Faculty, Leadership, & Research
Our Lurie College faculty are dedicated to teaching, scholarship, and service that is community engaged, culturally sustaining, interdisciplinary, and holistic and centered in transformative and emancipatory research and practices. Watch our most recent faculty research symposium above as an example and watch all of our symposia on our Lurie College blog.
- Meet our department chairs and program directors
- Learn about our faculty committees
- View our faculty research interest areas
- View the directory of our faculty and their research activity
- Read the latest Lurie College faculty news on our blog
- Read the Lurie College Strategic Plan and Annual Report
- View the current faculty job opportunities at SJSU
Recent Faculty Podcasts
Recent Lurie College Faculty In The News
- January 2022 - "The Invisibility of International LGBTQ+ Students on U.S. Campuses" by Kyoung Mi Choi in Visible Magazine
- December 2021 - "Distritos escolares de California podrían eliminar las calificaciones ‘D’ y ‘F’" by Univision featured Eduardo Muñoz-Muñoz
- November 2021 - "Collective Memory for Queer and Trans Liberation" by Robert Marx in Visible Magazine
- November 2021 - "Our Schools Are Not Equipped to Teach Transgender Students" by Robert Marx in Hechinger Report
- November 2021 - "Opinion: Use of underprepared special ed teachers harms children" by Lisa Simpson in the Mercury News
- October 2021 - "Manufactured boogeyman: Latino critical race theory pioneers, advocates push back" by NBC News quoted Dr. María Ledesma
- October 2021 - "What I Learned When I Came Out to My Asian Mother" by Dr. Kyoung Mi Choi in Yes! Magazine
- October 2021 - "Instagram and teens: How to keep your kids safe" by the Associated Press quoted Dr. Roxana Marachi
- September 2021 - "The post-pandemic future of college? It’s on campus and online." by the Washington Post quoted Dr. Nidhi Mahendra
- September 2021 - "Want better talks with your kids? Take them outside." by National Geographic quoted Dr. Dina Izenstark
- August 2021 - "How Can Educators and Parents Prepare for the K-12 School year? A QandA with Lara Ervin-Kassab" by Julia Halprin Jackson on the SJSU Newsroom blog.
- August 2021 - "Advancing Justice, Equity in the Pipeline to the Professions" by Dr. Nidhi Mahendra, Teresa Girolamo, and Danai Kasambira Fannin on ASHA Leader
- July 2021 - "Critical Race Theory: A Brief History" by the New York Times featured Dr. María Ledesma
Read more faculty news on the Lurie College blog.
Department Chairs and Program Directors
The Lurie College of Education Department Chairs and Program Directors are faculty members who serve in a leadership capacity to provide guidance and direction to the growth and development of each academic department and the college as a whole. The current department chairs and program directors are:
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Jason Laker, Ph.D. |
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Lisa Simpson, Ed.D. |
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María Ledesma, Ph.D. |
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Pei-Tzu Tsai, Ph.D. Interim Chair & Associate Professor, Communicative Disorders and Sciences peitzu.tsai@sjsu.edu |
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Ferdie Rivera, Ph.D. |
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Ravisha Mathur, Ph.D. |
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David Whitenack, Ph.D. Chair & Professor, Teacher Education david.whitenack@sjsu.edu |
Faculty Committees
The Lurie College of Education, as a community of scholars and practitioners, believes firmly in the need for broad-based, inclusive college governance. This belief is actualized in the use of the standing committees listed below as well as numerous ad hoc committees that are formed throughout the academic year.
Curriculum Committee
The Curriculum Committee provides a forum for faculty, administrators, and students in which discussion and decision-making takes place regarding the content, design, delivery and evaluation of the curriculum.
