BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS - Key Persons


Abel, Barbara

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Clinical Lecturer

Aisha Griffith

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology
Aisha Griffith is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at University of Illinois Chicago. Her research focuses on the development and function of relationships between adolescents and non-parental adults within diverse learning contexts, including out-of-school time programs and schools. She is particularly interested in how mechanisms within these relationships and interactions (e.g., trust; unfair treatment; feedback; etc.) and external to them unfold to support or hinder positive adolescent development. She has conducted extensive research on trusting youth-adult relationships in out-of-school time contexts and is beginning to explore the nature of Black students' interactions with adults within school. She has published her research in developmental psychology and youth development journals as well as being featured in spaces for practitioners (Profiles in Mentoring: Aisha Griffith on afterschool mentoring; Summary of article on Black students' unfair experiences; Tip sheet summarizing literature on providing effective feedback distributed at the Statewide Illinois 4-H Annual Staff Meeting). Her specializations include qualitative methodology, out-of-school time programs, and youth-adult relationships.

Aisha Shadeed


Alejandra Cantero

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Allen, Lionel

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Assistant Professor

Alvarez, Rosa

Job Titles:
  • Clerical Service Assistant

Ana Valenta

Job Titles:
  • Master

Andrea Vaughan

Job Titles:
  • Interim Director, Center for Literacy
  • Visiting Assistant Research Professor

Angela Duffy

Job Titles:
  • Senior Disabilities Specialist

Annaly Pardino

Job Titles:
  • Office Support Associate

Antoinette Brown

Job Titles:
  • Clerical Services Assistant

Artin Göncü

Job Titles:
  • Professor
  • Professor Emeritus
is a professor emeritus of educational psychology and a nationally renowned scholar of human development, particularly on the role of play in children's development. His research focuses on the role of social and cultural contexts in human development and education. Current research projects examine the role of community and school influences on children's play, teacher education and professional development, and pretend play in mother-child interaction. Artin's books include "Children's Engagement in the World," "Play and Development," "Children in play, story, and school," and "Analyzing children's play dialogues."

Arvizu, Sandra

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Ayana Wilson


Baker-Doyle, Kira

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Barbara Abel

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Clinical Lecturer

Barbara Ann Travis

Job Titles:
  • Support Specialist

Barron, Cynthia

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Assistant Professor

Beck-James, Brittney

Job Titles:
  • Student Teaching & Field Experience Coordinator

Bernabe, Jesus

Job Titles:
  • Clerical Service Assistant

Boda, Phillip A.

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor in the Department of Special

Brittney Beck-James

Job Titles:
  • Student Teaching & Field Experience Coordinator

Brown, Antoinette

Job Titles:
  • Clerical Services Assistant

Brown, Chrissy

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Assistant Professor

Campos, Maria Teresa

Job Titles:
  • Leadership Coach

Cantero, Alejandra

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Carina Beatriz Gonzalez

Job Titles:
  • Program Services Specialist

Carol M. Myford

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Associate Professor Emerita
Carol Myford is an Associate Professor Emerita in the Department of Educational Psychology. Her program of research focuses on scoring issues in large-scale performance and portfolio assessments. She has published studies related to rater training, rubric design, quality control monitoring, improving rater performance, and the detection and measurement of rater effects. During her career, Myford has held assessment- and measurement-related positions in government, business and industry, and higher education. Prior to coming to UIC, Myford was a Senior Research Scientist at the Educational Testing Service (ETS). While at UIC, she designed and taught face-to-face and online courses in assessment, measurement, and program evaluation and advised doctoral students in the MESA (Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics and Assessment) program. In semi-retirement, she continues to provide assessment- and measurement-related training and consultation, both in the U.S. and abroad. Her training-related travels have taken her to Australia, Thailand, Russia, South Africa, Honduras, Japan, and Costa Rica. In 2009, and then again in 2018, she was named a Fulbright Specialist. Working through the Fulbright Specialist Program, Myford provides training and consultation services to institutions overseas that are facing assessment and measurement challenges. She has authored and co-authored numerous publications, and has served as an advisory editor for the Journal of Educational Measurement and as a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Applied Measurement. Myford's program of research focuses on scoring issues in performance and portfolio assessments. She has conducted studies related to training raters, designing scoring rubrics, quality control monitoring, improving rater performance, detecting different types of rater errors, devising statistical indicators of rater drift, and understanding rater cognitive processes that underlie unusual or discrepant rating patterns. Myford has devised rating scales to evaluate complex performances and products and has analyzed rating data using many-facet Rasch measurement models. Her work blends qualitative and quantitative approaches to examining rating processes, illustrating how the interplay of statistical and qualitative analyses can help one develop, monitor, and continually improve large-scale performance and portfolio assessment systems.

