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College of Education Administration

Administration

Gaëtane Jean-Marie, Ph.D.

Dean, College of Education & Richard O. Jacobson Endowed Chair, Leadership in Education

gaetane.jean-marie@uni.edu

Brenda Biersner

Administrative Assistant to the Dean, College of Education

brenda.biersner@uni.edu

Colleen Mulholland, Ed.D.

Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies & Student Support Services; Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction

colleen.mulholland@uni.edu

Karen Phillips

Secretary III, College of Education Dean's Office

karen.phillips@uni.edu

Deborah Tidwell, Ph.D.

Associate Dean, College of Education & Professor, Literacy Education

deborah.tidwell@uni.edu

HNI Corporation Instructional Resources & Technology Services

Administration

Maxine Davis

Director, Instructional Resources & Technology Services

maxine.davis@uni.edu

Neil Clopton

Information Technology Specialist

neil.clopton@uni.edu

Michael Helten

Library Assistant III

michael.helten@uni.edu

Zak Larter

Information Technology Specialist

zak.larter@uni.edu

Mindy Noble

Secretary III

mindy.noble@uni.edu

Academic Advisors

Administration

Robert Welch, Ed.D.

Director, College of Education Student Advising

robert.welch@uni.edu

Barbara Gager Academic Advisor barbara.gager@uni.edu	Michelle Holland Academic Advisor michelle.holland@uni.edu	Frank McMillan Academic Advisor frank.mcmillan@uni.edu	Myshia Moore Academic Advisor myshiam@uni.edu
Colby Reinking Academic Advisor colby.reinking@uni.edu	Ryan Scholl Secretary, COE Office of Advising ryan.scholl@uni.edu	Heidi Seegers Academic Advisor heidi.seegers@uni.edu

Curriculum & Instruction

Administration

Robin Dada, Ph.D.