Current Committee Members
- Eun Ae Choi (2023-2025)- Communicative Disorders & Sciences
- Veneice Guillory-Lacy, Ph.D. (2021-2024) - Educational Leadership
- Marcos Pizarro, Ph.D. - Dean's Office
- Kathryn Ribay (2023-2025) - Teacher Education
- Lisa Simpson, Ed.D. (2021-2024) - Special Education - Chair
- Nadia Sorkhabi, Ph.D. (2021-2024) - Child & Adolescent Development
- Aubrey Uresti, Ph.D. (2022-2025) - Counselor Education
Faculty Scholarship and Research Committee
The purpose of this committee is to promote an intellectual community of scholars, encourage, and support professional development activities in the College; encourage and support faculty scholarship; coordinate the distribution of University Lottery funding, and handle, coordinate, and supervise special projects for the College that add to the overall purpose of the Committee.
Current Committee Members
- Allison Briceno, Ed.D. (2023-2025) - Teacher Education tenured rep
- Liliana Castrellón, Ph.D. (2022-2024) - Educational Leadership
- Kyoung Mi Choi, Ph.D. (2022-2024) - Counselor Education
- Andrea Golloher, Ph.D. (2023-2025) - Special Education
- Ellen Middaugh, Ph.D. - Dean's Office
- Kim Tsai, Ph.D. (2023-2025) - Child & Adolescent Development
- Pei-Tzu Tsai, Ph.D. (2023-2025) - Communicative Disorders & Sciences
Personnel Committee
The Personnel Committee oversees the College’s participation in retention, tenure, and promotion activities, making specific recommendations on academic personnel actions to the College Dean and University community.
Current Committee Members
- Rebeca Burciaga, Ph.D. (2023-2025) - Educational Leadership
- Peg Hughes, Ph.D. (2021-2024)- Special Education
- Jason Laker, Ph.D. (2021-2024)- Counselor Education
- Marcos Pizarro, Ph.D. - Dean's Office
- Wendy Quach, Ph.D. (2023-2025) - Communicative Disorders and Sciences
- Grinell Smith, Ph.D. (2022-2025) - Teacher Education
- Maureen Smith, Ph.D. (2020-2023) - Child and Adolescent Development
Student Research and Scholarship Committee
The Student Research and Scholarships Committee oversees the granting of Student Scholarships and Research awards, reviewing applications, evaluating student research and grant proposals and making specific recommendations to the Dean and Council of Chairs.
Current Committee Members
- Lorri Capizzi, Ed.D. (2023-2025) - Counselor Education
- Eduardo Europa, Ph.D. (2022-2024) - Communicative Disorders & Sciences
- Veneice Guillory-Lacy, Ph.D. (2023-2025) - Educational Leadership
- Dina Izenstark, Ph.D. (2022-2024) - Child & Adolescent Development - Chair
- Sudha Krishnan, Ed.D. (2023-2025) - Special Education
- Marcos Pizarro, Ph.D. - Dean's Office
- Sandra Zuniga Ruiz (2023-2025) - Teacher Education
Faculty Research Interest Areas
Our faculty members' research interest areas and collaborations span across our 7 academic departments. Learn more about our faculy experts in each of the interest areas below.
