TEACH - Key Persons

Originally from the suburbs of New York City, Dr. Amanda Kraus has lived in Tucson, AZ and worked at the University of Arizona (UA) for over twenty years. Dr. Kraus currently serves as Assistant Vice President for Campus and Executive Director of UA's Disability Resource Center. One the largest in the nation, the Disability Resource Center is an international model of progressive service delivery, uniquely positioned to approach campus access systemically. Through strategic outreach, the goal is to design campus environments and experiences to be usable and welcoming for a diverse range of individuals, thereby reducing the need for individual accommodations or modifications. Dr. Kraus is highly involved in collaborative efforts with University personnel to foster the development of a seamlessly accessible campus environment and infuse disability into the campus community. As Associate Professor of Practice in the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the UA, Dr. Kraus coordinates the M.A. program and instructs courses on student services and disability in higher education. Borrowing from disability studies, Dr. Kraus studies disability identity, disability dynamics in the student veteran community, and disability-related biases and microaggressions. Through her research and teaching, she challenges the dominant deficit or tragedy narrative on disability and promotes models and tools to increase access and equity and ultimately reframe concepts of difference in higher education. Dr. Kraus is President of the Association of Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) and previously chaired its standing committee for diversity. She has had the privilege of delivering keynote addresses and facilitating workshops at institutions such as Singapore Management University, Duke University, Wake Forest University, the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and was recently invited to join a delegation convened by the US Department of State to engage in dialogue on disability access in education and employment in Beijing, China and again in Washington, D.C. Outside of work, Dr. Kraus is an avid wheelchair tennis player and has served on the board of director for the United States Tennis Association Southern Arizona District to grow opportunities for disabled players and increase the national visibility of wheelchair tennis. She is currently on the board of Visit Tucson where she will help to position Tucson as an inclusive and accessible destination. Dr. Kraus is passionate about social justice and access; this is reflected in her work on campus, teaching and community involvement.

Dr. Jeremy Garcia

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Associate Professor of Indigenous Education

Dr. Judy Marquez Kiyama

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Associate Vice Provost, Faculty Development Within the Office
Professor, Center for the Study of Higher Education / Associate Vice Provost, Faculty Development

Dr. Judy Marquez Kiyama serves as the Associate Vice Provost, Faculty Development within the Office of Faculty Affairs at the University of Arizona. In this role she implements efforts that further the aims of the University of Arizona to excel in its Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) designation through increasing institutional capacity among faculty. This includes developing equity-focused recruitment, hiring, and retention practices; and developing faculty capacity in research, teaching and curriculum, and service. Dr. Kiyama is a professor in the Center for the Study of Higher Education, Department of Educational Policy Studies and Practice. Prior to serving in this role, Dr. Kiyama was Chair of the Higher Education Department at the University of Denver's Morgridge College of Education where she supported faculty in developing their scholarly agendas, inclusive teaching practices, annual review processes, and mechanisms of support for students. She worked to cultivate partnerships across the university and state-wide institutions to establish accessible opportunities for students. Additionally, she served as the College's Office of Diversity and Inclusive Faculty Fellow where she established a comprehensive plan for recruiting, hiring, and retaining faculty of color, organized regular mentoring sessions with faculty of color, and (co)developed an audit tool for implementing recruitment and retention plans. Dr. Kiyama has served as a faculty member at both the University of Denver and the University of Rochester. As a community-engaged scholar, her research examines the structures that shape educational opportunities for minoritized groups through an asset-based lens to better understand the collective knowledge and resources drawn upon to confront, negotiate, and (re)shape such structures. Working alongside Latinx/o/a families and communities are at the core of her research efforts. She grounds her work in community knowledge and organizes her research in three interconnected areas: the role of parents and families; equity and power in educational research; and minoritized groups as collective networks of change. As a first-generation, Mexican American college student, she draws on her own experiences with her family to connect with the sources of support that first-generation, families of color offer their students in the transition to college. Her numerous publications focus on equity and inclusion efforts to better serve minoritized students, and their families and communities, including her most recent book: Funds of Knowledge in Higher Education: Honoring Students' Cultural Experiences and Resources as Strengths. Dr. Kiyama is committed to building partnerships across academic and student support units, and community and institutional contexts. She brings a deep understanding of the organization and governance of higher education institutions; a long-established research agenda focused on educational access and opportunity for Latinx/o/a communities; a record of cultivating effective teams at the department, institution, and national levels; and a passion for faculty development. She is a three-time graduate of the University of Arizona and a proud former participant of both the New Start Summer Program and TRiO Student Support Services.

