Morgridge College of Education Faculty
The college consists of 35 full-time and part-time appointed faculty members as well as many adjunct members. Collectively, they represent more than 150 years of teaching and administrative experience in schools, nonprofits, or universities. Search faculty by program.
Faculty members vary broadly by rank, age, gender, and years of teaching experience at the college level. They pursue a variety of specialties and scholarly interests, as evidenced by the descriptions here. Most important, they are available to students on a regular basis as teachers, advisers, researchers and colleagues.
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Denise Anthony, Assistant Professor, Library and Information Science 
PhD University of Michigan School of Information. Dissertation title: Beyond Description: Exploring the Practical Knowledge, Skills and Abilities of Reference Archivists; MILS, University of Michigan School of Information and Library Studies; BS, Michigan State University
Career highlights: Graduate Student Instructor, University of Michigan School of Information Project Coordinator, Archives of the Resistance Movements, University of Fort Hare, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Research interests: Information searching skills of archivists; tacit knowledge; access systems for archives.
Professional affiliations: Society of American Archivists (SAA); Midwest Archives Association (MAC).
E-mail: danthon2@du.edu
Denise Anthony Vita
Shimelis Assefa, Assistant Professor, Library and Information Science 
PhD University of North Texas. Dissertation title: Human Concept Cognition and Semantic Relations in the Unified Medical Language System: A Coherence Analysis; MS, BS, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
Career highlights: Instructor and Lecturer at the University of North Texas, San Jose State University. Received international scholarships from Fogarty/New England Medical Center and University of Natal; The British Council; and Internet Society. Received Interdisciplinary Information Science Ph.D. Student/Faculty Research Grant, Texas Center for Digital Knowledge (TxCDK), 2004/05. Published in the Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology; Presented peer-reviewed papers in national and international conferences.
Research interest: concept representation, knowledge structure, classification, categorization, information systems evaluation, health informatics.
Professional affiliations: American Society for Information Science and Technology, Association for Library and Information Science Education, Association for Information Systems.
E-mail: sassefa@du.edu
Shimelis Assefa Vita
Rexford G. Brown, Interim Director of the Teacher Education Program 
PhD, MA, University of Iowa; BA, Middlebury College
Career highlights: Founding Executive Director of P.S.1 Charter School, an interdisciplinary, project-based, inner-city middle school/high school in Denver; former Director of the University of Denver High School; authored It's Your Fault! An insider's guide to learning and teaching in city schools, (2003) and Schools of Thought: How the politics of literacy shape thinking in the classroom, (1991), and scores of articles, monographs and reports on education reform and student achievement in reading, writing and art.
Research interests: school design, organizational discourse.
E-mail: rbrown9@du.edu
Ruth Chu-lien Chao, PhD, Assistant Professor, Counseling Psychology Program 
PhD University of Missouri-Columbia; MS National Chung-cheng University; BA National Taiwan University
Career highlights: Received the American Psychological Fund Award in 2007; received the American Psychological Association Grant Award in 2007; received the Outstanding Research Award in 2005 from the Division 17, APA, in 2005; Published in the American Psychologist, Journal of College Counseling, ACA VISTA, Encyclopedia of Counseling Psychology, and Exploration in Privilege, Oppression, and Diversity (edited by Sharon Anderson and Valerie A. Anderson).
Research interests: multicultural counseling; counselors' cultural competencies; issues of cultural diversity; racism and mental health; social justice.
Professional affiliations: American Psychological Association, American Counseling Association
E-mail: Chu-Lien.Chao@du.edu
Ruth Chu-lien Chao Vita
Nicholas J. Cutforth, Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction Program 
PhD, University of Illinois-Chicago; MS, University of Oregon; BEd, College of St. Paul and St. Mary (Cheltenham, England)
Career highlights: Co-authored two books on university-community collaboration (one on youth development and physical activity, the other on community-based research); recognized in the U.S. and the U.K. as an expert in community-based research; works with faculty, staff and student colleagues toward DU's national prominence in its sustained and democratic partnerships with schools and community organizations in Denver; developed the Colorado Community-Based Research Network (www.ccbrn.org) to a level where it is a viable entity as a vehicle for social change.
Research interests: community-based research, university-community collaboration, physical activity for under-served youth, urban education, school-based research, program development and evaluation, ethnographic research.
Professional affiliations: International Association for Research in Service-Learning and Community Engagement.
