Offices & Departments
The work of the school hinges on the collective insight, passion and commitment of its faculty and staff.
Faculty, students, and staff receive support from multiple offices within the School of Education and Human Development as well as across Grounds. Faculty and staff in each office and department manage a variety of academic and administrative offerings, in addition to establishing and partnering with a wide variety of programs and organizations conducting important work in research, teaching and learning, and service.
Academic Departments
Academic programs are divided into four departments representing four distinct areas of academic study. Faculty and students within all four departments regularly collaborate on interdisciplinary programs, courses, and research projects.
World-Class Faculty & Staff
The School of Education and Human Development prides itself on community, collaboration and support. The "family" feel is apparent in the ways faculty, staff and students work together to not only better each other, but also UVA and the greater community. Knowing that those around you share a vision to advance the common good truly makes you realize just how special this place really is.
Cody Lloyd
Teacher Education Support Specialist
I love coming to work each day. At this school, I'm surrounded by smart, talented people who genuinely care about the work we do.
Laura Hoxworth
Senior Associate Director of Communications
Faculty
Jason David Allen
- Professor
Derrick P. Alridge
- Philip J. Gibson Professor of Education
- Director, Center for Race and Public Education in the South
Siddhartha Angadi
- Assistant Professor
Allison Atteberry
- Associate Professor of Education & Public Policy
- Director, EdPolicyWorks
Ottilie Austin
- Associate Professor
Brendan Bartanen
- Assistant Professor
Daphna Bassok
- Batten Bicentennial Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education
- Associate Director, EdPolicyWorks
Michelle Beavers
- Associate Professor
Bethany A. Bell
- Chair, Department of Education Leadership, Foundations and Policy
- Associate Professor
Kelli Bird
- Research Assistant Professor
Martin E. Block
- Professor
Julia Blodgett
- Associate Professor
- Clinical Psychologist
Jessika H. Bottiani
- Research Assistant Professor
B. Ann Boyce
- Associate Professor Emeritus
Catherine P. Bradshaw
- Senior Associate Dean for Research & Faculty Development
- Professor
David W. Breneman
- Professor Emeritus
Catherine Brighton
- Senior Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Student Affairs
- Professor
Glen L. Bull
- Professor
Margaret (Peg) R. Burchinal
- Research Professor
Carolyn M. Callahan
- Commonwealth Professor of Education Emeritus
Benjamin L. Castleman
- Newton and Rita Meyers Associate Professor in the Economics of Education
Vivien M. Chabalengula
- Associate Professor
Chris Chang-Bacon
- Assistant Professor
Jennifer Chiu
- Associate Professor
Kyong Mi Choi
- Associate Professor
Blaire E. Cholewa
- Associate Professor
Julie Jackson Cohen
- Charles S. Robb Associate Professor
Bryan Cook
- Professor
Lysandra Cook
- Professor
Dewey Cornell
- Virgil S. Ward Professor of Education
Katrina Debnam
- Associate Professor
Jamie DeCoster
- Research Assistant Professor
Nancy L. Deutsch
- Associate Dean for Faculty Development
- Linda K. Bunker Professor of Education
- Director, Youth-Nex
Sara Dexter
- Associate Professor
Jason T. Downer
- Professor
- Director, Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning
Michaela DuBay
- Assistant Professor
Daniel Linden Duke
- Professor Emeritus
David Eddy-Spicer
- Professor
David A. Edwards
- Associate Professor
- Director of Undergraduate Program
Shereen El Mallah
- Research Assistant Professor
Tanya Evans
- Research Assistant Professor