Dr. Valerie Shirley

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Associate Professor of Indigenous Education

Dudley B Woodard

dw..@arizona.edu

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Professor Emeritus

Eric Smith

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Member of the Faculty and Staff Awards Committee

Erica L Travassos

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Director of Development, College of Education

Felisia Janice Tagaban Gaskin

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Director

Gary D Rhoades

gr..@arizona.edu

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Professor of Higher Education
Professor, Educational Policy Studies and Practice / Member of the Graduate Faculty

Gary Rhoades is Professor of Higher Education. After serving as President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) in 2004, from January 2009 to June 2011, he served as General Secretary of the American Association of University Professors in Washington, D.C., during which time he also sat on the American Council on Education's Board of Directors. Rhoades has served as Professor and Director of the Center for the Study of Higher Education from 1997-2009, and as Center Director and Head of the Department of Educational Policy Studies and Analysis from July 2012 to July 2020. He has been a faculty member at the Center for the Study of Higher Education since August 1986. Rhoades' scholarship focuses on the restructuring of academic institutions and of professions in the academy, and on comparative higher education, in work on university marketing. In addition to his books, Managed Professionals (1998, SUNY Press), and Academic Capitalism and the New Economy (with Sheila Slaughter, 2004, Johns Hopkins University Press), Rhoades is now working on a new volume, tentatively entitled, Organizing ‘Professionals': Academic Employees Negotiating a New Academy, and is framing another book being conceptualized, Managing to be Different: From Strategic Imitation to Strategic Imagination.

Gloria Barnett

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Member of the National Advisory Board

Heather Haeger

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Counselor
Assistant Professor, Educational Policy Studies and Practice
Research Director for the Science

Dr. Haeger is the Research Director for the Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) Learning Center and an Assistant Professor in Educational Policy Studies and Practice. Her research is focused on equity in educational practices and barriers to full participation in STEM education. Her research is used to inform programmatic interventions aimed at engaging students that have been traditionally marginalized in higher education and creating more inclusive and culturally responsive STEM learning environments. Dr. Haeger also serves as a counselor in the Undergraduate Research Program Division and serving on the Committee of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR). She served as the Assessment and Research Coordinator for the Council on Undergraduate Research from 2016-2020. In that role, she developed tools for CUR members to conduct their own research and assessment, studied the role of faculty mentoring of undergraduates in tenure and promotion, and conducted a collaborative study with seven universities on the impact of undergraduate research on retention and graduation for first-generation and low-income students in STEM.

Heidi Legg Burross

he..@arizona.edu

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Interim Department Head
Interim Department Head, Educational Psychology / Professor of Practice, Educational Psychology / Member of the Graduate Faculty

Heidi Legg Burross received her Master's and Doctoral degrees from the University of Arizona's Educational Psychology department. She has been a member of the department's faculty since 2002, teaching courses in development (EdP 301), educational policies (EdP 405), learning (EdP 510), statistics (EdP 541), assessment (EdP 558), research methods (EdP 560), and graduate teaching (EdP 693C). Dr. Burross typically teaches 3-4 classes each fall, spring, and summer semester in live and online/hybrid formats. Dr, Burross's research interests are varied. She has published work related to preparing graduate students for the workforce, preservice teaching, assessment, motivation, and social relationships. Her focus ranges from third grade through graduate students, with a particular interest on adult learning and development. Dr. Burross is proud to have published with many colleagues, students, and former students across the nation.

Iliana Reyes

ir..@arizona.edu

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Associate Dean
Member of the Academic Programs Committee
Member of the Diversity Committee
Member of the Faculty and Staff Awards Committee
Chairman, OOD, Ongoing

Jamaica Delmar

jd..@arizona.edu

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Director, Project SOAR / Assistant Professor of Practice, Educational Policy Studies and Practice

James Brunenkant

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Member of the National Advisory Board

Jameson D. Lopez

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Assistant Professor, Educational Policy Studies and Practice
Member of the Quechan

Jameson D. Lopez is an enrolled member of the Quechan tribe located in Fort Yuma, California. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Arizona. He studies Native American education using Indigenous statistics and has expertise in the limitations of collecting and applying quantitative results to Indigenous populations. He carries unique experiences to his research that include a 2010 deployment to Iraq as a platoon leader where he received a bronze star medal for actions in a combat zone.