Cognition and Communication
- Katya Aguilar, Ph.D. - Teacher Education
- Janet Bang, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Development
- Allison Briceño, Ed.D. - Teacher Education
- Paul Cascella, Ph.D. - Communicative Disorders and Sciences
- Mark Felton, Ph.D. - Teacher Education
- Maria Fusaro, Ed.D. - Child and Adolescent Development
- Nidhi Mahendra, Ph.D. - Communicative Disorders and Sciences
- Marcella McCollum, Ed.D. - Communicative Disorders and Sciences
- Ralph McKay, Ed.D. - Teacher Education
- Danielle Mead, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Development
- Wendy Quach, Ph.D. - Communicative Disorders and Sciences
- Emily Slusser, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Development
- Pei-Tzu Tsai, Ph.D. - Communicative Disorders and Sciences
Counseling, Health and Well Being
- Lorri Capizzi, Ed.D. - Counselor Education
- Kyoung Mi Choi, Ph.D. - Counselor Education
- Kara Ireland D'Ambrosio, D.M.A. - Teacher Education
- Amna Jaffer - Counselor Education
- Cara Maffini, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Development
- Roxana Marachi, Ph.D. - Teacher Education
- Robert Marx, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Development
- Maureen Smith, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Development
- Kim Tsai, Ph.D - Child and Adolescent Development
- Aubrey Uresti, Ph.D. - Counselor Education
Gender Studies
- Kyoung Mi Choi, Ph.D. - Counselor Education
- Jason Laker, Ph.D. - Counselor Education
- Robert Marx, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Development
- Pei-Tzu Tsai, Ph.D. - Communicative Disorders and Sciences
Inclusion and (Dis)ability Studies
- Janet Bang, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Development- Paul Cascella, Ph.D. - Communicative Disorders and Sciences
- Andrea Golloher, Ph.D. - Special Education
- Peg Hughes, Ph.D. - Special Education
- Kara Ireland D'Ambrosio, D.M.A. - Teacher Education
- Sudha Krishnan, Ed.D. - Special Education
- Saili Kulkarni, Ph.D. - Special Education
- Matthew Love, Ph.D. - Special Education
- Jennifer Madigan, Ed.D. - Special Education and Teacher Education
- Danielle Mead, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Development
- Wendy Quach, Ph.D. - Communicative Disorders and Sciences
- Lisa Simpson, Ed.D. - Special Education
Learning, Assessment and Teaching
- Katya Aguilar, Ph.D. - Teacher Education- Jolynn Asato, Ph.D. - Teacher Education
- Paul Cascella, Ph.D. - Communicative Disorders and Sciences
- Brent Duckor, Ph.D. - Teacher Education
- Lara Ervin-Kassab, Ed.D. - Teacher Education
- Mark Felton, Ph.D. - Teacher Education
- Kara Ireland D'Ambrosio, D.M.A. - Teacher Education
- Roxana Marachi, Ph.D. - Teacher Education
- Eduardo Muñoz-Muñoz, Ph.D. - Teacher Education
- Luis Poza, Ph.D. - Teacher Education
- Colette Rabin, Ph.D. - Teacher Education
- Lisa Simpson, Ed.D. - Special Education
- Grinell Smith, Ph.D. - Teacher Education
- Tammie Visintainer, Ph.D. - Teacher Education
- David Whitenack, Ph.D. - Teacher Education
Leadership and Change
- Rebeca Burciaga, Ph.D. - Educational Leadership- Arnold Danzig, Ph.D. - Educational Leadership
- Veneice Guillory-Lacy, Ph.D. - Educational Leadership
- Amna Jaffer - Counselor Education
- Ralph McKay, Ed.D. - Teacher Education
Parenting, Family and Early Childhood
- Janet Bang, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Development- Maria Fusaro, Ed.D. - Child and Adolescent Development
- Peg Hughes, Ph.D. - Special Education
- Dina Izenstark, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Development
- Wendy Quach, Ph.D. - Communicative Disorders and Sciences
- Emily Slusser, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Development
- Nadia Sorkhabi, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Development
- Maureen Smith, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Development
- Aubrey Uresti, Ph.D. - Counselor Education
Professional Learning and Practice
- Allison Briceño, Ed.D. - Teacher Education- Paul Cascella, Ph.D. - Communicative Disorders and Sciences
- Brent Duckor, Ph.D. - Teacher Education
- Mark Felton, Ph.D. - Teacher Education
- Andrea Golloher, Ph.D. - Special Education
- Amna Jaffer - Counselor Education
- Saili Kulkarni, Ph.D. - Special Education
- Jennifer Madigan, Ed.D. - Special Education and Teacher Education
- Ralph McKay, Ed.D. - Teacher Education
- Wendy Quach, Ph.D. - Communicative Disorders and Sciences
- Colette Rabin, Ph.D. - Teacher Education
- Lisa Simpson, Ed.D. - Special Education
- Grinell Smith, Ph.D. - Teacher Education
- Tammie Visintainer, Ph.D. - Teacher Education
- David Whitenack, Ph.D. - Teacher Education
Race, Language and Culture
- Katya Aguilar, Ph.D. - Teacher Education- Jolynn Asato, Ph.D. - Teacher Education
- Allison Briceño, Ed.D. - Teacher Education
- Rebeca Burciaga, Ph.D. - Educational Leadership
- Veneice Guillory-Lacy, Ph.D. - Educational Leadership
- Kara Ireland D'Ambrosio, D.M.A. - Teacher Education
- Saili Kulkarni, Ph.D. - Special Education
- Cara Maffini, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Development
- Nidhi Mahendra, Ph.D. - Communicative Disorders and Sciences
- Marcella McCollum, Ed.D. - Communicative Disorders and Sciences
- Eduardo Muñoz-Muñoz, Ph.D. - Teacher Education
- Luis Poza, Ph.D. - Teacher Education
- Wendy Quach, Ph.D. - Communicative Disorders and Sciences
- Rosalinda Quintanar-Sarellana, Ph.D. - Teacher Education
- Kim Tsai, Ph.D - Child and Adolescent Development
- Tammie Visintainer, Ph.D. - Teacher Education
- David Whitenack, Ph.D. - Teacher Education
Social and Emotional Learning
- Kyoung Mi Choi, Ph.D. - Counselor Education- Kara Ireland D'Ambrosio, D.M.A. - Teacher Education