Abby Fines
- Assistant Professor of Education
Amanda G. Flora
- Associate Professor
Juan C. Garibay
- Associate Professor
Scott Gest
- Chair, Department of Human Services
- Professor
Jennie K. Grammer
- Stern Bicentennial Associate Professor in Education and Neuroscience
Julie Gray
- Assistant Professor
Colby Hall
- Assistant Professor
Daniel P. Hallahan
- Professor Emeritus
Alexis R. Harris
- Research Assistant Professor
Natoya Hill Haskins
- Associate Professor
Tisha Hayes
- Associate Professor
- Director, McGuffey Reading Center
Walter F. Heinecke
- Associate Professor
Natasha A. Heny
- Associate Professor
Jay Hertel
- Chair, Department of Kinesiology
- Joe Gieck Professor in Sports Medicine
Michael Higgins
- Professor
- Athletic Training Program Director
Jane C. Hilton
- Associate Professor, Clinical Faculty
Diane M. Hoffman
- Associate Professor
LaVae M. Hoffman
- Associate Professor
- Communications Sciences and Disorders Program Director
Tara Hofkens
- Research Assistant Professor
Youjia Hua
- Associate Professor
Michael F. Hull
- Assistant Professor
Chris S. Hulleman
- Research Associate Professor
Karen Kurotsuchi Inkelas
- Professor of Education
Patricia A. Jennings
- Professor
Lieny Jeon
- Jane Batten Bicentennial Associate Professor
Anne Jewett
- Assistant Professor
- Degree Director, M.Ed. in Curriculum & Instruction program
Jamie J. Jirout
- Assistant Professor
Wintre Foxworth Johnson
- Assistant Professor
Veronica Katz
- Research Assistant Professor
Michael J. Kennedy
- Professor
Emily A. Kohler
- Research Assistant Professor
Timothy R. Konold
- Professor
- Research, Statistics, & Evaluation Program Director
Sibylle Kranz
- Associate Professor
Chris Kuenze
- Associate Professor
Rachel Kunemund
- Research Assistant Professor
Traci Kutaka
- Research Assistant Professor
Patricia Lampkin
- Professor
Alan Leffers
- Assistant Professor
Melissa Levy
- Associate Professor
- Youth & Social Innovation Program Director
Filip T. Loncke
- Professor
Gail E. Lovette
- Assistant Professor
Michael Lyons
- Associate Professor
- Clinical & School Psychology Program Director
Emily Madrak
- Assistant Professor
- Director of Simulation, Athletic Training Program
Jennifer L. Maeng
- Research Associate Professor
Kazlin Mason
- Assistant Professor
- Director of the Imaging and Communication Outcomes Lab
Micah Mazurek
- Novartis U.S. Foundation Professor of Education
- Clinical Psychologist
Heather McDaniel
- Research Assistant Professor
Coby V. Meyers
- Associate Professor
- Chief of Research, Partnership for Leaders in Education
Luke C. Miller
- Research Associate Professor
Tracy C. Missett
- Director, Undergraduate Programs
- Coordinator, Gifted On-Line Courses
Tonya R. Moon
- Professor
Erin M. Moore
- Assistant Professor
- Athletic Training Clinical Education Coordinator
Stephanie Morano
- Assistant Professor
Frackson Mumba
- Associate Professor
Rose Nevill
- Research Assistant Professor
Amanda Nguyen
- Research Assistant Professor
Natalia Palacios
- Associate Professor
Ann Partee
- Research Assistant Professor of Education
Judy Paulick
- Assistant Professor
Emma Pearson
- Reading Outreach Program Manager
Jennifer S. Pease
- Associate Professor
Robert C. Pianta
- Batten Bicentennial Professor of Early Childhood Education
Stephen P. Plaskon
- Associate Professor
Elisabeth A. Pleszkoch
- Assistant Professor
Brian Pusser
- Associate Professor
Jacob E. Resch
- Associate Professor
Sara Rimm-Kaufman
- Commonwealth Professor of Education
Mandy Rispoli
- Quantitative Foundation Bicentennial Professor
Stewart D. Roberson
- Professor
Randall R. Robey
- Associate Professor
Kimberly J. Robinson
- Elizabeth D. and Richard A. Merrill Professor of Law
- Professor of Education
Alexa Rodriguez
