College of Education and Human Development

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Faculty

Selin Akgün Selin Akgün

I am an assistant professor in science education. I earned my BS and MA degrees in primary science education from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey.

Nina Asher Nina Asher

In the mid-1980s, armed with my master’s degree in social work (from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Bombay, India), I began working as a research assistant on intervention projects focused on improving the educational achievement levels…

Nina Asher

Erin Baldinger Erin Baldinger

My research centers on the preparation of secondary mathematics teachers. These areas of interest have emerged from my experiences as a middle school math teacher and as a mathematics teacher educator.

Erin Baldinger

Annette Beauchamp Annette Beauchamp

Annette Beauchamp’s work focuses on fostering inclusive environmental, cultural, and historical literacy through BIPOC and multilingual storytelling, critical global media literacy, relational pedagogy, and ethnic studies.

M. Isabel Besser Verastegui M. Isabel Besser Verastegui

M. Isabel Besser Verastegui is the co-lead of the Arts in Education program and a Teaching Specialist.

Martha Bigelow Martha Bigelow

  • Carmen Starkson Campbell Endowed Chair for Innovation in Teacher Development
  • she, her, hers
  • 612-624-7087
  • mbigelow@umn.edu

My research interests span fields of education, applied linguistics, and cultural studies.

Martha Bigelow

Abby Boehm-Turner Abby Boehm-Turner

Abby Boehm-Turner is a lecturer in English education and the Licensure Program Lead for the secondary English education licensure program.

Abby Boehm-Turner

Blanca Caldas Chumbes Blanca Caldas Chumbes

Blanca Caldas is an assistant professor in Multilingual Education and Elementary Education—College of Education and Human Development at The University of Minnesota Twin Cities. She completed her Ph.D.

Blanca Caldas Chumbes

Vichet Chhuon Vichet Chhuon

My research has broadly focused on the experiences of immigrant youth and students of color to understand how school institutions might better help them realize their promise.

Vichet Chhuon

Lesa Clarkson Lesa Clarkson

The foundation of my research agenda is mathematics in urban classrooms. This interest evolved from my initial study which examined a middle school reform mathematics curriculum to determine if mathematics achievement, as determined by the state…

Lesa Clarkson

Colleen Clements Colleen Clements

Santa Barbara Independent Innovation in Theatre Award ICQI, International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry NWSA, National Women’s Studies Association AERA, American Educational Research Association, Division G – Social Context of Education SIG -…

colleen clements

Samuel David Samuel David

My work as both a teacher and researcher at the University of Minnesota are centrally concerned with improving instruction for minoritized multilingual students across diverse classroom contexts.

Samuel David

Irene Duranczyk Irene Duranczyk

What motivates me in my work? Being a member of a community that is working to advance an engaged, multicultural peaceful world is my passion.

Justin Grinage Justin Grinage

The focus of my research centers on analyzing processes of racialization in school and classroom spaces through several areas of inquiry including critical whiteness studies, Black education, neoliberal multiculturalism, and critical literacy.

Justin Grinage

Bruna Damiana Heinsfeld Bruna Damiana Heinsfeld

My research is centered on the critical examination of the intersections between technology, society, and education.

Jeff Henning-Smith Jeff Henning-Smith

Jeff Henning-Smith is a Senior Lecturer in the Elementary Education and Social Studies program areas.

Jeff Henning-Smith

Mary Hermes Mary Hermes

Mary Hermes' research focuses on language revitalization and how it can connect people to the land and the planet. She explores different ways of knowing and being through feminist and indigenous lenses.

Mary Hermes

Kendall King Kendall King

  • Professor of Multilingual Education, Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Faculty Development
  • 612-625-3692
  • kendall@umn.edu

Schools play a crucial role in determining the life trajectories of minoritized language students as well as the status of minoritized languages and the future of linguistic diversity.

Kendall King

Jana LoBello Miller Jana LoBello Miller

Jana LoBello Miller is the Elementary Teacher Education Licensure Program Lead in the department of Curriculum and Instruction.

Betsy Maloney Leaf Betsy Maloney Leaf

Betsy Maloney Leaf, PhD, MFA, is the co-License Program Lead in the Arts in Education program.

Betsy Maloney Leaf

Keitha-Gail Martin-Kerr Keitha-Gail Martin-Kerr

Keitha-Gail received her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Minnesota in 2016. Her research interests live at the intersection of collective memory work, elementary education, teacher education, being Black, and living queerly.

Keitha-Gail Martin-Kerr

J.B. Mayo J.B. Mayo

I am an Associate Professor in social studies education. I hold a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from the University of South Florida, where my focus of study was gender and sexuality within the social studies, specifically on the formation and…

J.B. Mayo

Anna McNulty Taylor Anna McNulty Taylor

Students can expect me to be a curious, passionate educator who works from both my scholarly and applied knowledge of education. Prior to earning my Ph.D., I spent thirteen years working as a teacher and instructional coach in St. Louis, Missouri.

