School of Education - Core Faculty

Abraham Abadi, Assistant Professor; Ed.D., Boston University, Ed.M., Boston University; B.A., Boston University

Karen Kuelthau Allan, Professor; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison, M.Ed., Pennsylvania State University, B.S., University of Wisconsin - Madison

William Barowy, Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, M.S., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, B.S. University of Massachusetts, Amherst

George Blakeslee, Professor; Ed.D., Boston University M.Ed., Boston University B.S., Miami University

Alice Pierce Bonifaz (Lissa) Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin; M.Ed., George Mason University; B.A., American University

Sharyn S. Boornazian, Assistant Professor, Certification Officer; Ph.D., The Union Institute and University, Cincinnati, OH; M.Ed., Northeastern University; B.S., Northeastern University

Mario R. Borunda, Dean, School of Education; Ed.D., Harvard University, Ed.M., Boston University, B.A., Whittier College

Linda Brion-Meisels, Professor, Education/Psychology; Ph.D., Boston College, M.S.Ed., Wheelock College, B.A., Grinnell College

Marcia Bromfield, Professor, Director of Field Placement and Professional Partnerships; Ph.D., Syracuse University, M.Ed., Syracuse University, B.A., Tufts University

Cynthia Farr Brown, Associate Professor, Senior Associate Dean, School of Education, Interim Director, Ph.D. in Educational Studies Program; Ph.D., Brandeis University, A.M., Bryn Mawr College, A.B., Bryn Mawr College

Joseph Cambone, Associate Dean; Ed.D., Harvard University; M.A., Boston College; B.A., Mount Saint Mary College

Mary Ann Cappiello, Assistant Professor, Language and Literacy Division; Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University, Ed.M., Teachers College Columbia University, M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University, B.A., Haverford College

Vivian Dalila Carlo, Associate Professor; Ed.D., Boston University; M.Ed., Lesley College

Nancy Carlsson-Paige, Professor; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts - Amherst, M.S., Lesley College, B.S., Syracuse University

Gail M. Carney, Assistant Professor, Director of Undergraduate Education Programs; Ed.D., Boston University M.Ed., University of Lowell, B.A., Framingham State College

Richard Carter, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.Ed., Lesley University, B.A., Vassar College

Stephan Cohen, Associate Professor; Ed.D. Harvard University, M.Ed., Lesley University, B.A., Hampshire College

Anne Collins, Assistant Professor, Director of Center for Mathematics Achievement; Ph.D., Boston College, C.A.G.S., Harvard University; M.A., Cambridge College; B.A., Westfield State College; B.S., Framingham State College

Constantina Comnenou, Associate Professor; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts - Amherst, M.A., Boston College, B.A., Goucher College

Joseph M. Cronin, Professor; Ph.D., Stanford University, M.A.T. and A.B., Harvard University

Mary E. Curtis, Professor, Director of Center for Special Education; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, M.S., University of Pittsburgh, B.A., Nazareth College of Rochester

Erika Thulin Dawes, Assistant Professor, Ed.D., Columbia University Teachers College, M.Ed., Lesley University, B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Harriet Deane, Assistant Dean, Assistant Professor; M.B.A., Simmons College, M.Ed., Boston University, B.A., Washington University

Susan J. Doubler, Associate Professor, Director of Science Education Online Program; Ph.D., University of Liverpool, M.Ed., Boston University, B.S., Bowling Green State University

EdnaMay Duffy, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Boston College, M.A.T., Boston College, B.A., Carlow College

Lisa Fiore, Assistant Professor, Director of Early Childhood Program; Ph.D., Boston College; M.A.T., Tufts University; B.A., Brandeis University

Irene Fountas, Professor, Director of Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative; Ed.D., Boston University, C.A.G.S., Boston University, M.Ed., Boston University, B.S., Boston University

June Fox, Professor Emerita; Ph.D., Ohio State University, M.A., Ohio State University, B.S., Northwestern University

Barbara R. Francis, Associate Professor, Program Director, Middle and High School Programs; Ed.D., University of Rochester, M.A., University of Rochester, Dickinson Program at Johns Hopkins SAIS, Bologna, Italy, B.A., University of Rochester

Barbara P. Gibson, Assistant Professor, Director of Special Education Program; C.A.G.S., Lesley College, M.Ed., Temple University, B.A., Bucknell University

Rita Gordon, Instructor, Interim Program Director, Elementary Education; C.A.G.S., State College at Boston, M.Ed., Boston University, B.S., Boston University

Barbara L. Govendo, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Boston College, M.Ed., Lesley College, B.Ed., State University of New York, Buffalo

Lorraine Greenfield, Assistant Professor, Director, Curriculum and Instruction Division, Ed.D. Boston University, CAGS, Bridgewater State College, M.Ed., Boston University, B.S. in Secondary English Education, Boston University

