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Advanced Teaching faculty are drawn not only from the ranks of SESP – but many are seasoned practitioners and leaders in prestigious elementary and high schools throughout the Chicagoland area.

The faculty's commitment to both teaching and working as education practitioners enables them to present theories alongside relevant teaching examples. This enlivens lectures, deepens discussions, and adds significance and context to what students learn in the classroom.

Faculty and students form an intellectual and professional community that examines the meaning and implications of contemporary issues in education and that integrates inquiry and theory with practice.


Banis, William
Bloland, Dagny
Teaching Associate
Solomon Cytrynbaum
Cytrynbaum, Solomon
Professor, Education
Professor , Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Associate Director for Education, The Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies , Psychology Graduate Program
Evaluation of school reform; gender and authority in groups and organizations; organizational consultation; application of group and systems theory and research to school change.
BA, Arts and Sciences , McGill University, Montreal, Canada , 1959
MA, Child Development and Family Relations , Cornell University, Ithaca, New York , 1962
PhD, Psychology , University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan , 1971
Grier Davis
Davis, Grier
Teaching Associate
Student Aid, University Research, and Nonprofit Tax Policy
BA, English , Davidson College , 1958
PhD, Classics , University of North Carolina , 1966
MS, Counseling Psychology , Northwestern University , 1995
Dohrer, Timothy
Ellen Esrick
Esrick, Ellen
Teaching Associate
Advisor
BA, English , Simmons College , 1966
MEd, Reading Specialist Degree , National Louis University , 1980
Louis Gomez
Gomez, Louis
Aon Professor of Learning Sciences
Professor , Computer Science
Coordinator, Learning Sciences PhD Program
Curriculum design and systemic school reform; school and classroom organization support through technology; application of computing and networking technology to teaching and learning; applied cognitive science; human-computer interaction.
BA, Psychology , State University of New York at Stony Brook , 1974
PhD, Cognitive Psychology , University of California at Berkeley , 1979
Graham, Stephanie
Teaching Associate
Sophie Haroutunian-Gordon
Haroutunian-Gordon, Sophie
Professor , Education and Social Policy
Director , Master of Science in Education
Philosophy of education, teacher education, interpretive discussion, philosophy of psychology.
BA, Music, Religion/Philosophy , Cornell College , 1965
MA, Curriculum and Instruction , University of Wisconsin-Madison , 1966
PhD, Philosophy of Education , University of Chicago , 1976
Jake Julia
Julia, Jake
Teaching Associate
Associate Vice President , Change Management, Northwestern University
BA, History , Plymouth State University , 1981
MA, Higher Education Administration , University of Michigan , 1993
PhD, Higher Education Administration , University of Michigan , 1996
John Kretzmann
Kretzmann, John
Research Associate Professor, Learning Sciences
Peg Kritzler
Kritzler, Peg
Teaching Associate
Advisor/Student Teaching Supervisor
Lampert, Joan
Teaching Associate
• Healthy development across childhood • Adolescent experiences as targets, bullies and bystanders • The intersection of student, teacher, community and content in the context of developing classroom and systemic curriculae to address issues of school failure, violence, and substance abuse among school-aged children • The development of personalized secondary schools
BA , University of Cincinnati , 1966
MSW , University of Michigan , 1974
MSEd , Roosevelt University , 1991
EdD , Northern Illinois University , 1997
Post-Doc , Harvard University Graduate School of Education , 1999
Richard Lange
Lange, Richard
Lecturer, School of Education and Social Policy
Guest Speaker, Center for Talent Development
Gifted Education, Curriculum Differentiation, New Teacher Induction Programs, Development of Magnet Schools
B.A. , Carthage College , 1972
M.Ed. , National-Louis University , 1975
M.S. , Northern Illinois University , 1977
Carol Lee
Lee, Carol
Professor, Learning Sciences
Professor , African American Studies
Co-Cordinator , SESP Spencer Research Training Program
Cultural contexts affecting learning broadly and literacy specifically; teacher preparation and development; classroom discourse; urban education.
BA, The Teaching of Secondary School English , University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana , 1966
MA, English , University of Chicago , 1969
PhD, Education (Curriculum and Instruction) , University of Chicago , 1991
Dan Lewis
Lewis, Dan
Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Faculty Fellow , Institute for Policy Research
Lewis currently heads a large-scale university consortium that will study welfare reform efforts in Illinois. In another current project he is developing a new Suburban Action research Project that will deliver technical assistance to suburbs struggling with social problems. It will concentrate on issues of homelessness and crime prevention in its initial phase.
BA, Political Science , Stanford University , 1968
PhD, History of Consciousness , University of California at Santa Cruz , 1980
Gregory Light
Light, Gregory
Teaching Associate
Director , Searle Center for Teaching Excellence
The theory and practice of learning and teaching in higher and professional education; the implications for professional and organisational development; the relationship between research and teaching, student learning, academic writing and communication; social discourse and identity in higher education.
BA, Philosophy and English , University of Toronto , 1974
BA Specialist Degree, Philosophy , University of Toronto , 1975
