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Dr. Ellie Baldwin, K-12 Licensure Program Coordinator
Albers Hall Room 208, Telephone (970) 248-1645
Email: ebaldwin@mesastate.edu

Expertise: Students with special needs, equality issues in education, sexuality, bi- racial youth, youth on probation, adaptive sports for individuals with disabilities, and English language learners.

Dr. Cathy Barkley, Director of The Center for Teacher Education
Albers Hall Room 302, Telephone (970) 248-1914
Email: cbarkley@mesastate.edu

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Expertise: Mathematics education, ethnomathematics

Dr. Madge Becker, Elementary Pedagogy and Assessment
Albers Hall Room 305, Telephone (970) 248-1924
Email: mbecker@mesastate.edu
Expertise: K-12 curriculum & assessment, gifted education, clinical supervision, school improvement.

Dr. Lisa A. Friel, Elementary Licensure Program Coordinator
Albers Hall Room 202, Telephone (970) 248-1106

Email: friel@mesastate.edu

Expertise: Elementary and early childhood mathematics education, questioning strategies, and constructivist learning theory.

Mrs. Mary Kienietz, Administrative Assistant
Center for Teacher
Education
Albers Hall Room 205, Telephone (970) 248-1786

Email: mkieniet@mesastate.edu

Dr. Mark Joyce, Director of (PBL) Post Baccalaureate Licensure Program
Albers Hall Room 303, Telephone (970) 248-1729
Email: mjoyce@mesastate.edu

Expertise and interests: Visual literacy/communication; learning objects and instructional design; multi-age, interdisciplinary, studio-based and design-based strategies; arts-based inquiry; eLearning; interdisciplinary clay; environmental education using the social sciences; performance improvement (developing competence and expertise); curriculum design.

Robin Madison, PBL Diversity Specialist
Albers Hall Room 109, Telephone (970) 248-1780

Email: rmadison@mesastate.edu
Expertise: Special education; diversity; second language learning.

Sandra Murray, PBL Literacy Specialist
Albers Hall Room 310, Telephone (970) 248-1438

Email: samurray@mesastate.edu
Expertise: Literacy, reading

Dr. Amy Rushneck, Secondary Licensure Program Coordinator
Albers Hall Room 308, Telephone (970) 248-1769
Email: arushnec@mesastate.edu

Expertise: Secondary Education, literacy education, visual and media literacy, curriculum theory, interdisciplinary design.

Jennifer Rushneck, Literacy Specialist
Albers Hall Room 308, Telephone (970) 248-1769
Email: jrushnec@mesastate.edu
Expertise: Literacy education, special education, classroom community/Responsive Schooling.

Bernadine Sherman, Admissions Coordinator PBL Program
Albers Hall Room 203, Telephone (970) 248-1705
Email: bsherman@mesastate.edu

Expertise: Mathematics

Ms. Deborah Snider, Coordinator of Placement and Admissions
Albers Hall Room 108, Telephone (970) 248-1767
Email: dsnider@mesastate.edu
Expertise: Art education, creativity, arts advocacy, arts management, mixed-media art.

Dr. Karl Topper, Environmental Education
Albers Hall Room 207, Telephone (970) 248-1618
Email: topper@mesastate.edu
Expertise: Environmental restoration, environmental education, science education.

Dan Walker, Pedagogy & Assessment Specialist
Albers Hall Room 306, Telephone (970) 248-1468
Email: dawalker@mesastate.edu

Expertise: Pedagogy, standards based instruction, content reading and writing, middle school, social studies.

 

 

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