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Co-Founder of the Abolitionist Teaching Network (ATN)

Catherine Manly is a doctoral candidate in higher education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and she teaches statistics for The American Women’s College @ Bay Path University. Her dissertation research investigates the effectiveness of the use of multiple modalities for presenting...

Emely is an undergraduate research assistant this summer with Professor Sade Bonilla through the Center for Student Success Research. Her research interests include educational inequalities, immigration and education, and the experiences of low-income and first-generation students of color in...

Dr. George Mwangi is an Associate Professor at George Mason University. Her scholarship broadly centers on 1) structures of opportunity and educational attainment for underrepresented populations along the P-20 education pipeline; 2) impacts of globalization and migration on U.S. higher...

UCLA Faculty Director for the Center for the Transformation of Schools

Co-Founder and Co-director of the Transformative Justice in Education (TJE)

Ysaaca D. Axelrod has taught both graduate and undergraduate courses in Language and Literacy Development, Children, Families and School Relationships, Critical Issues in Early Childhood Education, Teaching Reading and Writing to English Language Learners, and Ethnography and Case-Study...

Education

B.Sc., University of Stirling, 1985

M.App.Sci., University of Glasgow, 1987

D.Ed.Psy., University of Dundee, 2009

Professional Interests

Child and adult traumatization and recovery in war, military occupation, and domestic...

Elisabeth E. Bennett, Ph.D, is an adjunct lecturer for the Higher Education leadership Graduate Certificate program. Bennett is an assistant teaching professor with Northeastern's doctor of education program, where she teaches organizational leadership, adult learning, communication,...

Education

M.Ed. at UMass Amherst, 2019
B.A. in English at UMass Amherst, 2018

Biography

Nicolas Blaisdell began his career in education during his undergraduate years at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst when he founded the Peabody Volunteer...

Warren Blumenfeld is a lecturer for the College of Education with an interest in social justice education.

Maria José Botelho is interested in how school literacy practices can be re-imagined to affirm children’s cultural and linguistic knowledge as well as to offer tools for cultural production and social participation and re/organization. Her three-pronged research agenda offers some...

J Camille Cammack is a senior lecturer in the department of Teacher Education & Curriculum Studies.

John C. Carey is a professor emeritus in the department of Student Development and Director Emeritus of the Center for Counseling Outcome Research & Evaluation.

Chalais Carter is a doctoral candidate in the Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research informs school and teacher practice through participatory research methods that highlight student feedback and experiences in schools.

Jonique R. Childs is an assistant professor in the College of Education Student Development program. She received her Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University of Iowa.

Dr. Comings teaches for the Early Grade Reading Graduate Certificate and draws upon several decades of experience managing projects and conducting research on children’s and adult literacy projects worldwide. He served as Vice President at World Education for over 20 years, directed a national...

Education

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Utah State University, 2018
Ph.D., Utah State University, 2017
M.A., Washington State University, 2012
M.A., University of Messina, Italy, 2006
B.A., University of Messina, Italy, 2004

Biography...

Darrell Earnest is an Associate Professor in Teacher Education & Curriculum Studies (TECS) within the College of Education at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His research explores mathematical cognition in school contexts, with foci on learning and teaching as well as...

Jeffrey W. Eiseman is an associate professor in the department of Educational Policy, Research and Administration

Daryl Essena is a lecturer in the department of Teacher Education & Curriculum Studies.

Associate Professor Sarah Fefer received her doctoral degree from the University of South Florida’s APA accredited program in school psychology in 2013. She completed her predoctoral APA/APPIC accredited internship at the May Institute and her postdoctoral fellowship at UMass’ Psychological...

Anna Fox Reilly's research interests include academic identity development in relation to gender and sexuality, disability within the college environment, adult learning theory, and perceived support for student activism on campus.

Meg Gebhard’s research agenda centers on understanding second language literacy development, teachers’ professional development, and the discourses of educational reform in the United States.

Kelly Gray is an adjunct lecturer in the department of Educational Policy, Research & Administration. Gray is the Assistant Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Executive Director of the SBS Advising Resource Center.

Keisha Green is an Associate Professor of Teacher Education & School Improvement. She is a community-engaged scholar and critical teacher educator with research interests in English Education, youth literacy practices, critical literacy, and critical pedagogy. Dr. Green is published in...

Claire Hamilton is an associate professor in the department of Teacher Education & Curriculum Studies.

