Dr. Ahmed Al-Asfour
Ed.D.; Educational Leadership
2014, University of Wyoming
Associate Professor/Coordinator of the Workforce Education and Development Program/Director of the Center for Workforce Development
Areas of Specialization: Qualitative research methods, developmental and organizational leadership, human resource development & management, and higher education student affairs and administration.
Academic Program: Organizational Learning, Innovation, and Development
Email: ahmed.alasfour@siu.edu
Office: Wham 222L
Larry Alvarado
Clinical Supervisor and Instructor
Academic Program: Teacher Education Program
Email: larry.alvarado@siu.edu
Office: Wham 135
Dr. Dimitris Anastasiou
Ph.D.; School Psychology and Special Education
2004, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Professor, On-Campus Coordinator for Special Education
Areas of Interest: Learning disabilities, reading, writing, disability rights, disability philosophy and policy, special education policy, international special and inclusive education.
Academic Program: Special Education
Email: anastasiou@siu.edu
Office: Wham 223G
Dr. Heidi Bacon
Ph.D.; Language, Reading, and Culture
2014, University of Arizona
Associate Professor
Academic Program: Secondary and Adult Education/Reading/Language, Literacies, and Culture
Email: hrbacon@siu.edu
Office: Wham 327K
Emily Bajerski
Assistant Teacher-CDL, Southern Region Early Childhood Programs | Assistant Instructor
Academic Program: Early Childhood Education
Email: emily.bajerski@siu.edu
Office: Quigley 121
Dr. Senetta Bancroft
Ph.D.; Curriculum and Instruction
2014, University of Akron
Associate Professor
Dr. Bancroft has expertise in science teacher professional development, qualitative research methods, and the use of critical theories to inform science education research and practice. Her research currently focuses on teacher beliefs about science instruction and the impacts of sociocultural environments on traditionally underserved doctoral student communities’ persistence in STEM. Her teaching includes secondary science methods and introductory chemistry.
Academic Program: STEM Education | Secondary Science Methods and Introductory Chemistry.
Email: senetta.bancroft@siu.edu
Office: Pulliam 301B
Debra Blakey
M.S.Ed.; Educational Administration and Leadership
2009, McKendree University
Clinical Supervisor and Instructor
Academic Program: Teacher Education Program
Email: debra.blakey@siu.edu
Office: Wham 135

Dr. Stanley Blank
Lecturer
Academic Program: Elementary Education | Science Education | Off-Campus Programs
Email: sblank@accessus.net

Dr. Deborah A. Bruns
Ph.D.; Early Childhood Special Education
2000, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Professor and Off Campus Coordinator for Special Education
Areas of Interest: Effective practices in early childhood special education, addressing feeding difficulties in young children and developing a profile of care and interventions for children with low incidence trisomy conditions including trisomy 18, trisomy 13 and trisomy 9.
Academic Program: Special Education
Email: dabruns@siu.edu
Office: Wham 223P

Dr. Lingguo Bu
Ph.D.; Mathematics Education
2008, Florida State University
Associate Professor
Dr. Lingguo Bu's instructional interests are K-12 mathematics teaching and learning, and dynamic learning environments in school mathematics. Dr. Bu's research interests are mathematic cognition in dynamic learning environments, model-centered learning and instruction in school mathematics, number theory in school mathematics, and linguistic dimensions of mathematical cognition.
Academic Program: Organizational Learning, Innovation, and Development
Email: lgbu@siu.edu
Office: Wham 323L

Dr. Lavern Byfield
Ph.D.; Language Arts instruction, English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction
2012, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Coordinator, Language, Literacies, and Culture | Associate Professor
Dr. Lavern Byfield has instructional interests in undergraduate and graduate courses in reading and language studies; and language arts instruction for culturally and linguistically diverse students. Dr. Byfield's research interests are in culturally responsive language arts pedagogy. Byfield's research investigates the impact of race, class, and culture on language instruction. The goal of Byfield's research is to improve language arts instruction for culturally and linguistically diverse students.
Academic Programs: Elementary Education | Reading | Reading and Language Studies
Email: byfield2@siu.edu
Office: Wham 322G
Dr. Kristen Cameron
Assistant Professor
Academic Program: Early Childhood Education
Email: kcameron@siu.edu
Office: Wham 222H

