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Janice Abrams Janice Abrams, EdD
Program Director: Elementary Education
Specialization: Reading and Language Arts, Literacy and Literature
EdD: Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Professional Interests:

  • Effects of Perceptual Skills on Reading and Learning
  • Remediation of Reading Disabilities
  • Literacy in the Classroom

Frances Warde Hall - Room 208
Phone:
412-578-6015
E-mail Dr. Abrams

Beverly Barkon Beverly Barkon, PhD, MSL
Specialization: Special Education, Educational Diagnostician
MSL: University of Pittsburgh
PhD:
Northwestern University

Professional Interests:

  • Learning Disabilities
  • Exceptional Children
  • Inclusion
  • Learning Needs of Survivors of Pediatric Brain Tumors

AJ Palumbo - Room 104
Phone: 412-578-2052
E-mail Dr. Barkon

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Sister Roberta Campbell Sister Roberta Campbell, O.S.B., MA
Specialization: Assessment, Theology, and Liturgy
MA: Notre Dame

Professional Interests:

  • Teacher Education
  • Women's Spirituality
  • Professional Development for Teachers
Frances Warde Hall - Room 213
Phone:
412-578-8831
E-mail Sister Campbell

Ellen J. Dehouske
Program Director: Early Childhood Education
Specialization: Orientation, Curriculum and Methods in Early Childhood; Integration of the Arts; and Inclusion
PhD: University of Pittsburgh

Professional Interests:

  • Inclusion
  • Curriculum Development
  • Staff Training
  • Art in the Classroom

Frances Warde Hall - Room 204
Phone:
412-578-6014
E-mail Dr. Dehouske

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Sue Hamilton Susan Sollon Hamilton, MEd, MFA
Program Director: Art/Art Education
Professional Artist
Certified Art Therapist

Specialization: Elementary and Secondary Art Methods
MFA and MEd: Edinboro University

Professional Interests:

  • Painting
  • Art Therapy
  • National Art Education Association Board Member (PA Chapter)
Frances Warde Hall - Room 305
Phone:
412-578-6167
E-mail Susan Hamilton
Carol Johnson Carol Johnson, MEd
Program Director: Center for Teaching and Professional Growth
Director of Student Teaching Specialization:
Student Teaching and Assessment
MEd
: University of Pittsburgh

Professional Interests:

  • Urban Education
  • Teacher Qualifications and Assessment
  • Professional Development for Teachers

Frances Warde Hall - Room 210
Phone:
412-578-6296
E-mail Carol Johnson

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Marilyn Llewellyn Marilyn Llewellyn, PhD, CSJ
Program Director: Master of Arts in Educational Praxis, Master of Education with Certification
-Sestili Award for Teaching Excellence
Specialization: Curriculum Studies, Student Teaching Supervision, Graduate Studies
PhD: Union Institute

Professional Interests:

  • Diversity and Equity in the Classroom
  • Spirituality and Education
  • Curriculum Theory
  • Urban Education
  • Interpretive Inquiry

Frances Warde Hall - Room 212
Phone:
412-578-6011
E-mail Dr. Llewellyn

Patricia McMahon Patricia McMahon, PhD
Program Director: Secondary Education
Specialization: Secondary Curriculum and Methods, Student Teaching Supervision
PhD: University of Pittsburgh

Professional Interests:

  • English Education
  • Arts-Based Educational Research
  • Narrative Inquiry
  • Composition
Frances Warde Hall - Room 206
Phone:
412-578-6013
E-mail Dr. McMahon
Susan O'Rourke Susan O'Rourke, EdD
Program Director: Special Education, Instructional Technology
Specialization: Special Education, Technology
EdD: University of Pittsburgh

Professional Interests:

  • Integration of Technology into the Classroom
  • Assistive Technology
  • Data-based Decision Making

AJ Palumbo - Room 230
Phone:
412-578-2054
E-mail Dr. O'Rourke

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Rene Pico II Rene A. Pico II, PhD
Director: Heinz Children's Math and Science Initiative
Specialization: Social Studies and Science in Elementary School
PhD: Pennsylvania State University

Professional Interests:

  • Science Education Methods
  • Curriculum Design
  • Computer-Based Applications in Education
AJ Palumbo - Room 231
Phone
: 412-578-2055
E-mail Dr. Pico
Roberta Schomburg Roberta Schomburg, PhD
Associate Dean and Director: School of Education
Director: Graduate Programs in Early Childhood Education
Specialization: Child Development, Research Techniques
PhD: University of Pittsburgh

Professional Interests:

  • Early Childhood Education
  • Urban Education
  • Violence Prevention
  • Infant-Toddler Programs
  • Math and Science Curriculum
  • Language Development and Early Literacy
  • Children with Challenging Behaviors

Frances Warde Hall - Room 202
Phone:
412-578-6312
E-mail Dr. Schomburg

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Nancy Steeley

Nancy Steeley, EdD, MEd

Specialization: Early Childhood Education/Essential Early Education
MEd: University of Vermont
EdD: Indiana University of Pennsylvania 

Professional Interests:

  • Emergent Literacy 
  • Play
  • Project Approach to Curriculum
  • Nature Studies with Young Learners
  • Anti-bias curriculum
Frances Warde Hall - Room 307
Phone:
412-578-8796
E-mail Dr. Steeley
Judith Toure Judith Touré, EdD, MA
Program Director: M.Ed. in Educational Leadership
Specialization: Educational Leadership, Graduate Studies
MA: Teachers College, Columbia University
EdD: University of Pittsburgh

Professional Interests:

  • Culturally relevant and critical school leadership
  • Anti-racist education
  • Qualitative Inquiry
  • Professional development for educators
  • Educational policy

Frances Warde Hall - Room 214
Phone:
412-578-6215
E-mail Dr. Toure

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