Education & Human Development

Faculty and their Research
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• Richard Ackerman, Associate Professor, Educational Leadership; Ed.D., Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1989. Leadership formation, school organization, professional development.

• Elizabeth J. Allan, Associate Professor, Educational Leadership; Ph.D., Ohio State, 1999. Higher education, equity policy, gender and education, policy discourse analysis.

• James Artesani, Associate Professor, Special Education; Ed.D., West Virginia, 1992. Transition programs, positive behavioral practices, severe disabilities.

• Marcia Boody, Director, Maine Literacy Partnership. C.A.S., Literacy Education, Maine, 1998. Literacy education, special education, behavior management.

• Edward N. Brazee, Professor, Middle Level Education; Ed.D., Northern Colorado, 1975. Curriculum development, school restructuring/reform, parent involvement.

• Phyllis E. Brazee, Associate Professor, Education; Ed.D., Northern Colorado, 1976. Reading and writing processes, integrated curriculum, assessment.

• Dorothy Tysse Breen, Associate Professor, Counselor Education; Ph.D., Wisconsin– Madison, 1987. Play theories and techniques, developmental guidance, changing families.

• Stephen A. Butterfield, Professor, Kinesiology and Physical Education; Ph.D., Ohio State, 1984. Adaptive physical education, motor skills development, special education.

• Sandra Caron, Professor, Human Development and Family Relations; Ph.D., Syracuse, 1986. Human sexuality, AIDS and families, sexuality education and curriculum development.

• Julie Cheville, Assistant Professor, Literac Education; Ph.D., Iowa, 1997. Adolescent literacy, sociocultural perspectives of language and literacy development, issuses of diversity in language and literacy learning, teacher research.

• Theodore Coladarci, Professor, Educational Psychology; Ph.D., Stanford, 1980. Learning and cognition, research methodology, educational assessment.

• Nellie Cyr, Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Physical Education; Ph.D., Pittsburgh, 1997. Exercise physiology, cardiovascular conditioning, wellness programming.

• William E. Davis, Professor, Special Education; Ph.D., Connecticut, 1968. Children and youth at risk, interagency collaboration, school role in mental health.

• Gordon A. Donaldson Jr., Professor, Educational Leadership; Ed.D., Harvard, 1976. School administration/effectiveness, the principalship.

• Suzanne Estler, Associate Professor, Higher Education; Ph.D., Stanford, 1978. Dynamics of change, social context of higher education, gender, race, and sexual orientation in higher education.

• Janet Fairman, Assistant Research Professor. Ph.D., Rutgers, 1999. Public policy, school reform, assessment, qualitative research.

• Eileen Fox, Lecturer, Physical Education. M.Ed. Central Washington State, 1972. Physical education skill development activities, physical education methods for K-12.

• Susan Gardner, Assistant Professor, Higher Education; Ph.D.,Washington State University, 2005. Doctoral student development, retention, and attrition, attitude impact in college students through co-curricular involvement, new faculty development and socialization processes.

• Abigail Garthwait, Associate Professor, Instructional Technology; Ed.D., Maine, 2000. Best practice involving appropriate integration of technology in K–12 classrooms and higher education.

• Walter J. Harris, Professor, Special Education; Ph.D., Syracuse, 1973. Behavior disorders in children and adolescents, issues in special education.

• Dianne L. Hoff, Associate Professor, Educational Leadership; Ed.D., Louisville, 1998. School legal issues, women in administration, and social justice.

• Diane Jackson, Clinical Instructor, Education; Ed.D., Maine, 2000. Adapting instruction for students with special needs, math methods in special education, graduate field supervision

• Edward Jadallah, Associate Professor, Social Studies Education; Ph.D., Ohio State, 1984. Curriculum and instructional design/evaluation, reflective practices.

• Richard Kent, Assistant Professor, Literacy, Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University, 2002. Portfolio pedagogy, adolescent male underachievement in literacy, innovative middle and high school classrooms, secondary school independent study projects.

• Janice V. Kristo, Professor, Literacy; Ph.D., Connecticut, 1979. Children's literature, reading and language arts, elementary school curriculum design.

• Robert A. Lehnhard, Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Physical Education; Ph.D., Ohio State, 1984. Exercise physiology.

• Mary Ellin Logue, Assistant Professor, Early Childhood Education; Ed.D, Massachusetts at Amherst, 1984. Social development, special education.

• Sarah V. Mackenzie, Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership, Ed.D., Maine 2000. Collective Efficacy and Collaborative Climate in Maine High Schools.

• John Maddaus, Associate Professor, Education; Ph.D., Syracuse, 1987. Sociology of education, school to work transitions, professional development schools.

• Mary Madden, Associate Research Professor: Ph.D., Maine, 2001. Development and education of adolescent girls.

• George F. Marnik, Clinical Instructor, Educational Leadership; Ed.D., Maine, 1997. Change process in high schools, the principalship.

• Craig Mason, Associate Professor, Research and Evaluation. Ph.D., Washington, 1993. Child clinical psychology, quantitative and developmental psychology.

• Robert M. Milardo, Professor, Human Development; Ph.D., Penn State, 1982. Family/ domestic violence, social networks, friendship/kin relationships.

• Sidney Mitchell, Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology; Ph.D., McGill, 2001. Student motivation and low achievement, teacher as researcher.

• Gert Nesin, Clinical Instructor. Ph.D., Georgia, 2000. Middle level education, curriculum integration, students at risk.

• Eric A. Pandiscio, Associate Professor, Math Education; Ph.D., Texas at Austin, 1994. Secondary math education, geometric construction software.

• Constance M. Perry, Professor, Education; Ed.D., Maine, 1976. Values education, moral development, instructional strategies, supervision.

• Anne E. Pooler, Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Instruction; Ed.D., Maine, 1975. Curriculum development/social studies, economic education, teacher preparation.

• Glenn Reif, Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Physical Education; Ed.D., Virginia Tech, 1990. Physical fitness of children, pedagogy, psychomotor domain activities.

• Mary Rosser, Director, University Training Center for Reading Recovery; M.Ed., Griffith University, Queensland, Australia, 1981. Reading Recovery, curriculum development, language and literacy education, indigenous education.

• Gary L. Schilmoeller, Associate Professor, Child Development and Family Relations; Ph.D., Kansas, 1977. Support for families with members with a disability.

• Janet E. Spector, Associate Professor, Special Education; Ph.D., Stanford, 1983. Measurement and evaluation research methodology, dyslexia/learning disabilities.

• Sydney Carroll Thomas, Associate Professor, Counselor Education; Ph.D., Rochester, 1993. Human development, counseling theory, politics of social class in schools.

• Shihfen Tu, Assistant Professor, Research and Evaluation. Ph.D., Washington, 1994. Cognition and perception.

• Herman G. Weller, Associate Professor; Ed.D., Virginia Tech, 1990. Science education, computer-based science learning, students' misconceptions of science.

• Jane Wellman-Little, Instructor, C.A.S., Maine,1997. Developmental reading, Reading Recovery.