E-mail: ncutfort@du.edu
Nicholas J. Cutforth Vita
Web sites: http://portfolio.du.edu/ncutfort; http://myprofile.cos.com/cutfortn94
James R. Davis, Professor, Higher Education Program 
PhD Michigan State University; higher education; BD Yale University Divinity School; AB Oberlin College
Career highlights: Authored seven books, including Effective Training Strategies; Learning to Lead; Better Teaching, More Learning; and Interdisciplinary Courses and Team Teaching; currently serves as dean of the University College of the University of Denver; functioned as director of faculty development and the Center for Academic Quality at the University of Denver; served as academic dean at Wilberforce University.
Research interests: postsecondary teaching strategies, learning paradigms, leadership, interdisciplinary team teaching.
Professional affiliations: University Continuing Education Association (UCEA).
E-mail: jdavis@du.edu
Karin Dittrick-Nathan, Assistant Clinical Professor and Program Chair, Child, Family, and School Psychology Program 
PhD, MA, University of Denver; BA, University of Southern Colorado
Career highlights: Served as coordinator for Rocky Mountain Talent Search, responsible for programming for gifted and talented middle school students; assisted students from preschool through young adulthood with learning and developmental disabilities; served as an academic counselor at the Learning Effectiveness Program at DU, advising and tutoring students with diagnosed learning disabilities; worked as a school psychologist in Jefferson County.
Research interests: problem gambling in adolescents and process addiction.
E-mail: kdittric@du.edu
Karin Dittrick-Nathan Resume
Carolyn Elverenli, Faculty Lead, Buell Early Childhood Leadership Program 
Child, Family, and School Psychology EdD, University of Northern Colorado; MA, George Mason University; BA, George Washington University
Career highlights: Served as executive director of the Fisher Early Learning Center; awarded Phi Beta Kappa honors at George Washington University; founded the Thurgood Marshall Child Development Center for the Supreme Court; directed the Creative Child Development Centers for HUD and GSA; guided both centers through the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) accreditation process; served as mentor and validator for the NAEYC.
Research interests: Curriculum and instruction, emergent literacy, teacher education, public policy advocacy.
E-mail: celveren@du.edu
Rayna Vaught Godfrey, Lecturer, Counseling Psychology 
PhD, University of Denver, Counseling Psychology; MA University of Denver, Counseling Psychology; BA DePauw University, Psychology, French
Career highlights; Dr. Godfrey has been an adjunct professor at the University of Denver and Metropolitan State College of Denver. She has also been in a private practice in Denver and has been an outpatient therapist at the VA Medical Center in Denver and the Jefferson Center for Mental Health in Lakewood, CO.
E-mail: rgodfrey@du.edu
Deborah S. Grealy, Assistant Professor, Library and Information Science Program 
PhD, University of Denver, Higher Education; MA, Kent State University, MLS, University of Oklahoma
Career highlights: Received the H. W. Wilson Company Award (Special Library Association Publications Award) 1999; serves as a member of the Colorado Library Advisory Board, the advisory body to the Colorado State Library; serves on the board of directors for the Collaborative Digitization Program; served five years on the executive board of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Special Libraries Association; currently serves as a member of the University of Denver Faculty Senate, with four years service on the executive committee.
Research interests: library and information science (LIS) education, adult education, history of librarianship and library education, LIS accountability and assessment, adult continuing education, academic libraries, faculty governance.
Professional affiliations: American Library Association, Association for Library and Information Science Education, Association of College and Research Libraries, Colorado Association of Libraries, Special Libraries Association.
E-mail: dgrealy@du.edu
Deborah S. Grealy Vita
Web site: http://portfolio.du.edu/dgrealy
Kathy E. Green, Program Chair and Professor, Quantitative Research Methods Program 
PhD, MEd, University of Washington; BS University of Wisconsin-Madison, measurement, statistics and research design
Career highlights: Named University of Denver United Methodist Teacher/Researcher of the Year in 1999; honored with a Fulbright Scholarship to the Slovak Republic in 2002; received awards for contributions to survey research in 1993 and 2001 from the American Educational Research Association's Survey Research in Education special interest group for contributions to survey research.
Research interests: survey research, applied measurement, item response theory.
Professional affiliations: National Council on Measurement in Education, American Educational Research Association, American Statistical Association.