Department Head & Professor, Curriculum & Instruction

robin.dada@uni.edu

Dana Atwood-Blaine, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Elementary Education & Coordinator, Elementary Education Graduate Program dana.atwood-blaine@uni.edu	Lois Berger, M.A.E. Instructor, Literacy Education lois.berger@uni.edu	Jarod Bormann, M.A. Instructor, Instructional Technology jarod.bormann@uni.edu	Courtney Clausen, Ed.D. Instructor, Elementary Education & Educational Psychology and Foundations courtney.clausen@uni.edu
Stanley Ebede, Ed.D. Program Manager and Student Support Coordinator, Teach Waterloo stanley.ebede@uni.edu	Lynne Ensworth, M.A. Instructor, Elementary Education Lynne.Ensworth@uni.edu	Heather Ferden, M.A. Instructor, Literacy Education heather.ferden@uni.edu	Linda Fitzgerald, Ph.D. Professor, Early Childhood Education Linda.Fitzgerald@uni.edu
Salli Forbes, Ph.D. Director, Richard O. Jacobson Center for Comprehensive Literacy & Professor, Literacy Education Salli.Forbes@uni.edu	Jane Frost, M.A.E. Instructor, Literacy Education betty.frost@uni.edu	Magdalena (Magda) Galloway, M.A. Instructor, Instructional Technology maggda@uni.edu	Nandita Gurjar, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Literacy Education nandita.gurjar@uni.edu
Mary Herring, Ph.D. Professor Emerita & Instructor, Instructional Technology Mary.Herring@uni.edu	Gloria Kirkland Holmes, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Early Childhood Education Gloria.Holmes@uni.edu	Jodi Johnson, M.A. Instructor, Elementary Education jodi.johnson@uni.edu	Farah Kashef, M.A. Faculty Technology Integration Specialist, College of Education & Instructor, Instructional Technology farah.kashef@uni.edu
Marcia Klinefelter, M.A.E. Instructor, Literacy Education marcia.klinefelter@uni.edu	Karla Krueger, Ed.D. Associate Professor, School Library Studies Karla.Krueger@uni.edu	Mason Kuhn, Ed.D. Assistant Professor, Elementary Education mason.kuhn@uni.edu	Brenda Hite Lage, M.A.E. Instructor, Literacy Education brenda.hite@uni.edu
Taraneh Matloob Haghanikar, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Literacy Education tmatloob@uni.edu	Linda McCartney, M.A. Instructor, Elementary Education Linda.McCartney@uni.edu	Sohyun Meacham, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Literacy Education & Coordinator, Ed.D C&I ISA sohyun.meacham@uni.edu	Shuaib Meacham, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Literacy Education shuaib.meacham@uni.edu
Sarah Montgomery, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Elementary Education Sarah.Montgomery@uni.edu	Colleen Mulholland, Ed.D. Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies & Student Support Services; Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction colleen.mulholland@uni.edu	Allison Pattee, M.A. Instructor, Early Childhood Education & Coordinator, Child Development Center allison.pattee@uni.edu	Marc Renning, M.A.E. Instructor, Elementary Education & Coordinator, 2+2 Elementary Education B.A. Program Marc.Renning@uni.edu
Debra Rich, Ed.D. Assistant Director, Richard O. Jacobson Center for Comprehensive Literacy & Instructor, Literacy Education debra.rich@uni.edu	Maryam Rod Szabo, Ed.D. Instructor, Instructional Technology maryam.rodszabo@uni.edu	Kathleen Schuhmacher, M.A. Instructor, Literacy Education kathleen.schuhmacher@uni.edu	Brandy Smith, Ed.D. Instructor, Curriculum & Instruction brandy.smith@uni.edu
Denise Tallakson, M.Ed. Instructor, Elementary Education Denise.Tallakson@uni.edu	David Tallakson, M.A. Instructor, Literacy Education David.Tallakson@uni.edu	Joan Bessman Taylor, Ph.D. Associate Professor, School Library Studies & Coordinator, School Library Studies Graduate Program joan.taylor@uni.edu	Deborah Tidwell, Ph.D. Associate Dean, College of Education & Professor, Literacy Education deborah.tidwell@uni.edu
Deanne Ubben Secretary II, Curriculum & Instruction Deanne.Ubben@uni.edu	Jill Uhlenberg Professor Emerita & Instructor, Early Childhood Education Jill.Uhlenberg@uni.edu	Sarah Vander Zanden, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Literacy Education & Director, UNI Literacy Clinic & Coordinator, Literacy Education Graduate Program Sarah.vanderz@uni.edu	Beth Dykstra VanMeeteren, Ed.D. Director, Regents' Center for Early Developmental Education & Associate Professor, Literacy Education beth.vanmeeteren@uni.edu
Jason Vetter, M.A. Instructor, Instructional Technology Jason.Vetter@uni.edu	Irenea L Walker, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Elementary Education irenea.walker@uni.edu	Carolyn Weber, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Middle Level Education & Coordinator, Undergraduate Middle Level Education Dual Major Program carolyn.weber@uni.edu	Alisa Weeks Secretary II, School Library Studies alisa.weeks@uni.edu
Timothy Weih, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Literacy Education Timothy.Weih@uni.edu	Nancy White, M.A.E. Instructor, Literacy Education Nancy.White@uni.edu	Betty Zan, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Early Childhood Education & Coordinator, Early Childhood Education Graduate Program Betty.Zan@uni.edu	Leigh E. Zeitz, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Instructional Technology & Coordinator, Instructional Technology Graduate Program zeitz@uni.edu

Department of Teaching

Administration

Mary Donegan-Ritter, Ph.D.

Interim Department Head, Department of Teaching & Associate Professor, Early Childhood Education

