Faculty - Department of Teacher Education

  • Nancy R. Billingsley, Ph.D., The Ohio State University
  • Anita (Gail) Choice, Ph.D.,University of Central Flordia. Specialty areas: Reading and literacy education and elementary education, professional development. Experience: Public school teaching, reading specialist, school administration, professional development. Research areas: Closing the achievement gap in reading, adolescent literacy, school improvement.
  • Patrick Coggins, Ph.D., University of Connecticut. Jessie duPont Professor.
  • Christopher J Colwell, Ed.D., University of Central Florida; Specialty areas: Teacher evaluation, proficiency based education, education redesign. Experience: Classroom teacher, guidance counselor, elementary, middle, and high school principal, deputy superintendent.  Research areas: Teacher effectiveness, professional learning communities, school redesign.
  • Carol A. Corcoran, Ed.D., University of Central Florida. Professor; Specialty areas: Elementary education, children's literature. Experience: Classroom teacher. Research areas: Reflective practice.
  • Glen Epley, Ph.D., Duke University.Professor and Chair of the Department of Teacher Education. Specialty areas: Educational leadership and School law. Experience. Classroom teacher, school district deputy superintendent, and business executive. Research area: School law.
  • Elizabeth (Bette) Heins, Ph.D., University of Virginia. Nina B. Hollis Professor; Specialty areas: Educational reform, exceptional student education, and educational psychology. Experience: Classroom teacher. Research areas: Collaborative inclusion models, professional development schools, single-gender education and classroom management.
  • Leanna Isaacson, Ph.D.,University of South Florida. Visiting Assistant Professor; Specialty areas: Educational Leadership. Experience: Public school principal. Research areas: Educational leadership and reform.
  • Douglas MacIsaac, Ed.S., Michigan State University. Assistant Professor; Specialty areas: Professional development schools, new teacher education and mentoring, curriculum and instruction. Research areas: Professional development schools.
  • Kathy Piechura-Couture, Ph.D., University of South Florida.Professor; Specialty areas: Educational reform, exceptional student education, and technology. Experience: Teacher of Emotionally Handicapped children, behavior specialist, LoTi certified trainer. Research areas: Professional development schools, collaborative inclusion models and curriculum for children with behavior disorders, single-gender education, program assessment models and technology integration.
  • Carine Strebel Halpern, Ph.D.,  University of Central Florida. Specialty areas: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), ESOL infusion, second language literacy, instructional technology. Experience: French, German, and English as a second language instructor. Research areas: Effective instruction of English learners, collaborative instructional models, second language acquisition, educator professional development.
  • Merecedes Tichenor, Ed.D., Vanderbilt University.Professor and Director of Student Teaching; Specialty areas: Educational reform, elementary education, and curriculum and instruction. Experience: Classroom teacher. Research areas: Teacher professionalism, family and school connections, single-gender education, and mathematics pedagogy.
  • Debra Touchton, Ph.D., University of South Florida. Associate Professor; Specialty areas: Educational leadership, and school reform. Experience: Classroom teacher, district level administration. Research areas: School reform in poverty schools, educational leadership and professional development schools.