- Dina Izenstark, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Development
- Amna Jaffer - Counselor Education
- Cara Maffini, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Development
- Roxana Marachi, Ph.D. - Teacher Education
- Robert Marx, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Development
- Colette Rabin, Ph.D. - Teacher Education
- Grinell Smith, Ph.D. - Teacher Education
- Maureen Smith, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Development
- Aubrey Uresti, Ph.D. - Counselor Education
Technology, Innovation and Education
- Andrea Golloher, Ph.D. - Special Education- Lara Ervin-Kassab, Ed.D. - Teacher Education
- Matthew Love, Ph.D. - Special Education
- Ellen Middaugh, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Development
- Wendy Quach, Ph.D. - Communicative Disorders and Sciences
Youth Culture and Identity
- Jolynn Asato, Ph.D. - Teacher Education- Veneice Guillory-Lacy, Ph.D. - Educational Leadership
- Sudha Krishnan, Ed.D. - Special Education
- Jason Laker, Ph.D. - Counselor Education
- Cara Maffini, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Development
- Robert Marx, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Development
- Ellen Middaugh, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Development
- Nadia Sorkhabi, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Development
- Kim Tsai, Ph.D - Child and Adolescent Development
- Aubrey Uresti, Ph.D. - Counselor Education
Meet our Lurie College Faculty
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LoriAnn Abrahams |
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Katya Aguilar, Ph.D. |
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Stefanie Aichele-Chang |
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Imee Almazan, Ed.D. |
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Jolynn Asato, Ph.D. |
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Janet Bang, Ph.D. |
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Marion Beach, Ed.D. |
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Laurene Beto |
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Sylvia Branca, Ph.D. |
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Allison Briceño, Ed.D. |
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Rebeca Burciaga, Ph.D. |
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Michele Burns |
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Toni Campbell, Ph.D. |
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Lorri Capizzi, Ed.D. |
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Paul Cascella, Ph.D. |
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Kathleen Castillo |
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Elaine Chin, Ph.D. |
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Kyoung Mi Choi, Ph.D. |
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Krissy Connell |
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Mary Conroy |
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Jimma Cortes-Smith |
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Laurel Cress |
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Arnold Danzig, Ph.D. |
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Dolores DeHaro Mena, Ph.D. |
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Danielle DeWitt |
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Brent Duckor, Ph.D. |
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Tara Duffy |
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Lara Ervin-Kassab, Ed.D. |
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Eduardo Europa, Ph.D. |
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Mark Felton, Ph.D. |
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Asha Finkel |
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Joy Foster |
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Jessica Fraser |
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Maria Fusaro, Ed.D. |
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Robert Gliner, Ph.D. |
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Andrea Golloher, Ph.D. |
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Dawn Greenberg |
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Veneice Guillory-Lacy, Ph.D. |
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Amy Gutierrez |
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Alicia Henderson |
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Janice Holly |
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Carrie Holmberg, Ed.D. |
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Xiaolu Hu, Ph.D. |
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Peg Hughes, Ph.D. |
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Esther Hugo, Ed.D. |
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Kara Ireland D'Ambrosio, D.M.A. |
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Dina Izenstark, Ph.D. |
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John Jabagchourian, Ph.D. |
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Amna Jaffer |
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Roshini Joseph |
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Jan Kaay |
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Michael Kimbarow, Ph.D. |
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Janet Kitajima |
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Sudha Krishnan, Ed.D. |
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Kelly Kruger |
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Saili Kulkarni, Ph.D. |
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Jason Laker, Ph.D. |
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Lea Lasman |
