May 26, 2026  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Department of Curriculum and Instruction


College of Education  > Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Who’s Who

Chair:

Samuel R. Brower

Professors:

Samuel R. Brower (Clinical), Sheng Kuan Chung, Shea Culpepper (Clinical), Heather Domjan (Clinical), Conra Gist, Susie Gronseth (Clinical), Margaret Hale (Clinical), Robert Hausmann (Clinical), Mimi Miyoung Lee, Alberto Rodriguez, Amber Thompson (Clinical), Eleanore Tyson (Clinical), Jahnette Wilson (Clinical), Jie Zhang

Associate Professors:

Jeanette Alarcón, Celeste Alba (Clinical), Justin Burris (Clinical), Jennifer B. Chauvot, Mikel Cole, Carrie Cutler (Clinical), Bulent Dogan (Clinical), Laveria Hutchison, Anne Katz (Clinical), Miao Li, Sara McNeil, Melissa Pierson, Dustine Thomas (Clinical), Sissy Wong

Assistant Professors:

Bernadette Castillo, Marédil León Cedeño, Xin Li, Miguel Burgess Monroy (Clinical), Tairan Qiu, Nancy Reis (Clinical) 

Emeritus Professors:

Richard Abrahamson, Eugene Chiappetta, Juanita Copley, H. Jerome Freiberg, Howard Jones, Phyllis Knerl Miller, Theresa M. Monaco, William O. Nesbitt, Carl E. Schomburg, Jack M. Sheridan, Ida Santos Stewart, Alan R. Warner

Teaching and Learning

The Department of Curriculum and Instruction offers the undergraduate major in Teaching and Learning. The Teaching and Learning major is composed of five components: academic core foundations, pre-professional development courses, specific BS and Coordinating Board requirements for mathematics and science, and the professional development sequence. Additional information about the program can be found on the Teaching and Learning webpage.

Course Categories

The Department of Curriculum and Instruction offers courses under four headings: art education (ARED ), curriculum and instruction (CUIN ), education (EDUC ), elementary education (ELED ) and secondary education (SEDE ).

Programs

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