Faculty & Staff

College of Education

Administration

Dr. Gaëtane Jean-Marie

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

gaetane.jean-marie@uni.edu

Terri Lasswell

Department Head and Associate Professor, Department of Teaching & Interim Associate Dean, College of Education

terri.lasswell@uni.edu

Windee Weiss

Professor, Physical Education & Associate Dean, College of Education

windee.weiss@uni.edu

HNI Corporation Instructional Resources & Technology Services

Administration

Neil Clopton

Information Technology Specialist

neil.clopton@uni.edu

Maxine Davis

Director of Instructional Resources and Technology Services

maxine.davis@uni.edu

Michael Helten

Library Assistant III

michael.helten@uni.edu

Mindy Noble

Secretary III

mindy.noble@uni.edu

Curriculum & Instruction

Administration

Deborah Tidwell

Interim Department Head - Curriculum and Instruction, Professor - Literacy Education

deborah.tidwell@uni.edu

Dana Atwood-Blaine Assistant Professor - Elementary Education, Jacobson Elementary Science Fellow dana.atwood-blaine@uni.edu	Lois Berger Instructor lois.berger@uni.edu	Courtney Clausen Instructor - Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Psychology and Foundations courtney.clausen@uni.edu	Mary Donegan-Ritter Associate Professor, Early Childhood Education mary.donegan-ritter@uni.edu
Beth Dykstra-VanMeeteren Director & Assistant Professor, Center for Early Developmental Education beth.vanmeeteren@uni.edu	Lynne Ensworth Instructor - Elementary Education Lynne.Ensworth@uni.edu	Heather Ferden Instructor heather.ferden@uni.edu	Linda Fitzgerald Professor - Early Childhood Education Linda.Fitzgerald@uni.edu
Salli Forbes Professor - Literacy Education, Director of the Jacobson Center for Comprehensive Literacy Salli.Forbes@uni.edu	Jane Frost Instructor betty.frost@uni.edu	Magdalena (Magda) Galloway Instructor - Instructional Technology maggda@uni.edu	Ping Gao Associate Professor - Instructional Technology ping.gao@uni.edu
Michele Gipson Secretary II - Literacy Education michele.gipson@uni.edu	Nandita Gurjar Assistant Professor - Literacy Education nandita.gurjar@uni.edu	Mary Herring Instructor Mary.Herring@uni.edu	Melissa Heston Associate Professor - Early Childhood Education Melissa.Heston@uni.edu
Theresa Johnson Secretary III - Jacobson Center for Comprehensive Literacy Theresa.Johnson@uni.edu	Jodi Johnson Instructor jodi.johnson@uni.edu	Farah Kashef Faculty Technology Integration Specialist, Instructor - Instructional Technology farah.kashef@uni.edu	Gloria Kirkland-Holmes Associate Professor - Early Childhood Education Gloria.Holmes@uni.edu
Marcia Klinefelter Instructor marcia.klinefelter@uni.edu	Karla Krueger Associate Professor - School Library Studies Karla.Krueger@uni.edu	Mason Kuhn Assistant Professor - Elementary Education mason.kuhn@uni.edu	Joseph Marchesani Assistant Professor - Education Technology, Coordinator of Audio/Video Production for the Center of Educational Technology Joseph.Marchesani@uni.edu
Taraneh Matloob Haghanikar Assistant Professor - Literacy Education tmatloob@uni.edu	Linda McCartney Adjunct - Elementary Education Linda.McCartney@uni.edu	Shuaib Meacham Associate Professor - Literacy Education shuaib.meacham@uni.edu	Sohyun Meacham Assistant Professor - Literacy Education sohyun.meacham@uni.edu
Sarah Montgomery Associate Professor - Elementary Education Sarah.Montgomery@uni.edu	Allison Pattee Coordinator - Child Development Center, Instructor - Curriculum and Instruction allison.pattee@uni.edu	Marc Renning Instructor, 2+2 Program Marc.Renning@uni.edu	Debra Rich Assistant Director, Richard O. Jacobson Center for Comprehensive Literacy debra.rich@uni.edu
Maryam Rod Szabo Instructor maryam.rodszabo@uni.edu	Audrey C. Rule Professor of Elementary Education and Coordinator of the Doctoral Program in Curriculum & Instruction audrey.rule@uni.edu	Jennifer Lee Schroeder-Van Cleve Instructor jennifer.vancleve@uni.edu	Kathleen Schuhmacher Instructor kathleen.schuhmacher@uni.edu
Dena Snowden Secretary III - Curriculum and Instruction Dena.Snowden@uni.edu	David Tallakson Instructor - Literacy Education David.Tallakson@uni.edu	Denise Tallakson Instructor - Elementary and Literacy Education Denise.Tallakson@uni.edu	Joan Bessman Taylor Associate Professor - School Library Studies, Coordinator - School Library Studies joan.taylor@uni.edu
Deanne Ubben Secretary II - Curriculum and Instruction Deanne.Ubben@uni.edu	Sarah Vander Zanden Assistant Professor - Literacy Education, Graduate Program Coordinator, Literacy Clinic Director Sarah.vanderz@uni.edu	Jason Vetter Adjunct - Instructional Technology, Manager for Instructional Technologies - IT Educational Technology and Media Services Jason.Vetter@uni.edu	Carolyn Weber Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, Middle Level Program Coordinator carolyn.weber@uni.edu
Alisa Weeks Secretary II- School Library Studies alisa.weeks@uni.edu	Timothy Weih Associate Professor - Elementary and Literacy Education Timothy.Weih@uni.edu	Nancy White Adjunct - Literacy Education Nancy.White@uni.edu	Yin Yee Secretary III - Center for Early Developmental Education Lian-Yin.Yee@uni.edu
Betty Zan Associate Professor - Early Childhood Education Betty.Zan@uni.edu	Leigh E. Zeitz Associate Professor & Coordinator of Instructional Technology Division zeitz@uni.edu

