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Early Childhood, Elementary and Literacy Education

Faculty & Staff

Tina Jacobowitz

Chair

Education - Ph.D., New York University; M.A., University of Wisconsin; B.A., Brooklyn College
Research/Interests - Literacy, critical thinking, social justice, democratic practice
Profile - Tina Jacobowitz

Office - University Hall, Room 3163
Phone - (973) 655-5407
Email - jacobowitzt@mail.montclair.edu

Patricia Anne Watson

Department Administrator


Office - University Hall, Room 3167
Phone - (973) 655-7360
Email - watsonp@mail.montclair.edu

Felicia Moore-Hines

Secretary


Office - University Hall, Room 3162
Phone - (973) 655-5407
Email - hinesf@mail.montclair.edu


Faculty

Danne E. Davis

Education - Ph.D., Boston College; M.Ed. Wheelock College; B.S. Northeastern University
Research/Interests - Curriculum, critical pedagogy, elementary instruction, multiculturalism, teacher education, urban schooling
Profile - Danne E. Davis

Office - University Hall, Room 3237
Phone - (973) 655-5183
Email - davisd@mail.montclair.edu

Elizabeth Erwin

Education - Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University; B.S., Syracuse University
Research/Interests - Inclusive early childhood education, family-professional partnerships, self-determination in young children with disabilities, issues of membership and belonging
Profile - Elizabeth Erwin

Office - University Hall, Room 3241
Phone - (973) 655-6843
Email - erwine@mail.montclair.edu

Margaret Freedson

Education - Ed.D., Harvard University; Ed.M., Harvard University; B.A., University of California
Research/Interests - Early literacy instruction in linguistically diverse, urban preschools

Office - University Hall, Room 3220
Phone - (973) 655-5411
Email - freedsonm@mail.montclair.edu

Fran Greb

Education - Ed.D., St. John's University; M.A., Newark State College; B.S., Boston University
Research/Interests - Elementary education, special education, professional development schools
Profile - Fran Greb

Office - University Hall, Room 3181
Phone - (973) 655-7487
Email - grebf@mail.montclair.edu

Sumi Hagiwara

Education - Ph.D., M.Phil., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.S., New York University; B.A., Baruch College, City University of New York
Research/Interests - Critical pedagogy, inner-city/urban elementary and middle school science education, immigrant students and families, multicultural education, emergent science education for the learning disabled

Office - University Hall, Room 3179
Phone - (973) 655-6848
Email - hagiwaras@mail.montclair.edu

Erik Jacobson

Education - Ed.D., Harvard University; Ed.M., Harvard University; B.A., Wesleyan University
Research/Interests - Adult literacy practice and instruction, cultural variations in the definition of literacy, literacies in creole speech communities, critical pedagogy and learner leadership
Profile - Erik Jacobson

Office - University Hall, Room 3233
Phone - (973) 655-3471
Email - jacobsone@mail.montclair.edu

Michele Knobel

Education - Ph.D., Queensland University of Technology; M.Ed., Queensland University of Technology; M.Ed., B.Ed., University College of Southern Queensland
Research/Interests - New technologies, in-school and out-of-school practices, classroom teaching
Profile - Michele Knobel

Office - University Hall, Room 3173
Phone - (973) 655-5405
Email - knobelm@mail.montclair.edu

Priya Lalvani

Education - Ph.D., The Graduate Center, CUNY; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.S., University of Bridgeport; B.A. St. Xaviers' College, Mumbai
Research/Interests - Social construction of disability; families of children with disabilities; teachers' beliefs about epistemology; inclusive education

Office - University Hall, Room 3200
Phone - (973) 655-5372
Email - lalvanip@mail.montclair.edu

Nancy J. Lauter

Education - Ed.D., Boston University; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University; B.A., Connecticut College
Research/Interests - School-university partnerships, new teachers in urban settings, curriculum development, mentoring leadership development
Profile - Nancy J. Lauter

Office - University Hall, Room 3226
Phone - (973) 655-4243
Email - lautern@mail.montclair.edu

Dierdre Glenn Paul

Education - Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.ED., Lehman College, CUNY; B.A., University of Alabama
Research/Interests - Issues pertaining to literacy, education of U.S. blacks

Office - University Hall, Room 3224
Phone - (973) 655-7183
Email - pauld@mail.montclair.edu

Bree Picower

Education - Ph.D. New York University; B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Research/Interests - Social justice education, teacher activism, race and racism in education, teacher education, elementary social studies education
Profile - Bree Picower

Office - University Hall, Room 3198
Phone - (973) 655-4465
Email - picowerb@mail.montclair.edu

Victoria Puig

Education - Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; Bilingual Cert., CUNY; M.A., M.ED., Teachers College, Columbia University; B.A., Ithaca College
Research/Interests - Early childhood special education, cultural and linguistic diversity, partnering with families of young children with special needs, mentoring new teachers
Profile - Victoria Puig

Office - University Hall, Room 3235
Phone - (973) 655-7159
Email - puigv@mail.montclair.edu

Minsun Shin

Education - Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University; B.A., Fairleigh Dickinson University
Research/Interests - Young children's social and emotional development, teacher's role in young children's development, teacher training and professionalism, parent involvement
Profile - Minsun Shin

Office - University Hall, Room 3239
Phone - (973) 655-6961
Email - shinm@mail.montclair.edu

