Faculty Directory
Mary Ellen Askew
Clinical Instructor
Areas of Expertise
Literacy, Field Experiences, Gifted
College: Education and Human Sciences
School: School of Education
Discipline: Curriculum and Instruction
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Dr. Audra Classen
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
Early Childhood Special Education, Early Literacy, Social-Emotional Development, Military Family Educator Partnerships, and Qualitative and Quantitative Methodology
College: Education and Human Sciences
School: School of Education
Discipline: Special Education
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Dr. Noal Cochran
Teaching Professor
Areas of Expertise
Educational Leadership, Diversity Education, Use of Personal Narrative, Identity Formation, and Goal Setting
College: Education and Human Sciences
School: School of Education
Discipline: Educational Research and Administration
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Margie Crowe
Visiting Instructor
College: Education and Human Sciences
School: School of Education
Discipline: Curriculum and Instruction
Dr. Bridgette Davis
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor
College: Education and Human Sciences
School: School of Education
Discipline: Curriculum and Instruction
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Hollie Filce
Full Professor
Areas of Expertise
Severe Disabilities, Chronic Illness, Special Education
College: Education and Human Sciences
School: School of Education
Discipline: Special Education
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Jennifer Finley
Instructor
College: Education and Human Sciences
School: School of Education
Discipline: Special Education
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Dr. Diane Fisher
Full Professor
Areas of Expertise
teacher education
College: Education and Human Sciences
School: School of Education
Discipline: Curriculum and Instruction
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Elizabeth Fortenberry
Clinical Instructor
College: Education and Human Sciences
School: School of Education
Discipline: Educational Research and Administration
Dr. Holly Foster
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
Higher Education and Student Affairs
College: Education and Human Sciences
School: School of Education
Discipline: Educational Research and Administration
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Dr. A. Dean Franks
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
Social-Emotional Learning, Academic Self-Concept as Motivation, Cultural Self-Concept Related to Education, Inferential Comprehension through Character Perspective Taking, Reading for Diverse Perspectives, STEM Literacy, Content Area Literacy, Reading Motivation, STEM Motivation, and LBGTQ+ educational experiences
College: Education and Human Sciences
School: School of Education
Discipline: Curriculum and Instruction
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Dr. Jo Hawkins-Jones
Assistant Teaching Professor
Areas of Expertise
Service-Learning; Teacher Education; Culturally Responsive Pedagogy; Literacy; Curriculum and Instruction
College: Education and Human Sciences
School: School of Education
Discipline: Curriculum and Instruction
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Dr. Lilian Hill
Full Professor
Areas of Expertise
Adult education; adult adult literacy; health learning; health literacy; professional learning; assessment and evaluation in adult education; womens's leardership in higher education
College: Education and Human Sciences
School: School of Education
Discipline: Educational Research and Administration
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Dr. Heather Houston
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor
College: Education and Human Sciences
School: School of Education
Discipline: Special Education
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Dr. Jay Howell
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
Secondary social studies education; Problem-based inquiry; Qualitative methods; Design-based research; Lesson study professional development for K-12 teachers; Alternate route licensure in Mississippi; Teacher education; Geography education; History education; Classroom management; Curriculum.
College: Education and Human Sciences
School: School of Education
Discipline: Curriculum and Instruction
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Dr. Emily A. Johnson
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
Assessment and evaluation, Mixed-methods designs, Student development, Equity-focused data collection and use, Gender and sexuality, Student success, Teaching and learning in higher education
College: Education and Human Sciences
School: School of Education
Discipline: Educational Research and Administration
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Rose Jones
Assistant Professor
College: Education and Human Sciences
School: School of Education
Discipline: Curriculum and Instruction
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Richard Kazelskis
Emeritus
College: Education and Human Sciences
School: School of Education
Discipline: Educational Studies and Research
Dr. Thomas Lipscomb
Full Professor
Areas of Expertise
Research Methods, Developmental, Consumer, and Educational Psychology
College: Education and Human Sciences
School: School of Education
Discipline: Educational Research and Administration
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Alisa Lowrey
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
Special Education, Universal Design for Learning, Intellectual Disabilities, Autism
College: Education and Human Sciences
School: School of Education
Discipline: Special Education
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Richard Mohn Jr
Associate Professor
College: Education and Human Sciences
School: School of Education
Discipline: Educational Research and Administration
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Dr. Hani Morgan
Full Professor
College: Education and Human Sciences
School: School of Education
Discipline: Curriculum and Instruction
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Dr. Sandra Nichols
Full Professor
College: Education and Human Sciences
School: School of Education
Discipline: Special Education
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Professor Thomas O'Brien
Full Professor
Areas of Expertise
Education; History of American Education; Social Foundations of Education; Education Policy and Politics; Race, Class, and Education; School Law; Higher Education
College: Education and Human Sciences
School: School of Education
Discipline: Educational Research and Administration
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