Department of Teaching

Administration

Terri Lasswell

Department Head and Associate Professor, Department of Teaching & Interim Associate Dean, College of Education

terri.lasswell@uni.edu

Megan Balong Field Experience Coordinator megan.balong@uni.edu	Allison Barness Field Experience Coordinator allison.barness@uni.edu	Jennifer Beck Student Teaching and Outreach Coordinator jennifer.beck@uni.edu	Amy Brass Des Moines Area Student Teaching Coordinator amy.brass@uni.edu
Karen Breitbach Field Experience Coordinator karen.breitbach@uni.edu	Dianna Briggs Assistant Professor, Human Relations dianna.briggs@uni.edu	Shelly Bromwich Field Experience Coordinator shelly.bromwich@uni.edu	Lyn Countryman Professor of Teaching & Science Education lyn.countryman@uni.edu
J.D. Cryer Coordinator of Elementary Teacher Education jd.cryer@uni.edu	Nadene Davidson Associate Professor, Human Relations davidson@uni.edu	Mary Doyle Field Experience Coordinator mary.doyle@uni.edu	Julia Lynn Doyle Field Experience Coordinator julia.doyle@uni.edu
Lynn Dykstra Student Teaching Coordinator lynn.dykstra@uni.edu	Carrie Elser International/Out-of-State Student Teaching Coordinator caroline.elser@uni.edu	Stephen Foster Northeast Iowa Student Teaching Coordinator stephen.foster@uni.edu	Beth Harris Cedar Falls Center Student Teaching Coordinator beth.harris@uni.edu
Becky Hawbaker Field Experiences Coordinator becky.hawbaker@uni.edu	Leasha Henriksen Cedar Rapids Student Teaching Coordinator leasha.henriksen@uni.edu	Sheri Hoffman Field Experience Coordinator sheri.hoffman@uni.edu	Ashley Jorgensen Field Experience Coordinator ashley.jorgensen@uni.edu
Rick Knivsland Field Experience Coordinator rick.knivsland@uni.edu	Kady Korbel Charles City/Mason City Student Teaching Coordinator kkorbel@uni.edu	Amy Lockhart Assistant Department Head, Field Experience Coordinator amy.lockhart@uni.edu	Kim Miller Field Experience Coordinator kim.miller@uni.edu
Curt Nielsen Field Experience Coordinator curt.nielsen@uni.edu	Kathy Oakland Instructor of Human Relations kathy.oakland@uni.edu	Tami Powers Department of Teaching Administrative Assistant tamara.powers@uni.edu	Donna Raubs Department of Teaching Secretary donna.raubs@uni.edu
Mary Beth Rygh Waterloo Student Teaching Coordinator (Elementary) marybeth.rygh@uni.edu	Aaron Spurr Field Experience Coordinator aaron.spurr@uni.edu	Mary Stichter Field Experience Coordinator mary.stichter@uni.edu	Jim Stichter Field Experience Coordinator jim.stichter@uni.edu
Jody Stone Professor of Teaching & Science Education jody.stone@uni.edu	Steve VanderPol Student Teaching Coordinator - Marshalltown Center steve.vanderpol@uni.edu	Robert Weaton Davenport/Southeast Iowa Student Teaching Coordinator robert.weaton@uni.edu	Lee Weber Field Experience Coordinator lee.weber@uni.edu
Elizabeth Zwanziger Field Experience Coordinator elizabeth.zwanziger@uni.edu

