, Higher Education and International Education

Expertise Key Words:
College students; student retention; diverse student populations; experieces of high ability minority students.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 0186

sfries@umd.edu

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Robert K. Fullinwider

Affiliate Professor, Sr. Research Scholar

Institute for Philosophy & Public Policy

Expertise Key Words:
Affirmative action; multicultural education; higher education admissions policy; moral education of military officers; effect of sports participation on youth; religion and politics.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

Home phone    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4760

301 927 2537

rkf@umd.edu

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Gary D. Gottfredson

Professor

Counseling & Personnel Services

Expertise Key Words:
delinquency prevention, diversity, urban and minority student achievement, vocations, career assessment, psychological measurement, job classification and analysis, school climate, delinquency and drug prevention.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 2892

ggottfre@umd.edu

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Christine Greenhow

Asst Professor of Education & Information Studies

Curriculum & Instruction; Joint appointment in the College of Information Studies

Expertise Key Words:
Social media, learning/education with social media, online social networking, Facebook, Twitter, digital literacy, adolescents/college kids use of social media, teacher education, design of Facebook apps, ed technology, online learning, social support for schooling, ed reform, national ed tech plan

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

651 226 4015

greenhow@umd.edu
christine.greenhow@gmail.com

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John T. Guthrie

Professor Emeritus

Human Development

Expertise Key Words:
Science comprehension and reading, how knowledge is acquired, the motivational and educational aspects of learning and reading; the psychology of engagement in learning and development.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 8036

jguthrie@umd.edu

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Willis D. Hawley

Prof Emeritus

Education Policy and Leadership

Expertise Key Words:
School improvement, school reform. Teacher preparation and professional development. How schools can be structured to simultaneously improve race relations and academic achievement. The uses of educational technology.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 3592

wdh@umd.edu

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Sandra L. Hofferth

Professor

Family Science

Expertise Key Words:
Fathers and fathering; childhood overweight; homework - Changes in Study Time of Children 6-12.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 8501

hofferth@umd.edu

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William G. Holliday

Professor

Curriculum & Instruction

Expertise Key Words:
Help middle and high school science teachers realistically apply learning research findings to their teaching of reading comprehension of science texts. Help college science professors improve their students abilities to take notes during lectures and study for exams.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 3135

holliday@umd.edu

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David G. Imig

Professor Of Practice

Curriculum & Instruction

Expertise Key Words:
Professional Degrees in Education
Professional Practice Doctorate
Politics of Education
Teacher Education Politics and Practices

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 8657

dimig@umd.edu

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Karen K. Inkelas

Asstant Professor

Counseling & Personnel Services

Expertise Key Words:
impact of living-learning programs on student learning and development, Asian Pacific American college student experience, examining campus racial climates

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 7998

kinkelas@umd.edu

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Jane F. Jakubczak

Registered Dietitian and Coordinator of Nutrition Services

University Health Center -Health Promotion

Expertise Key Words:
Sports nutrition, adolescent and adult nutrition, eating disorders, emotional eating, weight management, body image (female and male), nutrition guidelines, college students' dietary practices, health behavior change

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 314 8140

Jakubczak@health.umd.edu

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Martin L. Johnson

Professor Emeritus

College of Education

Expertise Key Words:
School Reform; minority student achievement; standardized testing; teaching teachers of mathematics.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4554

mljohnso@umd.edu

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Diane M. Kelly

Dir., Connections Beyond Sight & Sound

Special Education

Expertise Key Words:
Emerging best practices, inclusion, collaborative teaming, educational program development, and community-based instruction. Particular interests include Cortical Visual Impairment, communication development, and curriculum.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 7915

dmkelly@umd.edu

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Melanie A. Killen

Professor

Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology

Expertise Key Words:
Child & adolescent development; childhood morality; social cognition; stereotyping; gender/race/ethnicity in childhood; fairness & justice; diversity & school environments; prejudice; intergroup relationships; media/video game influence; parental attitudes about development; school desegregation.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 3176

mkillen@umd.edu

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Elisa L. Klein

Associate Professor

Human Development

Expertise Key Words:
child social policy early childhood education teacher education teacher beliefs children's perceptions of school and society

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 3122

elklein@umd.edu

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Stephen M. Koziol

Interim Dean for Academic Programs

Curriculum & Instruction

Expertise Key Words:
-design and practices in teacher education -research on teacher education programs and teacher learning -teacher performance assessment -teacher licensure and program accreditation -English teacher education programs and pedagogy

