Academic Chairs and Directors
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Academic Department Chairs
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Christina L. Dobbs
Chair, Language & Literacy Education Department
Associate Professor -
Kimberly A. S. Howard
Chair, Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development
Professor -
Eleonora Villegas-Reimers
Chair, Teaching & Learning Department
Clinical Professor -
Marcus A. Winters
Chair, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
Professor
Faculty Director, Wheelock Educational Policy Center
Academic Program Directors
Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development
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Tina M. Durand
Program Director, Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development PhD
Clinical Professor -
John McCarthy
Program Director, Applied Human Development
Clinical Associate Professor
Director, Institute for Athletic Coach Education -
Anna Ward
Program Director, EdM In Counseling
Lecturer -
Claire White
Program Director, Child Life & Family-Centered Care
Senior Lecturer
Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
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Mary L. Churchill
Associate Dean, Strategic Initiatives & Community Engagement
Program Director, Higher Education Administration
Professor of the Practice -
Joshua Goodman
Professor
Program Director, MA in Educational Policy Studies -
Sherri Hughes
Program Director, Executive EdD in Higher Education Leadership
Senior Lecturer -
Jeffrey M. Young
Program Director, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
Master Lecturer
Language & Literacy Education
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Jennifer Altavilla-Giordano
Program Director, TESOL Multilingual Learner Education (Licensure)
Lecturer -
Andrew R. Bottoms
Program Director, Deaf Studies
Senior Lecturer -
Erica Caasi
Program Director, Literacy Education and Reading & Literacies Education
Clinical Assistant Professor -
Kathy Kim
Program Director, Language Education
Assistant Professor
Teaching & Learning
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Aaron Brakoniecki
Program Director, Mathematics Education
Senior Lecturer -
Jennifer Bryson
Faculty Director, Educator Preparation
Program Director, Elementary Education
Special Director, Educator Preparation Early Literacy Initiatives
Senior Lecturer -
Lindsey Chapman
Program Director, Special Education
Senior Lecturer -
Felicity Crawford
Program Director, Education for Equity & Social Justice
Clinical Associate Professor -
Peter Garik
Program Director, Science Education
Clinical Associate Professor -
Davena Jackson
Program Director, English Education for Equity & Justice
Assistant Professor -
Thomas J. McKenna
Program Director, AI & Education
Director, Center for STEM Professional Learning at Scale
Associate Director, Educator Engagement and Impact, AI & Education Initiative
Clinical Assistant Professor, Science Education -
Karen Murphy
Program Director, Early Childhood
Clinical Associate Professor -
Catherine Ritz
Associate Chair, Teaching & Learning
Program Director, Curriculum & Teaching and World Language Education
Clinical Associate Professor -
Kaylene Stevens
Program Director, Social Studies Education
Clinical Assistant Professor