PhD, Education , University of London, UK , 1995
Eugene Lowe
Lowe, Eugene
Teaching Associate
Senior Lecturer , Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
American religion, social gospel, progressivism, and diversity in higher education.
BA, Religion , Princeton University , 1971
Master of Divinity , Union Theological Seminary , 1978
PhD , Union Theological Seminary , 1987
Lundquist, Penny
Jelani Mandara
Mandara, Jelani
Assistant Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Effects of parenting, fathers, and other home factors on child and adolescent academic and social development. Further interests include cultural differences between teachers and parents and mothers and fathers, the achievement gap, and person-centered research methods.
BS, Psychology , California State University, Long Beach , 1997
PhD, Social/Personality Psychology , University of California, Riverside , 2002
Melton, Bruce
BPhil, Politics, Philosophy, and Economics , Cornell College , 1982
JD , University of Chicago Law School , 1986
Miller, Dick
Teaching Associate
Paula Olszewski-Kubilius
Olszewski-Kubilius, Paula
Director, Center for Talent Development
Professor, Education and Social Policy
Talent development, accelerated educational programs, needs of special populations of gifted children
BA, elementary education , St. Xavier University , 1977
MA, educational psychology , Northwestern University , 1981
PhD, educational psychology , Northwestern University , 1983
Elizabeth Parkinson
Parkinson, Elizabeth
Teaching Associate
MS, Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, 1985
Brian Reiser
Reiser, Brian
Professor, Learning Sciences
The design of learning environments and curriculum materials for science that support authentic practices including explanation, argumentation, and designing investigations. His research examines the cognitive and social interaction aspects of scientific inquiry, principles for scaffolding practices in software and curriculum materials, teaching pratices, and curriculum design frameworks.
BA, Psychology , University of Pennsylvania , 1977
MA, Psychology , New York University , 1979
PhD, Cognitive Science , Yale University , 1983
David Renz
Renz, David
Teaching Associate
Advisor/Student Teaching Supervisor
Lecturer, Teacher Coordinator
BA, History , Wittenberg University , 1966
MAT , Northwestern University , 1967
Bruce Sherin
Sherin, Bruce
*ON LEAVE 9/ 2007 - 8/ 2008 *
Associate Professor, Learning Sciences
Conceptual change in science; programming environments for learning; external representations in science and mathematics.
BA, Physics , Princeton University , 1985
MA, Physics , University of California, Berkeley , 1989
PhD, Science and Mathematics Education , University of California, Berkeley , 1996
Miriam Sherin
Sherin, Miriam
*ON LEAVE 9/ 2007 - 8/ 2008 *
Associate Professor, Learning Sciences
Mathematics teaching and learning; teacher cognition and teacher education.
BA, Mathematics , University of Chicago , 1985
MA, Mathematics , University of California, San Diego , 1987
PhD, Science and Mathematics Education , University of California, Berkeley , 1996
Sircus, Gary
Program Coordinator, NU-Teach , NU-Teach
Bachelor of Science, Engineering , Tulane University , 1982
Juris Doctor , Northwestern University , 1985
NU-Teach (Alternative Certification) , Northwestern University , 2000
Lois Trautvetter
Trautvetter, Lois
Assistant Professor, Education
Associate Director , Higher Education Administration and Policy Program
Faculty research that includes productivity, enhancing research and teaching, motivation, new and junior faculty issues, professional development for K-12 teachers to improve math and science teaching, gender issues, and females in science.
BA, Chemistry , College of Wooster , 1982
MS, Polymer Chemistry , Carnegie Mellon University , 1986
PhD, Higher Education Administration , University of Michigan , 1991
Tseng, Katie
MS, Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, 2004
Turow, Annette
Teaching Associate
BFA , College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois (Champaign) , 1970
MA , College of Education, Stanford University , 1972
Summer Session , Harvard Graduate School of Education , 1976
Yasutake, David
Teaching Associate
Standards-based teacher education programs (i.e., CEC, NCATE), performance-based assessments. Published research includes affective and attributional factors affecting students with exceptional needs.
BA, Organ Performance , Northwestern University , 1975
MA, Learning Disabilities & Behavior Disorders , Northeastern Illinois University , 1989
PhD, Special Education , University of Illinois at Chicago , 1993
Eileen Zigman
Zigman, Eileen
Teaching Associate
BA , University of Illinois , 1968

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As of January 31, 2008, application to the MSEd program is done online through Apply Yourself, an online application site.
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MSED Alum Daphne Whitington Wins National Teaching Award
Daphne Whitington (MS00) won a $25,000 Milken Educator Award for her innovative teaching.


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Every Thursday, 7:30–9 a.m.
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Join us for conversation and discussion about the Master of Science in Education Program. This is an informal opportunity to ask questions, gather information, and meet members of the MSEd community. Light refreshments and coffee will be served. No RSVP or appointment is needed – just stop by our office!
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Alum's Chronicle Commentary Addresses Students' On-the-Job Learning
Jonathan Lewis (MS07) comments in Chronicle of Higher Education on how college students can learn from campus work, a subject he explored in his master's thesis.  


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