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
Josipa Roksa
- Professor
Erica Fornaris Rouch
- Research Assistant Professor
- Director of Autism Services
- Clinical Psychologist
Stephanie Rowley
- Dean
- William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Education
Shubhi Sachdeva
- Research Assistant Professor
April Salerno
- Assistant Professor
Susan Saliba
- Professor
Beth Schueler
- Assistant Professor
LaRon A. Scott
- Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Associate Professor
Lora Henderson Smith
- Assistant Professor
Naila A. Smith
- Assistant Professor
Jim Soland
- Assistant Professor
Emily Solari
- Edmund H. Henderson Professor of Education
Gerald D. Starsia
- Associate Professor
Christian L. Steinmetz
- Assistant Professor
Beverly Sweeney
- Assistant Professor of Education
Damon Swift
- Associate Professor
Robert H. Tai
- Associate Professor
Julia Taylor
- Associate Professor
Susan Thacker-Gwaltney
- Assistant Professor
William J. Therrien
- Thomas G. Jewell Professor of Education
Antoinette R. Thomas
- Professor of Education
- Clinical Psychologist
Justin B. Thompson
- Senior Associate Dean and Chief Operating Officer
Yoi Tibbetts
- Research Assistant Professor
Patrick H. Tolan
- Charles S. Robb Professor Emeritus of Education
Carol Ann Tomlinson
- William Clay Parrish Professor Emerita
Stanley C. Trent
- Associate Professor
Elena Tuerk
- Clinical Psychologist
- Clinical Supervisor & Lecturer
Peter Tuerk
- Director, Sheila C. Johnson Center for Clinical Services
- Clinical Psychologist
- Professor
Khara Turnbull
- Research Assistant Professor
Cassie Turner
- Clinical Assistant Professor
- Audiologist
Sarah E. Turner
- University Professor of Economics & Education
Stephanie D. van Hover
- Professor
- Chair, Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education Department
Virginia E. Vitiello
- Research Associate Professor
Rachel L. Wahl
- Associate Professor
Arthur L. Weltman
- Professor of Kinesiology
- Professor of Medicine
Matthew Wheelock
- Associate Professor
- Innovation Program Area Director
Jessica E. Whittaker
- Research Associate Professor
- Director of Birth to Eight Initiatives
Ben Wildavsky
- Visiting Scholar
Derick J. Williams
- Associate Professor of Education
- Counselor Education Program Director
Joseph Williams
- Associate Professor
Amanda P. Williford
- Batten Bicentennial Professor of Early Childhood Education
- Associate Director for Early Childhood Education, CASTL
- Clinical Psychologist
Jonee Wilson
- Assistant Professor
Vivian Wong
- Associate Professor
James H. Wyckoff
- Memorial Professor of Education
Matthew Yoder
- Associate Professor
- Director of Psychological Services, Sheila C. Johnson Center
Peter Youngs
- Professor
Staff
Stephanie Adamson
- Director of Admissions, Recruiting, and Enrollment Strategy
Jenny Paola Rincon Aguirre
- Bilingual Education and Outreach Specialist
Mary Alex
- Project Associate
- VEST Program Coordinator
Stephanie Altman
- Project Associate
- Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant
Anna Ballantyne
- Lab Manager, Educational Neuroscience Lab
Amanda Balsamo Doherty
- Grants and Contracts Administrator
Claire Barbao
- Speech-Language Pathologist
- Clinical Supervisor
Kimberly Bavis
- Senior Instructional Technology Specialist
Barbara Lynn Beverly
- Senior Finance Generalist
Danielle Bierzynski
- Ed.D. Cohort Manager
Katelyn Birchfield
- Program Coordinator and Implementation Support & Coaching Specialist
Kelly Bloem
- Assistant Director, Special Events and Community Life
Howard Blumenthal
- Executive Director, 21st Century Learning Project
Stanley E. Bolden
- Operations Assistant
Leslie M. Booren
- Associate Director for Communications & Operations, Youth-Nex
Audrey Breen
- Senior Writer and Research Communications Strategist