Jenny J. Lee

je..@arizona.edu

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Professor at the Center for the Study
Professor, Educational Policy Studies and Practice / Member of the Graduate Faculty

Jenny J. Lee is a professor at the Center for the Study of Higher Education and College of Education Dean's Fellow for Internationalization at the University of Arizona. She is also the Vice President for Division J: Postsecondary Education for the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and is co-editor of the book series, Studies in Global Higher Education. She formerly served as a NAFSA Senior Fellow, US Fulbright Scholar to South Africa, the Chair for the Council of International Higher Education and Board of Directors for the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE). She has participated as a distinguished Global Professor at Korea University and as an international visiting scholar at City University of London, the University of Pretoria, and the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Professor Lee's research examines how migration policies, geopolitics, and social forces shape inequities in higher education, in the US and abroad. Professor Lee has investigated university internationalization and partnerships, student and scholar mobility, and scientific collaboration, to name some. Based on her comparative research in the US, Southern Africa, and East Asia, she has introduced widely cited critical frameworks, such as neo-racism and neo-nationalism, to the field. In addition, Dr. Lee's expertise is regularly sought by national and international news outlets. NPR, Nature, Science, the New York Times, ABC News, Al Jazeera, and the Chronicle of Higher Education are among the prominent news networks that have quoted Professor Lee and featured her research. Her latest research focuses on the geopolitics of global science, which is covered in her award-winning edited book, "U.S. Power in International Higher Education," published by Rutgers University Press in 2021. Currently, she is undergoing two major studies, one funded by NSF (with PhD student John Haupt) and another in partnership with the Committee of 100 (with PhD student Xiaojie Li), on how international research collaboration can overcome current US-China tensions and the racial profiling of Chinese scientists and students in the US.

Jinx Patterson

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Honorary Member

John Paul Haupt

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Research Specialist

Judy Ovitt

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Member of the National Advisory Board

Julio Cammarota

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Member of the Faculty Personnel and Salary Committee

Karina G Salazar

ks..@arizona.edu

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Member of the Faculty and Staff Awards Committee
Assistant Professor in the Center for the Study
Higher Education

Karina Salazar is an assistant professor in the Center for the Study of Higher Education. Her research program analyzes whether the enrollment management practices of public universities undermine access for underserved student populations, with a particular focus on recruiting and marketing. Using "data science" methodologies and FOIA requests as data collection strategies, her current work explores how university recruiting and marketing efforts spatially discriminate against high schools and communities with predominantly low-income students and Students of Color. Salazar's research has been published in The American Educational Research Journal, The Journal of Higher Education, and Research in Higher Education. She is also co-principal investigator of the Enrollment Management, Recruiting, and Access research project, which has been featured by The New York Times, NPR, CNN, Inside Higher Ed, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Forbes, and U.S. News & World Report. Salazar is a local Tucsonan and proud graduate of Sunnyside High School. She completed her graduate work at the University of Arizona where her dissertation research was funded by the American Educational Research Association.

Katherine Cheng

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Member of the Diversity Committee

Kayla Batt-Hernandez

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Member of the Diversity Committee

Larry Bahill

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Member of the National Advisory Board

Laura Nobles Bank-Reed

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Honorary Member

Lisa Furr

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Member of the Diversity Committee

Lora Lynn Francois

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Administrative Associate

Maggie Shafer

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Member of the Faculty and Staff Awards Committee

Marcy B Wood

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Department Head
Department Head, Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies / Professor, Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies / Member of the Graduate Faculty

Mary L Puig

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Assistant Dean, Finance and Administration

Michelle Tellez

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Executive Assistant
Member of the Academic Programs Committee
Assistant to Iliana Reyes

Michelle Tellez is assistant to Iliana Reyes, Associate Dean, serves as the Coordinator for Academic Management & Academic Program Committee (APC), and is the building manager for Education and Education North. In her role, she works in close collaboration with curricular affairs, COE departments, and UA room and course scheduling. Michelle also coordinates college room scheduling activities, collaborates with departments to identify room needs, and manages both buildings. She works closely with the deans, COE shared services team, and academic advising. Michelle has been with the college for 20 years serving as a resource for the dean's office, students, staff, and faculty.

