
Fouad Abd-El-Khalick
Dean & Professor
Research: Curriculum and Instruction; Teaching and Teacher Education; STEM Education
Email:
fouad@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 966-1356
Office: Peabody 1010

Harriet Able
Professor
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Director of Graduate Studies
Research: Teaching and Teacher Education; Special Education; Child and Human Development
Email:
hable@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-9371
Office: Peabody 3010G

Patrick Akos
Professor
Research: Counseling and Counseling Psychology; Higher Education; Workforce and Adult Education
Email:
pakos@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 843-4758
Office: Peabody 1050E

Janice L. Anderson
Associate Professor
Research: Curriculum and Instruction; Teaching and Teacher Education; STEM Education; Instructional Technology
Email:
anderjl@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 843-9867
Office: Peabody 3028C

Kelly J. Barber-Lester
Teaching Assistant Professor
Research: Learning Sciences; Equity; STEM Education; Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education; Teaching and Teacher Education
Email:
kbarberlester@unc.edu
Office: Peabody 2059E

Matt Bernacki
Assistant Professor
Research: STEM Education; Learning Sciences; Instructional Technology; Educational Measurement and Statistics
Email:
mlb@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 843-5550
Office: Peabody 1070E

Cheryl Mason Bolick
Associate Professor
Area Chair, Culture, Curriculum, and Teacher Education
Interim Program Coordinator, Culture, Curriculum, and Teacher Education
Program Coordinator, Minor in Education
Research: Curriculum and Instruction; Teaching and Teacher Education
Email:
cbolick@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-9890
Office: Peabody 2092A

Kathleen M. Brown
Professor
Research: Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy; Equity
Email:
brownk@email.unc.edu
Office: Peabody 1062

Todd Cherner
Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Director, Master of Arts in Educational Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship
Research: Curriculum and Instruction; Language, Literacy, and Reading; Instructional Technology
Email:
tcherner@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-0132
Office: Peabody 2010F

Gregory J. Cizek
Professor
Guy B. Phillips Professor
Research: Educational Measurement and Statistics
Email:
cizek@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 843-7876
Office: Peabody 1070F

Jennifer Coble
Teaching Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, UNC-BEST
Research: Curriculum and Instruction; Teaching and Teacher Education
Email:
jcoble@bio.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-3705
Office: Wilson 110

Lora Cohen-Vogel
Professor
Frank A. Daniels, Jr. Distinguished Professor
Research: Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy
Email:
lora.cohen-vogel@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 843-2016
Office: Peabody 1084

Dionne Cross Francis
Joseph R. Neikirk Term Professor
Associate Professor, Mathematics Education

Jennifer A. Diliberto
Clinical Associate Professor
UNC Teaching Fellows Director
Research: Curriculum and Instruction; Teaching and Teacher Education; Language, Literacy, and Reading; Special Education; Equity
Email:
jdil@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 966-5078
Office: Peabody 3010D

Thurston Domina
Professor
Program Coordinator, Human and Organizational Leadership & Development
Research: Educational Measurement and Statistics; Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education; Educational Policy; Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy; Equity
Email:
tdomina@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-9197
Office: Peabody 1096

Nianbo Dong
Associate Professor
Area Chair, Learning, Development, and Psychological Sciences
Research: Learning Sciences; Educational Measurement and Statistics; Educational Policy; Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy
Email:
nianbo.dong@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 843-9553
Office: Peabody 1070B

Dorothy L. Espelage
Professor
William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of Education
Research: Child and Human Development; Counseling and Counseling Psychology; Learning Sciences; School Psychology
Email:
espelage@unc.edu
Phone: (217) 766-6413
Office: Peabody 1082

Sandra Evarrs
Clinical Associate Professor
Research: Learning Sciences; Special Education; School Psychology; Counseling and Counseling Psychology; Child and Human Development; Educational Measurement and Statistics
Email:
evarrs@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 843-2614
Office: Peabody 1050L

Helyne Frederick
Clinical Associate Professor
Program Director, Human Development and Family Studies
Research: Child and Human Development
Email:
helyne@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-9855
Office: Peabody 3010E

Brian Gibbs
Clinical Assistant Professor
Research: Curriculum and Instruction; Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy; Teaching and Teacher Education
Email:
bcgibbs@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 843-1998
Office: Peabody 1050G

