Jane B.
Bowyer
Professor of Education
On sabbatical Spring 2010
Education 220, 510.430.3251, jane@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Science education, teacher education, research in
cognitive development, adolescent learning, research methods, issues of
diversity in classrooms, technology enhanced learning in science
(TELS)
Ruth
Cossey
Professor of Education
Education 216, 510.430.3159, rcossey@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Preservice and inservice mathematics and science
education, sociology of education in urban environments, mathematics reform in
elementary and secondary schools
David Donahue
Associate Professor of Education
Lynn T. White, Jr. Chair
Education 223, 510.430.3393, ddonahue@mills.edu
Professional Interests: English and social studies education, service
learning, literacy, human rights education
Tomás
Galguera
Associate Professor of Education
On sabbatical Spring 2010
Education 217, 510.430.3252, tomasgs@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Teacher education for language-minority students,
bilingual education and English-language development programs, ethnolinguistic
diversity in education
Joseph
E. Kahne
Professor of Education
Dean of the School of Education
John and Martha Davidson Chair
Education 206, 510.430.3275, jkahne@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Democracy and education, digital media and public participation, urban educational change and
school policy, service learning, youth development
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Diane Ketelle
Associate Professor of Education
Educational Leadership and Administrative Service Credential
Education 221, 510.430.2189, dketelle@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Administrator knowledge, administrator stories,
narrative inquiry, fictionalizing real experience
Linda
Kroll
Professor of Education
Faculty Executive Committee Division Representative
Mary and Richard Holland Chair
Education 214, 510.430.3161,
lindak@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Cognitive development, development of literacy,
application of developmental theory to educational issues, teacher education,
teacher development including development of teachers from their training
throughout their careers
Vicki
LaBoskey
Professor of Education
Education 219, 510.430.3110, vickikl@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Self-study of teacher education practices,
reflection in teaching, narrative in teaching and teacher education, teacher
research
Linda Perez
Professor of Education
Director of Child Life and Early Childhood Specialist Programs
Director of Infant Mental Health Program
Education 213, 510.430.3238, lmperez@mills.edu
Professional Interests: At-risk children and families, the application of
developmental theory to special education issues, mental health and
developmental disorders of infancy and early childhood
Anna
Richert
Professor of Education
On sabbatical Fall 2009
Education 218, 510.430.3160, anna@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Teacher learning and school reform, teacher
knowledge, professional education/development, teacher research
Priya
Shimpi
Assistant Professor of Education
Education 215, 510.430.2114, pshimpi@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Communicative, social, and cognitive development in a
diversity of learning environments; translating early childhood research into practice;
the role of culture and experience in children’s attention and learning
Sabrina Zirkel
Professor of Educational Leadership
Abbie Valley Professorship in Education
Education 211, 510.430.3380,
szirkel@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Issues of race and ethnicity in education, creating more
effective multi-ethnic and urban schools, intergroup relations in schools, educational
leadership for social change
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Visiting
Scholars & Artists
Elizabeth Baker
Visiting Assistant Professor
Kimball House 13, 510.430.3190, ebaker@mills.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:00-6:00 and by appointment
Professional Interests: Teacher research, including Japanese lesson study; pre-service and in-service
science and mathematics education; gender and equity education in the urban classroom; constructivist
education
Frederica Breuer
Lecturer, Fall
Education 203, 510.430.3110, fbreuer@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Professional Interests: Early literacy development, K-6 writing curriculum, children's literature.