mary.donegan-ritter@uni.edu

Megan Balong, M.A. Field Experience Coordinator megan.balong@uni.edu	Allison Barness, M.A. Field Experience Coordinator allison.barness@uni.edu	Amy Brass, M.A. Des Moines Area Student Teaching Coordinator amy.brass@uni.edu	Karen Breitbach, M.A. Field Experience Coordinator karen.breitbach@uni.edu
Shelly Bromwich, M.A. Field Experience Coordinator shelly.bromwich@uni.edu	Cindy Cone, M.A. Omaha/Council Bluffs/Sioux City Center Student Teacher Coordinator ccone@uni.edu	Lyn Countryman, Ph.D. Professor lyn.countryman@uni.edu	J.D. Cryer, Ed.D. Coordinator, Elementary Teacher Education jd.cryer@uni.edu
Nadene Davidson, Ed.D. Associate Professor davidson@uni.edu	Mary Doyle, M.A. Field Experience Coordinator mary.doyle@uni.edu	Lynn Dykstra, Ed.S. Student Teaching Coordinator lynn.dykstra@uni.edu	Carrie Elser, Ed.D. International/Out-of-State Student Teaching Coordinator caroline.elser@uni.edu
Stephen Foster, M.A. Northeast Iowa and International/Out-of-State Student Teaching Coordinator stephen.foster@uni.edu	Beth Harris, M.A. Cedar Falls Center Student Teaching Coordinator beth.harris@uni.edu	Becky Hawbaker, Ph. D. Field Experience Coordinator becky.hawbaker@uni.edu	Leasha Henriksen, M.A. Cedar Rapids Center Student Teaching Coordinator leasha.henriksen@uni.edu
Sheri Hoffman, M.A. Field Experience Coordinator sheri.hoffman@uni.edu	Ashley Jorgensen, M.A. Field Experience Coordinator ashley.jorgensen@uni.edu	Rick Knivsland, M.A. Field Experience Coordinator rick.knivsland@uni.edu	Kady Korbel, M.A. Charles City/Mason City Center Student Teaching Coordinator kkorbel@uni.edu
Sheryl Larson, M.A. Northwest Iowa Center Student Teaching Coordinator sheryl.larson@uni.edu	Amy Lockhart, Ed.D. Field Experience Coordinator amy.lockhart@uni.edu	Kim Miller, M.A. Field Experience Coordinator kim.miller@uni.edu	Kathy Moore, M.A. Northwest Iowa Center Student Teaching Coordinator kathy.moore@uni.edu
Curt Nielsen, Ed.D. Field Experience Coordinator curt.nielsen@uni.edu	Tami Powers Secretary III tamara.powers@uni.edu	Mary Beth Rygh, M.S. Waterloo Student Teaching Coordinator (Elementary) marybeth.rygh@uni.edu	Aaron Spurr, M.A. Field Experience Coordinator aaron.spurr@uni.edu
Mary Stichter, M.A. Field Experience Coordinator mary.stichter@uni.edu	Jim Stichter, M.A.E. Field Experience Coordinator jim.stichter@uni.edu	Jody Stone, Ph.D. Professor, Elementary Education jody.stone@uni.edu	Steve VanderPol, M.A. Student Teaching Coordinator - Marshalltown Center steve.vanderpol@uni.edu
Robert Weaton, M.A. Davenport/Southeast Iowa Student Teaching Coordinator robert.weaton@uni.edu

Educational Leadership & Postsecondary Education

Administration

Timothy Gilson, Ed.D.

Department Head & Associate Professor, Educational Leadership & Coordinator, International Teacher Leader Program

Tim.Gilson@uni.edu

Sue Alborn-Yilek, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership & Coordinator, Principal Program susan.alborn-yilek@uni.edu	Carol Bean Secretary III carol.bean@uni.edu	Kim Huckstadt, Ed.D. Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership & Coordinator, PK-12 Doctoral Program kim.huckstadt@uni.edu	Loleta Montgomery Program Assistant, Educational Leadership loleta.montgomery@uni.edu
Carol Montz Field Supervisor, Principalship Cohort carol.montz@uni.edu	Theophile Muhayimana, Ed.D. Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership muhayimt@uni.edu	Denise Schares, Ed.D. Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership & Coordinator, Superintendent Program denise.schares@uni.edu	David Schmid, Ed.D. Assistant Professor & Coordinator, Postsecondary Education: Student Affairs david.schmid@uni.edu
Matt Townsley, Ed.D. Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership matt.townsley@uni.edu	Jere Vyverberg Field Supervisor, Principalship Cohort jere.vyverberg@uni.edu	Michael D. Waggoner, Ph.D. Professor, Postsecondary Education: Student Affairs mike.waggoner@uni.edu

Educational Psychology & Foundations

Administration

Benjamin Forsyth, Ph.D.

