Faculty and Staff
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Adams, Olin, Ph.D. - Associate Professor (Ph.D. -
Ohio
University
; M.B.A., Mount Saint Mary's College; A.B.,
Centre
College
), Higher Education.
Teaching Interests: business affairs and legal affairs of higher education and of sport. Research Interests: financial management of higher education and the management of intercollegiate athletics.
4068
Haley
Center
(334) 844-3052
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Bannon, Susan, Ed.D. - Associate Professor, (Ed.D. -
Louisiana
State
; M.E., B.S.,
Auburn
), School Library/Media Technology. Director of
Learning
Resource
Center
.
3402 Haley Center
(334) 844-4291 |
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DiRamio, David, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor (Ph.D. - University of Nevada; M.B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo; B.S., State University of New York at Buffalo), Higher Education.
Teaching Interests: institutional research; assessment & evaluation; student services; university administration. Research Interests: technology's impact on higher education and community colleges.
4096 Haley Center
(334) 844-3065 |
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Downer, Sherida, Program Coordinator (
M.A.L.S.
Rosary
College
;
B.A.
George
Williams
College
), Educational Media and Technology Program.
Teaching Interests: literature and media for children; information access and assessment. Research Interests: integration of technology into teaching and learning; assessment of information available on the web; success of students using technology in learning situations.
sheri@auburn.edu
4002 Haley Center
(334) 844-3060 |
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Forbes, Sean, Ph.D. - Associate Professor (Ph.D. -
University
of
Florida
; M.A., B.A. Florida), Educational Psychology, Measurement, Evaluation, Research and Statistics.
Teaching Interests: assessment for the public school teacher; human growth and development; teaching diverse population; adolescent development. Research Interests: cognitive, physical, and socioemotional development among adolescents and their relationship to educational experiences; ego-identity development and the learning potential of informal educational settings; classroom assessment exposure of pre and in-service teachers.
4056 Haley Center
(334) 844-3083 |
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4011 R. B. Draughon Library
(334) 844-8530 |
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Guarino, Anthony, Ph.D. - Associate Professor (Ph.D., M.S., The
University
of
Southern California
; B.A.,
University
of
California
at
Berkeley
), Educational Psychology, Measurement, Evaluation, Research and Statistics.
Teaching Interests: multiple regression; analysis of variance; and structural equation modeling; personality correlates of academic persistence in community colleges. Research Interests: the application of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to educational research; construct validation of educational instruments.
4016 Haley Center
(334) 844-3075 |
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Halpin, Gerald, Ph.D. - Professor (Ph.D., M.Ed.,
University
of
Georgia
; B.S.,
Jacksonville
State
), Educational Psychology, Measurement, Evaluation, Research and Statistics.
Research Interests: measurement issues and program evaluation.
4080 Haley Center
(334) 844-3070 |
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Halpin, Glennelle, Ph.D. - Professor (Ph.D. M.A.,
University
of
Georgia
; B.S.,
Jacksonville
State
), Educational Psychology, Measurement, Evaluation, Research and Statistics. Research Interests: learning; applied measurement; evaluation.
4090 Haley Center
(334) 844-3069 |
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Havard, Timothy, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor (Ph.D.,
Florida
State
University
; M.Ed., B.S., University of Southern
Mississippi
), Educational Leadership. Teaching Interests: organizational leadership theory; student assessment; instructional leadership and coaching; personnel management; implementing professional learning communities. Research Interests: professional learning communities in K-12 schools; building instructional leadership capacity; issues that impact student performance.
4095 Haley Center
(334) 844-3022 |
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Henry, Daniel, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor (Ph.D.; B.S. -
Indiana
University
), Educational Psychology. Teaching Interests: educational psychology. Research Interests: on-line teaching and learning, behavior setting theory applied to classrooms, inclusion of students with special needs in general education classrooms, metaphor and storytelling as teaching tools.
4024 Haley Center
(334) 844-3068 |
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Hur, Jung Won, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor (
Ph.D.
Indiana
University
; M.Ed.,
B.A.
Seoul
National
University
of Education), Educational Media. Teaching Interests: technology integration into curriculum; multimedia development; instructional design and development; learning theory.
Research Interests: online teacher professional communities; designing online learning environments; designing technology tools for teachers and students.