Debra Brown
Lecturer, Head of Children’s School
PS 101, 510.430.2118, msbrown@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Professional Interests: Developing school leadership, facilitating change
Susan Christopher
Visiting Assistant Professor
Education 210, 510.430.3170, schristo@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Professional Interests: Gender studies, curriculum change, qualitative inquiry, organizational
issues in higher education
Kevin Harrigan
Lecturer, Fall
Education 203, 510.430.3190, Keh1202@hotmail.com
Office Hours: TBA
Linda Honeyman
Lecturer, Spring
Education 203, 510.430.3190, lhoneyma@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Josephine Lee
Lecturer
Education 222, 510.430.3325, jlee@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Professional Interests: Infant care and development; supporting children's oral language development;
the importance of symbolic play, television and media culture in the lives of young children
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Betty Lin
Lecturer, Fall
Education 206, 510.430-3190, blin@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Professional Interests: Early intervention and early childhood special education, infant mental health,
early intervention advocay and public policy cultural understanding when working with Asian families
Susan Marchant
Lecturer
Education 203, 510.428.2490, smarchan@mail.org
Office Hours: By appointment
Professional Interests: Genetic disorders, organizational psychology, pediatric chronic illness,
pediatric palliative care, cultural implications in pediatrics
Kaye McKleroy
Lecturer, Fall
Education 203, 510-430-3190, kmcklero@mills.edu
Office Hours: TBA
Tania Mitchell
Visiting Assistant Professor, Fall
Education 203, 510.430.3190, tmitchell@mills.edu
Office Hours: Thursdays 2:00-4:00 via Skype
Professional Interests: Service learning and civic engagement, social justice and critical pedagogy,
college student development, higher education policy
Julie Nicholson
Visiting Assistant Professor
Kimball C, 510.430.3293, jnichols@mills.edu
Office Hours: Mondays 2:00-3:00 or by appointment
Professional Interests: Early care and education, teacher learning and
teacher research, supporting the development of dispositions for inquiry and
strengths-based orientations for students in the early care and education
field, the importance of play across the lifespan, the impact of early
trauma and maltreatment on children's brain development and behavior,
computer mediated communication tools in teacher education.
Alisa Peres
Lecturer, Fall
Education 203, 510.430.3190, aperes@mills.edu
Office Hours: TBA
Abby Pletcher
Lecturer, Spring
Education 203, 510.430.3190, abbye@aocsweb.org
Office Hours: By appointment
Caitlin Schwarzman
Lecturer, Fall
Education 203, 510.430.3190, cschwarz@mills.edu
Office Hours: TBA
Regina Stroud
Lecturer
Education 203, 510.430.3190, reginastroud@sbcglobal.net
Office Hours: By appointment
Professional Interests: African American Women Leaders; racial identity and
representation; community college administration; narrative inquiry integrated with videography
Stacy Thompson
Visiting Assistant Professor, Fall
Education 203, 510.430.3190, sthompson@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Tracy Trujillo
Visiting Assistant Professor, Fall
Education 203, 510.247.9968, Voice mail: 925.314.2525
t3trujillo@hotmail.com
Office hours: By appointment
Professional Interests: Advocation of the health of infants, children, adolescents and young adults
Vicki Van Steenberg
Lecturer
Education 222, 510.430.3325, vvan@mills.edu
Office Hours: TBA
Professional Interests: Early childhood special education, inclusion and diversity, school-community
partnerships, family systems and teacher-parent teams, teacher education involving personal transformation,
multicultural consciousness, sustainability for systems change
Vicky Webber
Lecturer, Spring
Education 206, 510.430.3190, vwebber@mills.edu
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Staff
Lea Austin
Program Coordinator, Leadership Program in Early Childhood
School of Education
Kimball House C, 510.430.2116, laustin@mills.edu
Melissa Benham
Faculty Administrative Assistant
Kimball B, 510.430.3293, mbenham@mills.edu
Susan Christopher
Director of Enrollment & Strategic Research
Education 210, 510.430.3170, education@mills.edu
Colleen Keirn
Coordinator of Teacher Education, Credentialing
School of Education
Education 202, 510.430.3255, ckeirn@mills.edu
Office hours: By appointment
Annie Neves
Executive Assistant to Dean and School of Education
Education 203, 510.430.3192, aneves@mills.edu
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