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Dr. Joanne Carney (2003),
Chair, Associate Professor.
BA, Gannon University; MA English, Gannon University; Ph.D. at
University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
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Courses
Taught
--
ELED
471
(Documenting
Teaching),
IT
442
(Classroom
Use
of
Instructional
Technology
in
Elem.), graduate
courses.
-
Areas
of
Emphasis,
Special
Interest
or
Research
--
Use
of
technology
for
teaching,
learning
and
assessment
in
the
elementary
classroom;
teacher
education,
assessment
and
professional
development.
-
Email
Address
joanne.carney@wwu.edu
-
Phone:
(360)
650-2163
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Dr. David Carroll (2001),
Associate
Professor. BA, Antioch College, Philadelphia, PA; M.Ed., Lesley
College, Cambridge, MA; Ph.D. at Michigan State University, East
Lansing, MI.
-
Courses
Taught
--
ELED 370
(Intro.
to
Teaching),
ELED 470
(Developing
Teaching),
ELED 471
(Documenting
Teaching).
-
Areas of
Emphasis,
Special
Interest
or
Research
--
Dispositions
for
ambitious
teaching;
mentoring;
recruiting
and
retaining
underrepresented
students
in
teacher
education.
-
Email
Address
david.carroll@wwu.edu
-
Phone:
(360)
650-2251
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Dr.
Marilyn Chu (2008),
Assistant Professor. BA, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; MA,
Western WA University-Bellingham and Pacific Oaks College-Pasedena;
Ed.D., Nova Southeastern University-Fort Lauderdale, FL.
-
Courses Taught -- ECE
390 (Infant/Toddler Pract.), ECE 435 (Child Abuse & Neglect),
ECE 438 (Family and Community Relationships), ECE 431
(Fundamentals of Early Childhood Education), ECE 497 (Child
Guidance).
-
Areas of Emphasis, Special Interest or Research –
Culturally relevant infant/toddler program
partnerships, mentoring and relationship based professional
development and recruitment and retention of underrepresented
populations to teacher education.
-
Email Address
marilyn.chu@wwu.edu
-
Phone:
(360) 650-2737
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Dr. Tracy Coskie
(2003), Associate Professor. BA, University of
Rochester; M.Ed. University of Washington; Ph.D. University of
Washington, Seattle, WA.
- Courses Taught -- ELED 481 (Literacy II), ELED 492 (Literacy Practicum), ELED 424 (Language Arts), ELED 401 (Teaching Writing), graduate courses.
- Areas of Emphasis, Special Interest or Research --teacher professional development, writing instruction, reading and writing in context.
- Email Address tracy.coskie@wwu.edu
- Phone: (360) 650-2164
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Dr. Kristen French (2007), Assistant
Professor. AA Pierce College; BA, Western Washington University;
M.Ed. University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Ed.D University of
Massachusetts-Amherst.
-
Courses Taught
–
-
Areas of
Emphasis, Special Interest or Research – Director of Center
of Educational Pluralism, Multicultural Teacher Education,
Decolonizing Theory, Critical Performance Pedagogy, American
Indian Education.
-
Email Address
–
kristen.french@wwu.edu
-
Phone: (360)
650-7313
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Dr. Karen Hoelscher (1992), Professor. BS, Bemidji State
University; MS, Mankato State University; Ed.D., Harvard University.
- Courses Taught -- EDUC 109 (Scholarship of Teaching and
Learning); EDUC 110 (Seminar for Future Woodring Scholars); ELED 370
(Introduction to Teaching); ELED 425 (Methods of Teaching K-8 Social
Studies); ELED 464 (Multicultural Education for Teachers).
- Areas of Emphasis, Special Interest or Research -- Supporting university students' cultural
identities at WWU, Assisting pre-tenure faculty in finding joy and
production as academic writers, and promoting intercultural
communication between faculty, staff, and students.
Co-authored Managing Diversity Flashpoints in
Higher Education with Dr. Joseph Garcia, Karen W. Morse
Institute of Leadership.
- Email Address
karen.hoelscher@wwu.edu
- Phone: (360) 650-3822
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Dr. Eileen Hughes (2006), Associate
Professor. BA, Whitter College; MA, University of Wisconsin,
Madison; Ph.D., University of Oregon.
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Courses Taught -- ECE 391 (Preschool
Practicum & Seminar); ECE 434 (Environments for Early Learning);
ECE 430 (Creativity and Play in Early Childhood Education); ECE
439 (Curriculum Planning in Early Childhood Education); ECE 495
(Preschool Internship); ECE 498 (Seminar).
-
Areas of Emphasis, Special Interest or
Research -- Inquiry-oriented teaching with young children;
professional development of early childhood education teachers;
teachers as documenter and as inquirers.
-
Email Address
eileen.hughes@wwu.edu
-
Phone: (360) 650-3416
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Dr. Mitchell Jancic (2005), Senior
Instructor. BA, University of La Verne; Teaching Credentials,
Chapman University; MA Ed. Special Education, California State
University at San Bernardino; MA Ed. Educational Administration,
California State Polytechnic University at San Luis Obispo; Ph.D.
Educational Leadership, University of California at Santa Barbara.
- Courses Taught -- ELED 425 (Social Studies for
Elementary School); ELED 470 (Developing Teaching); ELED 471
(Documenting Teaching).