Department Head & Associate Professor

benjamin.forsyth@uni.edu

Radhi Al-Mabuk, Ph.D. Professor & Coordinator, Professional Development for Teachers Program (on-campus) radhi.al-mabuk@uni.edu	Robert Boody, Ph.D. Professor robert.boody@uni.edu	Gregory Bourassa, Ph.D. Assistant Professor gregory.bourassa@uni.edu	Eva Chen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor eva.chen@uni.edu
Courtney Clausen, Ed.D. Instructor, Elementary Education & Educational Psychology and Foundations courtney.clausen@uni.edu	Kerri Clopton, Ph.D. Associate Professor, School Psychology Program kerri.clopton@uni.edu	Deborah Deemer, Ph.D. Associate Professor deborah.deemer@uni.edu	Scott Ellison, Ph.D. Assistant Professor bradley.ellison@uni.edu
Suzanne Freedman, Ph.D. Professor & Coordinator, Professional Development for Teachers Program (on-line) suzanne.freedman@uni.edu	Anthony Gabriele, Ph.D. Professor anthony.gabriele@uni.edu	Marcie Hagge, M.S. Instructor marcie.hagge@uni.edu	Debra Jacobs Secretary III debra.jacobs@uni.edu
Elana Joram, Ph.D. Professor & Coordinator, Professional Development for Teachers Program (on-line) elana.joram@uni.edu	Harun Parpucu Instructor parpucuh@uni.edu	Ronda Reid, M.A.E. Instructor ronda.reid@uni.edu	Ron Rinehart, Ph.D. Assistant Professor ron.rinehart@uni.edu
Stephanie Schmitz, Ph.D. Associate Professor, School Psychology Program stephanie.schmitz@uni.edu	Nicole Skaar, Ph.D. Associate Professor & Coordinator, School Psychology Program nicole.skaar@uni.edu	Desislava Stoycheva Instructor dstoych@uni.edu	Zeina Yousof Instructor yousofz@uni.edu

Department of Kinesiology

Administration

Fabio Fontana, Ph.D.

Department Head, Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Physical Education

fabio.fontana@uni.edu

Melanie Billington Office Coordinator I melanie.billington@uni.edu	Leann Cushion Instructor, Kinesiology leann.cushion@uni.edu	Forrest Dolgener, Ph.D. Professor, Kinesiology and Physical Education forrest.dolgener@uni.edu	James Hall, Ed.D. Instructor, Kinesiology and Physical Education james.hall@uni.edu
Kim Hurley Assistant Professor, Kinesiology and Physical Education kimberly.hurley@uni.edu	Kathy Johnson Secretary II kathy.johnson@uni.edu	Mickey Mack, Ph.D. Professor, Kinesiology and Physical Education mickey.mack@uni.edu	Mandy Masmar Instructor, Kinesiology and Physical Education mandy.masmar@uni.edu
Scott McNamara Assistant Professor Physical Education Pedagogy scott.mcnamara@uni.edu	Sophia Min, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Kinesiology and Physical Education sophia.min@uni.edu	Panayiotis Papadopoulos Instructor panayiotis.papadopoulos@uni.edu	Ross Porter Storekeeper II ross.porter@uni.edu
Jacob Reed, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Kinesiology and Physical Education jacob.reed@uni.edu	LeaAnn Shaddox, Ed.D. Instructor, Kinesiology and Physical Education & Program Assistant Director, Dimensions of Wellbeing & Internship Advisor lea.shaddox@uni.edu	Paul Waack, M.S. Instructor, Kinesiology and Physical Education paul.waack@uni.edu	Windee Weiss, Ph.D. Professor, Kinesiology and Physical Education windee.weiss@uni.edu

Health, Recreation and Community Services

Administration

Oksana Grybovych Hafermann, Ed.D.

