MA Faculty
Members of the Faculty of the MA Program in Education
Faculty Contact Information & Areas of Interest
Jamal Abedi
Professor of Education
(530) 754-9150
jabedi@ucdavis.edu
Assessment; Classical theory of measurement; English Learners; Experimental design; Psychometrics; Quantitative methods
Rebecca Ambrose
Assistant Professor of Education
(530) 754-4831
rcambrose@ucdavis.edu
Elementary Education; Gender and equity issues in mathematics education; In-service and preservice teacher learning; Mathematics education
Sylvia Aquino
Lecturer/Supervisor
(530) 752-4199
smaquino@ucdavis.edu
Classroom discourse; Classroom management/Discipline; Educational equity; Educational Leadership; Gay and lesbian issues in education; Hispanic culture; Human resource issues and collective bargaining; In-service and preservice teacher learning; Interdisciplinary Instruction; Secondary Education; Teacher evaluation; Women's leadership issues
Steven Athanases
Associate Professor of Education; Chair, UCD Graduate Group in Education
(530) 752-2621
szathanases@ucdavis.edu
Educational equity; English language arts education; Gay and lesbian issues in education; Minority/Underrepresented Students; Multicultural literature and literacy; Secondary Education; Teacher education research and policy
Heidi Ballard
Assistant Professor of Environmental Science Education
(530) 754-6255
hballard@ucdavis.edu
Environmental Education; In-service and preservice teacher learning; Science Education; Secondary Education; Service-learning
Allan Bellman
Lecturer/Supervisor of Teacher Education
(530) 752-6083
aebellman@ucdavis.edu
Assessment; In-service and preservice teacher learning; Interdisciplinary Instruction; Mathematics education; Secondary Education; Technology in mathematics; Technology in teaching and learning
Cynthia Carter Ching
Associate Professor
(530) 752-4427
ccching@ucdavis.edu
Classroom discourse; Ethnography and Ethnographic research; Qualitative Methodology; Social contexts of teaching, learning and educational research; Young children and technology; Child Development; Early Childhood Education; Gender and technology; Youth culture and the Internet; Online Education; Technology and identity; Gender and science education; Technology integration in K-12 classrooms; Technology integration in higher education; Collaborative Learning; History of technology in education; Student collaboration; The Digital Divide; Technology in mathematics; Technology in Science; Technology in teaching and learning
Kathy Dixon
Lecturer
(530) 754-5325
ksdixon@ucdavis.edu
Literacy, Educational writing, editing, and publishing; Preparatory reading and writing for college, teacher research; Professional development programs, school change, teacher leadership
Sharon Dugdale
Professor of Education
(530) 752-5188
ssdugdale@ucdavis.edu
The impact of technology on mathematical content, teaching methods, and learning strategies, including students’ development and use of mathematical ideas. Particular interest in students’ conceptualizations of functional relationships, associations among various representations of functions, and use of graphical reasoning for problem solving and visualization of functional behavior in general.
Kerry Enright Villalva
Assistant Professor of Education
(530) 754-6374
kevillalva@ucdavis.edu
Classroom discourse; English Learners; Language development and socialization; Writing instruction and assessment
Michele Fortes
Lecturer/Supervisor of Teacher Education
(530) 752-7334
mfortes@ucdavis.edu
Second language reading and literacy development; best practices fro preparing preservice and inservice teachers to work with English learners; preservice teachers and the role of reflection in their growth as teachers; preservice teachers and pedagogy that furthers their thinking about issues of diversity; high school reform/restructuring.
Joanne Galli-Banducci
Lecturer/Supervisor of Teacher Education
(530) 752-4877
jagallibanducci@ucdavis.edu
Children's literature; Elementary Education; English language arts education; English Learners; In-service and preservice teacher learning; Literacy development; Reading curriculum and instruction
Barbara Goldman
Associate Director of Teacher Education
(530) 752-5395
bggoldman@ucdavis.edu
Assessment; Educational Program evaluation; In-service and preservice teacher learning; School, curriculum and community change; Secondary Education; Teacher evaluation; Elementary Education
Cristina Gonzalez
Professor of Spanish, Professor of Education
(530) 754-7988
crigonzalez@ucdavis.edu
Education Policy and Governance; Educational Leadership; Graduate education issues; Hispanic culture; History of Latinos in the U.S.; History of higher education; History of the University of California; Minority leadership issues; Status of the Spanish language in the U.S.; Undergraduate education issues; Women's leadership issues
Greg Hamilton
Lecturer
(530) 754-9398
gwhamilton@ucdavis.edu
English language arts education; Gay and lesbian issues in education; Literacy development; Multicultural literature and literacy; Qualitative Methodology; Reading curriculum and instruction; Secondary Education; Teacher education research and policy; Writing instruction and assessment
Paul Heckman
Professor of Education; Co-Director, CANDEL, UC Davis; Associate Dean
(530) 752-8309
peheckman@ucdavis.edu
Curriculum theory and change; Educational Ecology of communities; Educational Leadership; School, curriculum and community change; School restructuring: Organizational arrangements and structures; School culture: change and cognition
Pauline Holmes
Supervisor of Teacher Education
(530) 752-9537
pvholmes@ucdavis.edu
Assessment; English language arts education; In-service and preservice teacher learning; Language minority status issues in schooling; Secondary Education
Anna Kato
Lecturer/Supervisor of Teacher Education
(530) 752-3401
atkato@ucdavis.edu
Classroom management/Discipline; Counseling; In-service and preservice teacher learning; Mental health promotion in schools; School psychology issues; Teacher education research and policy
Michal Kurlaender
Assistant Professor of Education
