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Nikki Ashcraft	Assistant Teaching Professor	E-mail: ashcraftn@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-8394
	Research Areas Language teaching methodology Adult learning English as an International Language	Office: Online More Info

Elizabeth (Betsy) A. Baker	Associate Professor: Literacy	E-mail: BakerE@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-4831
	Research Areas Integration of Literacy and Technology Multimedia Case-Based Instruction in Teacher Education New Literacies	Office: 303 Townsend Hall Personal Website: http://www.coe.missouri.edu/~baker/ More Info

Anthony (Tony) M. Barbis	Assistant Teaching Professor	E-mail: BarbisAM@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-9705
	General Interest Workforce and human resource development Adult continuing and professional education Career and technical education	Office: 303B Townsend Hall Offical Website: http://online.missouri.edu/degreeprograms/ed-business/index.aspx More Info

Lloyd H. Barrow	Professor: Science Ed.	E-mail: BarrowL@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-7457
	Research Areas High School Biology Curriculum Science Education Standards Positions in Science Education	Office: 303 Townsend Hall More Info

James F. Baumann	Chancellor's Chair for Excellence in Literacy Education	E-mail: baumannj@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 884-5396
	Research Areas Vocabulary instruction Effective elementary reading instruction Literacy research methodologies	Office: 302 Hill Hall Offical Website: Full Vita More Info

Linda Bennett	Associate for Academic Affairs	E-mail: BennettLi@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-1993
	Research Areas Technology Teaching Tools Teaching Strategies for Social Studies Training the "Next Generation" of Teachers	Office: 109 Hill Hall Offical Website: Social Studies Education Website More Info

Antonio (Tony) Castro	Assistant Professor	E-mail: castroaj@missouri.edu Phone Number: 882-1993
	Research Areas Multicultural teacher education Multicultural and democratic social studies education Teacher recruitment, preparation, and induction for urban school	Office: 211F Townsend Hall More Info

Oscar Chavez	Assistant Professor	E-mail: ChavezO@missouri.edu Phone Number: 882-4521
	Research Areas Mathematics Curriculum Materials and Student Achievement Technology in Mathematics Education Middle and Secondary Pre-Service Teacher Education	Office: 121E Townsend Personal Website: http://web.missouri.edu/~chavezo More Info

Kathryn Chval	Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs	E-mail: chvalkb@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 884-2656
	Research Areas Effective Methods of Teaching Mathematics Teaching English Language Learners Preparing Teachers	Office: 120 Townsend Hall More Info

Irvin W. Cockriel	Professor Emeritus	E-mail: CockrielI@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-8394
		Office: 303 Townsend Hall More Info

Barbara J. Dougherty	Professor	E-mail: doughertyb@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-1721
	Research Areas Using measurement to development mathematical concepts for grades 1–5, and prekindergarten number concepts. Exploring strategies to support struggling learners in mathematics, including tiers 2 and 3 in the Response to Intervention process. Developing assessments that support the progress monitoring system for learners in algebra.	Office: 121A Townsend Hall More Info

Roy F. Fox	Professor: English Ed.	E-mail: FoxR@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-0899
	Research Areas Media and Children Culture in the Classroom Literacy and Writing	Office: 211C Townsend Hall More Info

Patricia Friedrichsen	Associate Professor: Science Ed	E-mail: FriedrichsenP@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-6828
	Research Areas Science Teacher Learning Biology Education Secondary Pre-Service Science Teacher Education	Office: 321E Townsend Hall More Info

Carol J. Gilles	Associate Professor: Literacy Ed	E-mail: GillesC@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-8498
	Research Areas Reading Comprehension Children's Literature Teacher Preparation	Office: 303 Townsend Hall More Info

Douglas A. Grouws	Research Professor	E-mail: GrouwsD@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 884-5982
	Research Areas Curriculum Evaluation Teacher Effectiveness Problem Solving	Office: 303 Townsend Hall More Info

Deborah L. Hanuscin	Associate Professor: Science Education and Physics	E-mail: hanuscind@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 884-2527
	Research Areas Elementary Science Teacher Development Scientific Literacy and Epistemological Beliefs about the Nature of Science Elementary Teachers' Knowledge of Physical Science Content	Office: 303 Townsend Hall Personal Website: http://web.missouri.edu/~hanuscind/index.html More Info

Adrienne Hoard	Art Ed	E-mail: HoardA@missouri.edu Phone Number: 882-4547
		Office: A202 Fine Arts Building More Info

Laurie Kingsley	Prof, Ast Teach	E-mail: KingsleyL@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-8465
		Office: 211 Townsend Hall More Info

Nancy Y. Knipping	Associate Professor: Early Childhood Ed	E-mail: KnippingN@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-7364
	Research Areas Mathematics in Primary Classrooms Supports for Young Children Preventing School Failure	Office: 303 Townsend Hall More Info