Bic Ngo Bic Ngo

  • Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Rodney S. Wallace Professor for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
  • 612-625-7520
  • bcngo@umn.edu

My research and teaching interests focus on culturally relevant pedagogy, urban and multicultural education in general, and immigrant education in particular.

Bic Ngo

Ryan Oto Ryan Oto

I am an assistant professor in social studies education, where I also serve as the licensure program lead for social studies. I earned my Ph.D.

Marek Oziewicz Marek Oziewicz

  • Department Chair, Director of the Center for Climate Literacy, Sidney and Marguerite Henry Professor of Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Professor of Literacy Education
  • he, him, his
  • mco@umn.edu

Growing up in Communist Poland, I experienced the power of children’s literature to inspire visions of change, resilience in the face of oppression, and belief that a more just world is possible.

Marek Oziewicz

Angelica Pazurek Angelica Pazurek

I have a very personal appreciation for the empowering potential of education and am interested in leveraging learning technologies, especially online learning affordances and mobile technologies, to improve access to education and learning…

Angelica Pazurek

Robert Poch Robert Poch

What motivates me in my work? The exploration of challenging questions concerning human diversity is a strong motivating force in my teaching and research.

Robert Poch

Elizabeth Ring-Whalen Elizabeth Ring-Whalen

Elizabeth (Beth) A. Ring-Whalen is a Lecturer in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, and directs the Secondary Science Education program at the University of Minnesota. Dr.

Gillian Roehrig Gillian Roehrig

My research and teaching interests are centered on understanding how teachers translate national and state standards into their classrooms.

Gillian Roehrig

Abigail Rombalski Abigail Rombalski

Abby Rombalski works to cultivate university-community partnerships and opportunities for public scholarship that work towards racial justice in education with youth at the center.

Abigail Rombalski

Cassie Scharber Cassie Scharber

  • Associate Professor of Learning Technologies, Director of the L+T Collaborative, Bonnie Westby Huebner Chair in Education and Technology
  • she, her, hers
  • 612-625-6607
  • scharber@umn.edu

I am troubled by the narrow conceptions and practices of literacy and learning that proliferate in schools and current educational inequalities that are rooted in the gendered, racist, and classist histories of U.S. schooling.

Cassie Scharber

Carey Seeley Carey Seeley

I am a compassionate educator focused on bringing peace education resources, lessons and strategies to schools worldwide. I am a dedicated educator who has been involved in education for over twenty years working in diverse settings.

Susan Staats Susan Staats

As a cultural anthropologist with research and teaching responsibilities in mathematics, my academic pathway is varied and unusual.

Susan Staats

Karla Stone Karla Stone

Dr. Karla Stone is a Senior Lecturer in Multilingual Education at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. In that role, she coordinates the initial license and M.Ed. program for MN K-12 ESL and World Language teacher candidates.

Karla Stone

Mark Vagle Mark Vagle

My research, teaching, and service are intentionally linked as I study, teach, and lead efforts designed to critically examine some of the broad social and philosophical concerns that take concrete (lived) shape in the curriculum and pedagogies of…

Mark Vagle

Ramon Vasquez Ramon Vasquez

Dr. Vasquez is an Assistant Professor of Critical Elementary Education. Before working in higher education, he served as an elementary school teacher in California.

Ramon Vasquez

George Veletsianos George Veletsianos

  • Professor of Learning Technologies, Bonnie Westby Huebner Chair in Education and Technology
  • he/him/his
  • georgev@umn.edu

I pursue a socially responsible and critical research agenda focused on responding to complex education problems in online and blended contexts, such as inequitable access, participation divides, and online harassment.

George Veletsianos

Ranza Veltri Torres Ranza Veltri Torres

My research takes a humanizing approach to investigating how school mathematics can function as a gatekeeper by centering the stories of math learners and doers.

Ranza Veltri Torres

Crystal Wise Crystal Wise

Dr. Wise’s work as a kindergarten and second-grade teacher informs her research and post-secondary teaching in early literacy, culturally responsive pedagogies, and historical and contemporary literacy practices of African Americans.

Crystal Wise

Terrence Wyberg Terrence Wyberg

My teaching experience began as a high school mathematics teacher in Yuma, Arizona. Since that time, I have taught mathematics at the high school and college levels and mathematics education at the college level.

Terrence Wyberg

Cynthia Zwicky Cynthia Zwicky

Cynthia Zwicky has been an educator for more than 25 years. In this time she has worked as a classroom teacher, a mentor to new teachers, and as a coordinator for various programs and initiatives, primarily with Minneapolis Public Schools.

Cynthia Zwicky