Linda Grisham, Associate Professor, Director of Science In Education Program; Ph.D., Stanford University, B.A., University of Chicago

Jo-Ann Hart, Associate Professor; Ph.D., New York University; M.A., New York University, B.A., University of California at Los Angeles

Caroline Heller, Associate Professor; Ed.D., University of California Berkeley, M.F.A., Bennington College, B.A.,University of Chicago

Paul Jablon, Associate Professor; Ph.D., New York University, B.S. Manhattan College

Roberta Jackson, Assistant Professor; M.Ed., University of Massachusetts-Boston, B.S.Ed., Lesley College

Judith Mathis Johnson, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Oregon, B.A., Humbolt State University

Elizabeth Stringer Keefe, Assistant Professor; M.Ed., Lesley College; B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Sondra Langer, Professor Emerita; M.A., Simmons College, B.S., City College, New York

Anne Larkin, Professor, Director of Project Promise; Ph.D., Boston College, M.Ed., Boston State College, B.S., Boston State College

Mary Beth Lawton, Assistant Professor; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, M.S. Wheelock College, B.S., Colby College

Solange de Azambuja Lira, Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, M.A., University of Delaware, B.A., Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Ben Mardell, Associate Professor, Early Childhood Education; Ph.D., Tufts University, M.S., Wheelock College, A.B., Brown University

Brenda Matthis, Assistant Professor, Director of Technology in Education Program; Ed.D., Harvard University, Ed.M., Harvard University, B.B.A., University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee

Mary C. McMackin, Professor, Coordinator of Collaborative Internship Programs; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts, Lowell, M.Ed., Boston State College, B.S., Boston State College

Linda Mensing-Triplett, Assistant Professor; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts, M.S.Ed. University of Wisconsin, B.A. University of Minnesota

Susan Merrifield, Professor, English/Education; Ed.D., Harvard University, M.Ed., University of Maine, M.A., Goddard College, B.A., University of Massachusetts

Margery Staman Miller, Professor, Director of Literacy and Language Division and Director of the Consultant Teacher of Reading Programs;Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania, M.S., University of Pennsylvania, B.A., Simmons College

Mary Mindess, Professor, Coordinator, Early Childhood Institute;Ed.M., Boston University, B.S., Simmons College

Michael Pabian, Instructor; M.Ed., Boston State College, B.A., Boston College

Barton Pisha, Associate Professor; Ed.D., Harvard University, M.A., Goddard College, B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Diane J. Powell, Assistant Professor, Center for Reading Recovery; M.A., Ohio State University, B.S., Ohio State University

Susan Rauchwerk, Assistant Professor; Ed.D., Harvard University; M.Ed., Harvard University; B.S., Rutgers--The State University of New Jersey

Marianne Reiff, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of California, B.G.S., University of Michigan

Jose Ribeiro, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Boston College, M.Ed., Boston College, B.Div., Institute of Theology and Philosophy, Dublin, M.A., Portuguese Catholic University, B.A. Institute of Philosophy, Braga, Portugal

Maureen Riley, Associate Professor, Education; M.Ed., Harvard University, B.S., Boston College

Nancy Roberts, Professor; Ed.D., Boston University Ed.M., Boston University, A.B., Boston University

Arlyn Roffman, Professor; Ph.D., Boston College, M.Ed., Lesley College, B.A., Connecticut College

Sheryl Saunders, Assistant Professor; M.A., Simmons College, B.A., Colorado State University

Maria de Lourdes B. Serpa, Professor; Ed.D., Boston University, M.Ed., University of Massachusetts Boston, B.S., Boston State College and Magisterie Primario, Portugal

Stephanie Spadorcia, Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, M.Ed., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.S., Lesley College

Barbara Steckel, Assistant Professor; Ed.D., Boston University; M.S., Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York; A.B., Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York

William Stokes, Professor, Dean of Faculty; Ed.D., Boston University, M.Ed., Boston University B.A., State University of New York, Stony Brook

Joanne M. Szamreta, Professor; Ph.D., Boston College, M.Ed., Erikson Institute, B.A., Smith College

Robert Thomas, Assistant Professor, Director, Teaching, Learning, and Leadership Division; Ed.D., Harvard University, MAT, School for International Training, BA, Boston University

Joan Thormann, Professor; Ph.D., University of Oregon, M.A., Boston College, B.S., University of Wisconsin

Nancy Wolf, Assistant Professor, Director of Center for Continuing Teacher Assessment for Oregon Program; Ph.D, University of Nebraska, M.A., Ball State University, B.A., Miami University

Maureen Brown Yoder, Professor; Program Director, Online Learning; Ed.D., Boston University, M.Ed., Lesley College, B.A., George Washington University