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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 |
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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.
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Phone:
413-545-1083
E-Mail: barnesbj@educ.umass.edu |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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Phone:
413-545-3562
E-Mail: mcdermott@educ.umass.edu |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
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Phone:
413-545-2731
E-Mail: cristine@educ.umass.edu |
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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 |
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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 |
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