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 0866

skoziol@umd.edu

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Millicent I. Kushner

Asstant Professor

Curriculum & Instruction

Expertise Key Words:
ESOL; Oral and literacy development of English Language Learners with and without disabilities. What teachers need to know about first and second language acquisition, sequential and simultaneous bilingualism, the relationship between oral language proficiency and reading.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 3148

millik@umd.edu

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Ayelet Lahat

Fac Res Asst

Human Development

Expertise Key Words:
Developmental Social Cognitive Neuroscience

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 5914

alahat@umd.edu

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Courtland Lee

Professor

Counseling & Personnel Services

Expertise Key Words:
Multicultural Counseling
Group Counseling
Professional Orientation to School Counseling
Clinical Supervision

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 8904

clee5@umd.edu

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Peter E. Leone

Professor

Special Education

Expertise Key Words:
Secondary education; emotional and behavioral disorders of children and adolescents, education programs in juvenile corrections; school violence.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 6489
301405 6462

leonep@umd.edu

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Joan A. Lieber

Professor

Special Education

Expertise Key Words:
Early childhood special education, mainstreaming, Head Start, early intervention.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 6467

jlieber@umd.edu

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Robert W. Lissitz

Professor

Measurement, Statistics & Evaluation

Expertise Key Words:
pschometrics assessment; equating state tests and international tests to NAEP results; teacher and school performance; interpreting tests that are administered to students who receive accommodations; Value Added Models in Education.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 3620

rlissitz@umd.edu

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Paula Maccini

Assoc Prof

Special Education

Expertise Key Words:
Mathematics strategies/adaptations for secondary students with disabilities.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 6515

maccini@umd.edu

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Victoria M. MacDonald

Assistant Professor

Curriculum & Instruction

Expertise Key Words:
Latino/Hispanic Education History of Education in the U.S., Relations between Blacks and Latinos in Education Higher Education Policy and Latinos

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

Cell phone          

E-mail(s)    

301 405 7109

240-205-6061

vmacdona@umd.edu

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Jeff MacSwan

Prof, Affiliate Prof

Teaching, Learning, Policy and Leadership

Expertise Key Words:
Linguistic study of bilingualism and codeswitching, on the role of language in theories of academic achievement differences among language minority students, and on education policy related to English Language Learners in U.S. schools

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 3324

macswan@umd.edu

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Hanne B. Mawhinney

Associate Professor

Education Policy and Leadership

Expertise Key Words:
Developing Educational Leaders; Organizational -Systemic Change; Professional Learning Communities; Policy analysis of accountability systems; Political analysis of educational Governance and school community relations. Webcam

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4546

hmawhinn@umd.edu

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Margaret J. McLaughlin

Interim Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education

Special Education

Expertise Key Words:
No Child Left Behind Act, special education and minority achievement, educational reform, leadership training.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 0246

mjm@umd.edu

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Robert J. Mislevy

Professor

Measurement, Statistics & Evaluation

Expertise Key Words:
high stakes testing; measuring competence in science to make sure students can put scientific concepts to use in appropriate and effective ways.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 1933

rmislevy@umd.edu

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Chauncey Monte-Sano

Assistant Professor

History/Social Studies Education, Curriculum & Instruction

Expertise Key Words:
Teaching History/Social Studies in High School. Webcam.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4416

chauncey@umd.edu

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Debra A. Neubert

Prof

Special Education

Expertise Key Words:
transition from school to adultlife for students with disabilities

Expertise Credentials:
Sitlington, Neubert, & Clark (2010). Transition education and services. Pearson Publishing

Two federally funded grants on programs and research for students with intellectual disabilities on campus 11 federally funded grants to prepare special educators (master's, doctoral)

Web Site(s):
College of Education Faculty Web Site

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 6466

dneubert@umd.edu

Address:
1308 Benjamin Building
College Park, MD  20742

Degrees:
Ph.D., Special Education - Transition from School to Adultlife, University of Maryland
Ph.D., Vocational/Special Education, University of Maryland

Publication(s):
Books and Publications Link


 
Kent L. Norman

Associate Professor

Psychology

Expertise Key Words:
Judgment and Decision Making, Human/Computer Interaction, Attitudes About Computers, Computer Rage, Usability, User Frustration, Interface Design, Online Surveys, Judgments About Art, Electronic Educational Environments, Distance Education, HyperCourseware; Psychology of Video Games & Entertainment.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 5924

klnorman@umd.edu
kent_norman@lap.umd.edu

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Carol S. Parham

Prof Of Practice

Education Leadership, Higher Education and International Education

Expertise Key Words:
Personnel administration, educational leadership, labor negotiation, public policy in higher education, higher education financing, student financial aid.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