Dr. Diana Cedeño
Ph.D.; Curriculum and Instruction
2020, Montclair State University
Assistant Professor
Dr. Diana Cedeño teaches courses in Family Studies, Child, Family, and Community, Poverty and Families, Research Methodology, Action Research, Minority Families. Dr. Cedeño's research interests include social exclusion and inclusion, poverty and family processes, minoritized families, qualitative research methodology.
Academic Program: Family Science and Human Development
Email: diana.cedeno@siu.edu
Office: Wham 322L

Dr. Jackie Cox
Ph.D.; Curriculum and Instruction
2000, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Clinical Supervisor/Associate Clinical Professor
Academic Program: Teacher Education Program
Email: jlcox@siu.edu
Office: Pulliam 110
Patty Davis
M.S.Ed; Curriculum and Instruction
2018, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Lead Teacher-CDL, Southern Region Early Childhood Programs | Associate Lecturer
Academic Program: Early Childhood Education
Email: squie21@siu.edu
Office: Quigley 116E

Dr. Saran Donahoo
Ph.D.; Educational Organization and Leadership
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Professor
Academic Program: Educational Administration and Higher Education
Email: donahoo@siu.edu
Office: Wham 223S

Dr. Peter Fadde
Ph.D.; Instructional Research and Design
2002, Purdue University
Coordinator, Learning Systems Design and Technology | Professor
Dr. Fadde studies expert learning and performance and has developed patent-pending computer applications for training expert perceptual skills in sports. His expertise-based training (XBT) approach, which adapts the laboratory methods of expertise researchers for training purposes, has been applied in fields ranging from sports to truck driving to classroom teaching. Dr. Fadde also conducts research on video in teacher education and blended online learning.
Academic Program: Organizational Learning, Innovation, and Development
Email: fadde@siu.edu
Office: Wham 323J
Heather Franklin
B.S.; Psychology
1996, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Program Coordinator, Southern Region Early Childhood Programs | Instructor
Academic Program: Early Childhood Education
Email: heather.franklin@siu.edu
Office: Quigley 121
Wendi Funk
M.S.Ed.; Curriculum and Instruction
2019, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Program Coordinator, Southern Region Early Childhood Programs | Senior Lecturer
Academic Program: Early Childhood Education
Email: funk@siu.edu
Office: Quigley 121
Regina Garner
Assistant Teacher-CDL, Southern Region Early Childhood Programs | Assistant Lecturer
Academic Program: Early Childhood Education
Email: siu25982@siu.edu
Office: Quigley 121

Ann Garrett
M.Ed.; Linguistics
2008, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Senior Lecturer
Having taught full-time in Illinois public schools for over 35 years, she is certified in Elementary, Special Education (all areas), Secondary English, Library, School Administration, and School Counseling. She is a National Board Certified Teacher (retired) and holds and Illinois Master Teaching Certificate. In 2009, she was a Piasa Bluffs National Writing Project Fellow at SIUE.
Mrs. Garrett has over 40 years experience teaching kindergarten through university graduate courses.
Academic Programs: Elementary and Middle Level Education | Literacy, Inclusion, and Reading and Language Studies
Email: agarrett@siu.edu
Office: Wham 323H
Bridget Granados
M.S.; Mathematics and Science Education
2012, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Clinical Supervisor and Instructor
Academic Program: Teacher Education Program
Email: bridget.herring@siu.edu
Office: Wham 135
Dawn Hayes
Lead Teacher-CDL, Southern Region Early Childhood Programs | Senior Lecturer
Academic Program: Early Childhood Education
Email: jdmjhayes@siu.edu
Office: Quigley 116G

Dr. Harvey Henson
Ph.D.; Science Education
2015, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Associate Professor | Director, STEM Education Research Center
Henson’s research areas of interest include science education, earthquake seismology, and applied geophysics. Henson teaches undergraduate and graduate students in science and science education, mentors undergraduate students in research, advises graduate students, and partners with STEM educators. Harvey Henson has been sharing his expertise in earthquake seismology with local officials, emergency responders, and school and community groups for more than 25 years.
Academic Program: STEM Education | Science Education, Geology, Applied Geophysics
Email: henson@siu.edu
Office: Pulliam 301A
Belinda Hill
M.S.Ed.; Education Administration
2009, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Clinical Supervisor
Academic Program: Teacher Education Program
Email: belinda.hill@siu.edu
Office: Wham 135