4076 Haley Center
(334) 844-3019 |
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Kaminsky, James, Ph.D. - Professor (Ph.D., M.A.,
Michigan
State
University
; B.A., University of
Minnesota
), Social Foundations.
Teaching Interests: philosophy of education; American pragmatism; philosophy; educational research. Research Interests: history of educational philosophy; neo-pragmatism in educational thought; post-modern theory in educational administration; political liberalism.
4054 Haley Center
(334) 844-3592 |
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King, Kimberly, Ph.D. - Associate Professor and Director, University Outreach (Ph.D., M.A.,
University
of
Indiana
; B.A., Grinnell), Social Foundations. Research Interests: impact of race, class, and gender on the quality of education in the
United States
and internationally; examination of factors which impact students' access to and shape the quality of their educational experiences in higher education in both the
United States
and
Southern Africa
.
213 Samford Hall
(334) 844-5700 |
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Kochan, Frances, Ph.D. - Dean & Professor (Ph.D., Florida State University; M.Ed., University of Guam; B.S., State University of New York at Fredonia), Educational Leadership.
Teaching Interests: program development and evaluation; staff development and training; performance assessment and evaluation; curriculum and instruction; management and administration. Research Interests: the relationship of beliefs and practice, collaboration at the individual, organizational, and cross system levels; the principalship; and mentoring.
3084 Haley Center
(334) 844-4446 |
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Kraska, Marie, Ph.D. - Mildred Cheshire Fraley Distinguished Professor (Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia; M.S., University of Wisconsin-Stout; B.S., University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Postdoctoral studies in statistical theory and methods), Educational Psychology, Measurement, Evaluation, Research and Statistics. Teaching Interests: research and statistical methods; measurement of learning; curriculum development; program evaluation; the preparation and professional development of teachers as researchers and practitioners at the local, state, national and international levels. Research Interests: assessment of perceptions, values, and beliefs of current educational issues such as values associated with work; perception of students with special needs; student achievement and retention; application of statistical theory to practice; effective instructional practices; learner assessment.
4064 Haley Center
(334) 844-3806 |
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Lechner, Judith, Ph.D. - Professor (Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles; M.Ed., Auburn University; M.L.S., Columbia University; B.S., The City College of New York), School Library Media/Technology.
Teaching Interests: children's literature/media; reference materials and services for school library/media specialists. Research Interests: global and multicultural children's literature; illustration in children's books; biographies and science literature for children; folktales as a genre in children's literature.
4072 Haley Center
(334) 844-3053
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Llanes, Jose, Ph.D. - Professor & Department Head (Ph.D., B.A.,
University
of
Havana
), Educational Foundations, Leadership, & Technology.
Teaching Interests: social foundations; organizational leadership and research. Research Interests: quality systems; organizational culture; systems theory; leadership development.
4036 Haley Center
(334) 844-4460 |
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Patrick, Lynne, Ed.D. - Associate/Clinical Professor /Program Coordinator for K-12 Instructional Leadership Preparation Program (Ed.D., Auburn University, Educational Leadership - Administration of Curriculum and Instruction with Leadership Certification)
Teaching and Research Interests: Instructional Leadership, Continuous School Improvement, Instructional Leadership and Student Achievement, Formative Assessment and Increased Student Achievement, NCLB & Accountability, School Culture, School Climate, and Efficacy.
4045 Haley Center
(334) 844-3024 |
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Reames, Ellen, Ed.D. - Assistant Professor (Ed.D.,
Auburn
University
; Ed.S.,
Columbus
College
; M.Ed., B.S., University of
Georgia
), Educational Leadership. Teaching Interests: leadership, ethics, curriculum. Research Interests: teacher leadership, organizational culture.
4084 Haley Center
(334) 844-3067 |
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Reed, Cindy, Ed.D. - Associate Professor (Ed.D.,
University
of
Pittsburgh
; C.A.S. - SUNY-Cortland; M.S., B.S., SUNY
Oswego
), Educational Leadership. Director, Truman Pierce Institute. Teaching Interests: curriculum leadership, leadership development, organizational development, educational policy. Research Interests: leadership capacity building, applied transformational leadership, educational policy and advocacy, and collaborative educational reform initiatives.