Moira Ozias

mo..@arizona.edu

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Assistant Professor, Educational Policy Studies and Practice

Nancy Berge

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Honorary Member

Nancy Woodling

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Member of the National Advisory Board

Naomi Karp

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Member of the National Advisory Board

Nolan L Cabrera

nc..@arizona.edu

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Member of the Faculty Personnel and Salary Committee
Associate Professor in the Center for the Study
Professor, Educational Policy Studies and Practice / Associate Professor, American Indian Studies - GIDP
Professor, Educational Policy Studies and Practice / Associate Professor, American Indian Studies - GIDP / Associate Professor, Social / Cultural / Critical Theory - GIDP

Dr. Nolan Cabrera is an Associate Professor in the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Arizona. He studies the racial dynamics on college campuses, with a particular focus on Whiteness, and was the only academic featured in the MTV documentary White People. Dr. Cabrera is also involved in the controversary surrounding the Tucson Unified School District's former Mexican American Studies program. He is a recipient of the prestigious education early career award, the Spencer/National Academy of Education postdoctoral fellowship. Dr. Cabrera's publications have appeared in the leading education and higher education journals such as American Educational Research Journal, Review of Higher Education, Journal of College Student Development, and Research in Higher Education, and his work has been used extensively in education, policy, and legal environments. Dr. Cabrera is a UA College of Education Erasmus Scholar, Emerging Scholar for the American College Personnel Association, Faculty Affiliate with UT Austin's Project M.A.L.E.S., and Faculty Fellow for the American Association for Hispanics in Higher Education. He completed his graduate work at UCLA in Higher Orgranization & Organizational Change and Dr. Cabrera earned his BA from Stanford University in Comparitive Studies in Race and Ethnicity (Education focus). He is a former Director of a Boys & Girls Club in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is originally from McMinnville, Oregon.

Panfilo Contreras

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Member of the National Advisory Board

Patrice Brown

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Member of the National Advisory Board

Paul Lindsey

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Member of the National Advisory Board

Peggy Douglas

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Honorary Member

Peggy Goulding

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Member of the National Advisory Board

Rachel Moreno Barton

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Member of the Diversity Committee
Member of the Faculty and Staff Awards Committee
Director for Faculty Affairs / Assistant to the Dean

Raul Gonzalez

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Member of the Diversity Committee

Regina J Deil-Amen

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Department Head
Department Head, Education Policy Studies and Practice / Professor, Educational Policy Studies and Practice
Department Head, Education Policy Studies and Practice / Professor, Educational Policy Studies and Practice / Member of the Graduate Faculty
Director of the Center for the Study of Higher Education

Dr. Deil-Amen is currently the Director of the Center for the Study of Higher Education, which includes the Higher Education program, awarding master's and doctoral graduate degrees in Higher Education. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Northwestern University and has expertise in qualitative research methods with experience in partnering on mixed methods projects.

Renae Mayes

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Member of the Faculty Personnel and Salary Committee

Renée Clift

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Honorary Member

Richard Carranza

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Member of the National Advisory Board

Robert Paulsen

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Honorary Member

Robert Q. Berry III

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Dean of the College of Education
Dean, Education
Dean, Education / Professor, Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies / Member of the Graduate Faculty
OOD Dean, Ongoing

Robert Q. Berry III Ph.D. is the Dean of the College of Education at the University of Arizona. He is also a professor and holds the Paul L. Lindsey and Kathy J. Alexander Chair. Berry is the immediate Past-President of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). In 2022, Berry was elected to the National Academy of Education, an honorific society of U.S. members and international associates based on outstanding education scholarships. Equity issues in mathematics education are central to Berry's research efforts with four related areas: Understanding Black children's mathematics experiences Measuring standards-based mathematics teaching practices Unpacking equitable mathematics teaching and learning with issues of social justice Exploring interactions between technology and mathematics education Berry is the lead developer of a mathematics classroom observation instrument, Mathematics Scan, which measures standards-based mathematics teaching practices. Berry co-edited the 2020 bestseller book, High School Mathematics Lessons to Explore, Understand, and Respond to Social Injustice. Additionally, he is the co-editor of two upcoming books, Upper Elementary Mathematics Lessons to Explore, Understand, and Respond to Social Injustice and Success Stories for Catalyzing Change. His articles have appeared in the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Journal of Teacher Education, Educational Studies in Mathematics, and the American Educational Research Journal. Berry has authored more than 100 publications and has made major presentations worldwide. Berry is a two-time recipient of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' Linking Research and Practice Publication Award and received the University of Virginia's All-University Teaching Award in 2011. Berry is a first-generation college graduate who received his Bachelor of Science degree from Old Dominion University, his master's degree from Christopher Newport University, and a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.