Faculty
Early Childhood and Bilingual Education
Patricia Steinhaus
Professor
Early Childhood Education
Office: ED 244
Phone: 773-995-2346
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Inna Dolzhenko
Assistant Professor
Early Childhood Education
Office: ED 217
Phone: 773-995-2191
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Tywanda Jiles , Ed.D.
Assistant Professor
Early Childhood EducationOffice: ED 215
Phone: 773-995-3749
Research/Service Interests:
Social-emotional learning, culturally responsive teaching, professional development for early childhood educators, teacher advocacy and family engagement.
Simeon Stumme
Associate Professor
Bilingual Education
Office: ED 245
Phone: 773-995-2073
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Mohamed Elnatour
Lecturer
Elementary Education and Middle Education & Graduate Reading
Office: ED 218
Phone: 773-995-2006
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Health Education and Physical Education , and Recreation
Patrice Boyles
Associate Professor
Health Education & Physical Education, & Recreation
Office: ED 239
Phone: 773-995-2271
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Sarah Buck, Ph.D.
Physical Education & Recreation
Office: JDC 220
Phone: 773-995-3651
Research/Service Interests:
My research interests are currently cultural factors related to sedentary in African American females. For service, I am Academic Affairs Committee Chair, the General Education Committee Secretary, and a member of Faculty Senate and the COE Admissions and Standards committees (all CSU). I am Past-President of IAHPERD (Illinois Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance) and currently on the Executive Board as well as editor of the semi-annual publication, the Illinois Journal. I am a member of Rotary1 Chicago as well as co-Chair of the Community Service committee.
Latoria Crump
Lecturer
Physical Education & Recreation
Office: JDC 221
Phone: 773-995-3648
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Mark A. Kutame, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Physical Education & Recreation
Office: JDC 221
Phone: 773-995-3650
Research/Service Interests:
Teacher Pedagogical Content Knowledge/Curriculum and Instruction.
Edward Reed
Professor
Physical Education & Recreation
Office: JDC 218
Office Phone: 773-995-3646
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Robert J. Syzman, Ph.D., CAPE
Professor
Program: Physical Education & Recreation
Office: JDC 224
Phone: 773-995-3645
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June Price – Shingles
Associate Professor
Health Education
Office: JDC 223
Phone: 773-995-3779
Research/Service Interests:
My research interest consist of creating a new programming module for recreation faculty nationwide for instruction during the program design course using the 40 Developmental Assets as the core criteria. Other interests are in leadership and professional development modules for undergraduate students independent of the core curriculum for parks, recreation and sports management and therapeutic recreation while matriculating through undergraduate studies.
Graduate Programs in Education
Rasha ElSaheli Elhage, PhD Assistant Professor, Special Education
Office: ED 234
Phone: 773-995-3538
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Athanase Gahungu
Professor
Principal Preparations
Office: ED 237
Phone: 773-995-2009
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Deborah Lynch, Ph.D.
Professor
Curriculum & Instruction
Office: ED 241
Phone: 773-995-2066
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Research interest: teacher perceptions of student substance use; trauma-informed teaching & learning.
Service Interests: Serenity Academy of Chicago (SAC) board member (working to start a sober high school in Chicago); SMART Recovery volunteer facilitator.
Garrard McClendon, Ph.D.
Professor
Principal Preparation, Higher Education Administration, Doctoral Studies
Office: ED 231
Phone: 773-821-2579
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Olanipekun Laosebikan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Higher Education Administration
Office: ED 226
Phone: 773-821-2832
Research/Service Interests:
Black international education exchange, international student organizations and political activism, HBCUs and international education.
Information Studies
John Agada
Professor
Information Studies
Office: ED 208D
Phone: 773-995-2503
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Moussa Ayyash
Professor
Information Studies
Office: ED 208G
Phone: 773-821-2441
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Gabriel Gomez, Ph.D. (He/Him/His)
Professor
Information StudiesOffice: ED 235
Phone: 773-995-2071
Research/Service Interests:
Distance Education, Science Communication,Digital Media, Cultural Aspects of Data Mining, LGBTQ+ History and Education.
Rae Anne Montague, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Program: Information StudiesOffice: ED 208C
Phone: 773-995-5016
Research/Service Interests:
Rae-Anne Montague completed graduate studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Montague's research in library and information science centers around social justice, learning communities, and inquiry. Dr. Montague is interested in developing critical understanding of community engagement and facilitating effective information practices and services in schools and with underserved populations. Dr. Montague is currently involved in scholarly activities to promote information literacy with young people and the LGBTQ+ community.
Doctoral Studies
Chandra Cabraal
Associate Professor
Doctoral Studies
Office: ED 238
Phone: 773-821-2832
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Byung-in Seo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Doctoral Studies
Office: ED 228
Phone: 773-821-2181
Research/Service Interests:
Content area literacy, Secondary education, Curriculum, Instruction, Bridging the learning divide between English/language arts and mathematics.
Elementary Education
Chyrese Wolf, Ed.D.
Associate Professor
Elementary and Middle Education & Graduate Reading
Office: ED 229
Phone: 773-995-2370 (Prefer email communication cwolf@csu.edu)
Research/Service Interests:
International comparative literacy teacher development using large-scale assessments, PISA and PIRLS, in the development of the public's perception of teacher effectiveness. Impact of dialogical teaching in the literacy classroom: examining the teacher-student relationship.
Michael McNicholas
Assistant Professor
Physical Education & RecreationOffice: JDC 219
Phone: 773-995-2294
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Allen Bearden
Lecturer
Special Education
Office: ED 233
Phone: 773-995-2005
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Chandra Cabraal
Professor
Doctoral Studies
Office: ED 232
Phone: 773-995-2035
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Simeon M. Stumme, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Program: Bilingual Education
Office: ED 245
Phone: 773-995-2073
Research/Service Interests:
Simeon Stumme completed his graduate studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Stumme’s research interest focus on bilingual education, theories of second language acquisition and the educational experiences of immigrant students. He is interested the role of language in Dual Language classrooms as source of identity formation for students. Dr. Stumme was a bilingual teacher in California and Illinois for 11 years.