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| Cytrynbaum, Solomon
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| 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
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| Davis, Grier
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| 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
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| Esrick, Ellen
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| Teaching Associate |
| Advisor |
BA, English , Simmons College , 1966
MEd, Reading Specialist Degree , National Louis University , 1980
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| Gomez, Louis
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| 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
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| Haroutunian-Gordon, Sophie
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| 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
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| Julia, Jake
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| 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
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| Kritzler, Peg
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| Teaching Associate |
| Advisor/Student Teaching Supervisor |
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| Lampert, Joan
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| 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
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| Lange, Richard
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| 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
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| Lee, Carol
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| 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
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| Lewis, Dan
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| 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
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| Light, Gregory
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| 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
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| Lowe, Eugene
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| 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
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| Mandara, Jelani
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| 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
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| Melton, Bruce
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BPhil, Politics, Philosophy, and Economics , Cornell College , 1982
JD , University of Chicago Law School , 1986
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| Olszewski-Kubilius, Paula
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| 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
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| Parkinson, Elizabeth
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| Teaching Associate |
MS, Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, 1985
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| Reiser, Brian
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| 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
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| Renz, David
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| Teaching Associate |
| Advisor/Student Teaching Supervisor |
| Lecturer, Teacher Coordinator |
BA, History , Wittenberg University , 1966
MAT , Northwestern University , 1967
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Sherin, Bruce
*ON LEAVE
9/ 2007 - 8/ 2008 *
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| 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
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Sherin, Miriam
*ON LEAVE
9/ 2007 - 8/ 2008 *
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| 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
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| Sircus, Gary
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| 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
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| Trautvetter, Lois
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| 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
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| Tseng, Katie
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MS, Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, 2004
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| Turow, Annette
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| 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
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| Yasutake, David
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| 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
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Annual Summer Picnic for SESP Undergraduates Wednesday, July 30
5 p.m., Garrett Patio
MS in Learning & Organizational Change Information Session Wednesday, August 20
6:15–8:15 p.m., 132 Annenberg Hall
Master of Science in Education Information Session Thursday, September 4
5:30–7 p.m., G22 Annenberg Hall
Wildcat Welcome for New Students Wednesday, September 17
9 a.m. September 17–5 p.m. September 26, Annenberg Hall
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