Professor John Hintze received his doctoral degree from Lehigh University. Prior to obtaining his doctoral degree, Dr. Hintze was a school psychologist in the public schools. His research interests are in curriculum-based measurement and response-to-intervention (RtI), clinical assessment, and...

Michelle Hosp is an associate professor in the department of Student Development.

Sangeeta Kamat is an associate professor in the department of Educational Policy, Research & Administration.

Michael Krezmien is a Professor in the department of Student Development, and the Director of the Center for Youth Engagement. 

Dr. Lisi works full-time in the UMass Amherst Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL). She serves as the organizational lead for CTL’s Midterm Assessment Process (MAP) and the Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA), provides consultations on syllabus and course design, active learning techniques...

Sandra Madden is an associate professor in the department of Teacher Education & Curriculum Studies.

Associate professor Amanda Marcotte received her doctoral degree from the University of Massachusetts’ Amherst’s APA accredited program in school psychology in 2006. She completed a CDSPP internship in the New Bedford, MA public schools. Her...

Kathryn A. McDermott is a professor in the department of Educational Policy, Research & Administration. McDermott is also the Department Chair.

Jacqi Mosselson is an associate professor in the department of Educational Policy, Research & Administration. Her scholarship broadly looks at how inequality and difference are contested in culture, education, and schooling. Dr. Mosselson's research looks at the political, social, and ...

Jesslynn Rocha Neves-McCain earned her doctoral degree in School Psychology from the University of Connecticut. She completed her predoctoral APPIC internship at Let Us Know, Inc. (LUK). Dr. Neves is a certified school psychologist with clinical and consulting experience in psycho-educational...

Bjorn H. Nordtveit is an Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst since 2011, after serving for five years as a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong. He has also served as visiting faculty at Zhejiang Normal University. Prior to...

Kysa Nygreen’s research and teaching address topics of race, class, and culture in education; urban schooling; critical and anti-racist pedagogies; participatory action research; and educational ethnography.

Elenita Irizarry Ramos has over a decade of experience in teaching in K-12 multilingual environments. She is a proud alumna of the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus (UPRM). Elenita completed her doctoral studies in Curriculum and Teaching at the University of Puerto Rico at Rio...

Judy Raper, Ed.D. completed her undergraduate work at Indiana University where she majored in Elementary Education.  Transformed by her experience out of the classroom (and particularly in residence life), she went onto pursue her M.Ed. in Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration at...

Dr. Yedalis Ruíz is a first-generation, Puertorriqueña scholar/practitioner. She is a lecturer for the department of Educational Policy, Research & Administration. Her research examines access to and equity in higher education for first-generation, underrepresented and...

Raymond Sharick is a lecturer in the department of Teacher Education & Curriculum Studies. Sharick is also the Associate Dean for Partnerships, Educator Preparation, & Innovation.

Cristine Smith focuses on literacy and reading for children, youth and adults in developing countries. Smith is a professor in the department of Educational Policy, Research & Administration.

Torrey Trust’s research focuses on how technology can support and enrich teaching and learning. Her research interests include instructional design, teacher professional development, social media, digital tools and apps, open educational resources, professional learning networks, online...

Laura Valdiviezo’s interest is in re-conceptualizing and reforming schools as loci of change for social justice. Her work examines the role educators and youth play as political actors able to inform both policy and teacher education. She is also interested in the education of teachers and...

Kate Way is a popular and critical educator, photographer, and documentary filmmaker. Her research interests lie in the intersection of critical media literacy, the politics of education, and social and economic justice. As a high school English teacher for almost twenty years, Kate worked...

Ryan Wells is Director of the Center for Student Success Research and Professor of higher education. He  primarily investigates questions of college access, equity, and success for underrepresented and/or marginalized students. Topics for recent research include the ways that socioeconomic...

Rebecca Woodland is a professor of Educational Leadership. Woodland's research interests include leadership for curriculum and instruction, teacher education, professional learning communities, and organizational collaboration.

Dr. Seon Yeong Yu's educational background and research focus on early childhood special education with a particular interest in young children’s social emotional competence, challenging behavior, social interaction and peer relationships.

Carmelo Chiello is the Director of Educator Preparation in the College of Education at UMass Amherst. Over the course of his twenty years working in Education, he has taught EFL in Spain, middle school Social Studies in South Florida, and various Teacher Education courses in Massachusetts. He...

Erika Tai, MPP is a second-year doctoral student on the higher education track of the Social Justice Education program at UMass Amherst. Erika's previous work for her Master of Public Policy degree and Graduate Certificate in Advanced Feminist Studies examined the effects of transnational and...