Terra Browne
- Motivate Lab Project Associate
Sherry Bryant
- Program Coordinator and Implementation Support & Coaching Specialist
Marian Toledo Candelaria
- Manager for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Timothy M. Cannon
- Multimedia Specialist
Samuel Cash
- Client Care Specialist, Sheila C. Johnson Center for Clinical Services
Mike Cashman
- Executive Director, School of Education and Human Development Foundation
Ashley Caudill
- Assistant Director of Online Initiatives
Shirley Mae Cauley
- Admissions and Outreach Specialist
Nadia Badr Cempre
- Director of Academic Operations
Ashleigh Chandler
- IT Help Desk Analyst
Ziqiao Chen
- Senior Data Specialist
Olivia Fudge Coleman
- Research Project Manager
Jane M. Cook
- Outreach Assistant
Dylan Cooper
- Software Engineer 3
Hayley Corey
- Education and Outreach Specialist
Jennifer G. Cornell
- Director of Development
Eric K. Cosner
- Technical Support Analyst
Julia Craig
- Development Officer
Bonnie Danielson
- Administrator, Sheila C. Johnson Center for Clinical Services
Jeff Davis
- Director of Clinical Practice and Partnerships
Jenifer Davis
- Project Associate
Tina M. Dederscheck
- Network Engineer
Crystal Jean DeJaegher
- Education Support Specialist
Felicia Dull
- Department Administrator
Britton Dunnavant
- Student Services Generalist
Michelle N. Edwards
- Education Support Specialist
Mark Elliott
- Department Administrator
Caitlin Ellis
- Early Childhood Education Project Manager
Daniel Epstein
- Director of Development Administration
Isabelle Fares
- Senior Data Specialist
Lauren Farina
- Research Specialist Intermediate
Pamela Farmer
- Finance and Operations Coordinator
Barbara Fitch
- Project and Administrative Associate
Cloe E. Frank
- Coordination and Research Coordinator
- Data Systems Administrator
- Research Specialist
Ian Gercheck
- Unit Administrator
Scott Gest
- Chair, Department of Human Services
- Professor
Bridget Gilbert
- Billing Specialist
Abby Gillespie
- Director of Strategy and Engagement, Youth-Nex
Allison Gray
- Senior Data Analyst and Visualization Specialist
Christian Griffith
- Communications and Marketing Coordinator
Vanika Grover
- Senior Data Specialist
Emily Guy
- Clinical Research Coordinator
Brooke Haas
- Project Associate
- STREAMin3 Project Management Associate
Crystal Haislip
- Associate Director for Administration, Youth-Nex
Joel Hanel
- Director of Assessment, Accountability, and Accreditation
Lauren Hauser
- Reading Education and Outreach Specialist
Austen Hecker
- Coordinator for America Reads Program and PALs Outreach Specialist
Nate Hixson
- Director of Research Administration
Ashley Hosbach
- Education and Social Science Research Librarian
Laura Hoxworth
- Senior Associate Director of Communications
Susan C. Hughes
- Administrative Coordinator
Sharon Lorey Hung
- Project Manager
Brianna Jaworski
- Research Coordinator
Kimberly Jennings
- Program Support Technician
Moira Johnson
- Project Manager
Grace Kegley
- Research Specialist
Hilary Kerner
- Director, Education Career Services
Katie Kinsella
- Communications and Outreach Specialist
Pritpal Kochar
- Chief Technology Officer, Educational Technology Office
Shannon Kontalonis
- Center Administrator
Kelly Korrington
- Project Associate
Katie Leigh
- Director of Simulation Innovations and Applications
Tekalign Lenahan
- Data Specialist
Daniel Lipscomb
- Research Specialist
Jessica Livingston
- Director of Student Affairs
Cody Lloyd
- Teacher Education Support Specialist
Gabrielle Lohner
- Research Assistant
Ailsa Long
- CASTL Graphic Designer
Alison Lubin
- CASTL Center Administrator
Sarah Virginia Lydic
- Senior Instructional Technology Specialist
- Multimedia Developer
James W. Mallory
- Helpdesk Support Technician
Jeffrey Martin