Educational Leadership & Postsecondary Education

Administration

Timothy Gilson

Interim Department Head, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership

Tim.Gilson@uni.edu

Sue Alborn-Yilek Principal Program Coordinator, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership susan.alborn-yilek@uni.edu	Carol Bean Secretary - Department of Educational Leadership and Postsecondary Education carol.bean@uni.edu	Kim Huckstadt Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, PK-12 Doctoral Program Coordinator kim.huckstadt@uni.edu	Dewitt Jones Emeritus Professor dewitt.jones@uni.edu
Loleta Montgomery Program Assistant for Educational Leadership loleta.montgomery@uni.edu	Lyn Redington Assistant Vice President/Dean of Students at the University of Iowa lyn-redington@uiowa.edu	Victoria Robinson Associate VP for Educator Preparation & Professor, Academic Affairs Victoria.Robinson@uni.edu	Denise Schares Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Superintendent Program Coordinator denise.schares@uni.edu
David Schmid Assistant Professor of Postsecondary Education, Student Affairs david.schmid@uni.edu	Donna Vinton Institutional Research Administrator Donna.Vinton@uni.edu	Jere Vyverberg Principalship Cohort Field Supervisor jere.vyverberg@uni.edu	Michael D. Waggoner Professor & Graduate Program in Postsecondary Education, Student Affairs Coordinator mike.waggoner@uni.edu
Kristin Woods Director, Student Success and Retention and Adjunct Professor kristin.woods@uni.edu

Educational Psychology & Foundations

Administration

Benjamin Forsyth

Associate Professor

benjamin.forsyth@uni.edu

Radhi Al-Mabuk Professor radhi.al-mabuk@uni.edu	Robert Boody Professor robert.boody@uni.edu	Gregory Bourassa Assistant Professor gregory.bourassa@uni.edu	Eva Assistant Professor eva.chen@uni.edu
Courtney Clausen Instructor - Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Psychology and Foundations courtney.clausen@uni.edu	Kerri Clopton Associate Professor kerri.clopton@uni.edu	Deborah Deemer Associate Professor deborah.deemer@uni.edu	Scott Ellison Assistant Professor bradley.ellison@uni.edu
Suzanne Freedman Professor suzanne.freedman@uni.edu	Sherry Gable Assistant Professor sherry.gable@uni.edu	Anthony Gabriele Professor anthony.gabriele@uni.edu	Marcie Hagge Adjunct Instructor marcie.hagge@uni.edu
Debra Jacobs Secretary III debra.jacobs@uni.edu	Elana Joram Professor elana.joram@uni.edu	Ronda Reid Adjunct Instructor ronda.reid@uni.edu	Ron Rinehart Assistant Professor ron.rinehart@uni.edu
Stephanie Schmitz Associate Professor stephanie.schmitz@uni.edu	Nicole Skaar Associate Professor nicole.skaar@uni.edu

School of Kinesiology, Applied Health and Human Services

Administration

Mickey Mack

Professor - Physical Education; Director - School of KAHHS

mickey.mack@uni.edu

Melanie Billington

Office Coordinator I - School of KAHHS

melanie.billington@uni.edu

Michelle Holland

Academic Advisor, School of KAHHS

michelle.holland@uni.edu

Ross Porter

Storekeeper II, School of KAHHS

ross.porter@uni.edu

Heidi Seegers

Academic Advisor, School of KAHHS

heidi.seegers@uni.edu

Athletic Training

Donald Bishop, M.A., ATC, LAT Instructor - Athletic Training & Director of Athletic Training Services donald.bishop@uni.edu	Todd Evans, Ph.D., ATC, LAT Associate Professor - Athletic Training todd.evans@uni.edu	Troy Garrett, EdD, ATC, LAT Instructor - Athletic Training & Assistant Athletic Trainer Troy.Garrett@uni.edu	Mark Hecimovich, Ph.D., ATC Associate Professor - Athletic Training, Graduate Coordinator - Athletic Training mark.hecimovich@uni.edu
Chelsea Lowe, MSE, ATC, LAT Instructor - Athletic Training, Assistant Athletic Trainer chelsea.lowe@uni.edu	Peter Neibert, Ph.D., ATC, LAT Associate Professor - Athletic Training, Division Chair peter.neibert@uni.edu	Tricia Schrage, EdD, ATC, LAT Assistant Professor - Athletic Training tricia.schrage@uni.edu	Katie Schulte, EdD, ATC, LAT Instructor - Athletic Trainer, Assistant Athletic Trainer catherine.schulte@uni.edu
Kelli Snyder, EdD, ATC, LAT Associate Professor - Athletic Training & Program Director kelli.snyder@uni.edu	Machelle Stickler Secretary II, Division of Athletic Training, Graduate Secretary - School of KAHHS machelle.stickler@uni.edu	Melissa Stueve, MS, ATC/L, CSCS Instructor - Athletic Training & Assistant Athletic Trainer melissa.stueve@uni.edu	Travis Stueve, MS, ATC/L, CSCS Instructor - Athletic Training & Assistant Athletic Trainer travis.stueve@uni.edu

