Teacher Education & School Improvement PhD
Please note TESI will not be accepting applications for the 2024-2025 academic year.
The mission of the Teacher Education & School Improvement (TESI) doctoral concentration is to prepare reflective, informed, and research-oriented scholars and practitioners in the fields of teacher education, teacher development, and school improvement.
The TESI concentration is committed to supporting research and practices that advance the aims of educational equity and social justice.
Featured class
Survey the major psychological and socio-cultural theories of human learning as they have been developed over the last 125 years, including the information processing theory of cognition and the situated learning theory of cognition.
Featured faculty
Linda Griffin
Chair, Department of Student Development
Griffin's research and scholarly interest for over 25 years has been on the teaching and learning of sport related games.
Meg L. Gebhard
Keisha L. Green
Co-Founder, Center of Racial Justice and Youth Engaged Research
Keisha Green is a community-engaged scholar and critical teacher educator.
Torrey Trust
Torrey Trust, Ph.D. is a Professor of Learning Technology in the Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies in the College of Education.
Laura Valdiviezo
Prof. Valdiviezo’s interest is in re-conceptualizing and reforming schools as loci of change for social justice.
Teacher Education & School Improvement
The Teacher Education & School Improvement program prepares scholars, practitioners, educators, and activists in the teacher education and development fields.