Chemeck Slowik

Job Titles:
  • Accounting Associate

Chi, Claudia

Job Titles:
  • Business / Administrative Associate

Claire Grimmenga

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant, Academic Programs

Claudia Chi

Job Titles:
  • Administrator for the Department of Educational Policy Studies
  • Department Administrator

Coba-Rodriguez, Sarai

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Coleman, Shatell

Job Titles:
  • Customer Service Representative

Cosner, Shelby

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Director of UIC 's Center for Urban Education Leadership

Cushing, Lisa

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Dai, Ting

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Daniel M. Maggin

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Research
  • Chairman, Special

Danns, Dionne

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Davila, Angelica J

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Research Specialist

Davis, Briana

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Research

De La Paz, Maria

Job Titles:
  • Business / Administrative Associate

Deans Heading

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Decoteau J. Irby

Job Titles:
  • Director, Call Me Mister Initiative

DeLago, Jennifer

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Admissions and Registration

Delgado, Christina

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Clinical Lecturer

Dominque Thomas-Green

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Recruitment and Retention

Donna M Hampton

Job Titles:
  • Community Affairs Specialist II

Dr. Maria Teresa Campos

Job Titles:
  • Leadership Coach
Dr. Maria Teresa Campos (Terri) is a lifelong learner and 1st generation Mexican. She holds 3 master's degrees and an Ed.D. in Urban Leadership from University of Illinois Chicago. Dr. Campos was a resident principal at Chicago World Language Academy and later an assistant principal at Talcott Fine Arts and Museum. Wanting to be more challenged she took on the role of Principal of Rodolfo Lozano Bilingual International Center. The school was at its lowest level and was listed to close. The district gave the school a second chance and as a result, Terri was able to expand the Perk and Cluster program. She flipped the Bilingual Program to ensure students were receiving services while at the same time receiving rigorous instruction. In the Perk program, she worked to ensure the Pre-K curriculum was in place and incorporated Balanced Literacy to prepare students for kindergarten. In the cluster program, she developed collaboration between teachers and unified topics of learning in a tiered differentiated way. She also instituted a departmentalized program from grades 3-8 where teachers are certified in the content they teach. With the support from staff, Dr. Campos transformed the school with CPS ratings from underperforming to performing above average. Her staff as well as she has participated in various projects sponsored by The Fund. She is a member of GEM and has been recognized by her network as a visionary leader. She is a proud board member of NHAE (Network of Hispanic Administrators in Education) with a 100% success rate she has worked with Latinos in preparing them to become Instructional Leaders. Dr. Campos began her journey at UIC as a doctoral candidate and now returns as a Leadership Coach.

