Department of Education
Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
Education Building 3102
Telephone: (805) 893-4515
Website: http://education.ucsb.edu/education
Chair: Mian Wang

Overview

The Department of Education is built around an active community of scholars—students, faculty, and staff—who are committed to the common goal of reshaping schooling so that all children in our diverse society will have the knowledge and abilities to become competent and productive citizens. Graduate and undergraduate students in the Department benefit from a wide range of faculty interests and research endeavors, and from opportunities to work closely with faculty to rigorously explore a chosen area of study.

Faculty conduct research in three broad areas: Culture, Language, and Human Development (CLHD); Learning, Teaching, and Teacher Education (LTTE); and Policy, Program Evaluation, and Research Methods (PPRM).

The Department of Education offers two minors: 1) a Minor in Educational Studies and 2) a Minor in Science and Mathematics Education.

The Education Department offers an M.A. and Ph.D.

Please see the Department's web page for more information.

Faculty

Lucy Arellano, Associate Professor  

Diana Arya, PhD, UC Berkeley, Associate Professor (Language and literacies across the disciplines; Narrative studies; International education; Science literacy; Discourse as collaboration; Constructing assessments and measures)

Tarek Azzam, PhD, UC Los Angeles, Professor (Evaluation methods; higher education & k12 academic interventions; STEM access & retention international school curriculum; evaluation theory; politics in evaluation; information visualization; mixed methods)

Julie Bianchini, PhD, Stanford University, Professor (Science education; Teacher education and professional development; Educational equity)

Tim Dewar, PhD, UC Santa Barbara, Senior Lecturer SOE (Teacher education and professional development; Writing instruction and assessment; Literacy practices)

Jason Duque, PhD, Stanford University, Senior Lecturer SOE (Teacher education; Educational philosophy; Educational equity; Learning; Anthropology; Social interaction; Social relations)

Richard Duran, PhD, UC Berkeley, Professor (ESL; Reading education; Educational measurement; Bilingualism Educational assessment; Design and evaluation of literacy interventions for at-risk students, Educational testing; Learning; Bilingual education; Secondary education; Urban education; Education)

Andrew Fedders, PhD, UC Santa Barbara, Senior Lecturer SOE (inclusion, behavioral interventions, induction and professional development for special education teachers, evidence-based practices, systematic instruction, teacher education, beginning teacher supports, and the use of technology in teaching learning)

Karen Gibson, PhD, UC Los Angeles, Professor (Latent Variable Modeling; Mixture Modeling; Quantitative Methods; Structural Equation Modeling; Latent Transition Analysis; Statistics Education; Peer Victimization; Developmental Research; Assessment and Measurement; Prevention Science)

Danielle Harlow, PhD, University of Colorado, Professor (Science education; Pedagogical and content preparation of teachers; Physics education research; Classroom science discourse)

Amelia Kyratzis, PhD, City University of New York, Professor (language development; bilingual language development; language socialization; socialization of gender and bilingual practices in children?s peer interactions; children?s narrative and emergent literacy)

Rachel Lambert, PhD, City University of New York, Associate Professor (Math education; Special education and disability studies; Educational equity)

Jin Sook Lee, PhD, Stanford University, Professor (Bilingualism; Heritage language maintenance; ESL; Second/foreign language acquisition and education; Multicultural education)

Karin Lohwasser, PhD, University of Washington, Lecturer SOE (Science education; teacher education and professional development; research-practice partnerships)

Hui-Ling Malone, Assistant Professor  

Andrew Maul, PhD, UC Berkeley, Associate Professor (Measurement; Philosophy of Science; Research Methodology; Test Validity; Rasch Modeling; Item Response Theory; Positive Psychology; Measurement of Affective Attributes (e.g., perseverance, passion, self-control))

Jeffrey Milem, PhD, UC Los Angeles, Professor (the ways in which colleges and universities can be organized to enhance equity, access, and success for all students; the racial context within higher education; and the relationship between how colleges and universities organize themselves and student ou)

Amber Moran, PhD, UC Santa Barbara, Lecturer SOE (students with difficulties in mathematics problem solving, classroom based assessment to inform instruction, and teacher education for students with disabilities)

Christopher Ograin, PhD, UC Irvine, Senior Lecturer SOE (Mathematics education; Teacher education and professional development) Joint appointment with: MATH

Mayra Puente, Assistant Professor  

Rebeca Mireles Rios, PhD, UC Santa Barbara, Associate Professor (Adolescent Development; Academic Motivation; Educational Expectations; Teacher Perceptions; Parent-Child Interactions Biography)

Sarah Roberts, PhD, University of Colorado, Boulder, Associate Professor (Mathematics Education; Teacher Education and Professional Development; Educational Equity)

Laura Romo, PhD, UC Los Angeles, Professor (Adolescent development; Mother-adolescent communication; Youth and sexuality; Adolescent pregnancy prevention; Informal science/health education; Concept acquisition)

Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj, Associate Professor  

Antar Tichavakunda, Assistant Professor  

Mian Wang, PhD, University of Kansas, Professor (Child and family outcomes of early childhood services; Atypical child development; Family-professional partnership; Positive behavioral support in cultural context; Disability policy)

Niki Sandoval, PhD, UC Santa Barbara, Continuing Lecturer  

Emeriti Faculty

Chuck Bazerman, PhD, Brandeis University  

Larry Beutler, PhD, University of Nebraska  

Sheridan Blau, PhD, Brandeis University  Joint appointment with: ENGL

James Block, PhD, University of Chicago  

Mary Betsy Brenner, PhD, UC Irvine  

Dorothy Chun, PhD, UC Berkeley  

Sharon Conley, PhD, University of Michigan  

Jenny Cook-Gumperz, PhD, London University  

Willis Copeland, PhD, University of Notre Dame  

Carol N. Dixon, PhD, University of Delaware (Classroom literacy; Second language instruction; Ethnography and discourse processes in the classroom; Language interaction and social organization)

Michael Gerber, PhD, University of Virginia  

Naftaly Glasman, PhD, UC Berkeley (Educational executive program; International education; Political science; Educational administration)

Judith Green, PhD, UC Berkeley  

Hsiu-Zu Ho, PhD, University of Colorado  

Cynthia Hudley, PhD, UC Los Angeles (Educational psychology; Minority education; Urban education; Child development; Adolescent development; Social development; Childhood aggression; Youth violence; Achievement motivation; Middle school; College prep; Secondary data analysis)

Sue Johnson, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison  

Robert L. Koegel, PhD, UC Los Angeles  Joint appointment with: CNCSP

George Marcoulides, PhD, UC Los Angeles  

Susan Neufeldt, PhD, UC Santa Barbara  

Yukari Okamoto, PhD, Stanford University  

Russ Rumberger, PhD, Stanford University  

George Singer, PhD, University of Oregon  

Tine Sloan, PhD, UC Los Angeles  

Julian Weissglass, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison  

Rebecca Zwick, PhD, UC Berkeley

Affiliated Faculty

Linda Adler-Kassner, PhD  

Janet Bourne  

Mary Bucholtz, PhD  

Darby Feldwinn, PhD  

Diane Fujino, PhD  

Mary Hegarty, PhD  

Karen Lunsford, PhD  

Richard Mayer, PhD  

Jeffrey Stewart, PhD  

Richert Wang