E-mail: kgreen@du.edu
Kathy E. Green Vita
Web sites:www.du.edu/~kgreen; http://myprofile.cos.com/greenk86
Norma Hafenstein, Director and Assistant Professor, Ricks Center for Gifted Children 
PhD, University of Denver; MS, Kansas State University; BS, Emporia State University, gifted and talented education
Career highlights: Founded the Ricks Center for Gifted Children; has been an active leader with the National Association for Gifted Children for more than 20 years; founded the Institute for the Development of Gifted Education; serves as a member of the Colorado Department of Education Gifted and Talented Endorsement Standards Committee.
Research interests: young gifted children, information-processing styles, social and emotional development, mathematical ability, individualized educational planning.
Professional affiliations: American Educational Research Association, National Association for Gifted Children, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
E-mail: nhafenst@du.edu
Sylvia D. Hall-Ellis, Associate Professor, Library and Information Science Program 
PhD University of Pittsburgh, MLS University of North Texas
Career highlights: Selected as a delegate to the American Library Association's 3rd Congress on Professional Education (2003); served as the special assistant to the U.S. Department of Education's Regional Representative in the West; serves as a member of the American Library Association Committee for Research and Statistics; serves as a member of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services' Committee on the Recruitment, Training and Education of Catalogers; named secretary-historian of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of REFORMA; received the Morgridge College of Education Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Member Award for LIS (2002).
Research interests: library and information science (LIS) education, bibliographic control, services to diverse populations.
Professional affiliations: American Library Association, National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking (REFORMA), Association for Library and Information Science Education, Mountain Plains Library Association, Colorado Library Association.
E-mail: shellis@du.edu
Sylvia D Hall-Ellis Vita
Cynthia E. Hazel, Assistant Professor, Child, Family, and School Psychology Program 
PhD, University of Northern Colorado; MA Vermont College; BA Arizona State University
Career highlights: Received the APA Division 16 2003 Paul Henkin Student Travel Award; selected to attend the Future of School Psychology 2002 Invitational Conference; served as the 2002-2003 Behavior Evaluation and Support Team Coordinator for the Colorado Department of Education.
Research interests: school-wide change, peer harassment, school safety, consultation, policy analysis, and interpretivist research methodologies.
Professional affiliations: American Psychological Association; American Psychological Association, Division 16: School Psychology; American Psychological Association, Division 27: Society for Community Research and Action; National Association of School Psychologists; Colorado Society of School Psychologists.
E-mail: chazel@du.edu
Cynthia E. Hazel Vita
Elinor L. Katz, Dean Emerita 
PhD, MPA and MA, University of Denver; BA Brooklyn College, curriculum and instruction
Career highlights: Led growth and progress in the college, including the Ricks Center, the DU High School, Pioneer Charter School and Fisher Early Childhood Center, during her 10-year tenure as dean of the Morgridge College of Education; named Woman of Valor by the Colorado Diabetes Association in 2001 for work in providing educational programs for children; has worked closely with over 75 doctoral students; collaborated in the development of Destination ImagiNation, University for Youth and Rocky Mountain Talent Search.
Research interests: gifted and talented education, teacher education programs, survey research, program evaluation research.
Professional affiliations: National Association for Gifted Children, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, American Educational Research Association.
E-mail: ekatz@du.edu
Web sites: http://portfolio.du.edu/ekatz; http://myprofile.cos.com/katze87; West VIP Partnership Program
Edith W. King, Professor, Curriculum and Instruction Program 
EdD and MA, Wayne State University; BA, University of Michigan, curriculum and instruction
Career highlights: Recent books authored Meeting the Challenges of Teaching in an Era of Terrorism (2006), Sociology for Educators in the Post 9/11 World (2007), Looking Into the Live of Children: A Worldwide View (1999), as well as author of numerous other books, book chapters, articles and monographs in sociology of education, social theory, diversity and multiethnic education, international education; chaired 42 doctoral dissertations; serves as advisory board member and editorial consultant for American, British and Australian publishers including: Allyn and Bacon, Heinemann, James Nicholas Publishers, Routledge/Falmer, Rowman and Littlefield, Altamira Press, and McGraw Hill; serves as advisory board member for the journals: Sociology of Education, Race Equality Teaching, Sociological Inquiry, and the Journal of Cultural Research in Art; engaged in funded international research projects on education in Germany, China, and Hong Kong.
Research interests: sociology of education, gender, ethnicity and social class in education, multicultural and comparative education, qualitative research methods, international education.
