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Meet the faculty and staff of the College of Education and Human Development's three departments and school (School for Global Inclusion and Social Development).

Dean's Office

Tara L. Parker
Dean, College of Education and Human Development, Professor, Higher Education
617.287.7606
Tara.Parker@umb.edu

Shantal Petrie
Executive Assistant to the Dean, College of Education & Human Development
Shantal.Petrie@umb.edu

Regine Paul
Assistant Dean, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7672
Regine.Paul@umb.edu

Kristin M. Murphy
Associate Dean of Faculty Development & Academic Programs, Associate Professor of Special Education, College of Education & Human Development
kristin.murphy@umb.edu

Bernice Fair
Office Manager, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7606
Bernice.Fair@umb.edu

Tyra Lopes Mendes
Director of Assessment, Accreditation, and Licensure, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7669
Tyra.Mendes@umb.edu

Gary YF Chan
Information and Systems Administrator, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7256
Gary.Chan@umb.edu

Aimee D’Avignon
Director, Office of Student Success, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7492
Aimee.Davignon@umb.edu

Jennifer Wood
Associate Director, Office of Student Success, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7610
Jennifer.Wood@umb.edu

Theresa Norberg
Academic Advisor, Office of Student Success, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7625
Theresa.Norberg@umb.edu

Thien Nguyen
Student Success Specialist, Office of Student Success, College of Education and Human Development
617-287-7233
Thien.Nguyen@umb.edu

Department of Counseling and School Psychology

Lindsay Fallon
Department Chair, Associate Professor, College of Education of Human Development
617.287.7613
Lindsay.Fallon@umb.edu

Danielle Ayeh
Lecturer, Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education & Human Development
Danielle.Ayeh@umb.edu

Gonzalo Bacigalupe
Professor of Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7631
Gonzalo.Bacigalupe@umb.edu

Stacy Bender
Associate Professor of Counseling and School Psychology, Graduate Program Director of the School Psychology PhD Program, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.3167
Stacy.Bender@umb.edu

Amy Cook
Professor of Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7585
Amy.Cook@umb.edu

Joseph N. Cooper
J. Keith Motley Endowed Chair of Sport Leadership and Administration
N/A
JosephN.Cooper@umb.edu

Lisa Cosgrove
Professor of Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7748
Lisa.Cosgrove@umb.edu

Shushan Dai
Lecturer, Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education & Human Development
Shushan.Dai@umb.edu

Brian Daniels
Assistant Professor of Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.6394
Brian.Daniels@umb.edu

Laura Hayden
Associate Professor of Counseling & School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.4034
Laura.Hayden@umb.edu

Sharon Horne
Professor of Counseling Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7495
Sharon.Horne@umb.edu

Sharon Lamb
Professor of Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7698
Sharon.Lamb@umb.edu

Boaz Levy
Associate Professor of Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7409
Boaz.Levy@umb.edu

Esmaeil Mahdavi
Senior Lecturer in Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.678.9366
Esmaeil.Mahdavi@umb.edu

Andre V. Maharaj
Co-Director, Center for Social Development and Education, Lecturer and Graduate Program Director of Applied Behavior Analysis for Special Populations Certificate, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7609
Andre.Maharaj@umb.edu

Takuya Minami
Graduate Program Director, Associate Professor of Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7619
Takuya.Minami@umb.edu

Jesslynn Neves-McCain
Assistant Professor, Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education & Human Development
Jesslynn.Neves@umb.edu

Tracy Paskiewicz
Senior Lecturer and Graduate Program Director of the School Psychology MEd/EdS Program, Department of Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7595
Tracy.Paskiewicz@umb.edu

Melissa Pearrow
Professor of Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7624
Melissa.Pearrow@umb.edu

Timothy Poynton
School Counseling MEd program director and online program coordinator, Associate Professor of Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.3326
Tim.Poynton@umb.edu

Kerrie Wilkins-Yel
Assistant Professor of Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7608
Kerrie.Wilkins@umb.edu

Staff 

Sarita Owens                                                                                             
Administrative Assistant, Counseling & School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development          
617.287.7805   
Sarita.Owens@umb.edu  

Emily Strojny
Admissions and Practicum Coordinator, Department of Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.5835
Emily.Strojny@umb.edu

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Lisa Gonsalves
Department Chair, Curriculum and Instruction, Associate Professor, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7642
Lisa.Gonsalves@umb.edu

Mona Abo-Zena
Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education and Care; Graduate Program Director, Masters' Programs in Early Childhood Education, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7614
Mona.AboZena@umb.edu

Serra Acar
Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education and Care, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.3873
Serra.Acar@umb.edu

Karen Crounse
Master Teacher, UTeach
617.287.7686
karen.crounse@umb.edu

Tejaswini S. Dalvi
Associate Professor of Science Education, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.4842
Tejaswini.Dalvi@umb.edu

Christopher B. Denning
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director of Special Education, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.6539
Christopher.Denning@umb.edu

Anne Douglass
Professor; Founder and Exec. Director Institute for Early Education Leadership and Innovation; Graduate Program Director, Post Master's Certificate Programs in Early Education and Care; College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7675
Anne.Douglass@umb.edu

Moira Downes
Manager of Field Experiences, Curriculum and Instruction Department, College of Education and Human Development
617-287-7942
Moira.Downes@umb.edu

Arthur Eisenkraft
Distinguished Professor of Science Education; Director of the Center of Science and Math in Context (COSMIC), College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7652
Arthur.Eisenkraft@umb.edu