- Education and Outreach Manager
Deiby Mayaris Cubides Mateus
- Senior Research Specialist
Kate Matthew
- Project Manager
Angel McCray
- VKRP Communications and Outreach Specialist
Jillian McGraw
- Director of Teacher Education
Ryan Mehring
- Administrative Generalist
Molly Michie
- Research Specialist
Tracy C. Missett
- Director, Undergraduate Programs
- Coordinator, Gifted On-Line Courses
Eric S. Molnar
- Assistant Director of Admissions and Enrollment Reporting
Lauren Moriarty
- Senior IT Project Manager
Crystal Morris
- IT Help Desk Analyst
Jim Victor Moscater
- Public Relations and Marketing Specialist
Kathy Neesen
- Research Scientist
- Instructional Technology Director
Becky Newell
- LinkB5 Education and Outreach Manager
Karen Orlando
- Family Navigator
Keith Page
- Project Coordinator
Phyllis M. Palmore
- Senior Student Services Coordinator
Jeff Parks
- Research Administrator
Julia Parlette-Cariño
- Associate Director of Marketing
ReNita Parrish
- Student Administrative Coordinator
Phillip S. Paulick
- Director of Budget and Finance
Danielle Peacock
- Director of Program Management, ECE Virginia
Emma Pearson
- Reading Outreach Program Manager
Jesse Philips
- Administrative Generalist
Bernadette Poerio
- Assistant Director of Student Affairs
Jaki Pritchett
- Client Care Specialist, Sheila C. Johnson Center for Clinical Services
Martha Pullen
- Financial and Administrative Coordinator, Youth-Nex
Marcy Reedy
- EDLF Department Administrator
Rebecca Rehm
- Clinical Supervisor
- Speech Language Pathologist
Amanda Reitze
- Education and Outreach Specialist
Thomas D. Rose
- Event Production Specialist
Elise Rubinstein
- Research Manager
Alicia Rudie
- Senior Department Finance Manager
Miriam Rushfinn
- Early Childhood Education Project Manager
Katie Schmitt
- Chief of Staff
Cristal Schuelke
- Project Associate
Tara Scott
- Early Childhood Education Project Associate
Matthew C. Semanik
- Multimedia and Web Developer
Rajiva Seneviratne
- Director of Faculty Affairs
Ryan Sherman
- Student Services Generalist
Lauren Simmons
- Research Specialist
- LinkB5 Outreach Specialist
Ziara Smith
- Program Implementation Support Associate
Yifeng Song
- Senior Data Specialist
Lori Stahl
- Communication and Outreach Specialist
Dana F. Stanley
- Administrative Generalist
Audrey Still
- Coordinator, Online Student Success
Courtney Sullivan
- Academic Program Officer
April Swain
- Medical Office Supervisor
Margaret Tamayo
- Project Associate
Christina Taylor
- Project Associate
Elizabeth M. Taylor
- Reading Tutor
Stephanie Tharp
- Family Navigator
Catherine Thompson
- Pre-Award Research Administrator
Justin B. Thompson
- Senior Associate Dean and Chief Operating Officer
Tiffany Tolson
- Director of Communications and Marketing
Jaimee Traub
- Director of Clinical Services and Training
- Clinical Supervisor
Peter Tuerk
- Director, Sheila C. Johnson Center for Clinical Services
- Clinical Psychologist
- Professor
Anatolii Utkuzov
- Manager, Simulated Learning Lab
Analia Lessenberry Valdez
- Bilingual Early Childhood Education and Outreach Specialist
Benita Voran
- Data Management Specialist
Jo Blackburn Watts IV
- Lab Manager
Justine Weaver
- Faculty Affairs Project Associate
Caroline Webster
- Project and Administrative Manager
Brian Weisbrod
- Senior Budget Analyst
Kennedy Weisner
- Early Childhood Education - Research Specialist
Octavia Wells
- Senior Fiscal Technician
Jean Werley
- Dean’s Office Executive Assistant
Greg Willett
- Assistant Director of Development
Kara Williams
- Project Associate
Nicole E. Wolf
- CSP Research Coordinator
Sarah Wymer
- Staff Psychologist
- Post-doctoral Fellow
Stephen Yu
- Research Specialist
Katy Zeanah
- School Mental Health Outreach Manager
- Clinical & School Psychologist
- Clinical Supervisor