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Marsha Alibrandi
Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Ed.D., University of Massachusetts |
| Office: Canisius Hall Room 117 |
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Ext. 2586
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malibrandi@mail.fairfield.edu |
| Scholarly Interests: Geographic education and spatial cognition; learning and teaching with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and teacher education; integrating instructional technologies; collaborative research. |
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Sandra Billings
Director, Secondary Education Program
Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Ph.D., University of Connecticut
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| Office: Canisius Hall Room 119 |
| Ext. 3262 |
sbillings@mail.fairfield.edu |
| Scholarly Interests: Teacher education; Connecticut's BEST (Beginning Educator Support Training) program; professional development; diversity issues; high-risk youth. |
Faith-Anne DohmDirector, Applied Psychology Program
Associate Professor of Psychology and Special Education
Ph.D., University of Maryland Baltimore County
(2007-2008 - Interim Assistant Dean) |
| Office: Canisius Hall Room 221 |
| Ext. 2414 |
fdohm@mail.fairfield.edu |
| Scholarly Interests: Risk factors for psychological disorders; research mentoring; judgment of food amounts; the process of research. |
Daniel Geller
Chair, Psychology and Special Education Department
Professor of Psychology and Special Education
Ph.D., Yeshiva University
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| Office: Canisius Hall Room 102 |
| Ext. 2324 |
dgeller@mail.fairfield.edu |
| Scholarly Interests: Disabilities; families with disabled members; parent/child relationships; parent/school collaboration; clinical and diagnostic; premarital and divorce relationships. |
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Jennifer S. Goldberg
Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
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| Office: Canisius Hall- contact Dean's Office in CNS 102 |
| jgoldberg@mail.fairfield.edu |
| Scholarly Interests: Research design and methods; classroom discourse; socio-cultural views of learning and development. |
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Ingeborg Haug
Associate Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy
D.Min., Andover Newton Theological School
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| Office: Canisius Hall Room 223 |
| Ext. 2540 |
ihaug@mail.fairfield.edu |
| Scholarly Interests: Couple therapy; professional ethics; parenting issues. |
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Diana Hulse-Killacky
Chair, Counselor Education Department Professor of Counselor Education
Ed. D. Indiana University
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| Office: Canisius Hall Room 122 |
| Ext. 2245 |
dhulse-killacky@mail.fairfield.edu |
| Scholarly Interests: Role of corrective feedback in success of groups, enhancement of classroom instruction in group work and counselor education, conceptual models promoting group work practice, collaborative teaching teams. |
Virginia A. Kelly
Associate Professor of Counselor Education
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Greensboro
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| Office: Canisius Hall Room 118 |
| Ext. 3228 |
Vkelly@mail.fairfield.edu |
| Scholarly Interests: Spirituality and counseling; assessment and treatment of chemically dependent women; domestic violence; psychological abuse; familial alcoholism. |
Hyun uk Kim
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Special Education
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
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| Office: Canisius Hall Room 113 |
| Ext. 3024 |
hkim@mail.fairfield.edu |
Scholarly Interests: Autism spectrum disorders, brain and language development, language development in children with developmental disabilities.
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Wendy R. Kohli
Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Ph.D., Syracuse University
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| Office: Canisius Hall Room 110 |
| Ext. 2286 |
wkohli@mail.fairfield.edu |
| Scholarly Interests: Philosophy of education; urban school reform; critical pedagogy; feminist theory; curriculum theory. |
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Elizabeth Langran
Director, Educational Technology Program
Assistant Professor of Educational Technology
Ph.D., University of Virginia
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| Office: Canisius Hall Room 115 |
| Ext. 3123 |
elangran@mail.fairfield.edu
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| Scholarly Interests: K-12 technology integration; technology leadership; copyright in the classroom; international education; digital storytelling. |
Paula Gill Lopez
Director, School Psychology Program
Associate Professor of Psychology and Special Education
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
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| Office: Canisius Hall Room 219 |
| Ext. 2632 |
plopez@mail.fairfield.edu |
| Scholarly Interests: School drop-out prevention; clinical supervision of pre- and in-service school psychologist; violence prevention; cultural competence; emotional intelligence; bullying intervention. |
Bogusia Molina
Associate Professor of Counselor Education
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
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| Office: Canisius Hall Room 111 |
| Ext. 2759 |
bmolina@mail.fairfield.edu |
| Scholarly Interests: Group processes; lifespan human development; clinical supervision. |
Sr. Julianna Poole, SSNDChair, TESOL, Foreign Language and Bilingual/Multicultural Education Department
Principal Investigator, Project TELL
Assistant Professor of TESOL, Foreign Language and Bilingual/Multicultural Education
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| Office: Canisius Hall Room 225 |
| Ext. 2873 |
jpoole@mail.fairfield.edu |
| Scholarly Interests: English as a second language; teacher education; bilingual and multicultural education. |
Rona Preli
Chair, Marriage and Family Therapy Department
Associate Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy
Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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| Office: Canisius Hall Room 121 |
| Ext. 2475 |
rpreli@mail.fairfield.edu |
| Scholarly Interests: Addictions and family therapy; supervision; accreditation; diversity issues. |
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Tracey Robert
Assistant Professor of Counselor Education
Ph.D., Mississippi State University
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| Office: Canisius Hall Room 120 |
| Ext. 2421 |
trobert@mail.fairfield.edu |
| Scholarly Interests: Work and spirituality; career development; clinical supervision. |
Christine Siegel
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Special Education
Ph.D., SUNY, Albany
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| Office: Canisius Hall Room 220 |
| Ext. 3125 |
csiegel@mail.fairfield.edu
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| Scholarly Interests: Implementation and treatment acceptability of evidence-based interventions in schools, application of qualitative methods to school-based intervention research, and early elementary prevention programs. |
Emily R. Smith
Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Ph.D., Michigan State University
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| Office: Canisius Hall Room 114 |
| Ext. 2396 |
esmith@mail.fairfield.edu |
| Scholarly Interests: Teacher education; teacher learning, mentoring, English education. |
Anibal Torres Bernal
Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy
Ph.D., Syracuse University
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| Office: Canisius Hall Room 116B |
| Ext. 3236 |
atorres@mail.fairfield.edu |
| Scholarly Interests: Meta-theoretical and normative analysis of couple and family therapies, self-conceptualization of underrepresented populations, study and utilization of democratic and social justice principles in family/couple therapeutic intervention. |
David Aloyzy Zera
Director, Special Education Program and Principal Investigator, Project SETTELL
Associate Professor of Psychology and Special Education
Ph.D., University of Connecticut
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| Office: Canisius Hall Room 102 |
| Ext. 2528 |
dzera@mail.fairfield.edu |
| Scholarly Interests: Learning disabilities; attention; bilingual special education; self-organizing systems. |
Visiting Full-time Faculty - 2007-2008
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Yvel C. Crevecoeur
Visiting Instructor of Special Education
Ph.D. (ABD), University of Connecticut
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| Office: Canisius Hall Room 102 (Fall 2007) |
| Ext. 3189 |
ycrevecour@mail.fairfield.edu
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| Scholarly Interests: Learning disabilities, second language aquisition and literacy, educational policy, educational administration/leadership. |
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William Kaplan
Visiting Instructor of Curriculum and Instruction
SYC, Southern Connecticut State University
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| Office: Canisius Hall Room Room 391 |
| Ext. 2383 |
wkaplan@mail.fairfield.edu
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| Scholarly Interests: Educational leadership, mentoring in professional development of educators, teacher preparation. |
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