Professional affiliations: American Sociological Association, American Educational Research Association, International Peace Research Association, U.S. Society for Education in the Arts.
E-mail: eking@du.edu
Edith W. King Vita
Web site: http://www.du.edu/~eking
Susan Korach, Assistant Professor, Educational Administration Program 
EdD and MA, University of Houston; BA, Trinity University
Career highlights: Serves as program coordinator for the Ritchie Program for School Leaders, an intensive cohort-based principal preparation program, a partnership between DU and Denver Public Schools; facilitates school improvement, service learning and governance at Pioneer Charter School; published "Pioneering change: The Experiences of Three Colorado Charter Schools," in "Charter Schools: Lessons in school reform".
Research interests: charter schools.
Professional affiliations: Phi Delta Kappa, Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development.
E-mail: skorach@du.edu
Susan Korach Vita
Toni W. Linder, Professor, Child, Family, and School Psychology Program 
EdD and MA, University of Northern Colorado; BS Iowa State University, educational psychology
Career highlights: Authored most recently: Transdisciplinary Play-based Assessment; Transdisciplinary Play-based Intervention; and Read, Play, and Learn; awarded University of Denver Lecturer, 1994; funded on numerous proposals by the U.S. Office of Education, Office of Special Education Programs for personnel preparation, leadership training and field-initiated grants.
Research interests: Early education, assessment of young children, intervention with young children, families at risk.
Professional affiliations: Council for Exceptional Children, National Association for the Education of Young Children, American Association of University Women.
E-mail: tlinder@du.edu
Fisher Early Learning Center, 303-871-2474
Web site: http://myprofile.cos.com/lindert91
Cheryl D. Lovell, Associate Dean and Professor 
PhD Florida State University; MEd and BA, West Georgia College, Higher Education
Career highlights: Directs the Association for the Study of Higher Education Public Policy Seminar for Advanced Doctoral Students; served two terms on the National Board of Directors for the National Association for Student Personnel Administration (NASPA) and chaired the Public Policy Division for five years; served on the NASPA Journal Board; invited to speak to the Ministry of Education for the Russian Federation on the importance of institutional research functions of postsecondary institutions; conducting research in China on their postsecondary educational system, focusing on adult universities; researching university governance models and their effectiveness to institutions around the globe.
Research interests: college student affairs administration, student retention, post secondary public policy.
Professional affiliations: National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Association for the Study of Higher Education, American Educational Research Association, Association for Institutional Research.
E-mail: cdlovell@du.edu
Web site: www.du.edu/~cdlovell
MB McDermott, Practicum and Internship Supervisor, Child, Family, and School Psychology Program
CAES, MA Boston College; MBA University of Colorado, Denver; BA University of Massachusetts; University of Denver, Administration Preparation Program
Career highlights: Worked as a school psychologist for over 20 years in Colorado, Massachusetts and California with a recent focus on early childhood. Served as a special education administrator for eight years. Functioned as Treasurer, Newsletter Editor and Program Chair for the Colorado Society of School Psychologists (CSSP). Co-Authored the Cooperative Assessment Guidelines for school practitioners for the Colorado Rehabilitation Services (CRS).
Research interests: Early childhood educational leadership and cultural diversity
E-mail: mmcdermo@du.edu
Malaika McKee-Culpepper, Lecturer and Diversity Faculty Fellow, Higher Education Program 
PhD University of Minnesota , Twin Cities, College of Education, Higher Education Policy and Administration; EdM Harvard University Graduate School of Education; BA University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts, Political Science and French
Career highlights: Wrote a policy report in the summer of 2005 for the State Higher Executive Officers focusing on the social marketing of higher education to students of color; 2001-2002 Inaugural Class Colorado State Senator Gloria Tanner's Future Black Women Leaders of Colorado; Honors with distinction from the National Civilian Community Corps; Completed national service with AmeriCorp Learn and Serve: Higher Education; Summer fellow at Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.; State of New Hampshire, Partner's in Education Gold Circle Achievement Award for Educational Excellence; Former middle school ESL teacher; Visiting scholar at McGill University in Montréal, Canada and Université Paul Valery, Montpelier, France.
Research interests: My dissertation explored the 2003, national data set from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program using HLM and factor analysis to examine correlates of civic engagement as they pertain to the expectation for civic engagement in college on behalf of first year students; additional interests include civic engagement theory and assessment for higher education accountability, the role of media in higher education, the impact of geography on colleges and universities, and social marketing higher education to under-represented populations.