(530) 752-3748
mkurlaender@ucdavis.edu
Desegregation; Economics of education; Education Policy and Governance; Educational equity; Educational Program evaluation; Minority/Underrepresented Students; Quantitative methods; Sociology of education; Urban education
Harold Levine
Dean, School of Education
(530) 752-4663
hlevine@ucdavis.edu
Entrepreneurship in Education; Organizational structure/effectiveness; Qualitative Methodology
Lee Martin
Assistant Professor
(530) 752-2854
leemartin@ucdavis.edu
Learning and Cognition; Mathematics education; Adaptive Expertise; Learning in Informal Settings
Lynn Martindale
Lecturer/Supervisor of Teacher Education
(530) 754-6655
lmartindale@ucdavis.edu
Agricultural Education; In-service and preservice teacher learning; Secondary Education
Al Mendle
Lecturer/Supervisor of Teacher Education
(530) 752-8784
ammendle@ucdavis.edu
Elementary Education; Mathematics education
Barbara Merino
Professor; Director of Teacher Education
(530) 752-3353
bjmerino@ucdavis.edu
Assessment; Bilingual Education; Classroom discourse; Elementary Education; English Learners; In-service and preservice teacher learning; Language Acquisition; Language assessment; Latina/o educational issues; Literacy development; Science Literacy; Secondary Education; Science Education; Sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics; Teacher education research and policy; Teaching of Spanish to native Spanish speakers
Viki Montera
Lecturer in Education, Undergraduate Faculty Advisor
(530) 754-8572
vlmontera@ucdavis.edu
Classroom discourse; Curriculum theory and change; Education Policy and Governance; Educational Ecology of communities; Educational equity; Educational Leadership; Elementary Education; Human resource issues and collective bargaining; In-service and preservice teacher learning; Interdisciplinary Instruction; Literacy development; Minority/Underrepresented Students; Organizational structure/effectiveness; Qualitative Methodology; School, curriculum and community change; Social contexts of teaching, learning and educational research; Student collaboration; Undergraduate education issues
Sandra Murphy
Professor of Education
(530) 752-8307
smmurphy@ucdavis.edu
Assessment; Language development and socialization; Literacy and Language policy; Literacy development; Reading curriculum and instruction; Writing instruction and assessment; Oral and written language differences.
Cindy Passmore
Assistant Professor of Education
(530) 752-7883
cpassmore@ucdavis.edu
Science Education; Secondary Education
Rick Pomeroy
Lecturer/Supervisor of Teacher Education
(530) 752-0622
jrpomeroy@ucdavis.edu
In-service and preservice teacher learning; Interdisciplinary Instruction; Science Education; Secondary Education; Technology in Science; Technology in teaching and learning
Gloria Rodriguez
Assistant Professor of Education
(530) 754-6256
gmrodriguez@ucdavis.edu
Education Policy and Governance; Educational equity; Educational Leadership; Language minority status issues in schooling; Latina/o educational issues; Minority/Underrepresented Students; School finance; School, curriculum and community change; Socioeconomic status issues in schooling
Rebecca Rosa
Lecturer/Supervisor of Teacher Education
(530) 752-4199
robrien@ucdavis.edu
Social Sciences Education; Secondary Education; Educational equity
Phil Smith
Lecturer
(916) 739-6757
prsmith@ucdavis.edu
Mathematics Education; Technology in mathematics; Technology in teaching and learning; Collaboration strategies and technology tools for institutional change and effectiveness; Meta-cognition; Misconceptions
Katharine Strunk
Assistant Professor in Education
(530) 752-2367
kostrunk@ucdavis.edu
Economics of education; Education Policy and Governance; Educational equity; Quantitative methods; School finance
Thomas Timar
Professor of Education, Director of CAP-Ed
(530) 754-6654
tbtimar@ucdavis.edu
Education Policy and Governance; International education policy and governance; School finance
Cary Trexler
Assistant Professor of Agricultural Education
(530) 752-2623
cjtrexler@ucdavis.edu
Agricultural Education; Agri-food system literacy; Service-learning; Secondary Education; Science Education; Technology in Science; Technology in teaching and learning
Yuuko Uchikoshi
Assistant Professor of Education
(530) 754-6271
yuchikoshi@ucdavis.edu
Bilingual Education; Educational Television; English Learners; Language Acquisition; Language development and socialization; Literacy development; Quantitative methods; Sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics
Jon Wagner
Professor of Education
(530) 752-5387
jcwagner@ucdavis.edu
Children's material culture in and out of school; Computer analysis of qualitative data; Practitioner research and documentary studies; Qualitative Methodology; School, curriculum and community change; Social contexts of teaching, learning and educational research; Technology in teaching and learning; Visual studies of education and schooling
Karen Watson-Gegeo
Professor of Education
(510) 527-5076
kawatsongegeo@ucdavis.edu
Classroom discourse; Education in Developing Countries; Ethnography and Ethnographic research; Language Acquisition; Language development and socialization; Literacy and Language policy; Organizational structure/effectiveness; Pidgin/creole languages; Sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics; Linguistic anthropology; Language socialization theory; Critical discourse analysis; Bilingual Education; Child Development; Feminist theory; Community and rural development; Anthropology of consciousness; Social disability studies; Cultural studies; Classroom research; Indigenous epistemology; Geographical areas of Hawai'i and Solomon Islands
Tobin White
Assistant Professor of Education
(530) 752-9348
tfwhite@ucdavis.edu
Collaborative Learning; Learning and Cognition; Mathematics education; Technology in mathematics; Technology in Science; Technology in teaching and learning
Phil Young
Professor of Education, Co-Director of JDPEL, UC Davis
(559) 241-7602
ipyoung@ucdavis.edu
Educational Leadership; Human resource issues and collective bargaining