Graduate School of Education

Meet the Faculty


Teacher Education

Michael N. Cosenza, Ed.D.
Associate Professor of Education and Chair, Teacher Education Department

Maureen Reilly Lorimer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Education and Director of M.Ed. Programs

Michael McCambridge, Ed.D.
Associate Professor of Education and Director of Liberal Studies

Nancy J. Myers, M.A.
Senior Lecturer of Education and Director of California Reading and Literature Project

Lynda (Jeanne) Ricci, M.A.
Coordinator of Teacher Candidate Placement

Mariana Robles-Dalany, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Education

Beth Anderson Smith, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Education

Cecelia Travick-Jackson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Education




Special Education

Elizabeth Brennan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Special Education

Maura Martindale, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor of Special Education and Chair, Special Education Department




Emeriti Faculty

Counseling and Guidance

Cynthia L Jew, Ph.D.
Professor of Education - Counseling and Guidance

Diana Stephens, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Education - Counseling and Guidance

Gail E. Uellendahl, Ph.D.
Professor of Education - Counseling and Guidance and Chair, Counseling and Guidance Department




Educational Leadership

Deborah Erickson, Ed.D.
Assistant Dean, Graduate School of Education and Associate Professor of Education

Robert Fraisse, Ph.D.
Distinguished Educator in Residence and Program Coordinator for the M.A. in Educational Leadership

Victoria L. Kelly, Ed.D.
Program Director, Central Coast Learning Center

Edlyn Vallejo Peña, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership

George J. Petersen, Ph.D.
Dean, Graduate School of Education

Diane Rodriguez-Kiino, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership

Dennis Sheridan, Ed.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Educational Leadership

Janice L. Tucker, Ed.D
Associate Professor of Educational Leadership

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