Department Head & Associate Professor, Leisure, Youth and Human Services

oksana.grybovych@uni.edu

Barbara A. Bakker, M.A. Instructor, Health Promotion and Education barbara.bakker@uni.edu	Melanie Billington Office Coordinator I melanie.billington@uni.edu	Donald Bishop, M.A., ATC, LAT Instructor, Athletic Training & Director, Athletic Training Services donald.bishop@uni.edu	Disa Cornish, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Health Promotion and Education disa.cornish@uni.edu
Thomas Davis, H.S.D. Professor, Health Promotion and Education thomas.davis@uni.edu	Diane E. Depken, Ed.D. Associate Professor, Health Promotion and Education diane.depken@uni.edu	Michele Devlin, Dr.P.H. Professor, Health Promotion and Education & Director, Iowa Center on Health Disparities michele.devlin@uni.edu	Rodney B. Dieser, Ph.D. Professor, Leisure, Youth and Human Services rodney.dieser@uni.edu
Christopher R. Edginton, Ph.D. Professor, Leisure, Youth and Human Services & R.J. McElroy Professor, Youth Leadership Studies christopher.edginton@uni.edu	Todd Evans, Ph.D., ATC, LAT Associate Professor, Athletic Training todd.evans@uni.edu	Troy Garrett, Ed.D., ATC, LAT Instructor, Athletic Training & Assistant Athletic Trainer Troy.Garrett@uni.edu	Julianne Gassman, Ph.D. Associate Professor; Director, Nonprofit Leadership Alliance julianne.gassman@uni.edu
Mark Hecimovich, Ph.D., ATC Associate Professor, Athletic Training mark.hecimovich@uni.edu	Christopher L. Kowalski, Ed.D. Associate Professor, Leisure, Youth and Human Services chris.kowalski@uni.edu	Chelsea Lowe, M.S.E., ATC, LAT Instructor, Athletic Training & Assistant Athletic Trainer chelsea.lowe@uni.edu	Peter Neibert, Ph.D., ATC, LAT Associate Professor, Athletic Training peter.neibert@uni.edu
Heather Olsen Associate Professor, Leisure, Youth and Human Services & Director, Center for Playground Safety heather.olsen@uni.edu	Karen Peterson Secretary II karen.peterson@uni.edu	Susan Roberts-Dobie, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Health Promotion and Education & Graduate Coordinator susan.dobie@uni.edu	Kathleen G. Scholl, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Leisure, Youth and Human Services & M.A. Graduate Coordinator kathleen.scholl@uni.edu
Tricia Schrage, Ed.D., ATC, LAT Assistant Professor, Athletic Training & Coordinator, Clinical Education tricia.schrage@uni.edu	Katie Schulte, Ed.D., ATC, LAT Instructor, Athletic Training & Assistant Athletic Trainer catherine.schulte@uni.edu	Kelli Snyder, Ed.D., ATC, LAT Associate Professor, Athletic Training & Program Director kelli.snyder@uni.edu	Melissa Stueve, M.S., ATC/L, CSCS Instructor, Athletic Training & Assistant Athletic Trainer melissa.stueve@uni.edu
Travis Stueve, M.S., ATC, LAT, CSCS Instructor, Athletic Training & Assistant Athletic Trainer travis.stueve@uni.edu	Catherine Zeman, Ph.D. Professor, Health Promotion and Education & Director, Recycling & Reuse Technology Transfer Center Catherine.Zeman@uni.edu

Special Education

Administration

Susan Etscheidt, Ph.D.

Department Head & Professor

susan.etscheidt@uni.edu

Aricia Beckman Instructor aricia.beckman@uni.edu	Danielle Cowley, Ph.D. Assistant Professor danielle.cowley@uni.edu	Sandy Crain Secretary III sandra.crain@uni.edu	Marla Davidson, M.A.E. NIIC Field Experience Administrator marla.davidson@uni.edu
Dennis Ford Instructor dennis.ford@uni.edu	Deborah Gallagher, Ph.D. Professor deborah.gallagher@uni.edu	David Hernandez-Saca, Ph.D. Assistant Professor david.hernandez-saca@uni.edu	Lora Hickman, M.A.E. NIIC Field Experience Administrator lora.hickman@uni.edu
Wu-Ying Hsieh, Ph.D. Associate Professor	Chris Kliewer, Ph.D. Professor kliewer@uni.edu	Frank Kohler, Ph.D. Professor frank.kohler@uni.edu	Amy Petersen, Ed.D. Associate Professor & Chair, UNI Faculty Senate amy.petersen@uni.edu
Amy Staples, Ph.D. Associate Professor amy.staples@uni.edu	Theresa Hirst Instructor theresa.hirst@uni.edu