People Collaborating for the greater good
We seek productive and meaningful partnerships across disciplinary and institutional boundaries.
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 101
Harriet Able
Professor
Area Chair, Learning, Development, and Psychological Sciences
Program Co-coordinator, Applied Developmental Sciences and Special Education & Early Childhood Intervention and Family Support
Research: Teaching and Teacher Education; Special Education; Child and Human Development
Email:
hable@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-9371
Office: Peabody 301D
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 105C
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 307A
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 213E
Sarah Byrne Bausell
Teaching Assistant Professor
Research: Curriculum and Instruction; Equity; Language, Literacy, and Reading; Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education; Teaching and Teacher Education
Email:
sbausell@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 323-1820
Office: Peabody 213E
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 113
Cheryl Mason Bolick
Associate Professor
Area Chair, 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 219
Kathleen M. Brown
Professor
Research: Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy; Equity
Email:
brownk@email.unc.edu
Office: Peabody 110
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 201H
Gregory J. Cizek
Professor
Guy B. Phillips Professor
Research: Educational Measurement and Statistics
Email:
cizek@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 843-7876
Office: Peabody 112
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 118
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 301J
Thurston Domina
Professor
Program Coordinator, Policy, Leadership, and School Improvement
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 121
Nianbo Dong
Associate Professor
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 116
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 117
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 105I
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 301H
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 105E
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 301G
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 017
Jeffrey A. Greene
Professor
McMichael Distinguished Professor
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Director of Graduate Studies
Research: Educational Measurement and Statistics; Learning Sciences
Email:
jagreene@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-4435
Office: Peabody 101A
Dana Griffin
Associate Professor
Faculty Chair
Research: Counseling and Counseling Psychology; Child and Human Development
Email:
dcgriffi@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 843-2740
Office: Peabody 105D
Suzanne A. Gulledge
Clinical Professor
Research: Curriculum and Instruction; Teaching and Teacher Education
Email:
sgulledg@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-7879
Office: Peabody 301B
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 212B
Peter F. Halpin
Associate Professor
Research: Educational Measurement and Statistics; Learning Sciences; Instructional Technology; Child and Human Development
Email:
peter.halpin@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-7528
Office: Peabody 111
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 101C
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 121F
Lewis Hatcher
Teaching Assistant Professor
Research: Child and Human Development; Counseling and Counseling Psychology; Equity; Higher Education
Email:
lewis.hatcher@unc.edu
Office: Peabody 213C
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 120
Eric A. Houck
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, Educational Leadership
Research: Educational Policy; Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy
Email:
eahouck@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 249-8430
Office: Peabody 121C
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 212E
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 205
Ethan Hutt
Assistant Professor
Research: Curriculum and Instruction; Educational Policy; Equity; Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
Email:
ehutt@unc.edu
Office: Peabody 201F
Carol W. Jordan
Teaching Assistant Professor
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 121E
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 114
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 201E
Kathryn Leech
Assistant Professor
Research: Child and Human Development; Language, Literacy, and Reading
Email:
leechk@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 843-6158
Office: Peabody 301N
Constance A. Lindsay
Assistant Professor
Research: Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy; Educational Policy; Equity
Email:
clindsay@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 843-5221
Office: Peabody 121D
Diana B. Lys
Assistant Dean for Educator Preparation and Accreditation
Clinical Assistant Professor
Research: Teaching and Teacher Education
Email:
lys@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 445-8878
Office: Peabody 103
Marisa E. Marraccini
Assistant Professor
Research: School Psychology
Email:
mmarracc@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 843-5099
Office: Peabody 105H
Robert R. Martinez Jr.
Assistant Professor
Research: Counseling and Counseling Psychology
Email:
rrmartin@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 445-8380
Office: Peabody 105F
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 301k
Rita G. O’Sullivan
Associate Professor
Research: Curriculum and Instruction
Email:
ritao@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 843-8165
Office: Peabody 201B
Esther O. Ohito
Assistant Professor
Research: Curriculum and Instruction; Equity; Language, Literacy, and Reading; Teaching and Teacher Education
Email:
eohito@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 843-5249
Office: Peabody 201A
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 219A
Eileen R. Carlton Parsons
Professor
Research: Equity; Higher Education; STEM Education
Email:
rparsons@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 843-9133
Office: Peabody 307B
Dana Riger
Clinical Assistant Professor
Research: Child and Human Development; Counseling and Counseling Psychology
Email:
driger@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 445-8343
Office: Peabody 201J
Yuliana Rodriguez-Vongsavanh
Clinical Assistant Professor
Research: Child and Human Development
Email:
yuliana@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-2520
Office: Peabody 301A
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 307C
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 309E
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 307D
Lauren Sartain
Assistant Professor
Research: Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy; Educational Policy; Equity
Email:
lsartain@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-7425
Office: Peabody 121A
R. Keith Sawyer
Professor
Morgan Distinguished Professor of Educational Innovations
Program Coordinator, Learning Sciences and Psychological Studies
Research: Curriculum and Instruction; Learning Sciences; Instructional Technology
Email:
rksawyer@ad.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-0288
Office: Peabody 309C
Chris Scott
Clinical Assistant Professor
Research: Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy; Equity
Email:
cescott@ad.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 815-0468
Office: Peabody 201D
Rune J. Simeonsson
Professor
Research: Special Education; Child and Human Development
Email:
rjsimeon@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-2512
Office: Peabody 105G
Matthew G. Springer
Associate Professor
Robena and Walter E. Hussman, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Education Reform
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 119
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 307E
James Trier
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, Culture, Curriculum, and Teacher Education
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 212A
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 205
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 105B