2195 Haley Center
(334) 844-4488 |
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Ross, Margaret, Ph.D. - Associate Professor (Ph.D.,
University
of
Kansas
; M.A.,
University
of
Missouri
; B.S.E.,
Northeast
Missouri
State
University
), Educational Psychology, Measurement, Evaluation, Research and Statistics.
Teaching Interests: assessment and statistices; educational program evaluation; assessment of complex thinking skills. Research Interests: the role of assessment in relation to other classroom variables to promote student motivation and learning; assessment issues related to effective teaching and educational quality; educational program evaluation; validity and reliability studies.
4018 Haley Center
(334) 844-3084 |
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Salisbury-Glennon, Jill, Ph.D. - Associate Professor (Ph.D., M.S., The Pennsylvania State University; B.S., State University of New York at Oswego), Educational Psychology, Measurement, Evaluation, Research and Statistics.
Teaching Interests: Educational Psychology and Educational Implications; Learning Theory and Educational Practice. Research Interests: college students' self-regulated learning; motivation; metacognition; collaborative learning; learner-centered approaches to learning and instruction; the effects of relationships on academic achievement.
4006 Haley Center
(334) 844-3064 |
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Shannon, David, Ph.D. - Professor (Ph.D.,
University
of
Virginia
; B.S., Kutztown), Educational Psychology, Measurement, Evaluation, Research and Statistics. Program Coordinator, Educational Psychology. Teaching Interests: methodology and statistics; program and teacher evaluation. Research Interests: student and teacher evaluation; teacher effectiveness; research methodology issues.
4028 Haley Center
(334) 844-3071 |
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Spencer, William, Ph.D. - Professor (Ph.D., M.A.,
University
of
Illinois
; B.S.Ed.,
Southern Illinois
). Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology. Research Interests: factors influencing academic performance; voucher systems and their relationship to public schools; dropouts and marginal performance in school settings; school climate and its impact on student performance.
2192 Haley Center
(334) 844-4102 |
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Strom, Paris, Ph.D. - Associate Professor (Ph.D., M.A., B.F.A.,
Arizona
State
University
), Educational Psychology.
Research Interests: interpersonal intelligence; parent development; school safety; and faculty teamwork.
4082 Haley Center
(334) 844-3077
Selected Publications |
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Watts, Ivan, Ed.D. - Associate Professor and Acting Director of Diversity, Recruitment and Retention (Ed.D.
University
of
Cincinnati
; M.S., SUNY-Buffalo; B.A.,
Ohio
State
University
), Social Foundations. Teaching Interests: teaching for social justice with the attempt to expose students to a plethora of material that will expand their knowledge base; thus, increasing their involvement in social change. Thereby, providing them with different sets of lenses to view their world. Research Interests: youth and school violence; school desegregation; structural and institutional violence; critical social theory.
4086 Haley Center
(334) 844-3051 |
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Witte, James, Ph.D. - Associate Professor (Ph.D.,
University
of
South Florida
; M.Ed., College of William and Mary; B.G.S., University of
Nebraska
),
Adult Education.
Teaching & Research Interests: adult development and learning; learning styles; assessment; teaching methods; training in industry; post-secondary teaching.
4010 Haley Center
(334) 844-3054 |
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Witte, Maria Martinez, Ed.D. - Associate Professor (Ed.D.,
University of South
Florida
; MPA, University of
Oklahoma
, B.S.,
University
of
Maryland
),
Adult Education.
Teaching & Research Interests: analyzing effective content, context, and processes that enhance the teaching-learning environment; learning styles; the assessment of learning; staff development; training.
4012 Haley Center
(334) 844-3078 |
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Wolf, Sara, Ph.D. - Associate Professor (Ph.D.,
Arizona
State
University
; M.Ed.,
Wright
State
University
, B.S.E.D.,
University
of
Ohio
). School Library Media/Technology.
Teaching Interests: pre-service teacher technology; instructional and informational technologies; integrating technology into the curriculum; multimedia and web development. Research Interests: examining the effectiveness of metacognitive scaffolds in student-centered and open-ended environments; integrating literacy standards and problem-solving models into teaching, software development, and curriculum.
4066 Haley Center
(334) 844-3082 |
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Office Staff |
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Parker, Sheryl
Administrator, Adademic Programs
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France, Arnita
Administrative Support Associate
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Bledsoe, Charlotte Wahl
Administrative Support Assistant
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