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Faculty |
Staff
Faculty
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Dr. Joanne Carney (2003), Assistant Professor.
BA, Gannon University; MA_English, Gannon University; Ph.D. at
University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
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Courses
Taught
--
ELED
429
(Classroom
Management),
IT
444a
(Classroom
Use
of
Instructional
Technology
in
Elem.),
ELED
385
(Assessment), graduate
courses.
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Areas
of
Emphasis,
Special
Interest
or
Research
--
Special
interest
in
integrating
technology
in
the
elementary
classroom;
works
with
the
NO
LIMIT!
grant.
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Email
Address
joanne.carney@wwu.edu
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Phone:
(360)
650-2163
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Dr. David Carroll (2001), Assistant
Professor. BA, Antioch College, Philadelphia, PA; M.Ed., Lesley
College, Cambridge, MA; Ph.D. at Michigan State University, East
Lansing, MI.
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Courses
Taught
--
ELED 370
(Intro.
to
Teaching), ELED
394a
(First
Practicum),
ELED 425
(Social
Studies
for
Elem.
School),
ELED 470
(Developing
Teaching).
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Areas of
Emphasis,
Special
Interest
or
Research
--
participating
in new
course
development
and
curriculum
revision,
supervising
practica
students.
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Email
Address
david.carroll@wwu.edu
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Phone:
(360)
650-2251
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Dr. Tracy Coskie
(2003), Assistant Professor. BA, University of
Rochester; M.Ed. University of Washington; Ph.D. University of
Washington, Seattle, WA.
- Courses Taught -- ELED 481 (Literacy II), ELED 394b (Literacy Practicum), ELED 485 (Basic Reading Instruction), ELED 380 (Literacy I), graduate courses.
- Areas of Emphasis, Special Interest or Research -- literacy coaching, reading instruction.
- Email Address tracy.coskie@wwu.edu
- Phone: (360) 650-2164
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Dr. William Demmert (1992),
Professor. BA, Seattle Pacific University; Ed.M. University
of Alaska; Ed.D. Harvard University.
- Courses Taught -- ELED 525 (History of Native
American Development and Policy), various graduate courses.
- Areas of Emphasis, Special Interest or Research --
Director of the Native American Education Programs.
- Email Address
wm.demmert@wwu.edu
- Phone: (360) 650-3032
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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.
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Courses Taught
–
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Areas of
Emphasis, Special Interest or Research – Director of Center
of Educational Pluralism, Multicultural Teacher Education,
Decolonizing Theory, Critical Performance Pedagogy, American
Indian Education.
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Email Address
–
kristen.french@wwu.edu
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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 -- Focus on supporting the growth and
development of non-majority families. ELED 438 School, Home,
Family Involvement; ELED 435 Child Abuse and Neglect Issues for
Teachers; ELED 464 Multicultural Education for Teachers; ELED 425
Methods of Teaching K-8 Social Studies; ELED 370 Introduction to
Teaching.
- Areas of Emphasis, Special Interest or Research --
Personal interest in supporting university students' cultural
identities and supporting their progress through WWU. Research
interest in professional development of faculty and staff in
intercultural communication. Co-authoring Managing Diversity
Flashpoints in Higher Education, a handbook for faculty and staff
to be published as part of a higher education series for the American
Council on Education (ACE).
- Email Address karen.hoelscher@wwu.edu
- Phone: (360) 650-3822
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Dr. Eileen Hughes (2006), Assistant
Professor. BA, Whitter College; MA, University of Wisconsin,
Madison; Ph.D., University of Oregon.
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Courses Taught -- ELED 431
(Educating the Young Child), ELED 417b (Academic Curriculum for
Early Childhood), ELED 417c (Creative Curriculum for Early
Childhood), ELED 494 (Student Teaching).
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Areas of Emphasis, Special Interest or
Research -- Teacher and Child as Researcher; studying the
Reggio Emilia approach and professional development; early
childhood curriculum development.
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Email Address
eileen.hughes@wwu.edu
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Phone: (360) 650-3416
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Dr. Mitchell Jancic (2005),
Lecturer. 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 -- EDUC 301 (Educational Psychology I),
EDUC 302 (Educational Psychology II).