Professional affiliations: AERA, ASHE.
E-mail: mmckeecu@du.edu
Cynthia McRae, Professor, Counseling Psychology Program 
PhD and BA, University of Iowa, Counseling Psychology
Career highlights: Received two grants from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, including a FIRST award; chaired or co-chaired more than 50 dissertations; named semifinalist for the Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship for 2004; represented Division 17 (Counseling Psychology) on the Interdivisional Healthcare Committee of APA for four years; received University Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award for 2007; is Chair of the Counseling Health Psychology Section of Division 17 (2006-2008).
Research interests: psychosocial adjustment of persons with Parkinson's disease, caregiver issues, quality of life in chronic illness, the placebo effect, behavioral genetics in neurological disorders.
Professional affiliations: American Psychological Association, Society of Behavioral Medicine
E-mail: cmcrae@du.edu
Cynthia McRae Vita
Web site: http://myprofile.cos.com/mcraec92
Virginia R. Maloney, Clinical Associate Professor, Educational Administration 
PhD in Administration, George Washington University, School of Business and Public Management; MA in Education and Human Development, George Washington University; BA Yale University; Certificate of Business Administration, Nonprofit Management, University of Illinois at Chicago
Career highlights: Virginia R. Maloney became the Dean of the Morgridge College of Education at DU in 2001. Previously, she was the Executive Director of the Sturm Family Foundation. Her interests include education reform, the leadership of local schools and districts, early childhood education, and education policy on the local, state, and national levels. She has worked in an executive capacity at nonprofit organizations providing education and family support services to children with disabilities and children "at risk." Dr. Maloney received her B. A. from Yale University as a member of the first graduating class to include women. She has an M. A. in Education and Human Development and a Ph.D. in Public Administration from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. As a doctoral student she focused her study and research on public education policy and organization behavior and development.
Research interests: educational administration and policy
Professional affiliations: Advisory Council Member, 2006-present, Wildlife Experience; Member, 2004-present, Boettcher Teachers Program; Member, 2005-06, Search Committee for Provost of the University of Denver; Chair, Sub Committee for Position Statement; Board Member, 2004-present, Alliance for Quality Teaching; Member, 2004, Search Committee for Dean of Daniels College of Business; Member, 2004, Denver Public School Commission on Secondary School Reform; Elected Member, Women's Forum of Colorado; Co-Chair, 2003-present, Board of Directors, Qualistar Early Learning, Denver, CO; Committee Member, 2003-04 Educare/CORRA Merger; Governing Board Member, 2002-present, Colordo Partnership for Educational Renewal; Board Member, 2001-03 Educare Colorado; Board Member, 2001-05, Pioneer Charter School; Member, 2000-present, Colorado Council of Deans of Education; Co-Chair, 2003-05, Colorado Council of Deans of Education; Chair, 2002-03, Women's Leadership Council, University of Denver; Member, 2002, Search Committee for Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement; Advisory Council Member, Children's Museum of Denver.
E-mail: gmaloney@du.edu
Web site: http://portfolio.du.edu/gmaloney; http://myprofile.cos.com/gmaloney
Paul Michalec, Program Chair and Clinical Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction 
PhD, University of Colorado-Boulder; MA, Mankato State University; BS, Cornell University
Career highlights: Former Director of Student Teaching, Skidmore College; developed an innovative institution-to-institution K-16 partnership between Skidmore College and a local school district; served on editorial board for the newsletter EnCouragement; received Adjunct Faculty Teaching Award in 2005 at DU; founding member of Colorado Courage To Teach; Courage to Teach facilitator leading year-long retreat series for Denver Public School teachers and building leaders focusing on renewal and teacher formation; published in Curriculum & Teaching Dialogue; faculty advisor for the Dual Undergraduate/Graduate Degree Program; Morgridge College of Education teaching coach.
Research interests: teacher education, effective instruction in higher education, spiritual dimensions of teaching, teacher renewal/formation.
Professional affiliations: American Association of Teaching and Curriculum, Center for Courage and Renewal.
