College of Education Faculty

Grant B. Hayes, Professor and Dean
(BA, Limestone College; MEd, EdS, PhD, University of South Carolina, Columbia)
Vivian W. Mott, Professor and Interim Associate Dean
(BS, MS, University of Tennessee; PhD, University of Georgia)
Alana M. Zambone, Associate Professor and Interim Associate Dean
(BA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; MS, PhD, Vanderbilt University)
Vivian Martin Covington, Teaching Assistant Professor and Executive Director of Teacher Education and Undergraduate Studies
(BS, MAEd, CAS, EdD, East Carolina University)
Diana B. Lys, Director of Assessment and Accreditation
(BA, MAT, EdD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Sherrie G. Rogers, Director for Administration and Finance
(BSBA, East Carolina University)

Department of Education Leadership

William A. Rouse, Jr., Associate Professor and Chair
(BS, MAEd, EdS, EdD, East Carolina University)
Kermit G. Buckner, Professor
(AB, MA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; EdD, University of North Carolina, Greensboro)
Crystal R. Chambers, Associate Professor
(BA, Spelman College; JD, PhD, University of Virginia)
Regina Figueiredo-Brown, Assistant Professor
(BA, MEd, The Ohio State University; MA, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Lee W. Grier, Teaching Professor
(AB, High Point University; MEd, University of North Carolina, Greensboro; EdD, Duke University)
William J. Grobe, Associate Professor
(BA, MEd, EdD, State University of New York, Buffalo)
Harold L. Holloman, Associate Professor
(BA, Wake Forest University; MA, East Carolina University; PhD, University of South Carolina)
Karen Jones, Assistant Professor
(BS, University of Texas at Austin; Med, Texas State University-San Marcos; PhD, Texas State University-San Marcos)
James O. McDowelle, Professor
(BA, West Virginia State University; MS, Radford University; EdD, University of Virginia)
Michael Poock, Associate Professor
(BA, MA, Bowling Green State University; MPA, State University of New York, Albany; PhD, Kent State University)
Martin Reardon, Assistant Professor
(BA, Macquarie University, Sydney, AU; BEd, MEd, Queensland University, Brisbane, AU; PhD, The College of William & Mary)
Marjorie C. Ringler, Associate Professor
(BS, Florida International University; MAEd, Stetson University; EdD, University of Florida)
Marilyn A. Sheerer, Professor
(BS, Bloomsburg State College; MS, Syracuse University; PhD, Ohio University)
David Siegel, Associate Professor
(BA, Wake Forest University; MEd, University of South Carolina; PhD, University of Michigan)
Linda C. Stevens, Teaching Professor
(BA, Campbell University; MAT, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; EdD, East Carolina University)