- Areas of Emphasis, Special Interest or Research --
Teacher Assessment, Leadership
- Email address
mitchell.jancic@wwu.edu
- Phone: (360) 650-3828
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Dr. Paula Johnson (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).
- Areas of Emphasis, Special
Interest or Research-- Excellent Teachers, Leadership in
online environments
- Email address
paula.johnson@wwu.edu
- Phone: (360) 650-2544
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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 -- ELED 390 (Professional Practice &
Seminar), ELED 394a (Literacy
Practicum), ELED 431 (Education of the Young Child), ELED 417b (Academic
Curriculum For Early Childhood).
- Areas of Emphasis, Special Interest or Research -- Early childhood curriculum,
service learning.
- Email Address suzanne.krogh@wwu.edu
- Phone: (360) 650-3821
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Dr. Matthew Miller (2005),
Assistant Professor. BA Theater Arts, St. Olaf College,
Northfield, MN; Master of Arts Drama-in-Education, University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ; M.Ed. Curriculum and Instruction, University
of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Ph.D. with an emphasis in Teacher
Education, University of Washington in 2005.
- Courses Taught -- ELED 417c (Creative Curriculum for
Early Childhood); ELED 485 (Basic Reading Instruction), ELED 380
(Literacy I), ELED 480 (Literacy II), various early childhood
courses, and seminars that accompany preservice teachers'
student teaching internship.
- Areas of Emphasis, Special Interest or Research --
research interest centers on investigating the role of
problem-based conversations as a mechanism for preservice
teachers' professional development, teacher supervision and
performance assessment, and the uses of video and video
annotation software to improve teaching practice, supervision,
and student's learning. Grant projects explore the use of
video annotation software in conjunction with Washington State's
teacher assessment instrument, and is a national facilitator for
the National School Reform Faculty.
- Email address
matthew.miller@wwu.edu
- Phone: (360) 650-2628
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Dr. Chris Ohana (1999),
Chair, Professor, BA, U. of Cal Berkeley;
MS, U. of Oregon; Ph.D., Iowa State University; San Francisco State University.
- Courses Taught -- SCED 480 (Methods & Curriculum for Elementary School), SCED 490 (Laboratory/Field Experience in Elementary Science), graduate courses.
- Areas of Emphasis, Special Interest or Research -- Field Editor for Elementary Journal of National Science Teachers Association, National Science Foundation Math/Science Parntership, NO LIMIT! Evaluation Grant PI.
- Email Address chris.ohana@wwu.edu
- Phone: (360) 650-6533
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Dr. Marsha Riddle Buly (1999),
Associate 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 480: Literacy II: Focus on Beginning and Emergent Readers, ELED 481: Literacy III: Fluent Communicators).
- Areas of Emphasis, Special Interest or Research
1) Literacy coaching as a form of professional development
2) Literacy assessment and instruction related to bilingual education, English Language Learners, and striving readers and writers.
- Email Address marsha.riddle.buly@wwu.edu
- Phone: (360) 650-7348
Spend July 2007 in Morelia, Mexico with Dr. Marsha Riddle Buly |
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Rosemary Vohs (1987), Specialty Faculty;
BA, Northwest College, Kirkland, WA; MA in Speech Comm., WWU.
- Courses Taught -- EDUC 309 (Storytelling), EDUC 320
(Readers Theatre), EDUC 409 (Advanced Storytelling), LibSci
445 (Teaching Oral Comm. Skills in the Elem. School), LibSci 417
(The Power of Storytelling in Action), ELED 405 (Books &
Materials for Elementary School).
- Areas of Emphasis, Special Interest or Research -- the art
of storytelling, children's literature 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 --
Points of intersection among the following: Natural environment
and ecological concepts, cultural presuppositions, conceptual
metaphors and discourse, climate change and the circumpolar
north/South Pacific populations, issues of globalization, and
the influence of the above on educational trajectories and
goals.
- Email Address
kate.wayne@wwu.edu
- Phone: (360) 650-2056
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Ellen Kreider, Program Manager
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Nina Buma, Program Coordinator
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