Jocelyn Glazier
Associate Professor
Research: Equity; Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education; Teaching and Teacher Education
Email:
jocelyng@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 843-0406
Office: Peabody 3010F

Buck Goldstein
Professor of the Practice
Research: Higher Education; Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy
Email:
buck_goldstein@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 445-4717
Office: Peabody G068

Jeffrey A. Greene
Professor
McMichael Distinguished Professor
Research: Educational Measurement and Statistics; Learning Sciences
Email:
jagreene@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-4435
Office: Peabody 3040C

Dana Griffin
Associate Professor
Dean’s Fellow for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Research: Counseling and Counseling Psychology; Child and Human Development
Email:
dcgriffi@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 843-2740
Office: Peabody 1050F

Suzanne A. Gulledge
Clinical Professor
Research: Curriculum and Instruction; Teaching and Teacher Education
Email:
sgulledg@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-7879
Office: Peabody 3010J

Emily Halpin
Clinical Assistant Professor
Research: Child and Human Development; Language, Literacy, and Reading
Email:
emily.halpin@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 445-4718
Office: Peabody 2050B

Peter F. Halpin
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, Learning Sciences and Psychological Studies
Research: Educational Measurement and Statistics; Learning Sciences; Instructional Technology; Child and Human Development
Email:
peter.halpin@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-7528
Office: Peabody 1070G

Jill Hamm
Professor
William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of Education
Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development
Research: Child and Human Development; Learning Sciences
Email:
jill.hamm@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 966-7395
Office: Peabody 1010B

Shauna H. Harris
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
Adjunct Instructor

Ayesha K. Hashim
Assistant Professor
Research: Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy; Educational Policy; Instructional Technology
Email:
ahashim@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 843-3870
Office: Peabody 1096B

Lewis Hatcher
Teaching Assistant Professor
Research: Child and Human Development; Counseling and Counseling Psychology; Equity; Higher Education
Email:
lewis.hatcher@unc.edu
Office: Peabody 2059C

Martinette Horner
Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Coordinator, School Administration
Regional Director, NC New Teacher Support
Research: Curriculum and Instruction; Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy
Email:
mvhorner@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-0019
Office: Peabody 1088

Eric A. Houck
Associate Professor
Research: Educational Policy; Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy
Email:
eahouck@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 249-8430
Office: Peabody 1096C

Daniel M Huff
Clinical Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, K-12 Music Education
Research: Curriculum and Instruction; Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
Email:
dhuff@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 880-0351
Office: 214 Hill Hall

Sherick Hughes
Professor
Research: Teaching and Teacher Education; Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education; Equity; Educational Policy
Email:
shughes@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 537-3804
Office: Peabody 2050F

Kara Hume
Associate Professor

Ricky Hurtado
Co-Executive Director & Co-Founder, LatinxEd
Adjunct Instructor
Research: Educational Policy; Equity; Higher Education
Email:
rhurtado@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-6313
Office: Peabody 2030

Ethan Hutt
Assistant Professor
Research: Curriculum and Instruction; Educational Policy; Equity; Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
Email:
ehutt@unc.edu
Office: Peabody 2010A

Daniel Klasik
Assistant Professor
Research: Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy; Educational Policy; Equity; Higher Education
Email:
djklasik@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-2522
Office: Peabody 1096A

Steve Knotek
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, School Psychology
Research: Learning Sciences; Special Education; School Psychology; Child and Human Development; Workforce and Adult Education
Email:
sknotek@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 843-2049
Office: Peabody 1070D

Alison LaGarry-Cahoon
Clinical Assistant Professor
Research: Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education; Equity
Email:
alagarry@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 537-3611
Office: Peabody 2010B

Kathryn Leech
Assistant Professor
Research: Child and Human Development; Language, Literacy, and Reading
Email:
leechk@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 843-6158
Office: Peabody 3010B

Constance A. Lindsay
Assistant Professor
Research: Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy; Educational Policy; Equity
Email:
clindsay@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 843-5221
Office: Peabody 1096F

Diana B. Lys
Assistant Dean for Educator Preparation and Accreditation
Clinical Assistant Professor
Co-Founder, Pathway to Practice North Carolina
Research: Teaching and Teacher Education
Email:
lys@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 445-8878
Office: Peabody 1028G

