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.
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.
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. |