Department of Elementary Education and Middle Grades Education

Ann Adams Bullock, Associate Professor and Chair
(BS, Appalachian State University; MA, New Mexico State University; PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University)
Jennifer Adams, Teaching Instructor
(BS, MEd, East Carolina University)
Patricia J. Anderson, Professor
(BS, MAEd, Delta State University; EdD, University of Georgia)
Jamin Carson, Associate Professor
(BA, MEd, PhD, University of Texas)
Jessica R. Chittum, Assistant Professor
(AA, St. Petersburg College; BS, MA, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg; PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Margaret Kristen Cuthrell, Associate Professor
(BA, Duke University; MEd, Lesley University; EdD, Wilmington College)
Paige Everett, Teaching Instructor
(BS, MAEd, East Carolina University)
Elizabeth Fogarty, Associate Professor
(BA, College of Saint Benedict; MS, Minnesota State University; PhD, University of Connecticut)
Helen Carol Greene, Associate Professor
(BA, Morehead State University; MAEd, East Carolina University; PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Brian Housand, Associate Professor
(BS, BA, University of Georgia; MA, EdD, University of Connecticut)
Christine M. Joseph, Assistant Professor
(BA, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg; MA, PhD, University of South Florida, Tampa)
Mark L’Esperance, Associate Professor
(BS, MEd, PhD, University of North Carolina, Greensboro)
Christine Margaret Joseph, Assistant Professor
(BS, MEd, PhD, University of South Florida)
Christine Margaret Joseph, Assistant Professor
(BS, MEd, PhD, University of South Florida)
Robert M. Lucas, Assistant Professor
(AB, MAEd, Harvard; PhD, Stanford University)
Jane Carol Manner, Associate Professor
(AB, Vassar College; MEd, East Stroudsburg University; EdS, Barry University; EdD, Florida International University)
Patricia L. Peoples, Teaching Instructor
(BS, Fayetteville State University; MSA, EdS, East Carolina University)
C. Lisa Rogerson, Teaching Instructor
(BS, MAEd, EdD, East Carolina University)
Dawn B. Shelton, Teaching Instructor
(BA, MAEd, East Carolina University)
Joy N. Stapleton, Associate Professor
(BS, Radford University; MEd, University of Richmond; PhD, University of Tennessee)
Christina Tschida, Assistant Professor
(BA, College of St. Catherine; MSA, Phd, University of North Carolina, Greensboro)
Louis L. Warren, Professor
(BS, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; MEd, University of North Carolina, Pembroke; EdD, University of Georgia)
Peggy Yates, Associate Professor
(BA, Fairmont State University; MAEd, Tarleton State University; CAGS, PhD, Regent University)

Department of Interdisciplinary Professions

J. Scott Glass, Professor and Chair
(BA, North Carolina State University; MEd, East Carolina University; PhD, University of North Carolina, Greensboro)
Phyllis J. Broughton, Teaching Instructor
(BA, Barton College; MAEd, East Carolina University; EdD, North Carolina State University)
Allison Crowe, Assistant Professor
(BA, University of Virginia; MS, College of William and Mary; PhD, University of North Carolina, Greensboro)
Kylie Dotson-Blake, Associate Professor
(BA, MS, East Carolina University; PhD, College of William and Mary)
Lana Kaye Dotson, Associate Professor
(BS, MLS, CAS, EdD, East Carolina University)
Maureen Ellis, Associate Professor
(BS, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College; MS, PhD, Indiana University)
John B. Harer, Associate Professor
(BS, Bloomsburg University; MSLS, Clarion University; MPA, University of Baltimore; PhD, Texas A&M University)
Elizabeth M. Hodge, Associate Professor
(BS, Ithaca College; MS, East Carolina University; PhD, University of Florida)
Jami L. Jones, Associate Professor
(BA, Mills College; MLS, University of Maryland; PhD, Nova Southeastern University)
Plummer Alston Jones, Jr., Professor
(BM, East Carolina University; MS, Drexel University; PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Stephen E. Kirk, Teaching Instructor
(BS, New School for Social Research School of Management; MS, Milano Graduate School)
Eric Kisling, Associate Professor
(BS, University of Alabama; MAS, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; MS, PhD, Indiana University)
Kathy Lohr, Teaching Instructor
(BS, MS, Colorado State University; MEd, EdD, North Carolina State University)
Barbara M. Marson, Teaching Assistant Professor
(BA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; MLS, University of North Carolina, Greensboro; PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Vivian W. Mott, Professor and Interim Associate Dean
(BS, MS, University of Tennessee; PhD, University of Georgia)
Patrick R. Mullen, Assistant Professor
(BA, Florida International University; MA, University of Central Florida; PhD, University of Central Florida)
Christy M. Rhodes, Assistant Professor
(BA, University at Albany; MS, Radford University; PhD, University of South Florida)
Syntia D. Santos, Assistant Professor
(BA, Universidad Pedago’gica Nacional Fancisco Moraza’n; MS, State University of New York, Buffalo; PhD North Carolina State University)
Steven W. Schmidt, Associate Professor
(BSBA, MS, PhD, University of Wisconsin)
Patricia B. Stallings, Teaching Instructor
(BSBE, MA, East Carolina University)
John A. Swope, Associate Professor
(BBA, MBA, Eastern Kentucky University; EdD, University of Kentucky)
Ivan G. Wallace, Professor
(BS, MA, MA, EdS, Truman State University; EdD, University of Georgia)
Scott Williams, Teaching Assistant Professor
(BSBE, MAEd, East Carolina University; PhD, Virginia Polytechnic and State University)
Tomegia Winston, Teaching Instructor
(BSBA, MS, East Carolina University)
Mary Elaine Yontz, Professor
(BA, University of Central Florida; MFA, University of Florida; MSLS, Florida State University; PhD, University of Florida)

