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LTC: Faculty List


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

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Elizabeth (Betsy) A. Baker
Professor: Literacy
E-mail: BakerE@missouri.edu
Phone Number: (573) 882-4831
Elizabeth (Betsy) A. BakerResearch Areas
  • Integration of literacy and technology, new literacies, future literacies, 21st century literacies
  • Multimedia case-based instruction in teacher education
  • Sociocognition in teacher education, literacy, and new literacies
Office: 303 Townsend Hall

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Anthony (Tony) M. Barbis
Associate Teaching Professor
E-mail: BarbisAM@missouri.edu
Phone Number: (573) 882-9705
Anthony (Tony) M. BarbisGeneral 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

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

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

Offical Website: Full Vita

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Linda Bennett
Associate Professor
E-mail: BennettLi@missouri.edu
Phone Number: (573) 882-1993
Linda  BennettResearch 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

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

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Kathryn Chval
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
E-mail: chvalkb@missouri.edu
Phone Number: (573) 882-7832
Kathryn  ChvalResearch Areas
  • Effective Methods of Teaching Mathematics
  • Teaching English Language Learners
  • Preparing Teachers
Office: 109 Hill Hall

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

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Zandra de Araujo
Assistant Professor
E-mail: dearaujoz@missouri.edu
Phone Number: 573-882-5886
Zandra  de AraujoResearch Areas
  • Mathematics education of English language learners
  • Selection and enactment of curriculum materials
  • Inservice and preservice teacher education
Office: 121 Townsend Hall

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Barbara J. Dougherty
Professor
E-mail: doughertyb@missouri.edu
Phone Number: (573) 882-1721
Barbara J. DoughertyResearch 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

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

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

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

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

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Deborah L. Hanuscin
Associate Professor: Science Education and Physics
E-mail: hanuscind@missouri.edu
Phone Number: (573) 884-2527
Deborah L. HanuscinResearch 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

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Adrienne Hoard
Professor of Art Curriculum and Instruction
E-mail: HoardA@missouri.edu
Phone Number: 882-4547
Adrienne  HoardOffice: A202 Fine Arts Building

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

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Michelle Klosterman
Assistant Professor
E-mail: klostermanml@missouri.edu
Phone Number: 573-884-9738
Michelle  KlostermanResearch Areas
  • Science teachers' use of mass media resources as instructional tools
  • Students' critical evaluation of mass media and the impact of representations of science in the media on students' understanding and attitudes towards science
  • Sustainability as an interdisciplinary theme for teaching and learning
Office: 321D Townsend Hall

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

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Candace Kuby
Assistant Professor: Early Childhood Education
E-mail: kubyc@missouri.edu
Phone Number: (573) 882-2965
Candace  KubyResearch 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

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Amy Lannin
Assistant Professor, English Education
E-mail: lannina@missouri.edu
Phone Number: (573) 882-1798
Amy  LanninResearch Areas
  • Writing and Literacy
  • Professional Development and the teaching of writing
  • Writing Instruction and Assessment
Office: Conley House 602 Sanford Columbia, MO 65211

Offical Website: cwp.missouri.edu

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John K. Lannin
Department Chair, Associate Professor
E-mail: lanninj@missouri.edu
Phone Number: (573) 882-6774
John K. LanninResearch 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

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

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Leigh Neier
Assistant Teaching Professor
E-mail: NeierL@missouri.edu
Phone Number: (573) 882-5653
Leigh  NeierResearch Areas
  • Coordinated School Health and academic achievement
  • Health-related behavior changes as impacted by public health marketing
  • Health-related education among diverse student groups
Office: 121E Townsend Hall

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Jill Ostrow
Assistant Professor of Teaching
E-mail: ostrowj@missouri.edu
Phone Number: (573) 882-2659
Jill  OstrowResearch 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

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Samuel Otten
Assistant Professor
E-mail: ottensa@missouri.edu
Phone Number: 573-882-6231
Samuel  OttenResearch Areas
  • Standards for mathematical practice
  • Student participation in secondary mathematics classrooms
  • Discourse
Office: 121B Townsend Hall

Offical Website: Academic Website

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Marcelle Siegel
Associate Professor: Science Education and Biochemistry
E-mail: SiegelM@missouri.edu
Phone Number: (573) 882-8695
Marcelle  SiegelGeneral Interest
  • Science learning and decision making
  • Teachers' assessment practices
  • Equitable assessment for English language learners
Office: 321K Townsend Hall

Personal Website: Marcelle A. Siegel

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

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

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

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

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Kathleen Unrath
Associate Professor - Art Education
E-mail: UnrathK@missouri.edu
Phone Number: (573) 884-8935
Kathleen  UnrathResearch Areas
  • Art Teacher Preparation
  • Teacher Induction
  • Reflective Practice
Office: 211H Townsend Hall

Personal Website: http://bengal.missouri.edu/~unrathk/

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