Faculty of Resident Instruction

Linda L. Griffin, Department Chair and Professor, B.S., Black Hills State, 1976; M.S., Ithaca, 1986; Ph.D., Ohio State, 1991.

Catherine L. Dimmitt, Professor, B.A., Wesleyan, 1985; M.Ed., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1990; Ph.D., 1995.

Ian Barron, Professor, B.Sc., University of Stirling, 1985; M.App.Sci., University of Glasgow, 1987; D.Ed.Psy, University of Dundee, 2009.

Mary Lynn Boscardin, Professor, B.S., Illinois, 1975; M.S., Wisconsin, 1976; Ph.D., Illinois, 1984.

Jonique Childs, Assistant Professor, B.S., Northern Illinois University, 2008; M.Ed., Northern Illinois University, 2012; Ph.D. University of Iowa, 2018.

Justin Coles, Associate Professor, B.A., Brown University, 2011; M.S. The University fo Pennsylvania, 2013; Ph.D. Michigan State University, 2018.

Sarah Fefer, Associate Dean for Research and Engagment and Professor, B.A., Vermont, 2008; M.A., University of South Florida, 2009. P.D., University of South Florida;

Michael Gentile, Lecturer, B.A., Boston College, 2010; M.Ed., 2013; Ph.D. University of Connecticut, 2022;

Cynthia Gerstl-Pepin, Professor, B.A., Bates College; Ph.D., University of North Caroline at Chapel Hill; 

Amanda Hernadez; lecturer, B.S. Smith College, 2014.  Ed.S., University of Massachusetts, 2018

John M. Hintze, Professor, B.A., SUNY College at Cortland, 1982; M.A., Alfred, 1984; Ph.D., Lehigh, 1994.

John Hosp, Department Chairs and Professor, B.S., Hobart College, 1992; M.S., Rochester Institute of Technology, 1995; Ph.D., Vanderbilt, 2002.

Michael P. Krezmien, Professor, B.A., Chicago, 1995; M.A., Texas at Austin, 2001; Ph.D., Maryland, 2007.

Alexandra Lauterbach, Associate Professor, B.A., North Carolina, 2003; M.S., Pennsylvania, 2004.

Jamila Lyiscott, Associate Professor, B.A., Hunter College, 2007; M.A. Hunter College, 2010;  Ph.D., Columbia University, 2015

Amanda M. Marcotte, Associate Professor, B.A., Providence College, 1996; M.Ed., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2003; Ph.D., 2006.

Jane Piselli, Lectuer, Lectuer, B.S., College of the Atlantic, M.Ed., Anticoh University of New England; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Nina Tissi-Gassoway, Lecturer, M.A., College of Mount Saint Vincent, 2007; M.Ed. Oregon State University, 2009; Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2020.

Jia Zheng, Assistant Professor,  B.Ed., Education University of Hong Kong, 2012; M.Ed., University of Washington, 2013; Ph.D., University of Maryland, 2023. 

Ximena U. Zúñiga, Professor, Magister in Education, Universidad Catolica de Chile, 1979; M.A., Michigan