E-mail: pmichale@du.edu
Paul Michalec Vita
Gloria E. Miller, Professor, Child, Family, and School Psychology Program 
PhD and MS, University of Wisconsin-Madison; BA State University of New York at Potsdam, school psychology
Career highlights: Member of the Colorado Consortium of Trainers in School Psychology; functions as an editorial board member for three major professional journals; serves as a member of the board of trustees for the Mount St. Vincent Home, a local youth residential center and school program; awarded $1.25 million, five-year federal personnel preparation grant from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education to develop and evaluate a predoctoral EdS training concentration in early childhood school psychology; co-authored Handbook of Educational Psychology; co-authored Engagement of Families in Early Intervention for Childhood Conduct Problems.
Research interests: literacy and early childhood development, prevention of conduct disorders in children and adolescents, individual counseling and familial intervention and involvement.
Professional affiliations: American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, National Association of School Psychologists
E-mail: glmiller@du.edu
Karen S. Riley, Assistant Professor, Child, Family, and School Psychology Program
PhD, MA, University of Denver; BS, Colorado State University
Career highlights: Invited to establish in 2005 the Middle East Fragile X Treatment and Research Center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; serves as a co-principal investigator "Project InSPECT: Integrated School Psychology Early Childhood Training," a $1.25 million U.S. Office of Special Education personnel preparation grant; co-authored "The Treatment of Emotional and Behavioral Problems;" in Fragile X Syndrome: Diagnosis, Treatment and Research; participated as an invited guest speaker at the International Workshop of Fragile X Syndrome Taipei, Taiwan, 2001; received the FRAXA Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Research interests: Fragile X Syndrome, early childhood assessment and intervention, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, and behavioral interventions.
E-mail: kriley@du.edu
Maria T. Riva, Counseling Psychology Program 
PhD University of Pittsburgh; MS Southern Illinois University; BA Illinois Wesleyan University, counseling psychology
Career highlights: Received the University of Denver Distinguished Teaching Award in 2001; co-edited Handbook of Group Counseling and Psychotherapy; co-authored "Teaching Group Work: Modeling Group Leader and Member Behaviors in the Classroom to Demonstrate Group Theory" in the Journal for Specialists in Group Work; honored as a fellow for the Association for Specialists in Group Work; chaired the University of Denver Institutional Review Board for Human Subjects.
Research interests: adolescent development, counseling with adolescents and families, group counseling, training and supervision, issues of cultural diversity.
Professional affiliations: American Psychological Association, American Counseling Association
E-mail: mriva@du.edu
Maria T. Riva Vita
Maria del Carmen Salazar, Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction 
PhD, University of Colorado-Boulder; MA, University of Denver; BA, University of Colorado-Denver
Career highlights: Publications in peer-reviewed journals such as Bilingual Research Journal, Borderlands Journal, and The High School Journal; national conference presentations for American Educational Research Association, National Association for Bilingual Education, Latino Critical Race Theory, Coalition of Essential Schools, and National Council of Teachers of English; currently appointed to the Colorado Department of Education NCLB English Language Acquisition Advisory Council, Colorado Department of Education Reading First Leadership Team and Governor Ritter's Teacher Quality Commission; serves as co-chair of Morgridge College of Education Diversity Committee; faculty representative for DU Latina/o Center for Community Engagement and Scholarship.
Research interests: teacher education, urban education, linguistically diverse education, cultural competency, teacher as researcher, academic resiliency of Chicana/o & Mexicana/o youth.
Professional affiliations: American Educational Research Association, National Association for Bilingual Education, Colorado Association for Bilingual Education, American Association of University Women.
E-mail: msalazar@du.edu
Kent Seidel, Program Chair and Associate Professor, Educational Administration Program 
Dr. Kent Seidel is Associate Professor and Chair of the P-20 Leadership programs, including the Buell Early Childhood Program, K12 Educational Administration programs, and Higher Education Administration programs. He comes to DU from the University of Cincinnati, where he served as faculty and Chair of the Educational Leadership and Urban Education Leadership graduate programs. He holds a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Research with a focus on non-profit and educational organizational behavior and management.
Dr. Seidel has been actively involved with school improvement and standards-based reform since 1990. Since 1996, he has served as the Director of the Alliance for Curriculum reform, a collaborative of more than 20 of the national education organizations. Closely related to his school reform work, Dr. Seidel has been actively involved in arts education and the development of creativity in students, teachers, and school leaders. He has a theatre and music background.
