Early Childhood Education Faculty

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Bu, Lingguo, Professor, Mathematics Education, Ph.D., Florida State University, 2008; 2008. Modeling, design, and curricular development in STEM education.

Byfield, Lavern, Associate Professor, Elementary Education: Language/Literacy Studies, Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2012; 2012. Language Arts instruction, English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction, bilingual education, culturally responsive pedagogy.

Miller, Grant, Associate Professor, Curriculum & Instruction, Ph.D., Boston College, 2007; 2007. History education, media literacy, Universal Design for Learning, place-based education, assessment literacy.

Shelby-Caffey, Crystal V., Associate Professor, Curriculum & Instruction, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, 2008; Literacy; Culturally Responsive Pedagogy; New Technologies; Educational Access; Communities of Color.

Stearns, Louise, Senior Lecturer, M.Ed., Elementary Education, Southern Illinois University, 1985; 1989. Teacher Educator, Literacy, Social Sciences.

Tallman, Amy, Lecturer, MSW, Southern Illinois University, 2006.

Thompson, Stacy D., Professor, Human Development, Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1998; 2005. Interventions for families and caregivers; Fathers of infants born to adolescent mothers; Sensory integration.

Viernow, Melissa R., Lecturer, M.Ed., Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1999.

Emeriti Faculty 

Campbell, James A., Associate Professor, Emeritus, Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1978.

Karmos, Ann, Associate Professor, Emerita, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1975.

Mogharreban, Catherine N., Associate Professor, Emerita, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University Carbondale,1990.

Nelson, JoAnn, Assistant Professor, Emerita, Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1980.

Pearlman, Susan F., Associate Professor, Emerita, Ph.D., University of Missouri, 1987.

Zobairi, Nillofur, Lecturer, Emerita, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, 1993.