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Faculty & Staff Dean

Meet the faculty and staff of the College of Education and Human Development's three departments and school (School for Global Inclusion and Social Development).

Dean's Office

Tara Parker

 

Tara L. Parker
Dean, College of Education and Human Development, Professor, Higher Education
617.287.7606
Tara.Parker@umb.edu

 

 

 

Regine Paul

Assistant Dean, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7672

Regine.Paul@umb.edu

 

 

 

Kristin M. Murphy, PhD

Associate Dean of Faculty Development & Academic Programs, Associate Professor of Special Education, College of Education & Human Development

kristin.murphy@umb.edu

 

 

Bernice Fair

 

Bernice Fair
Office Manager, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7606
Bernice.Fair@umb.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tyra Lopes Mendes

 

Tyra Lopes Mendes
Director of Assessment, Accreditation, and Licensure, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7669
Tyra.Mendes@umb.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gary YF Chan

 

Gary YF Chan
Information and Systems Administrator, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7256
Gary.Chan@umb.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Aimee D’Avignon

 

Aimee D’Avignon
Director, Office of Student Success, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7492
Aimee.Davignon@umb.edu

 

 

 

 

Jennifer Wood

 

Jennifer Wood
Associate Director, Office of Student Success, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7610
Jennifer.Wood@umb.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Theresa Norberg

 

Theresa Norberg
Academic Advisor, Office of Student Success, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7625
Theresa.Norberg@umb.edu

 

 

 

 

Thien Nguyen

 

Thien Nguyen
Student Success Specialist, Office of Student Success, College of Education and Human Development
617-287-7233
Thien.Nguyen@umb.edu

 

 

 

 

Lindsay Fallon
Department Chair, Associate Professor, College of Education of Human Development
617.287.7613
Lindsay.Fallon@umb.edu

Gonzalo Bacigalupe
Professor of Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7631
Gonzalo.Bacigalupe@umb.edu

Stacy Bender
Associate Professor of Counseling and School Psychology, Graduate Program Director of the School Psychology PhD Program, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.3167
Stacy.Bender@umb.edu

Amy Cook
Professor of Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7585
Amy.Cook@umb.edu

Joseph N. Cooper
J. Keith Motley Endowed Chair of Sport Leadership and Administration
N/A
JosephN.Cooper@umb.edu

Lisa Cosgrove
Professor of Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7748
Lisa.Cosgrove@umb.edu

Brian Daniels
Assistant Professor of Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.6394
Brian.Daniels@umb.edu

Laura Hayden
Associate Professor of Counseling & School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.4034
Laura.Hayden@umb.edu

Sharon Horne
Professor of Counseling Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7495
Sharon.Horne@umb.edu

Sharon Lamb
Professor of Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7698
Sharon.Lamb@umb.edu

Boaz Levy
Associate Professor of Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7409
Boaz.Levy@umb.edu

Esmaeil Mahdavi
Senior Lecturer in Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.678.9366
Esmaeil.Mahdavi@umb.edu

Andre V. Maharaj
Co-Director, Center for Social Development and Education, Lecturer and Graduate Program Director of Applied Behavior Analysis for Special Populations Certificate, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7609
Andre.Maharaj@umb.edu

Takuya Minami
Graduate Program Director, Associate Professor of Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7619
Takuya.Minami@umb.edu

Tracy Paskiewicz
Senior Lecturer and Graduate Program Director of the School Psychology MEd/EdS Program, Department of Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7595
Tracy.Paskiewicz@umb.edu

Melissa Pearrow
Professor of Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7624
Melissa.Pearrow@umb.edu

Timothy Poynton
School Counseling MEd program director and online program coordinator, Associate Professor of Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.3326
Tim.Poynton@umb.edu

Kerrie Wilkins-Yel
Assistant Professor of Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7608
Kerrie.Wilkins@umb.edu

Staff 

Sarita Owens                                                                                             
Administrative Assistant, Counseling & School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development          
617.287.7805   
Sarita.Owens@umb.edu  

Emily Strojny
Admissions and Practicum Coordinator, Department of Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.5835
Emily.Strojny@umb.edu

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Lisa Gonsalves
Department Chair, Curriculum and Instruction, Associate Professor, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7642
Lisa.Gonsalves@umb.edu


Mona Abo-Zena
Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education and Care; Graduate Program Director, Masters' Programs in Early Childhood Education, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7614
Mona.AboZena@umb.edu