His primary research in the past decade has focused on performance-based approaches to improving educator support and school quality, including a major emphasis on value-added and growth measures in accountability systems. He led the development of resources and training for all 72 teacher and principal preparation programs in Ohio on uses of value-added and growth measures, under the auspices of the Board of Regents to help these programs meet legislative requirements. He is Principal Investigator for the large-scale longitudinal strand of the Teacher Quality Partnership, a consortium of all 50 Ohio teacher education programs, conducting a series of studies to better understand teacher preparation, professional development, and early career support.
E-Mail: kent.seidel@du.edu
Kent Seidel Vita
Patrick Sherry, Associate Professor and Training Director, Counseling Psychology Program 
PhD University of Iowa; BS Michigan State University, counseling psychology
Research interests: business and psychology, models of adolescent substance abuse, psychological assessment of managers.
Professional affiliations: American Psychological Association, Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, American Education Research Association
E-mail: psherry@du.edu
Patrick Sherry Vita
Web site: http://www.du.edu/~psherry/apa95aps.html
Clara L. Sitter, Associate Clinical Professor, Library and Information Science Program 
PhD University of Colorado Boulder; MLS University of Texas at Austin; BA, University of Oklahoma
Career highlights: Served as president of the Alaska Library Association; currently serves as a member of the American Library Association Council, the editorial board of Knowledge Quest, and the publications committee for the American Association of School Librarians; functions as a peer-reviewer for the Association of Library and Information Science Educators; published "Library Management" in The Internet Encyclopedia.
Research interests: special collections, database instruction, user needs and library history.
Professional affiliations: American Library Association, Colorado Association of Libraries, Association for Library and Information Science Education.
E-mail: csitter@du.edu
Clara L. Sitter Vita
Web site: http://portfolio.du.edu/csitter
Mary Stansbury, Program Chair and Associate Professor, Library and Information Science Program
PhD and MLS, Texas Woman's University, School of Library & Information Science; BA University of Texas-Austin
Career highlights: Co-author of Virtual Inequality: Beyond the Digital Divide; co-principal investigator of "Health Information Seeking Behaviors of Older Adults," a $500,000 research project federally funded through the Institute of Museum and Library Services; contributing author to The Service Connection: Library and Information Science Education and Service to Communities; multiple international and national presentations on the topic of access to information technologies.
Research interests: information policy; Digital Divide; health information seeking behaviors.
Professional Affiliations: American Library Association; Colorado Association of Libraries; Association for Library & Information Science Education.
E-mail: Mary.Stansbury@du.edu
Mary Stansbury Vita
George Straface, Clinical Assistant Professor and Director, Principal Preparation Program, Educational Administration
EdD, University of Colorado at Denver, Educational Leadership; MA, University of Colorado at Boulder, Educational Administration
Career highlights: Dr. Straface has proudly served Colorado's public schools for 39 years, most recently as the Superintendent of Schools for Adams County School District #50, Westminster. In addition, he has served as Superintendent for the Commerce City and Grand Junction schools; Deputy Superintendent for the Denver Public Schools; Executive Director for Human Resources and for the North Area for Cherry Creek Schools; and Executive Director of Personnel for the Grand Junction Public Schools. In his career he has served as a principal, assistant principal, director of activities, and a teacher in grades 6-12.
George has provided leadership for Colorado public education as the President of the Colorado Association of School Personnel Administrators (CASPA); President of the Colorado School Negotiators; President of the Colorado Association of Senior School Administrators (CASSA); Chair of the Denver Area School Superintendents (DASSC); and President of the Colorado Association of School Executives (CASE). He has received CASE's award for distinguished service, The Colbert Cushing Award, in 2000, and Westminster Hispanic and Hmong's community's recognition as "Bridge Builder" in 2006. Dr. Straface is certified as a Teacher, Principal, and Administrator Perceiver for the SRI/GALLUP Corporation. He is also a trainer of trainers for McRel's Balanced Leadership Program. He has been with the University of Denver as an adjunct professor in the Weekend School Executive Program since 1987.
Research interests: Educational leadership; principal preparation, and educational reform.
Professional affiliations: Colorado Association of School Executives, American Association of School Administrators, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Phi Delta Kappa, Horace Mann League, The Century Club.
E-mail: gstrafac@du.edu
George Straface Resume
Franklin A. Tuitt, Program Director and Assistant Professor, Higher Education Program 
EdD, MA, Harvard; BA, Connecticut College
Career highlights: Co-edited and served as a contributing author for Race and Higher Education: Rethinking Pedagogy in Diverse College Classrooms; served as Cabot Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University; functioned as a research associate for the Harvard National Campus Diversity Project; co-chaired the Harvard Educational Review; serves as a member of the Connecticut College Board of Trustees.
