Faculty

Full-time Faculty
Marsha Alibrandi	Wendy Kohli
Aiden Amirshokoohi	Elizabeth Langran
Patricia Calderwood	Paula-Gill Lopez
Anne Campbell	Bogusia Molina
Faith-Anne Dohm	Barbara Welles-Nystrom
Daniel Geller	Rona Preli
Jennifer S. Goldberg	Tracey Robert
Ingeborg Haug	Christine Siegel
Diana Hulse	Emily Smith
Virginia Kelly	Anibal Torres Bernal
Hyun uk Kim	David Zera
Visiting Full-time Faculty 2008-09
Stephanie Burrell	Masha Kazempour

Marsha Alibrandi Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction Ed.D., University of Massachusetts
Office: Canisius Hall Room 117
Ext. 2586	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.

Aiden Amirshokoohi Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction Ph.D., Indiana University
Office: Bannow 467
Ext. 2079
Scholarly Interests: Student diversity, technology in the classroom, ethics in the science classroom, college freshmen's conceptions of scientific inquiry, and elementary pre-service teachers' perceptions toward STS issues and teaching.

Patricia Calderwood Chair, Curriculum and Instruction Department Professor of Curriculum and Instruction Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Office: Canisius Hall Room 109
Ext. 3017	pcalderwood@mail.fairfield.edu
Scholarly Interests: Social construction of community; teacher education; ethnographic research.
Faculty Publications: The Conversation of Critical Practice: Pre-service Teachers As Educators for Social Justice

Anne Campbell Assistant Professor of TESOL & Bilingual Education Ph.D., University of Florida
Office: Canisius Hall Room 102
Ext. 2873
Scholarly Interests: The social context of education and factors that affect academic programs for linguistically and culturally diverse student populations, teaching English language learners mathematics in the middle grades (4-8) and the effectiveness of teacher education coursework in the preparation of mainstream teachers to educate English language learners (K-12).

Faith-Anne Dohm Director, Applied Psychology Program Professor of Psychology and Special Education Ph.D., University of Maryland Baltimore County (2007-2008 - Interim Assistant Dean)
Office: Canisius Hall Room 102
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
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.

Jennifer S. Goldberg Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
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.

Ingeborg Haug Associate Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy D. Min., Andover Newton Theological School
Office: Canisius Hall Room 223
Ext. 2540	ihaug@mail.fairfield.edu
Scholarly Interests: Couple therapy; professional ethics; parenting issues.

Diana Hulse Chair, Counselor Education Department Professor of Counselor Education Ed. D. Indiana University
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
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

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.

Wendy R. Kohli Professor of Curriculum and Instruction Ph.D., Syracuse University
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.

Elizabeth Langran Director, Educational Technology Program Assistant Professor of Educational Technology Ph.D., University of Virginia
Office: Canisius Hall Room 115
Ext. 3123	elangran@mail.fairfield.edu
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
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
Office: Canisius Hall Room 111
Ext. 2759	bmolina@mail.fairfield.edu
Scholarly Interests: Group processes; life span human development; clinical supervision.

Barbara Welles-Nyström

Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Ed. M., Harvard University
Ed. D., Harvard University

Office: Canisius Hall Room 119

Ext. 3262

Rona Preli Chair, Marriage and Family Therapy Department Associate Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Office: Canisius Hall Room 121
Ext. 2475	rpreli@mail.fairfield.edu
Scholarly Interests: Addictions and family therapy; supervision; accreditation; diversity issues.

Tracey Robert Assistant Professor of Counselor Education Ph.D., Mississippi State University
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
Office: Canisius Hall Room 220
Ext. 3125	csiegel@mail.fairfield.edu
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
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
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
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 - 2008-2009

Stephanie Burrell Visiting Professor of Curriculum and Instruction M. Ed., Kent State University Ed. D. Candidate, University of Massachusetts
Office: Canisius Hall Room 220
Ext. 3334	sburrell@mail.fairfield.edu
Scholarly Interests: Social Justice Education, Issues of Diversity.

Masha Kazempour Visiting Professor of Curriculum and Instruction Ph.D., Indiana University
Office: Donnarumma 218
Ext. 4250
Scholarly Interests: Elementary pre-service teachers' beliefs and self-efficacy with regard to science teaching, inquiry and active learning teaching methods, socio-scientific issues, and equity in diverse K-12 science education classrooms.

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