Jennifer Horton
J.D.; Law
2004, St. Louis University School of Law
Associate Dean, Library Affairs
Academic Program: Library Science
Email: jhorton@siu.edu
Office: Morris Library 293D

Dr. Hannah Minghui Hou
Ph.D.; Higher Education
2023, Old Dominion University
Assistant Professor
Minghui (Hannah) Hou joined the SOE faculty in 2023. She holds Ph.D. in Higher Education from Old Dominion University, M.Ed. in Curriculum, Instruction, and Innovation from Northwest Nazarene University, and B.A. in English from Xi’an Eurasia University in China. Her research focuses on international and comparative higher education, student mobility, racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and student development. She serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education.
Academic Program: Educational Administration and Higher Education
Email: minghui.hou@siu.edu
Office: Wham 222G

Dr. Yvonne Hunter-Johnson
Ph.D.; Curriculum and Instruction
2012, University of South Florida
Associate Professor
Area of Specialization: Adult Education and Learning, Human Resource Development, Teacher Education, Research and Evaluation. Research Interest Transfer of training, learning organizations, training and development (law enforcement and military), and motivation of adults to learn.
Academic Program: Organizational Learning, Innovation, and Development
Email: yvonne.hunter-johnson@siu.edu
Office: Wham 222M

Barbara James
M.S.Ed.; Curriculum and Instruction
1996, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Assistant Lecturer
Academic Program: Curriculum and Instruction
Email: barbara.james@siu.edu
Office: Wham 222C

Dr. Brianna Janssen Sánchez
Ph.D.; Second Language Acquisition
2015, University of Iowa
Assistant Professor
Academic Program: World Languages Education
Email: brianna.janssen@siu.edu
Office: Faner 2025, Wham 326E

Dr. Dan R. Jones
Ed.D.; Science Education
1978, Indiana University
Rend Lake College Marketplace Site Coordinator | Professor Emeritus
Dan R. Jones, Ed.D. (Indiana University) has been a faculty member at SIUC since 1978 in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. For 30 years he served as the off-campus Belleville Center Coordinator and for the past three years as the Site Coordinator of the SIUC off-campus programs at Rend Lake College Marketplace in Mt. Vernon.
Academic Programs: Elementary Education
Email: drdan@charter.net
Office: Wham 323D

Dr. Gary Kelly
Clinical Assistant Professor
Academic Program: Educational Administration and Higher Education
Email: glkelly@siu.edu
Office: Wham 223L

Dr. Jennifer Koran
Professor
Academic Program: Quantitative Methods
Email: jkoran@siu.edu
Office: Wham 222F

Dr. Rhonda Kowalchuk
Associate Professor, Coordinator for Quantitative Methods
Academic Program: Quantitative Methods
Email: rkowal@siu.edu
Office: Wham 222K

Dr. Jason Leahy
Affiliated Professor - Researcher III
Academic Program: Educational Administration and Higher Education
Email: jleahy@siu.edu
Office: Pulliam 127C

Dr. Cheng-Yao Lin
Ph.D.; Mathematics Education
2003, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Professor
Dr. Cheng-Yao Lin graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a Professor of Mathematics Education at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Dr. Lin was awarded a Fulbright Specialist Award in 2017 to Taipei, Taiwan, where he taught at a university and conducted research. He is interested in the integration of technology into mathematics education, the preparation of pre-service teachers and cross-cultural research on pre-service teachers' knowledge of fractions. He has published in many peer-reviewed journals for research in mathematics education.
Academic Program: Elementary Education | Math | Mathematics Education
Email: cylin@siu.edu
Office: Wham 322M
Dr. Christian Sebastian Loh
Ph.D.; Instructional Technology
2004, University of Georgia
Professor
Dr. Loh is Professor of Learning System Design and Technology and the Director of the Virtual Environment Lab – a research lab created through the Defense University Research Instrument Program (DURIP) grant by the Army Research Office (ARO). His research and professional interests include performance analytics for serious games and virtual reality, similarities in decision-making and performance of experts and novices, as well as analytics visualization.
Academic Program: Organizational Learning, Innovation, and Development
Email: csloh@siu.edu
Office: Wham 323F
Lyndsey McCann
M.S.Ed.; Educational Administration and Leadership
2013, McKendree University
Program Coordinator, Southern Region Early Childhood Programs | Assistant Lecturer
Ms. McCann is the program coordinator for Region 1 which includes mostly Franklin County Preschool for All Pre-K programs. Areas of specialization include developmental and organizational leadership, Early Childhood Education and relationship theory.
Academic Program: Early Childhood Education
Email: lyndsey.mccann@siu.edu
Office: Quigley 121
Dr. Karen McClusky
Ph.D.; Teacher Education and Supervision
1999, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Clinical Supervisor
Academic Program: Teacher Education Program
Office: Wham 135