Marisa E. Marraccini
Assistant Professor
Research: School Psychology
Email:
mmarracc@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 843-5099
Office: Peabody 1050K

Robert R. Martinez Jr.
Assistant Professor
Research: Counseling and Counseling Psychology
Email:
rrmartin@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 445-8380
Office: Peabody 1050H

Roger Mills-Koonce
Associate Professor
Program Co-coordinator, Applied Developmental Sciences and Special Education & Early Childhood Intervention and Family Support
Research: Child and Human Development
Email:
mills-koonce@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-6605
Office: Peabody 3010C

Esther O. Ohito
Assistant Professor
Research: Curriculum and Instruction; Equity; Language, Literacy, and Reading; Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education; Teaching and Teacher Education
Email:
eohito@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 843-5249
Office: Peabody 2010J

Kristin L. Papoi
Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Director, Master of Arts of Teaching
Research: Curriculum and Instruction; Teaching and Teacher Education; Language, Literacy, and Reading; Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education; Equity
Email:
papoi@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 843-9855
Office: Peabody 2092B

Eileen R. Carlton Parsons
Professor
Research: Equity; Higher Education; STEM Education
Email:
rparsons@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 843-9133
Office: Peabody 3028B

Ellen Peisner-Feinberg
Senior Research Scientist
Research Professor
Research: Child and Human Development; Educational Policy
Email:
epeisner.feinberg@unc.edu

Dana Riger
Clinical Assistant Professor
Research: Child and Human Development; Counseling and Counseling Psychology
Email:
driger@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 445-8343
Office: Peabody 2010G

Yuliana Rodriguez-Vongsavanh
Clinical Assistant Professor
Research: Child and Human Development
Email:
yuliana@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-2520
Office: Peabody 3010K

Xue Lan Rong
Professor
Research: Curriculum and Instruction; Teaching and Teacher Education; Language, Literacy, and Reading; Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education; Educational Policy
Email:
xrong@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-9203
Office: Peabody 3040B

Kihyun “Kelly” Ryoo
Associate Professor
Research: Curriculum and Instruction; Language, Literacy, and Reading; STEM Education; Learning Sciences; Instructional Technology; Educational Measurement and Statistics; Equity
Email:
khryoo@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-0345
Office: Peabody 3040D

Troy D. Sadler
Professor
Thomas James Distinguished Professor of Experiential Learning
Research: Curriculum and Instruction; Learning Sciences; STEM Education; Teaching and Teacher Education
Email:
tsadler@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-9737
Office: Peabody 3040C

Lauren Sartain
Assistant Professor
Research: Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy; Educational Policy; Equity
Email:
lsartain@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-7425
Office: Peabody 1096E

R. Keith Sawyer
Professor
Morgan Distinguished Professor of Educational Innovations
Research: Curriculum and Instruction; Learning Sciences; Instructional Technology
Email:
rksawyer@ad.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-0288
Office: Peabody 3040B

Chris Scott
Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Coordinator, Educational Leadership
Research: Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy; Equity
Email:
cescott@ad.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 815-0468
Office: Peabody 2010C

Rune J. Simeonsson
Professor
Research: Special Education; Child and Human Development
Email:
rjsimeon@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-2512
Office: Peabody 1050J

Matthew G. Springer
Associate Professor
Robena and Walter E. Hussman, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Education Reform
Program Coordinator, Policy, Leadership and School Improvement
Area Chair, Educational Policy, Organization, and Leadership
Research: Educational Measurement and Statistics; Educational Policy; Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy
Email:
mgspringer@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 843-4572
Office: Peabody 1086

Lynda Stone
Professor
Samuel M. Holton Distinguished Professor
Research: Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
Email:
lstone@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-9377
Office: Peabody 3028E

James Trier
Associate Professor
Research: Curriculum and Instruction; Teaching and Teacher Education; Language, Literacy, and Reading; Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
Email:
jtrier@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 843-4627
Office: Peabody 2050C

Elaine Townsend Utin
Co-Executive Director & Co-Founder, LatinxEd
Adjunct Instructor
Research: Educational Policy; Equity; Higher Education
Email:
elainemt@unc.edu
Phone: (704) 288-6013
Office: Peabody 2030

Sara Meghan Walter
Clinical Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, School Counseling
Research: Counseling and Counseling Psychology
Email:
walterm@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 537-3503
Office: Peabody 1050D