Serra Acar
Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education and Care, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.3873
Serra.Acar@umb.edu


Paloma Britt
Administrative Assistant, Curriculum and Instruction Department, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7591
Paloma.Britt@umb.edu


Karen Crounse
Master Teacher, UTeach
617.287.7686
karen.crounse@umb.edu


Tejaswini S. Dalvi
Associate Professor of Science Education, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.4842
Tejaswini.Dalvi@umb.edu


Christopher B. Denning
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director of Special Education, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.6539
Christopher.Denning@umb.edu


Anne Douglass
Professor; Founder and Exec. Director Institute for Early Education Leadership and Innovation; Graduate Program Director, Post Master's Certificate Programs in Early Education and Care; College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7675
Anne.Douglass@umb.edu


Moira Downes
Manager of Field Experiences, Curriculum and Instruction Department, College of Education and Human Development
617-287-7942
Moira.Downes@umb.edu


Arthur Eisenkraft
Distinguished Professor of Science Education; Director of the Center of Science and Math in Context (COSMIC), College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7652
Arthur.Eisenkraft@umb.edu


Rebecca Hogue
Lecturer in Instructional Design
N/A
Rebecca.hogue@umb.edu


Frances Keefe
Lecturer Instructional Design Graduate Program
N/A
Fran.Keefe@umb.edu


Janna Jackson Kellinger
Professor, College of Education and Human Development/Curriculum and Instruction
617.287.5972
Janna.Kellinger@umb.edu


Apostolos Koutropoulos
Online Program Manager, Applied Linguistics Program, College of Liberal Arts
617.287.5990
A.Koutropoulos@umb.edu


Da Hei Ku
Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education and Care, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7635
DaHei.Ku@umb.edu


Wan Sin Lim
Master Teacher, UTeach
617.287.7516
WanSin.Lim@umb.edu


Lusa Lo
Professor of Special Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.6234
Lusa.Lo@umb.edu


Christopher C. Martell
Associate Professor of Social Studies Education, Graduate Program Director of Middle/Secondary Education, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.3874
Christopher.Martell@umb.edu


Kristin Murphy
Associate Dean of Faculty Development & Academic Programs, Associate Professor, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.4516
Kristin.Murphy@umb.edu


Denise Patmon
Department Chair, Leadership in Education Department , Professor of Education, Director of Boston Writing Project, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7618
Denise.Patmon@umb.edu


Patricia Paugh
Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7586
Patricia.Paugh@umb.edu


Lianna Pizzo
Associate Professor, Early Childhood Education and Care, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.4517
Lianna.Pizzo@umb.edu


Carol Ann Sharicz
Faculty Member, Instructional Design, Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.5984
Carol.Sharicz@umb.edu


Gene Shwalb
Senior Instructional Designer
617.287.3091
Gene.Shwalb @umb.edu


Asgedet Stefanos
Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7363
Asgedet.Stefanos@umb.edu


Jeremy Szteiter
Assistant Director of Critical and Creative Thinking, College of Education and Human Development
617-287-7636
Jeremy.Szteiter@umb.edu


Songtian (Tim) Zeng
Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education and Human Development & Director of Research, Institute for Early Education Leadership & Innovation
206.569.5110
songtian.zeng@umb.edu

 

Department of Leadership in Education

Denise Patmon
Department Chair, Leadership in Education Department , Professor of Education, Director of Boston Writing Project, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7618
Denise.Patmon@umb.edu


Bodunrin O. Banwo
Assistant Professor, Urban Education, Leadership, and Policy Studies & Educational Administration
617.287.3163
bodunrin.banwo@umb.edu


Joseph B. Berger
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs; Professor of Education
617.287.7600
Joseph.Berger@umb.edu


Monnica Chan
Assistant Professor, Higher Education
617.287.3164
monnica.chan@umb.edu


Cheryl D. Ching
Assistant Professor, Higher Education
617.287.3263
Cheryl.Ching@umb.edu


Amy E. Collinsworth
Graduate Program Manager and Assistant to the Department Chair, Leadership in Education
617.287.4026
Amy.Collinsworth@umb.edu


Jay Dee
Professor of Higher Education
617.287.7694
Jay.Dee@umb.edu


Abiola Farinde-Wu
Graduate Program Director, Associate Professor of Urban Education, Leadership, and Policy Studies
617.287.7351
Abiola.Farinde@umb.edu