Department of Literacy Studies, English Education and History Education

Katherine E. Misulis, Associate Professor and Chair
(BA, MS, State University of New York, Potsdam; CAS, State University of New York, Brockport; PhD, Syracuse University)
Kimberly L. Anderson, Assistant Professor
(BA, State University College, Cortland; MS, CAS, PhD, State University of New York, Albany)
Terry S. Atkinson, Associate Professor
(BS, MS, PhD, University of North Carolina, Greensboro)
Tanya Cannon, Teaching Instructor
(BS, MAEd, East Carolina University)
Johna L. Faulconer, Associate Professor
(BS, East Carolina University; MEd, Campbell University; EdD, North Carolina State University)
Todd B. Finley, Associate Professor
(BA, University of Puget Sound; MA, PhD, University of Minnesota)
Allen Guidry, Associate Professor
(BS, MAEd, East Carolina University; PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Christy Howard, Assistant Professor
(BA, MAE, PhD, University of North Carolina, Greensboro)
Ran Hu, Associate Professor
(BA, Beijing Second Foreign Languages Institute; MA, MEd, PhD, University of Georgia)
Lanette T. Moret, Teaching Assistant Professor
(BS, MS, EdD, East Carolina University)
Dorothy H. Muller, Associate Professor and Director of the Office for Faculty Excellence
(AB, Winthrop University; MA, PhD, Florida State University)
Caitlin L. Ryan, Assistant Professor
(BA, University of Virginia; MA, PhD Candidate, Ohio State University)
Sharilyn Steadman, Associate Professor
(BS, MAEd, Belmont University; PhD, University of Michigan)
Elizabeth Swaggerty, Associate Professor
(BS, MS, PhD, University of Tennessee)
Anne Ticknor, Assistant Professor
(BA, Luther College; MEd, University of Nevada; PhD, University of Iowa)