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Heather Lattimer, Ed.D. |
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María Ledesma, Ph.D. |
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Robin Love, Ph.D. |
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Mei-Yan Lu, Ph.D. |
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Jennifer Madigan, Ed.D. |
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Cara Maffini, Ph.D. |
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Nidhi Mahendra, Ph.D. |
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Elba Maldonado-Colon, Ed.D. |
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Jila Maleksalehi, Ed.D |
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Michael Mann-Stock |
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Roxana Marachi, Ph.D. |
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Tiffani Marie, Ph.D. |
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Robert Marx, Ph.D. |
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Ravisha Mathur, Ph.D. |
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Marcella McCollum, Ed.D. |
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June McCullough, Ph.D. |
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Ralph McKay, Ed.D. |
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Zachary McNiece, Ph.D. |
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Mary McVey, Ph.D. |
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Danielle Mead, Ph.D. |
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Evelyn Merritt |
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Rebecca Messina |
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Ellen Middaugh, Ph.D. |
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Eduardo Muñoz-Muñoz, Ph.D. |
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Adam Nilsen |
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Erin Nokes |
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Teresa O'Donnell-Johnson |
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Paula Oakes |
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Amanda Olson |
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Kris Olson |
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Hyun-Sook Park, Ph.D. |
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Jennifer Pearlman |
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Alison Pentland |
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Vickey Perkins |
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Brent Peterson, Ph.D. |
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Laura Pirazzi |
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Marcos Pizarro, Ph.D. |
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Luis Poza, Ph.D. |
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Wendy Quach, Ph.D. |
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Rosalinda Quintanar-Sarellana, Ph.D. |
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Colette Rabin, Ph.D. |
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Ana Ramirez, Ed.D. |
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Lupe Ramirez-Steele |
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Nicky Ramos-Beban |
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Devon Reckmeyer-Hibbert, Psy.D. |
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Kathryn Ribay, Ph.D. |
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Rebeca Rios |
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Latisha Roberts, Ph.D. |
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Berrnadette Rodriguez-Young |
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Anita Schaack |
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Heather Schlaman |
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Pam Schultz |
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Erin Scullion-Jones |
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Amita Shah |
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Lisa Simpson, Ed.D. |
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Emily Slusser, Ph.D. |
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Everett Smith |
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Grinell Smith, Ph.D. |
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Helen Smith |
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Jamie Smith |
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Maureen Smith, Ph.D. |
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Nancy Smith |
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Meghna Soni |
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Nadia Sorkhabi, Ph.D. |
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Shannon Stovall |
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Patty Swanson, Ph.D. |
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Jay Totter |
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Kim Tsai, Ph.D |
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Pei-Tzu Tsai, Ph.D. |
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Aubrey Uresti, Ph.D. |
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Cynthia Van Laar |
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Shawn Vecellio, Ph.D. |
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Tammie Visintainer, Ph.D. |
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Wanda Watson, Ed.D. |
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David Whitenack, Ph.D. |
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Carol Zepecki, Ed.D. |
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Erika Zepeda |
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Sandra Zuniga Ruiz, Ph.D. |