 

Adela Gonzalez 
Administrative Assistant, Leadership in Education
617.287.7601
Adela.Gonzalez@umb.edu


Stefani Harvey
Instructor, Department of Leadership in Education
n/a
stefani.harvey001@umb.edu


Patricia Krueger-Henney
Associate Professor, Urban Education, Leadership and Policy Studies
617.287.4847
Patricia.Krueger@umb.edu


Tara L. Parker
Dean, College of Education and Human Development, Professor, Higher Education
617.287.7606
Tara.Parker@umb.edu

 

Lorna Rivera 
Director of the Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development & Public Policy, and Professor of Higher Education in the Leadership in Education Department 
617.287.7388
Lorna.Rivera@umb.edu

 

Katalin Szelényi
Graduate Program Director, Associate Professor, Higher Education
617.287.7765
Katalin.Szelenyi@umb.edu


Liza A. Talusan
Associate Instructor, Department of Leadership in Education
N/A
Liza.Talusan@umb.edu


Casel Walker
Graduate Program Director, Instructor, Educational Administration Program
617.287.4848
Casel.Walker@umb.edu


Wenfan Yan
Professor, Urban Education, Leadership, and Policy Studies Program
617.287.4873
WenFan.Yan@umb.edu

 

 

 

School for Global Inclusion and Social Development

Tiffany Donaldson
Associate Dean and Director, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development; Program Manager, Institute for Community Inclusion
617.287.4365
N/A

 

Laura Bozeman
Chair: School for Global Inclusion and Social Development, Professor and Graduate Program Director: Vision Studies, College of Education and Human Development
781.588.4274
Laura.Bozeman@umb.edu

 

Callie M. Brusegaard
Assistant Professor, Vision Studies, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development
617.287.7645
Callie.Brusegaard@umb.edu


Kaitlyn Siner-Cappas
Program Manager, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development; Graduate Program Director, Global Inclusion and Social Development MA/PhD
617.287.3070
Kaitlyn.Siner@umb.edu


Dolly Daftary
Associate Professor, International Development, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development
617.287.4769
Dolly.Daftary@umb.edu


David B. Hershenson
Senior Lecturer, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development
617.566.3124
David.Hershenson@umb.edu


Meghan Kallman
Associate Professor, International Development, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development
617.287.4292
Meghan.Kallman@umb.edu


Valerie L. Karr
Associate Professor, International Development, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development
617.287.4336
Valerie.Karr@umb.edu


Peter Kiang (江念祖)
Professor and Director of Asian American Studies, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development, College of Education and Human Development
617.504.4107
Peter.Kiang@umb.edu


Paula Kosior
Program Coordinator, O&M Program, Vision Studies, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development
617.287.7584
Paula.Kosior@umb.edu


Sindiso Mnisi Weeks
Associate Professor of Legal Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst
N/A
Sindiso.MnisiWeeks@umb.edu


Daniel Norris
Program Coordinator, VRT Program, Vision Studies, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development
802.272.1626
Daniel.Norris@umb.edu


Maria Paiewonsky
Transition Specialist, Institute for Community Inclusion, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development
617.287.7697
Maria.Paiewonsky@umb.edu


Dimity Peter
Associate Professor, Rehabilitation Counseling, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development
617.287.4316
Dimity.Peter@umb.edu


Tammy Reisman
Program Coordinator, TVI Program, Vision Studies, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development
617.287.7668
Tammy.Reisman@umb.edu

 

Rachael Sessler Trinkowsky
Program Coordinator, ATVI Program, Vision Studies, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development
NA
r.sesslertrinkowsky@umb.edu


James Soldner
Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director, Rehabilitation Counseling, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development617.287.7703
James.Soldner@umb.edu


Lakshmi Srinivas
Associate Professor of Asian American Studies, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development, College of Education and Human Development
N/A
Lakshmi.Srinivas@umb.edu


Shirley S. Tang
Endowed Distinguished Professor for Asian American Studies, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development, College of Education and Human Development
N/A
Shirley.Tang@umb.edu


J. Cedric Woods
Director, Institute for New England Native American Studies
Director, Critical Ethnic and Community Studies Program617.287.5784
Cedric.Woods@umb.edu

 

Darick Wright
Coordinator, O&M Program, Vision Studies, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development
NA
Darick.Wright@umb.edu