Department of Mathematics, Science, and Instructional Technology Education

Kwaku Adu-Gyamfi, Associate Professor
(BSc, University of Cape Coast; MS, PhD, North Carolina State University)
Abbie Brown, Professor
(BA, Temple University; MA, Columbia University; MS, PhD, Indiana University)
Carol A. Brown, Professor
(BS, MAEd, University of Arkansas, Little Rock; EdD, University of Memphis)
Charity Cayton, Assistant Professor
(BS, MAEd, East Carolina University; PhD, North Carolina State University)
C. Steve Duncan, Special Assistant to the Chancellor, Assistant Secretary to the Board of Trustees, and Director of Military Programs
(BA, University of Kentucky; MT, PhD, University of Arizona)
Bethann Fine, Teaching Assistant Professor
(BS, MAEd, East Carolina University; EdD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Bonnie Glass, Teaching Instructor
(BA, Meredith College; MAT, University of West Alabama)
Maureen M. Grady, Assistant Professor
(BA, Rhode Island College; MDIV, Methodist Theological School, Ohio; PhD, Pennsylvania State University)
Tammy D. Lee, Teaching Instructor
(BS, MAEd, East Carolina University)
Kenneth J. Luterbach, Associate Professor
(BEd, BS, MA, MS, University of Calgary; PhD, Indiana University)
Catharina Middleton, Assistant Professor
(BA, North Carolina Central University; MEd, PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Rhea L. Miles, Associate Professor
(BS, James Madison University; MAT, PhD, University of Virginia)
Ronald V. Preston, Associate Professor and Director of Students
(BS, Oakland City University; MS, University of Southern Indiana; PhD, Indiana University)
Catherine Stein Schwartz, Associate Professor
(BA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; MEd, PhD, University of North Carolina, Greensboro)
Rose Sinicrope, Associate Professor
(BS, Concord College; MA, West Virginia University; EdD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Patricia J. Slagter van Tryon, Associate Professor
(BS, Temple University; MA, Arcadia University; EdD, Lehigh University)
Jesse Strycker, Assistant Professor
(BS, MS, PhD, Indiana University)
William A. Sugar, Associate Professor
(BA, Sonoma State University; MS, Simmons College; PhD, Indiana University)
Elizabeth Doster Taft, Associate Professor
(BS, MEd, Georgia Southern University; PhD, University of Georgia)
Anthony Thompson, Associate Professor
(BS, Northwestern State University of Louisiana; MS, PhD, Florida State University)
Carmen Woodhall, Teaching Assistant Professor
(BS, BA, Bemidgi State University; MEd, MA, Kent State University; PhD, University of Central Florida)

Department of Special Education, Foundations and Research

Kathi Wilhite, Teaching Associate Professor and Interim Chair
(BS, MS, Indiana State University; EdD, Ball State University)
Benjamin S. Blaisdell, Teaching Associate Professor
(BA, New York University; MA, City University of New York; PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Daniel Boudah, Associate Professor
(BS, MAEd, University of Vermont; PhD, University of Kansas)
Lori Lee Smith Canter, Associate Professor
(BA, MEd, University of North Carolina, Wilmington; PhD, University of South Carolina)
Marsha Craft-Tripp, Teaching Associate Professor
(BS, MS, EdS, East Carolina University; EdD, North Carolina State University)
Ruth Evans, Associate Professor
(BA, MAEd, PhD, North Carolina State University)
Lori Flint, Associate Professor
(BA, Fairmont State University; MAEd, Ashland University; PhD, University of Georgia)
Melissa Hudson, Assistant Professor
(BS, MAEd, Eastern Kentucky University; PhD, University of North Carolina, Charlotte)
Laura King, Associate Professor
(BS, University of North Carolina, Pembroke; MAEd, PhD, University of Central Florida)
James A. McKernan, Professor
(BS, Temple University; MA, National University of Ireland, Galway; PhD, University of Ulster)
Linda A. Patriarca, Professor and Dean of the College of Education
(BA, MA, Eastern Michigan University; PhD, Michigan State University)
Christopher J. Rivera, Assistant Professor
(BA, MAT, Fayetteville State University; PhD, University of North Carolina, Charlotte)
Sandra Seay, Associate Professor
(BA, University of Massachusetts, Boston; MA, University of Chicago; MA, EdD, East Tennessee State University)
Michael R. Vitale, Professor
(BS, MS, PhD, Florida State University)
Karen Voytecki, Associate Professor
(BS, University of Wisconsin; MA, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg; PhD, University of South Florida)
Sandra Hopfengardner Warren, Associate Professor
(BA, The College of Wooster; MPA, University of Dayton; PhD, University of Maryland)
Stacey Weiss, Assistant Professor
(BA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Med, PhD, North Carolina State University)
Jennifer Bautel Williams, Associate Professor
(BS, Appalachian State University; MEd, PhD, North Carolina State University)
Alana M. Zambone, Associate Professor and Interim Associate Dean
(BA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; MS, PhD, Vanderbilt University)
Guili Zhang, Associate Professor
(BA, Shandong University; MAEd, Georgia Southern University; PhD, University of Florida)