| Faculty Member |
E-mail Address |
Areas of Expertise |
| Amy Cox-Petersen |
acox@fullerton.edu |
Area of expertise is in science teacher education and learning science outside the formal classroom. Research interests include culturally relevant science teaching/assessment and learning in museum, field, and service-learning settings. |
| Teresa Crawford |
tcrawford@fullerton.edu |
Science and literacy, Qualitative methodology in education, Classroom discourse processes and practices, Identity construction, Teacher development. |
| Mildred Donoghue |
mdonoghue@fullerton.edu |
Emergent readers and early literacy and integrating literature throughout the early childhood curriculum. |
| Loretta Donovan |
ldonovan@fullerton.edu |
Effective technology integration in K-8 classrooms and teacher education. |
| Shanan Fitts |
sfitts@fullerton.edu |
Language, Culture, and Discourse Processes: Biliteracy and Biculturalism; Second Language Acquisition, Classroom Discourse, and Culturally Responsive Teaching. |
| Susana Flores |
sflores@fullerton.edu |
Social foundations of education, multicultural education, parent involvement in schools, and oral history and narratives. |
| Ana Garza |
agarza@fullerton.edu |
Developing multicultural competencies in pre-service teachers and the use of films in teaching multicultural competencies. |
| Earl Gotts |
egotts@fullerton.edu |
Developing appropriate instructional techniques to improve the achievement of English Language Learners. |
| Tim Green |
tgreen@fullerton.edu |
The use of technology in teaching and learning, distance education, instructional design, multimedia design and development, human computer interaction, and the use of technology in social studies education. |
| Andrea Guillaume |
aguillaume@fullerton.edu |
Teacher cognition and development, content area instruction. |
| Laurie Hansen |
lahansen@fullerton.edu |
Second language acquisition, technology, and teacher education. |
| Karen Ivers |
kivers@fullerton.edu |
Online instruction and learning, teacher technology training, instructional design and technology, and integrating technology across the curriculum. |
| Lisa Kirtman |
lkirtman@fullerton.edu |
Mathematics education as it relates to African-American Girls and preservice teachers, educational policy, and reform urban education. |
| Terri Patchen |
tpatchen@fullerton.edu |
Classroom participation, English learners; immigrant education, gender, and urban education. |
| Nawang Phuntsog |
nphuntsog@fullerton.edu |
The role of ethnicity in school achievement, teaching as cultural border crossing, standardization of curriculum and identity politics, and the impact of standards-based reform on teaching practices. |
| Jennifer Ponder |
jponder@fullerton.edu |
Civic education and social studies in the elementary classroom and mentoring programs for beginning teachers. |
| Chris Renne |
crenne@fullerton.edu |
Using discourse analysis to identify the structure, content, and interactions within classroom lessons including socio-cultural implications; teachers' on-going professional development; and teaching mathematics at the elementary school level. |
| Brenda Spencer |
bspencer@fullerton.edu |
Reading comprehension strategies, and issues related to teacher education, especially teacher education and literacy instruction. |
| Michelle Vander Veldt |
mvanderveldt@fullerton.edu |
Teacher education, epistemological beliefs, mathematics education. |
| Evelyn Weisman |
eweisman@fullerton.edu |
Teacher education for diversity, bilingual education, and bicultural development. |
| Lisa Winstead |
lwinstead@fullerton.edu |
Second language acquisition, dual language programs and alternative dual language programs, discourse analysis, diversity and multicultural education in addition to research about middle school curriculum and organization (e.g., deep curriculum alignment, standards-based grading, and proficiency grading). |
| Ruth Yopp-Edwards |
ryopp@fullerton.edu |
Use of informational texts in the primary grades, comprehension and vocabulary instruction, early literacy development, active teaching, and teacher development. |
| Hallie Yopp Slowik |
hyopp@fullerton.edu |
Phonemic awareness, early literacy development, content area reading across the grades, and literature-based reading instruction. |
