Joseph B. Berger, Associate Professor and Department Chair; B.A., Lawrence University, 1986; M.A., Bowling Green State University, 1990; Ph.D., Vanderbilt, 1997.

Professional Interests: Organizational leadership in higher education; Education policy and systems development in higher education; International higher education; The impact of organizational and policy structures on student access and achievement in post-secondary education.
Phone: 413-545-3610
E-Mail: jbberger@educ.umass.edu
 
Benita J. Barnes, Assistant Professor; B.A., Michigan State University, 1982; M.A., Michigan State University, 1999 and 2003; Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2005.

Professional Interests: graduate education, student development theory, research methods, historically Black colleges and universities, mentoring and academic advising.
Phone: 413-545-1083
E-Mail: barnesbj@educ.umass.edu
 
Andrew Effrat, Professor, B.A., Princeton, 1961; Ph.D., Harvard, 1970.

Professional Interests: Education policy and equity; Social and cultural change; Organizational analysis.
Phone: 413-545-0233
E-Mail: aeffrat@educ.umass.edu
 
Jeffrey W. Eiseman, Associate Professor; B.A., Stanford, 1962; M.A., Michigan, 1964; Ph.D, 1974.

Professional Interests: Education reform; Developing problem solving and critical thinking skills and habits.
Phone: 413-545-1536
E-Mail: jeiseman@educ.umass.edu
 
David R. Evans, Professor; B.A., Oberlin College, 1959; M.Sc., University of Illinois, 1961; Diploma of Education 1st Class, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, 1962; Ph.D., Stanford, 1969.

Professional Interests: Planning and policy in development education; Teacher education systems; Nonformal and popular education; Computer modeling in educational planning.
Phone: 413-545-4175
E-Mail: dre@educ.umass.edu
 
Rebecca Gajda, Assistant Professor; B.A., summa cum laude, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1991; M.A., University of Northern Colorado, 1997; Ph.D., Colorado State University, 2001.

Professional Interests:Educational leadership in curriculum, instruction, and assessment; School improvement through professional learning communities; Program evaluation.
Phone: 413-545-1751
E-Mail: rebecca.gajda@educ.umass.edu
 
Francis L. Gougeon, Lecturer; B.A., St. Mary's University, Nova Scotia, 1963; M.Ed., Springfield College, 1964.

Professional Interests: School administration and the implementation of education reform; organizational analysis and the change process.
Phone: 413-577-2909
E-Mail: gougeon@educ.umass.edu
 

Ronald K. Hambleton, Distinguished University Professor; B.A., University of Waterloo, Canada, 1966; M.A, University of Toronto, Canada, 1967; Ph.D, 1969.

Professional Interests: Educational testing research; Test development; New approaches to assessment.

Phone: 413-545-0262
E-Mail: rkh@educ.umass.edu
 
Sangeeta G. Kamat, Associate Professor; B.A., Sophia College, Bombay, India, 1985; M.A., The Tata Institute of Social Science, Bombay, India, 1988; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1998.

Professional Interests: Globalization and education reform; Critical theory; Gender analysis; South Asia.
Phone: 413-545-4586
E-Mail: skamat@educ.umass.edu
 
Lisa A. Keller, Assistant Professor; B.S., St. Michael's College, 1993; M.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2002; Ed.D., 2002.

Professional Interests: Estimation of item parameters using small samples; Equating methodology; Item response theory; Computerized-adaptive testing; Bayesian data analysis.
Phone: 413-545-1528
E-Mail:
lkeller@educ.umass.edu
 

Malaney, Gary D., Adjunct Associate Professor; B.A., Ohio State University, 1975; M.A., 1979; Ph.D., 1985.

Professional Interests: Higher education; Student affairs research, evaluation and assessment; Educational planning and evaluation; Institutional research.

Phone: 413-545-1390
E-Mail: malaney@educ.umass.edu
   

Shederick A. McClendon, Lecturer; B.S., Morehouse College, 1992; M.P.H., Pittsburgh, 1995; Certificate in Politics and Education, University of Cambridge (England).

Professional Interests: Post-secondary education leadership; Policy and equity; Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Factors that influence college student experiences and retention.

Phone: 413-577-3148
E-Mail: mcclendon@educ.umass.edu
 

Kathryn A. McDermott, Associate Professor; B.A., Lehigh, 1990; M.A., Yale, 1991; M.Phil., 1993; Ph.D., 1997.

Professional Interests: State and federal education policy; Educational equity; Policy implementation

 

Phone: 413-545-3562
E-Mail: mcdermott@educ.umass.edu

Matthew Militello Assistant Professor
Educational Policy, Research, and Administration

B.A. University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 1992; M.A. Michigan State University 1997; P.H.D. Michigan State University 2004;

Professional Interests: Data-Driven Decision-Making; Principal Pre- and In-Service; Distributed Leadership Practices to Improve Student Achievement; US / China Comparative Studies in Educational Administration.

Homepage: http://www.people.umass.edu/mattm/

Phone: 413-545-1188
E-Mail: mattm@educ.umass.edu
 
Jacqueline Mosselson, Assistant Professor; B.A., Tufts University, 1994; M.I.A., Columbia University, 1997; M.Ed. and M.Ph., Columbia University, 2000; Ph.D., Columbia University, 2002.

Professional Interests: Political, social and cultural contexts of identity construction; critical psychology; international & comparative education; cultural studies.
Phone: 413-545-4696
E-Mail: jmosselson@educ.umass.edu
 

Sharon F. Rallis , Dwight W. Allen Distinguished Professor in Education Policy and Reform; B.A., Wellesley, 1968; Ed.M., Harvard, 1977; Ed.D., 1982.

Professional Interests: Education policy and reform; Educational leadership; Qualitative research methods and evaluation.

Phone: (413) 545-1056
E-mail: sharonr@educ.umass.edu

 
 
Gretchen B. Rossman, Professor; B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1966; M.S., 1968; Ph.D., 1983.

Professional Interests: Qualitative research in education; Educational administration in comparative perspective.
Phone: 413-545-4377
E-Mail: gretchen@educ.umass.edu
 
David M. Schimmel, Professor; B.A., Duke, 1955; J.D., Yale, 1958; B.H.L., Hebrew Union, 1962.

Professional Interests: Law and education (K - College); Community service learning; Teaching citizenship.
Phone: 413-545-1529
E-Mail: schimmel@educ.umass.edu
 
Stephen G. Sireci, Professor; B.A., Loyola College, 1985; M.A., 1987; Ph.D., Fordham, 1993.

Professional Interests: Educational assessment; Test development; Cross-lingual assessment.
Phone: 413-545-0564
E-Mail: sireci@acad.umass.edu
 

Cristine Smith, Assistant Professor; B.A., California State University, 1978 and University of California, Santa Cruz, 1983; M.S., Cornell University, 1985; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1997.

Professional Interests:
Phone: 413-545-2731
E-Mail: cristine@educ.umass.edu
 
Mary Deane Sorcinelli, Associate Professor; B.A., Westfield State College, 1971; M.A., Mount Holyoke College, 1972; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1978.

Professional Interests: Faculty development; Improvement of teaching and learning.
Phone: 413-545-1255
E-Mail: msorcinelli@acad.umass.edu
 

Craig Stephen Wells Assistan Professor; B.S. Castleton State College 1993; M.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison 2000; P.H.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison 2004.

Professional Interests: Model fit, differential item functioning, and nonparametric modeling in item response theory as well as hypothesis testing theory and philosophy of science.

 

Phone: 413-545-1726
E-Mail: cswells@acad.umass.edu