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C & I Program Faculty

Anne DiPardo , Professor ( Ed.D. Language & Literacy Education, University of California, Berkeley).
Contact: e-mail: anne.dipardo@Colorado.edu
Research Interests: social, cultural, and political nature of literacy teaching and learning
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Elizabeth Dutro, Assistant Professor (PhD Educational Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor).
Contact: 303-492-0738, e-mail: Elizabeth.Dutro@colorado.edu
Research Interests: Content Standards; Critical Literacy; Feminist Theory; Gender and Education; Social Identities and Literacy Practices
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Jeff Frykholm, Associate Professor (PhD Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin).
Contact: 303-492-7749, e-mail: Jeff.Frykholm@colorado.edu
Research Interests: Algebraic Reasoning, Mathematics Education, Professional Development
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Erin Furtak, Assistant Professor, (PhD Curriculum & Instruction, Stanford University)
Contact: 303-492-4242, e-mail: erin.furtak@colorado.edu
Research interests: science education
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Kris Gutierrez, Professor and Inaugural Provost Chair, (PhD English and Education, University of Colorado Boulder)
Contact: 303-492-8450, e-mail: kris.gutierrez@colorado.edu
Research interests: socialcultural contexts of literacy development; academic literacy for language minority students; relationships among language; culture, development and pedagogies of empowerment
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Vicki Hand, Assistant Professor, (PhD Curriculum & Instruction, Stanford University)
Contact: 303-492-7738, e-mail: victoria.hand@colorado.edu
Research interests: equity in mathematics, mathematics education
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Susan Jurow, Associate Professor (PhD Education, University of California, Berkeley).
Contact: 303-492-6557, e-mail: Susan.Jurow@colorado.edu
Research Interests: Discourse Analysis; Qualitative and Ethnographic Research Methods; Science Education; Social Interaction
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Daniel P. Liston, Professor (PhD Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison).
Contact: 303-492-8934, e-mail: Dan.Liston@colorado.edu
Research Interests: Curriculum Theory; Radical Educational Theory; Reason and Emotion in Teaching and Learning; Teacher Education; Teacher Renewal
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William J. McGinley, Associate Professor (PhD English Education, University of Illinois-Champaign).
Contact: 303-492-6123, e-mail: William.McGinley@Colorado.edu
Research Interests: Learning to Teach, Literacy Education, Projects in Urban Centers, Reading
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Linda Mizell, Assistant Professor (Ed.D. Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education)
Contact: 303-492-5785; email Linda.Mizell@Colorado.edu
Research Interests: Specialist in history of U.S. education and multicultural, anti-racist education.
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Valerie Otero, Associate Professor (PhD Mathematics and Science education, University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University).
Contact: 303-492-7403, e-mail: Valerie.Otero@Colorado.edu
Research Interests: Science Education, Technology in Classrooms
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David Webb, Assistant Professor (PhD Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin).  
Contact: 303-492-0306, e-mail: mailto:DCWebb@colorado.edu.
Research Interests: Classroom Assessment; Curriculum Design; Globalization of Math Education; Learning to Teach; Mathematics Education; Professional Development; Standards and Reform
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Jennie Whitcomb,
Associate Dean for Teacher Education and senior instructor (PhD Curriculum & Teacher Education, Stanford University).
Contact: 303-735-3029, e-mail: Jennie.Whitcomb@colorado.edu.
Research Interests: Teacher Education Policy and Practice, Case Methods, Learning to Teach
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Shelby A. Wolf,
Professor (PhD Language, Literacy, and Culture, Stanford University).
Contact: 303-492-8360, e-mail: Shelby.Wolf@Colorado.edu.
Research Interests: Children’s Literature, Children’s Theatre, Emergent Literacy, Literacy Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Development, Reading, Writing Assessment
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