Duffy, Angela

Job Titles:
  • Senior Disabilities Specialist

Elise Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Doctoral Programs Advisor

Ernesto Reyna

Job Titles:
  • Director of the Educational Technology Lab

Esper, Tatyana

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor

Fleming, Jeniece

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator Call Me Mister Initiative

Gallaga, William

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant, Faculty Affairs

García, José

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Assistant Professor

Germinaro, Kaleb

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Giles, Mark

Job Titles:
  • Chairman and Professor of Educational Policy Studies

Gonzalez, Carina Beatriz

Job Titles:
  • Program Services Specialist

Gregori, Emily

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Griffith, Aisha

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Gutstein, Eric

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Mathematics

Hall, Jori

Job Titles:
  • President 's Distinguished Professor

Hampton, Donna M

Job Titles:
  • Community Affairs Specialist II

Hampton, Michael

Job Titles:
  • Community Affairs Specialist 1

Harris, Juanita

Job Titles:
  • Office Manager

Haubrich, Lorna

Job Titles:
  • Human Resource Associate

Hebert, Martha

Job Titles:
  • Senior Research Specialist, Center for Urban Education Leadership

Hill, Danielle

Job Titles:
  • Fieldwork Instructor

Holton, Mirna Teresa

Job Titles:
  • Director of Development

Hudgins, Tamara

Job Titles:
  • Writer

Humphries, Marisha

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Irby, Decoteau J.

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Jackson, Jade

Job Titles:
  • Professional Learning Specialist

Jade Jackson

Job Titles:
  • Professional Learning Specialist

James Rowan

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant, Courses and Scheduling

James Ziegler

Job Titles:
  • Accounting Associate

Jeniece Fleming

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator Call Me Mister Initiative

Jennifer DeLago

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Admissions and Registration

Jerabek, Anna

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Clinical Lecturer

Jessica Mejia

Job Titles:
  • Human Resource Associate

Jesus Bernabe

Job Titles:
  • Clerical Service Assistant

Joshua Krasne

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Community Literacy Programs

Juanita Harris

Job Titles:
  • Office Manager

Karabatsos, George

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Karen Dop

Job Titles:
  • Administrator for the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
  • Department Administrator

Karen Yarbrough

Job Titles:
  • Director of Policy and Strategy for Early Childhood

Kim, Sunyoung

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

LaDawn Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant
  • Administrator for the Department of Special
  • Department Administrator

Lei, Qingli

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Postdoctoral Research Associate

Lemberger, Tim

Job Titles:
  • Director of Marketing and Communications

Lipman, Pauline

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Lorna Haubrich

Job Titles:
  • Human Resource Associate

Loza, Lupe

Job Titles:
  • Accounting Associate

Luedke, Courtney

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Luna-Duarte, Maria

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Student Success

Lupe Loza

Job Titles:
  • Accounting Associate

Lytle, Wendall

Job Titles:
  • Senior Academic Advisor

Maggin, Daniel M.

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean of Research, Special Education Chair, and Professor

Maples, Marissa

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Clinical Lecturer

Marc VanOverbeke

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Maria De La Paz

Job Titles:
  • Business / Administrative Associate

Maria Luna-Duarte

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Student Success

Maria Makkawi

Job Titles:
  • Financial and Grant Management Assistant, EdD Program

Maria Narvaez

Job Titles:
  • Program Services Specialist

Maria Varelas

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, Curriculum and Instruction

Mark Giles

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, Educational Policy Studies

Martha Hebert

Job Titles:
  • Senior Research Specialist, Center for Urban Education Leadership

McClain, Stephen

Job Titles:
  • Leadership Coach, EdD Program

Meadows, Pamela

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Recruitment and Retention

Mejia, Jessica

Job Titles:
  • Human Resource Associate

Michael Hampton

Job Titles:
  • Community Affairs Specialist

Michael K. Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, Educational Psychology

Miller, Christopher

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Assistant Professor

Mirna Teresa Holton

Job Titles:
  • Director of Development

Morales-Doyle, Daniel

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Science

Morton, Terrell R.

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Mulholland, Larissa

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Clinical Lecturer

Naomi Oster

Job Titles:
  • Grants and Development Specialist

Narvaez, Maria

Job Titles:
  • Program Services Specialist

Natalie Vesga

Job Titles:
  • Director, Chicago Early Childhood Preparation and Pathway Project

Nora J Stillwell

Job Titles:
  • Operations Support Specialist

O'Donnell, Sheila

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Advancement

Ocampo, Veronica

Job Titles:
  • Program Services Specialist

Olson, Jennifer

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Associate Dean of Teacher

Oster, Naomi

Job Titles:
  • Grants and Development Specialist

Palmer, Gordon

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Pamela Meadows

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Recruitment and Retention

Parker-Katz, Michelle B.

