Liberal Studies, B.A. ~ Faculty

Linda Rogers, Ph.D., Department Chair and Professor
Developmental psychology ~ research methods ~ children’s decision making and identity formation ~ semiotics ~ research in special education

Richard Anderson, Ph.D., Lecturer
Linguistics ~ process of reading

Linda Bynoe, Ed.D., Lecturer
Multicultural reconstructionist education ~ cultural diversity

Jennifer Colby, Ph.D., Lecturer
Humanities ~ philosophy of religion ~ gender studies ~ multicultural and community arts and art education ~ service learning pedagogy

David Gegeo, Ph.D., Lecturer
Sociolinguistics ~ language acquisition ~ epistemology/theory of knowledge ~ ethnographic research ~ discourse analysis ~ critical pedagogies

Joe Larkin, Ph.D., Lecturer
Urban education ~ multicultural education

Herbert Martin Jr., Ph.D., Associate Professor
Multicultural education ~ liberal arts ~ world mythology ~ Jungian depth psychology ~ trickster mythology, the return of the great goddess, and the sacred feminine ~ earth ecology and stewardship ~ adolescent rites of passage

Denise Smith, Ed.D., Lecturer
Human development ~ speech language pathology ~ special education

Paoze Thao, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Historical foundations of education ~ linguistics ~ English as a second language (ESL) ~ interpersonal and intercultural communication

Scott Waltz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Sociology of education through the lense of actor-network theory ~ technology as a social practice ~ pedagogy as a technical discipline ~ metaphor and story as a format for teaching and learning ~ advancing problem-based learning as an instructional format

Rob Weisskirch, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Adolescent development ~ ethnic identity formation ~ impact of bilingualism ~ clinical intervention for children and adolescents ~ language brokering ~ pedagogy of adolescent development

Terri Wheeler, M.A., Lecturer
Multicultural children's literature ~ online learning ~ multicultural education ~ service learning pedagogy

 

Revised 5/25/05