Research interests: diversity in higher education, teaching and learning in racially diverse classrooms, best practices for recruiting and retaining students of color in traditionally white higher education institutions.
Professional affiliations: The Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), American Educational Research Association (AERA), Professional and Organizational Development in Higher Education Network (POD), National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA).
E-mail: ftuitt@du.edu
Franklin A. Tuitt Vita
P. Bruce Uhrmacher, Professor, Curriculum and Instruction Program 
PhD, Stanford University; MEd, Harvard University; BS, University of Wisconsin-Madison, curriculum and instruction
Career highlights: Co-editor of Intricate Palette: Working the Ideas of Elliot Eisner; faculty advisor for the Aesthetic Education Institute of Colorado (AEIC); served as the book review editor for the International Journal of Leadership in Education; served as President of the American Association For Teaching and Curriculum; honored with the University of Denver Distinguished Teaching Award, 2004.
Research interests: alternative school settings, curriculum theory and practice, Waldorf education, issues in qualitative research, arts-based research.
Professional affiliations: American Educational Research Association, National Art Education Association, Phi Delta Kappa, American Association of Teaching and Curriculum.
E-mail: buhrmach@du.edu
P. Bruce Uhrmacher Vita
Web sites: https://portfolio.du.edu/pc/port?portfolio=buhrmach; http://www.think360arts.org
Jesse N. Valdez, Associate Professor, Program Chair, Counseling Psychology Program
PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison, counseling psychology, MEd Sul Ross State University, BA Southwest Texas State
Career highlights: Presented "Relationship of Avoidance Health Behavior, Acculturation, Health Stress and Self Advocacy" and "Counseling Center Client Mood Disorders, Psychosocial Problems, Severity, and Functioning" at the Texas Psychological Association 2004 annual convention; led a team of bilingual experts in the translation of medical research scales from English to Spanish; published "Psychotherapy With Bicultural Hispanic Clients" in Psychotherapy; presented "Teaching Diversity: Examining Theoretical, Philosophical, and Practical Approaches" at the University of Denver third annual Summit on Diversity.
Research interests: diversity and multicultural issues in counseling psychology and mental health; self-efficacy, psychological stress, acculturation and cultural identity issues; women's issues; cultural and gender roles.
Professional affiliations: American Psychological Association
E-mail: jevaldez@du.edu
Jesse N. Valdez Vita
Barbara M. Vollmer, Clinical Associate Professor and Director, Counseling and Educational Services Clinic 
PhD University of Denver; MA Ohio State University; BA Harper College State University of New York, counseling psychology
Career highlights: Developed a community training clinic, in operation since 1996, for counseling psychology and school psychology; functioning as director of the counseling centers for students at both the University of Denver and Metropolitan State College of Denver; developed training programs that became accredited and implemented many outreach programs in peer counseling, prevention and a campus employee assistance service.
Research interests: counseling women, collaborative treatment planning, solution-focused therapy, emotional abuse, problem gambling.
Professional affiliations: American Psychological Association, American Counseling Association, Association of Directors of Psychology Training Clinics.
E-mail: bvollmer@du.edu
Shayna Brody Whitehouse, Co-Director, Counseling and Educational Services Clinic 
PhD, MA, University of Denver; BA, Case Western Reserve University
Career Highlights: Works as a School Psychologist and Special Education Preschool Coordinator; Received Miller Research and Travel Support Fund; Received the Outstanding School Psychology Student Award from the Colorado Society of School Psychologists.
Research Interests: Transition from elementary to middle level school and its effect on the development of students from different cultural and gender groups, anxiety assessment during transition to middle level schools, the impact of adult/student relationships on the transition to middle level schools and prevention of school disengagement, multicultural cognitive and processing assessment.
Professional Affiliations: CSSP and NASP
E-Mail: shayna.whitehouse@du.edu
Duan Zhang, Assistant Professor, Quantitative Research Methods 
Ph. D, MS, Texas A&M University; BA, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China
Research interests: Structural Equation Modeling; Hierarchical Linear Modeling; Power Analysis in Multilevel modeling; Applied Measurement; Psychological functioning and adjustment for at-risk children in elementary schools.
Professional affiliations: American Educational Research Association Psychometric Society American Psychological Association.
E-mail: duan.zhang@du.edu
Duan Zhang Vita