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Professor

Phillips, Nathan

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Popoca, Yesenia

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Recruitment and Retention

Rao, Arthi B

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Associate Professor

Redding, Lori

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer

Reyna, Ernesto

Job Titles:
  • Director of the Educational Technology Lab

Riel, Jeremy

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor

Rosa Alvarez

Job Titles:
  • Clerical Service Assistant

Rosie Beechen

Job Titles:
  • Administrator for the Department of Educational Psychology
  • Department Administrator

Rowan, James

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant, Courses and Scheduling

Ryan, Sierra

Job Titles:
  • Director and Licensure Officer

Salisbury, Jason

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Saltman, Kenneth J.

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Samuel Whalen

Job Titles:
  • Director of Research, Center for Urban Education Leadership

Sandra Arvizu

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Sarah Jean Ogeto

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Research Associate I

Schutz, Kristine M.

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Sharon Spears

Job Titles:
  • Program Director, EdD Urban Education Leadership Program

Sheila O'Donnell Heading

Job Titles:
  • Copy Link

Shelby Cosner

Job Titles:
  • Director, Center for Urban Education Leadership

Sheridan, Kathleen M.

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Sheryl Wilder

Job Titles:
  • Human Resource Associate

Sheth, Manali

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Shoffner, Joseph

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Assistant Professor

Sierra Ryan

Job Titles:
  • Director and Licensure Officer

Sima, Celina

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Associate Professor

Smith, Everett V.

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Spears, Sharon

Job Titles:
  • Program Director, EdD Urban Education Leadership Program

Stillwell, Nora J

Job Titles:
  • Operations Support Specialist

Sánchez, Bernadette

Job Titles:
  • President 's Distinguished Professor

Tamara Hudgins

Job Titles:
  • Grant Writer

Tatyana Esper

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor

Teasdale, Rebecca M.

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Tejero Hughes

Job Titles:
  • Marie Professor

Thomas, LaDawn

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Thomas, Michael K.

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Thomas-Green, Dominque

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Recruitment and Retention

Tim Lemberger

Job Titles:
  • Director of Marketing and Communications

Ting Dai

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
Ting Dai is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology. Her research centers on student motivation, engagement, and epistemic cognition in STEM. Her other line of research focuses on the methodological issues with educational and psychological research, such as missing data and measurement invariance. Dr. Dai' research projects were funded by the Institute of Education Sciences and the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Dai teaches statistics course (e.g., structural equation modeling), research design/methods and assessment courses. She is on the Editorial Board of Journal of Educational Psychology and Journal of Experimental Education.

Torres, Stephanie

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Travis, Barbara Ann

Job Titles:
  • Support Specialist

Trinder, Victoria

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Associate Professor

Valenta, Ana

Job Titles:
  • Master 's Programs Advisor

Valerie Williams

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor

Varelas, Maria

Job Titles:
  • Chairman & Professor of Science

Vaughan, Andrea

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Research Professor

Veronica Ocampo

Job Titles:
  • Program Services Specialist

Wendall Lytle

Job Titles:
  • Senior Academic Advisor

Whalen, Samuel

Job Titles:
  • Director of Research, Center for Urban Education Leadership

Wilder, Sheryl

Job Titles:
  • Human Resource Associate

William Gallaga

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant, Faculty Affairs

Williams, Valerie

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor

Wilson, Ayana

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate, EdD Program

Wilson, Elise

Job Titles:
  • Doctoral Programs Advisor

Woodard, Rebecca

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Yarbrough, Karen

Job Titles:
  • Director of Policy and Strategy for Early Childhood

Yesenia Popoca

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Recruitment and Retention

Yin, Yue

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Ziegler, James

Job Titles:
  • Accounting Associate