College of Education

College Administration

Dean: Y. Barry Chung
Senior Associate Dean: Sarah Garrity
Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Samuel Song
Associate Dean for Research: Rachel Haine-Schlagel
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs: Patricia Lozada-Santone
Director of Development: Megan Beardsley
Director of Accreditation, Program, Review, and Assessment: Nina Potter
Operations Manager: Patricia Micciche

The College of Education’s mission is to prepare effective professionals for a variety of societal service delivery and leadership roles across a range of settings including schools, postsecondary institutions, social service agencies, and vocational rehabilitation organizations. The college contributes to the knowledge base in both educational theory and practice through professional inquiry and scholarship. The college engages in strategic partnerships with the field of practice to improve client outcomes, to increase institutional effectiveness, and to promote social justice. The college comprises 6 academic units offering undergraduate, teaching credential, master’s level, education specialist and doctoral degrees. Our commitment is to prepare teachers, school administrators, counselors, community college faculty and leaders, and community service professionals to provide the highest quality learning environments to ensure student and client success and achievement through our teaching, research, and service.

College Centers and Institutes

Child and Adolescent Services Research Center (Mary Baker Erizcen, Operations Director)
Center for Achieving Black Wellness and Anit-Racist Education (Sesen Negash, Directors)
Center for Autism and Developmental Disorders (Inna Fishman, Director; Jessica Suhrheinrich and Laura Hall, Executive Committee Members)
Center for Community Counseling & Engagement (Juan Camarenai, Executive Director)
Center for Equity and Biliteracy Education Research (Cristina M. Alfaro, Director)
Center for Equity and Postsecondary Attainment (Laura Owen, Executive Director)
Center for Excellence in Early Development (Sarah Garrity, Lisa Linder, and Sascha Longstreth, Directors)
Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education (William C. Zahner, Director; Donna Ross, Associate Director)
Center for Teaching Critical Thinking and Creativity (Luke S. Duesbery, Director)
Center for Visual Literacies (Marva Cappello, Director)
Chinese Cultural Center (Li-Rong Cheng, Director)
Interwork Institute (Caren L. Sax, Director), which includes:
- The Center for Pacific Studies
- The Collaborative for Distance Learning
- The Exceptional Family Resource Center
- Community College Equity Assessment Lab
- Research & Equity Scholarship Institute
- Active Collaborative Hub for Individuals with ASD
National Center for Urban School Transformation (Francisco Escobedo, Executive Director)
National Center for the 21st Century Schoolhouse (Cynthia L. Uline, Director)
Institute for Transformative Education (Cynthia D. Park, Executive Director)
Literacy Center (Katherine Sciurba, Director)