Tamara Spencer

Education - Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.A., University of Pennsylvania; B.A., Colorado College
Research/Interests - Early childhood literacy, urban education, literacy curriculum, diverse school settings
Profile - Tamara Spencer

Office - University Hall, Room 3198
Phone - (973) 655-4255
Email - spencert@mail.montclair.edu

Eric Weiner

Education - Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University; M.A., University of Massachusetts; B.A., University of Massachusetts
Research/Interests - Critical literacy, cultural studies, critical pedagogy, social theory
Profile - Eric Weiner

Office - University Hall, Room 3222
Phone - (973) 655-5177
Email - weinerer@mail.montclair.edu

Dana J. Wilber

Education - Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.A., University of Colorado; B.A., B.S., University of Colorado
Research/Interests - Literacy practices of college-age students, history of literacy, literacy and technology, literacy and cognition
Profile - Dana J. Wilber

Phone - (973) 655-7486
Email - wilberd@mail.montclair.edu

Linda L. Wise

Education - Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.S., Ed., Lehman College, CUNY; B.A., Syracuse University
Research/Interests - Social context issues in literacy development, teacher education

Office - University Hall, Room 3126
Phone - (973) 655-4436
Email -wisel@mail.montclair.edu

Susan Wray

Education - Ph.D., University of Wisconsin; M.S., University of Wisconsin; B.S., Northern Arizona University
Research/Interests - Teacher learning communities, teacher learning and professional development, social justice education, constructivist teaching and learning practices, teaching portfolios
Profile - Susan Wray

Office - University Hall, Room 3177
Phone - (973) 655-6902
Email - wrays@mail.montclair.edu

Elizabeth Kendall

Program Coordinator, P-3 Modified Alternate Route Program

Education - M.T.S., Drew University; B.A., Glassboro College
Research/Interests - Early childhood curriculum, urban communities

Office - University Hall, Room 3187
Phone - (973) 655-7101
Email - kendalle@mail.montclair.edu

Nancy Rosario-Layne

Assistant Coordinator, P-3 Modified Alternate Route Program


Office - University Hall, Room 3189
Phone - (973) 655-6909
Email - rosariolaynn@mail.montclair.edu

Tina Seaboch

Coordinator, Literacy and Assessment Centers


Office - University Hall, Room 3124
Phone - (973) 655-4247
Email - seabocht@mail.montclair.edu


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Adjunct Faculty

Name Courses Email
Maria Aielo ECEL maiello@montville.net
Gail Ahnemann ECEL ahnemann@verizon.net
Janet Armstrong ECEL rockserene@aol.com
Grace Bourbon ECEL bourbong@mail.montclair.edu
Joanne Cooney ECEL cooneyj@mail.montclair.edu
Rosemary Clerico ECEL rclerico@nutleyschools.org
Lynn DiMatteo ECEL DiMatteo.Lynn@cedargrove.k12.nj.us
Carla Engstrom READ engstromc@mail.montclair.edu
Rosa Espinal-Perez ECEL espinalperezr@mail.montclair.edu
Nicole Fiore-Levy ECEL nlevy@unigene.com
Kelli A. Fitzgibbons ECEL fitzgibbonsk@mail.montclair.edu
Heather Frank ECEL frankh@mail.montclair.edu
Sigrid Frawley ECEL sfrawley@tenafly.k12.nj.us
Kristin Freeh ECEL freehk@mail.montclair.edu
Michele Granger ECEL grangerm@mail.montclair.edu
Laurence Greenberg ECEL laurencedgreenberg@yahoo.com
Lynn Harvey ECEL harveyl@mail.montclair.edu
Kevin Heller ECEL khellr@newarkmuseum.org
Gwen Jackson ECEL Jgjacson_5@msn.com
Jeffrey Keith ECEL gpa88@comcast.net
Naomi Kirkman ECEL kirkmann@mail.montclair.edu
Jay Klausner ECEL klausnerj@mail.montclair.edu
Priva Lalvani ECEL lalvanip@mail.montclair.edu
Anthony Lanzo READ alanzo@veronaschools.org
Susan Latino ECEL latinos@mail.montclair.edu
Carol Lewis ECEL lewisc@mail.montclair.edu
Theresa Mangravite ECEL mangravitet@mail.montclair.edu
Jeffrey Monacelli ECEL Jmonacelli@comcast.net
Kenneth J. Monaco ECEL kjmonaco@opnonline.net
Susan Monfet ECEL susanmnft@yahoo.com
Melissa Montanez ECEL mmontanez@woboe.org
Leslie Mozulay ECEL llmoz55@aol.com
Lorraine O'Neill-Nardi ECEL flnardi@aol.com
Cherylyn Paredes ECEL paredesc@mail.montclair.edu
Arleen Perkins ECEL paredesc@mail.montclair.edu
Beverly Plein ECEL bplein@bellatlantic.net
Robert Price ECEL price@nvnet.org
Wayne Rush MEDI rushw@mail.montclair.edu
Carol Sadler READ csadler@woboe.org
Sonia Santos ECEL sonia@thelearningnook.net
Marilyn Shapiro ECEL shapirom@mail.montclair.edu
Courtney St. Prix ECEL stprixc@mail.montclair.edu
Kimberly Smith ECEL smithk@mail.montclair.edu

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