901 405 3580

cparham@umd.edu

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Jennifer K. Rice

Associate Professor

Education Policy Studies

Expertise Key Words:
education policy, education productivity, cost analysis applications to education, comprehensive school reform, teacher quality, class size.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 5580

jkr@umd.edu

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Sylvia A. Rosenfield

Professor and co-director of the university's Instructional Consultation Lab

Counseling & Personnel Services

Expertise Key Words:
Special Needs children;

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 2861

srosenf@umd.edu

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Kenneth H. Rubin

Professor

Human Development

Expertise Key Words:
Friendship; helping children deal with bullying; social, emotional, and personality development; peer relationships; parenting and parent-child relationships.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 0458

krubin@umd.edu

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Andre A. Rupp

Asst Prof, Aff Asst Prof, Lecturer

Measurement, Statistics & Evaluation

Expertise Key Words:
Cognitively-grounded assessment approaches and associated statistical models, which broadly fall under the umbrella terms diagnostic measurement / cognitively diagnostic assessment and diagnostic classification models (DCMs) / cognitive diagnosis models.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 3623

ruppandr@umd.edu

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Olivia N. Saracho

Professor

Curriculum & Instruction

Expertise Key Words:
Early childhood education and teaching social values to young children; fathers and their role in a child's literacy development as well as home literacy for fathers of bilingual children.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 3155

ons@umd.edu

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Peter Schaefer

Lecturer

Curriculum & Instruction

Expertise Key Words:
The use of computer technology in schools; learning and teaching computer technology in the classroom.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 3324

petersch@umd.edu

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Steven Selden

Professor

Education Policy Studies

Expertise Key Words:
History of the American Eugenics Movement; Involuntary Sterilization; Curriculum Policy; Higher education curriculum ; Higher education teaching improvement; Webcam.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 3566

selden@umd.edu

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Rebecca Silverman

Asst Prof, Aff Asst Prof

Special Education

Expertise Key Words:
Language, Literacy and Learning Disabilities

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 6465

rdsilver@umd.edu

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Deborah L. Speece

Professor

Special Education

Expertise Key Words:
Learning disabilities and early identification, early literacy, real-world influences and individual differences that place children at risk, classification and identification issues that surround learning disabilities. Current research: early intervention for children with reading disabilities.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 6482

dlspeece@umd.edu

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William O. Strein

Associate Professor

Counseling & Personnel Services

Expertise Key Words:
# Social-emotional learning of K-12 students
# Professional issues in school psychology
# Crisis Counseling - post 9/11

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 2869

strein@umd.edu

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Christy Tirrell-Corbin

Director, Early Childhood Education and College of Education Honors Program

Human Development

Expertise Key Words:
Parenting, Parent Education, Parent-Involvement, Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education, Professional Development School Partnerships, School-University Parentships, Portfolios, Recursive and Sustained Inquiry, Formative Assesssment (Disaggregated Data) and Data Driven Instruction.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 7793

ctc@umd.edu

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Judith Torney-Purta

Professor

Human Development

Expertise Key Words:
civic education around the world, the development of social and political thinking skills, technology in the classroom.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 2806

iea@umd.edu

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Jennifer D. Turner

Assistant Professsor

Curriculum & Instruction

Expertise Key Words:
Elementary reading education, including; (a) urban literacy education; (b) effective reading instruction for African American students; (c) culturally responsive literacy instruction; (d) preservice teacher education. Great summer reading tips. Developing a love of reading in kids.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 0433

jdturner@umd.edu

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Linda R. Valli

Interim Chair, Curriculum and Instruction

Curriculum & Instruction

Expertise Key Words:
teaching and preparing teachers to work in challenging school environments, math and reading, No Child Left Behind, teaching to the test, ethical, relational, and cultural aspects of teaching and learning to teach.

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301 405 7924

lrv@umd.edu

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Kathryn R. Wentzel

Professor

Human Development

Expertise Key Words:
Making the transitions from elementary school to middle school and from middle school to high school; how children's social relationships with peers and teachers contribute to their academic motivation and their achievement in middle school; links between families and schools.

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301 405 2810

wentzel@umd.edu

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Allan L. Wigfield

Professor and Chair

Human Development

Expertise Key Words:
The development of motivation in children; motivation to increase student's reading achievement in school; gender differences in motivation and self-concept.

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301 405 2809

awigfiel@umd.edu

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Donna L. Wiseman

Dean

College of Education

Expertise Key Words:
Reading and writing instruction; preparing teachers for diverse settings; K-12 school university partnerships; school reform; professional development for teachers.

2007: Chair - President's Commission on Women's Issues (Maryland).

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301 405 0866

dlwise@umd.edu

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