- Areas of Emphasis, Special Interest or Research --
Education for sustainable practices, peer mentoring, teacher
assessment and evaluation.
- Email address
mitchell.jancic@wwu.edu
- Phone: (360) 650-3828
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Dr. Paula Dagnon (2007), Assistant Professor. BA,
Whitman College; MA, University of Connecticut, Ph.D. University
of Connecticut
- Courses
Taught -- EDUC 301 (Educational Psychology I); EDUC 302
(Educational Psychology II); IT 442 (Classroom Use of
Instructional Technology- Elementary).
- Areas of Emphasis, Special
Interest or Research-- Instructional technology, effective
teaching.
- Email address
paula.johnson@wwu.edu
- Phone: (360) 650-2544
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Janelle Karney (2008), Instructor. BA,
Seattle Pacific University; M.Ed. Literacy, Western Washington
University.
-
Courses Taught --
ELED
481
(Literacy
Assessment
&
Instruction;
ELED
492
(Literacy
Practicum).
- Areas of Emphasis, Special Interest or Research --
Intermediate/Middle
Level
Reading
and
Writing
Instruction;
Content
Area
Reading
and
Writing
Instruction;
Literacy
Coaching.
- Email Address
janelle.karney@wwu.edu
- Phone:
(360)
650-3336
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Dr. Suzanne Lowell Krogh (1990),
Professor. BA,
Florida State University; M.Ed., University of Maryland; Ph.D., University of Oregon.
- Courses Taught --
ECE
496
(Internship
-
Preschool);
ECE
498
(Seminar
in
Early
Childhood);
other
early
childhood
classes.
- Areas of Emphasis, Special Interest or Research -- Early childhood curriculum,
service learning. She is currently teaching at the Busan (Korea)
National
University
of
Education
2010-2011.
- Email Address suzanne.krogh@wwu.edu
- Phone: (360) 650-3821
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Dr. Matthew Miller (2005),
Associate Professor. BA Theater Arts, St. Olaf College; MA
Theater, University of
Arizona; M.Ed., University
of Minnesota; Ph.D., University of Washington.
- Courses Taught -- ELED 480 (Literacy II); ECE 380
(Early Childhood Literacy); ELED 492 (Literacy III Practicum);
DNC 398 (Integrated Arts for Elementary Teachers).
- Areas of Emphasis, Special Interest or Research --
Teacher education program design; video technologies in teacher
education; teacher mentoring; teacher professional development;
teacher supervision; and assessment.
- Email address
matthew.miller@wwu.edu
- Phone: (360) 650-2628
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Dr. Chris Ohana (1999),
Associate Professor; BA Physical Anthropology, University of
California, Berkeley;
MS Physical Anthropology, U. of Oregon; Ph.D. Curriculum and
Instruction, Iowa State University.
- Courses Taught -- SCED 480 (Science Methods & Curriculum for Elementary School); SCED 490 (Laboratory/Field Experience in Elementary Science); ELED 471 (Documenting Teaching); EDUC 501 (Research Design).
- Areas of Emphasis, Special Interest or Research -- Elementary science teacher preparation.
- Email Address chris.ohana@wwu.edu
- Phone: (360) 650-6533
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Dr. Marsha Riddle Buly (1999), Professor; BA, BED, Western
Washington University, MA Cal. State U. San Bernardino, Cal.; Ph.D., U. of W.
- Courses Taught -- undergraduate and graduate courses focused on the assessment and instruction of literacy (e.g. ELED 456, 486, 481, 492; ELED 586, 538, 585, 691; TESL 425, 430).
- Areas of Emphasis, Special Interest or Research
Literacy assessment and instruction related to bilingual learners and those historically marginalized from our P-20 public educational system.
- Email Address marsha.riddle.buly@wwu.edu
- Phone: (360) 650-7348
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Rosemary Vohs (1987),
Senior
Instructor.
BA, Northwest College, Kirkland, WA; MA in Speech Comm., WWU.
- Courses Taught -- EDUC 309 (Storytelling), ELED 405 (Books &
Materials for Elementary School), SEC 410 (Dynamics of
Teaching).
- Areas of Emphasis, Special Interest or Research -- storytelling,
folklore, arts education, children's literature, dynamic
teaching and speech communication.
- Email Address
rosemary.vohs@wwu.edu
- Phone: (360) 650-6446
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Dr. Kathryn Ross Wayne (1996),
Professor; BA, M.F.A., and Ph.D., University of Oregon.
- Courses Taught -- EDUC 109 (Explorations in
Education), EDUC 310 (The Teacher and the Social Order), EDUC
411 (Foundations of Education), various education foundation
graduate level courses, ESTU 303 (Human Ecology), ESTU 486
(Community-Based Environmental Education), ESTU 497/597
(Globalization, Environment and Education), ESTU 588 (Language,
Discourse and Environment), other environmental studies courses,
and ACS 301 (Comparative Ethnic Relations: An Examination of
Culture in the U.S.).
- Areas of Emphasis, Special Interest or Research --
Climate change, circumpolar North indigenous populations,
discourse analysis, issues of globalization and digital
technology, and the effects/intersections of these on how we
understand Education.
- Email Address
kate.wayne@wwu.edu
- Phone: (360) 650-2056
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