Jacob Hiatt Center for Urban Education

image of Clark's Jonas Clark Hall and a teacher in the Classroom at the Jacob Hiatt Center for Urban Education.

Education Department Faculty

Program Faculty

S. Leslie Blatt, Ph.D.
Professor of Physics Professor of Education

Experimental physics, methods and practice in science education, science and society, environmental issues and their scientific dimensions
Tel: 1-508-793-7366
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Thomas Del Prete, Ed.D.
Associate Professor of Education Chair, Education Department
Director of the Hiatt Center for Urban Education; Teacher education, professional development schools, building learning communities, spirituality and education
Tel: 1-508-793-7197
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Sharon A. Griffin, Ph.D.
Professor of Education Adjunct Professor of Psychology
Emotional development, cognitive development, mathematics education
Tel: 1-508-793-7778
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Sarah Michaels, Ph.D.
Professor of Education
Relationships among language, discourse, culture, and schooling; discourse analysis relating to classroom life and learning; teacher research
Tel: 1-508-793-7222
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Heather L. Roberts, Ph.D.
Writing and literature, literacy, school-university partnerships, collaborative currculum development, school reform
Tel: 1-508-793-7146
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Clinical Faculty

John Ameer, Ed.D.
History of American Education, with special emphasis on the complexities of Urban Education
Tel: 1-508-793-7157
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Eric DeMeulenaere, Ph.D.
Urban Teacher Education
Tel: 1-508-421-3750
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Letina Jeranyama, Ph.D.
Science education, embedded assessment as a guide to teaching and learning, scientific literacy
Tel: 1-508-793-7756
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Holly Kapuscienski, M.Ed.
Pre-K and Elementary education
Tel: 1-508-421-3772
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James McDermott, Ed.D.
Literacy across the Curriculum, Secondary Teacher education with emphasis on Learner-Centered classrooms that emphasis writing, reading and thinking
Tel: 1-508-793-7333
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Maureen Reddy, Ed.D.
Literacy, classroom discourse, children’s literature, teacher research
Tel: 1-508-793-7293
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Nathaniel C. Seale, M.Ed.
Human Services Program, School Psychology Program
Tel: 1-508-421-3788
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Marlene Shepard, M.A.
Program Coordinator
Tel: 508-793-7715
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