Candace Kuby	Assistant Professor: Early Childhood Education	E-mail: kubyc@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-2965
	Research Areas Early literacy, critical inquiry and multimodal literacies Interpersonal relationships and physical spaces in schools Qualitative research methodologies	Office: 303 Townsend Hall Offical Website: Full Vita More Info

Amy Lannin	Assistant Professor of Practice in English Education Associate Director, Missouri Writing Project	E-mail: lannina@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 884-4272
	Research Areas Writing and Literacy Professional Development and the teaching of writing Writing Instruction and Assessment	Office: 303 Townsend More Info

John K. Lannin	Associate Professor	E-mail: lanninj@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-6774
	Research Areas Student Algebraic Reasoning K-12 Designing and Implementing Content/Methods Courses for Pre-service Elementary Teachers Post-bac Certification for Middle and High School Mathematics Teachers	Office: 121C Townsend Hall More Info

Marci Major	Assistant Professor	E-mail: majorm@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-4121
	Research Areas Economics of music education in today's public schools Choral music in the middle levels	Office: 219 Fine Arts Bldg More Info

Leigh Neier	Assitant Teaching Professor	E-mail: NeierL@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-5653
	Research Areas Physical Education and its connection to academic achievement Health-related behavior changes as impacted by public health marketing Health-related education among diverse student groups	Office: 108 Townsend Hall More Info

Jill Ostrow	Assistant Professor of Teaching	E-mail: ostrowj@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-2659
	Research Areas Critical literacy inquiry; visual, media and digital literacies Onsite on-going professional development; Teacher Research Innovations and creativity in teaching and learning	Office: 211c Townsend Hall More Info

Stuart Palonsky	Professor of Education	E-mail: PalonskyS@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-3893
		Office: 211 Lowry Hall More Info

Rachel J. Pinnow	Assistant Professor: TESOL	E-mail: pinnowr@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-8465
	Research Areas Second Language Acquisition Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners Social Semiotics; Multimodality	Office: 211 K Townsend Hall More Info

Robert E. Reys	Curators' Professor	E-mail: ReysR@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-3740
	Research Areas Mental Computation Doctoral Programs in Mathematics Education Elementary & Middle School Mathematics	Office: 121 Townsend Hall More Info

Barbara J. Reys	Curators' Professor and Lois Knowles Faculty Fellow	E-mail: ReysB@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-8744
	Research Areas Mathematics Curriculum Standards Mathematics Textbooks	Office: 121F Townsend Hall More Info

Richard D. Robinson	Professor: Literacy Ed	E-mail: RobinsonR@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-8247
	Research Areas History of Literacy Teacher Education Reading Theory	Office: 303 Townsend Hall More Info

Troy Sadler	Professor	E-mail: sadlert@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-3544
	Research Areas Science Education Socio-scientific issues Discourse and argumentation	Office: 321C Townsend Hall More Info

Lenny Sanchez	Assistant Professor	E-mail: sanchezo@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-7531
	Research Areas Literacy and Critical Inquiry (Pedagogies) in the Classroom Practitioner Inquiry Partnerships in Urban Schooling	Office: 303 Townsend Hall More Info

Marcelle Siegel	Science Ed	E-mail: SiegelM@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-8695
	General Interest Student and Teacher Decision Making Classroom Assessment and Equitable Assessment for English Language Learners Curriculum Development	Office: 321K Townsend Hall Personal Website: http://www.missouri.edu/~siegelm More Info

Brian A. Silvey	Assistant Professor	E-mail: silveyba@missouri.edu Phone Number: 573-882-0939
	Research Areas Conducting effectiveness and expressivity Instrumental music pedagogy Preservice teacher training	Office: 211 Townsend Hall More Info

Wendy L. Sims	Professor: Music Ed	E-mail: SimsW@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-3238
	Research Areas Music in Preschool and Primary Classrooms Music and Brain Development Listening and Learning	Office: 268 Fine Arts More Info

Belinda A Smith	Assistant Teaching Professor	E-mail: smithbel@missouri.edu Phone Number: 573-289-1807
	Research Areas Arts Integration ‘Sketchbook Partners’ Research in Early Childhood Literacy Education	Office: 321J Townsend Hall More Info

James E. Tarr	Associate Professor	E-mail: TarrJ@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-4034
	Research Areas Evaluation of Curricular Effectiveness Fidelity of Implementation of Curricular Materials Development of Statistical and Probabilistic Reasoning	Office: 303 Townsend Hall More Info

Kathleen Unrath	Associate Professor - Art Education	E-mail: UnrathK@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 884-8935
	Research Areas Art Teacher Preparation Teacher Induction Reflective Practice	Office: 211H Townsend Hall Personal Website: http://bengal.missouri.edu/~unrathk/ More Info

Mark J. Volkmann	Associate Professor of Science Education	E-mail: volkmannmj@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 884-9738
	Research Areas Science Teacher Education Alternative Certification Models Teacher Professional Identity	Office: 321D Townsend Hall More Info