Health Promotion & Education

Administration

Michele Devlin

Professor - Health Promotion & Education, Division Chair

michele.devlin@uni.edu

Barbara A. Bakker Instructor - Health Promotion & Education barbara.bakker@uni.edu	Disa Cornish Assistant Professor - Health Promotion & Education disa.cornish@uni.edu	Thomas Davis Professor - Health Promotion & Education thomas.davis@uni.edu	Diane E. Depken Associate Professor - Health Promotion & Education diane.depken@uni.edu
Susan Roberts-Dobie Associate Professor - Health Promotion & Education susan.dobie@uni.edu	Catherine Zeman Professor - Health Promotion & Education Catherine.Zeman@uni.edu

Kinesiology & Physical Education

Administration

Robin Lund

Associate Professor - Physical Education, Division Chair

robin.lund@uni.edu

Windee Weiss

Professor, Physical Education & Associate Dean, College of Education

windee.weiss@uni.edu

Forrest Dolgener Professor - Physical Education forrest.dolgener@uni.edu	Fabio Fontana Associate Professor - Physical Education fabio.fontana@uni.edu	James Hall Instructor - Physical Education james.hall@uni.edu	Deockki Hong Assistant Professor - Physical Education deockki.hong@uni.edu
Kathy Johnson Secretary II - Division of Physical Education kathy.johnson@uni.edu	Mandy Masmar Instructor - Physical Education mandy.masmar@uni.edu	Jacob Reed Assistant Professor - Physical Education jacob.reed@uni.edu	LeaAnn Shaddox Instructor - Physical Education lea.shaddox@uni.edu
Jane Toerner Instructor - Physical Education jane.toerner@uni.edu	Paul Waack Instructor - Physical Education paul.waack@uni.edu	Jennifer J. Waldron Professor - Physical Education jennifer.waldron@uni.edu

Leisure, Youth & Human Services

Administration

Oksana Grybovych

Associate Professor - Leisure, Youth & Human Services

oksana.grybovych@uni.edu

Donald B. Briggs Instructor - Leisure, Youth & Human Services donald.briggs@uni.edu	Rodney B. Dieser Professor - Leisure, Youth & Human Services rodney.dieser@uni.edu	Christopher R. Edginton Professor - Leisure, Youth & Human Services; R.J. McElroy Professor of Youth Leadership Studies christopher.edginton@uni.edu	Julianne Gassman Associate Professor - Leisure, Youth & Human Services julianne.gassman@uni.edu
Christopher L. Kowalski Associate Professor - Leisure, Youth & Human Services chris.kowalski@uni.edu	Heather Olsen Associate Professor - LYHS; Division Director for the Center for Playground Safety heather.olsen@uni.edu	Karen Peterson Secretary II, Division of Leisure, Youth & Human Services karen.peterson@uni.edu	Kathleen G. Scholl Associate Professor - Leisure, Youth & Human Services kathleen.scholl@uni.edu

Special Education

Administration

Susan Etscheidt

Head of Special Education Department, Professor

susan.etscheidt@uni.edu

Aricia Beckman Instructor aricia.beckman@uni.edu	Danielle Cowley Assistant Professor danielle.cowley@uni.edu	Sandy Crain Secretary III sandra.crain@uni.edu	Christina Curran Associate Professor Christina.curran@uni.edu
Marla Davidson NIIC Field Experience Administrator marla.davidson@uni.edu	Dennis Ford Instructor dennis.ford@uni.edu	Deborah Gallagher Professor deborah.gallagher@uni.edu	David Hernandez-Saca Assistant Professor david.hernandez-saca@uni.edu
Lora Hickman NIIC Field Experience Administrator lora.hickman@uni.edu	Chris Kliewer Professor kliewer@uni.edu	Frank Kohler Professor frank.kohler@uni.edu	Amy Petersen Associate Professor / COE Senate Chair amy.petersen@uni.edu
Amy Staples Associate Professor amy.staples@uni.edu

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