Rebecca Hogue
Lecturer in Instructional Design
N/A
Rebecca.hogue@umb.edu

Frances Keefe
Lecturer Instructional Design Graduate Program
N/A
Fran.Keefe@umb.edu

Janna Jackson Kellinger
Professor, College of Education and Human Development/Curriculum and Instruction
617.287.5972
Janna.Kellinger@umb.edu

Apostolos Koutropoulos
Online Program Manager, Applied Linguistics Program, College of Liberal Arts
617.287.5990
A.Koutropoulos@umb.edu

Da Hei Ku
Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education and Care, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7635
DaHei.Ku@umb.edu

Lusa Lo
Professor of Special Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.6234
Lusa.Lo@umb.edu

Christopher C. Martell
Associate Professor of Social Studies Education, Graduate Program Director of Middle/Secondary Education, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.3874
Christopher.Martell@umb.edu

Marcelle Mentor
Assistant Professor, Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education & Human Development
Marcelle.Mentor@umb.edu

Kristin Murphy
Associate Dean of Faculty Development & Academic Programs, Associate Professor, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.4516
Kristin.Murphy@umb.edu

Denise Patmon
Department Chair, Leadership in Education Department , Professor of Education, Director of Boston Writing Project, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7618
Denise.Patmon@umb.edu

Patricia Paugh
Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7586
Patricia.Paugh@umb.edu

Lianna Pizzo
Associate Professor, Early Childhood Education and Care, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.4517
Lianna.Pizzo@umb.edu

Carol Ann Sharicz
Faculty Member, Instructional Design, Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.5984
Carol.Sharicz@umb.edu

Gene Shwalb
Senior Instructional Designer
617.287.3091
Gene.Shwalb @umb.edu

Asgedet Stefanos
Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7363
Asgedet.Stefanos@umb.edu

Jeremy Szteiter
Assistant Director of Critical and Creative Thinking, College of Education and Human Development
617-287-7636
Jeremy.Szteiter@umb.edu

Songtian (Tim) Zeng
Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education and Human Development & Director of Research, Institute for Early Education Leadership & Innovation
206.569.5110
songtian.zeng@umb.edu

Staff

Paloma Britt
Administrative Assistant, Curriculum and Instruction Department, College of Education and Human Development
617.287.7591
Paloma.Britt@umb.edu

School for Global Inclusion and Social Development

Tiffany Donaldson
Associate Dean and Director, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development; Program Manager, Institute for Community Inclusion
617.287.4365
N/A

Laura Bozeman
Chair: School for Global Inclusion and Social Development, Professor and Graduate Program Director: Vision Studies, College of Education and Human Development
781.588.4274
Laura.Bozeman@umb.edu

Callie M. Brusegaard
Assistant Professor, Vision Studies, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development
617.287.7645
Callie.Brusegaard@umb.edu

Kaitlyn Siner-Cappas
Program Manager, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development; Graduate Program Director, Global Inclusion and Social Development MA/PhD
617.287.3070
Kaitlyn.Siner@umb.edu

Dolly Daftary
Associate Professor, International Development, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development
617.287.4769
Dolly.Daftary@umb.edu

David B. Hershenson
Senior Lecturer, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development
617.566.3124
David.Hershenson@umb.edu

Meghan Kallman
Associate Professor, International Development, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development
617.287.4292
Meghan.Kallman@umb.edu

Valerie L. Karr
Associate Professor, International Development, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development
617.287.4336
Valerie.Karr@umb.edu

Peter Kiang (江念祖)
Professor and Director of Asian American Studies, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development, College of Education and Human Development
617.504.4107
Peter.Kiang@umb.edu

Paula Kosior
Program Coordinator, O&M Program, Vision Studies, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development
617.287.7584
Paula.Kosior@umb.edu

Sindiso Mnisi Weeks
Associate Professor of Legal Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst
N/A
Sindiso.MnisiWeeks@umb.edu

Daniel Norris
Program Coordinator, VRT Program, Vision Studies, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development
802.272.1626
Daniel.Norris@umb.edu

Maria Paiewonsky
Transition Specialist, Institute for Community Inclusion, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development
617.287.7697
Maria.Paiewonsky@umb.edu

Dimity Peter
Associate Professor, Rehabilitation Counseling, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development
617.287.4316
Dimity.Peter@umb.edu

Tammy Reisman
Program Coordinator, TVI Program, Vision Studies, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development
617.287.7668
Tammy.Reisman@umb.edu

Rachael Sessler Trinkowsky
Program Coordinator, ATVI Program, Vision Studies, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development
NA
r.sesslertrinkowsky@umb.edu

James Soldner
Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director, Rehabilitation Counseling, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development617.287.7703
James.Soldner@umb.edu

Lakshmi Srinivas
Associate Professor of Asian American Studies, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development, College of Education and Human Development
N/A
Lakshmi.Srinivas@umb.edu

Shirley S. Tang
Endowed Distinguished Professor for Asian American Studies, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development, College of Education and Human Development
N/A
Shirley.Tang@umb.edu

J. Cedric Woods
Director, Institute for New England Native American Studies
Director, Critical Ethnic and Community Studies Program617.287.5784
Cedric.Woods@umb.edu

Darick Wright
Coordinator, O&M Program, Vision Studies, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development
NA
Darick.Wright@umb.edu