Paula Arvedson
Professor of Education; B.A., M.A., Cal State LA, Ph.D., UCLA
Contact: (323) 343-5657
E-mail: [email protected]
- Mathematical thinking in early childhood
- Use of technology to engage students in constructive learning
- Infusing global perspectives in all teaching/learning
- Teaching urban learners
- Early childhood cognitive development
- Knowledge/skills/dispositions for teaching social studies
- Teaching global perspectives
- Science and math education
Ann Barbour
Emerita Professor of Early Childhood Education, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Contact: (323) 343-4372
E-mail: [email protected]
- Appropriate educational practices in early childhood settings
- Role of play in learning
- School-family partnerships
- Effects of playground design on children’s play behaviors and social competence
- Home-literacy backpack programs
- Parents and caregivers support
- Development and learning of young children
Anna E. Chee
Emerita Professor of Education, Ph.D., USC
Contact: (323) 343-4368
E-mail: [email protected]
- Second language acquisition process
- Literacy development of immigrant students and adults
- Bilingual education
- Raising children
- Transnational childhoods
- Family migration
- Identity politics
- Experiences of immigrants and English learners
Fluent in: Korean.
Oona Fontanella-Nothom
Assistant Professor of Education; Ph.D., University of Missouri
Contact: (323) 343-4370
E-mail: [email protected]
- Early childhood education
- Learning, teaching and curriculum
Ambika Gopalakrishnan
Professor of Education; Ph.D., Ohio State University
Contact: (323) 343-6267
E-mail: [email protected]
- Educational drama
- Narrative practices (such as storytelling and film)
- Children’s literature
- Culturally relevant practices
Fluent in: Hindi, Tamil.
Rebecca Joseph
Professor of Curriculum and Instruction; Ph.D., UCLA
Contact: (323) 343-5458
E-mail: [email protected]
- Secondary teaching
- Professional development in active engaging
- Literacy across the curriculum
- Writing effective college admissions essays
Robert E. Land
Professor of Education; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Contact: (323) 343-4443
E-mail: [email protected]
- Writing campus
- Reading assessment
- Literacy
- Los Angeles Wirting Project
Leah M. Melber
Emerita Professor of Curriculum and Instruction; Ph.D., USC
Contact: (323) 343-4475
E-mail: [email protected]
- Science education, particularly at the pre-K and elementary levels
- Science learning in nontraditional and informal environments
- Science literacy within the community and within the urban areas
- Parental involvement to support science learning
- Development of inquiry-based science experiences for children
Fluent in: Spanish.
Ramakrishnan Menon
Professor of Education; Ph.D., University of British Columbia
Contact: (323) 343-6143
E-mail: [email protected]
- Mathematics education
- Preservice and inservice teachers
- Classroom-based research
- Number sense
- Professional development courses for middle school math teachers
- High school math
Fluent in: Malay.
Christina Restrepo Nazar
Assistant Professor of Education; Ph.D., Michigan State University
Contact: (323) 343-4400
E-mail: [email protected]
- Teacher education
- Social justice
- Science education
- Culture and education
Fluent in: Spanish.
John Shindler
Professor of Education; Ph.D., Washington State University
Contact: (323) 343-5824
E-mail: [email protected]
- Cognitive/learning style
- Classroom management
- Performance assessment
- Teacher-led change
- School-wide restructuring
Gay Quai-Ming Yuen
Emerita Professor of Education; Ph.D., USC
Contact: (323) 343-4363
E-mail: [email protected]
- Bilingual education
- Second language development
- Minority education
- Asian and Asian American educational research
- Multicultural education
- Teacher education
- Lowering dropout rates and truancy
- Dual immersion language program