Dr. John McIntyre
Professor Emeritus, Special Projects Coordinator, Dean's Office
Academic Program: Elementary Education | Teacher Leadership | Curriculum Studies
Email: johnm@siu.edu
Office: Wham 329A
John Mendes
Clinical Supervisor
Academic Program: Teacher Education Program
Office: Wham 135
Dr. Grant Miller
Ph.D.; History Education, Media Literacy, Universal Design for Learning, Place-Based Education, Assessment Literacy.
2007, Boston College
Coordinator, Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment | Associate Professor
Grant Miller has academic specialties in social studies education, universal design for learning, and sheltered instruction. Dr. Miller received his Ph.D. from Boston College in 2007. His courses in curriculum and instruction include elementary education curriculum, public school social studies methods and action methods research. His research focuses on historical thinking, developing curricula that help students think like historians and social scientists.
Academic Program: Elementary Education | Curriculum Studies | Elementary Education | Social Science Education
Email: gmiller@siu.edu
Office: Wham 323K
Kim Myers
Assistant Teacher-CDL, Southern Region Early Childhood Programs | Assistant Instructor
Academic Program: Elementary Education | Early Childhood Education
Email: mixen.kimberly@siu.edu
Office: Quigley 116J
Ron Nagrodsky
Clinical Supervisor
Academic Program: Teacher Education Program
Office: Wham 135
Jo Vonna Noble
M.S.Ed.
1986, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Clinical Supervisor
Academic Program: Teacher Education Program
Email: jnoble@siu.edu
Office: Wham 135
Julie Peterson Clinical Supervisor
Academic Program: Teacher Education Program
Email: julie.peterson@siu.edu
Office: Wham 135
Dr. Ed Pultorak
Ph.D.; Curriculum and Instruction
1988, Indiana State University
Professor
Academic Program: Teacher Leadership | Curriculum Studies
Email: pultorak@siu.edu
Office: Wham 323M
Alysha Rodríguez-Avila
Assistant Teacher, Southern Region Early Childhood Programs
Academic Program: Early Childhood Education
Email: alysha.rodriguez-avila@siu.edu
Office: Quigley 116G
Dava Roth
Assistant Lecturer
Academic Program: Early Childhood Education
Email: davajaneil1@siu.edu
Office: Wham 322C
Dr. Dee Ann Schnautz
Ph.D.; Educational Leadership
2012, Indiana University
Clinical Supervisor; Coordinator, Online Early Childhood Education
Email: dee.schnautz@siu.edu
Office: Wham 135
Dr. Crystal Shelby-Caffey
Ph.D.; Curriculum and Instruction
2008, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Associate Professor
Dr. Crystal Shelby-Caffey is an associate professor of Language, Literacies, and Culture. She teaches literacy courses within the Teacher Education Program as well as courses in the Language, Literacies, and Culture graduate programs. She has taught a range of elementary grade students within the Chicago Public School system and, most recently taught 4th grade in the Carbondale Elementary District No. 95.
Academic Program: Elementary Education | Reading | Language, Literacies, and Culture
Email: ccaffey@siu.edu
Office: Wham 322N
Gerald Speith
M.S.; Music Education
1977, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Clinical Supervisor
Academic Program: Teacher Education Program
Email: gspeith@siu.edu
Office: Wham 135
Gabriele Spintzyk
M.S.; Teacher Leadership
2016, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Clinical Supervisor and ITI Supervisor
Academic Program: Teacher Education Program
Email: spintzyk@siu.edu
Office: Wham 135
Louise Stearns
Senior Lecturer
Louise Stearns is a senior lecturer in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. She teaches literacy and social studies courses within the Teacher Education Program. Her public school experiences include grades Pre-K- 6th grade.
Academic Program: Elementary Education
Email: booklady@siu.edu
Office: Wham 322F

Dr. Casheena Stephens
Assistant Professor of Practice
Academic Program: Organizational Learning, Innovation, and Development
Email: casheena.stephens@siu.edu
Office: Wham 222Q
Dr. Carmen Suarez
Assistant Professor of Practice
Academic Program: Higher Education
Email: carmen.suarez@siu.edu
Office: Wham 223K
Amanda Sullivan
M.S.Ed; Curriculum and Instruction
2014, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Program Coordinator/CDL Director, Southern Region Early Childhood Programs | Instructor
Academic Program: Early Childhood Education
Email: aheniff@siu.edu
Office: Quigley 116J

Angel Suthard
M.S.Ed.; Curriculum and Instruction
2016, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Assistant Lecturer
Academic Program: Early Childhood Education
Email: angel.suthard@siu.edu
Office: Wham 135
Amy Tallman
M.S.W.; Social Work
2006, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Instructor
Academic Program: Early Childhood Education | Child and Family Services
Email: amy3tallman@siu.edu
Julie Tate
M.S.Ed.; Curriculum and Instruction
2002, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Lecturer, Clinical Supervisor; ECACE Grant Coordinator
Academic Program: Early Childhood Education
Email: jktate@siu.edu
Office: Quigley 121

Vicky Turl
M.S.; Vocational Education studies
1990, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Clinical Supervisor/Instructor
Academic Program: Teacher Education Program
Email: vicky.turl@siu.edu
Office: Wham 135A
Mindy Ugolini
M.S.; Educational Leadership
2002
Clinical Supervisor, University Center Lake County
Academic Program: Teacher Education Program
Email: mindy.ugolini@siu.edu
Office: Wham 135

Melissa Viernow
M.S.Ed.; Curriculum and Instruction
1999, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Program Coordinator, Southern Region Early Childhood Programs | Senior Lecturer
Melissa Viernow is a Program Coordinator for the Southern Region Early Childhood Programs. She is also the Director of the Child Development Laboratories on the SIUC campus. Melissa has held this position since August 2015. During her time as CDL Director, Melissa earned the Early Childhood English as a Second Language (ESL) Endorsement. Melissa’s experiences and education have provided her with a wealth of knowledge and the skills to lead effectively and professionally and provide a warm, caring and educational environment for the children and families at CDL.
Academic Program: Early Childhood Education
Email: mviernow@siu.edu
Office: Quigley 116F

Cherie Watson
MSLIS; Library and Information Science
2014, University of Illinois
Associate Professor of Practice
Areas of Interest: Undergraduate library research and instruction, knowledge practices around the ethical use of information, information awareness and evaluation, lifelong learning, and academic library outreach.
Academic Program: Morris Library Outreach and Instruction
Email: cwatson@lib.siu.edu
Office: Morris Library 293G
Chelsey Woodside
M.S.Ed.; Special Education and Elementary Education
2021, Greenville University
Program Coordinator, Southern Region Early Childhood Programs | Assistant Lecturer
Academic Program: Early Childhood Education
Email: chelsey.woodside@siu.edu
Office: Quigley 121

Dr. Louise Yoho
Ph.D.; Educational Studies
2017, Claremont Graduate University
Assistant Professor
Area of Interest: My work deals specifically with secondary and postsecondary students with disabilities, and the policies and practices that impact their educational access and experiences.
Academic Program: Special Education
Email: louise.yoho@siu.edu
Office: Wham 223H

Dr. Lin Zhong
Ph.D.; Instructional Technology and Design
2016, University of Southern Mississippi
Assistant Professor
Areas of Specialization: Instructional technology, instructional design, digital leadership, online learning, distance training, and personalized learning.
Academic Program: Organizational Learning, Innovation, and Development
Email: lin.zhong@siu.edu
Office: Wham 222N