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Talisa “Tally” Anderson
- Current position: Administrative Associate II in the Department of Counsel Education
Psych Research
- Previous position: Administrative Assistant at an environmental waste plant
- Fun fact: I am a former Miss Indiana Plus America
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Sanchari Banerjee
- Current position: Assistant Professor of Teaching, EDPR
- Previous role/position: Doctoral candidate at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Teaching/Research focus: Developmental psychology, early childhood, cultural diversity
- Fun fact: Bought my first houseplant during the lockdown, and now the goal is to have
a house full of plants
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Teresa Banks. ED.D
- Current position: Director of Assessment, Accreditation and Accountability
- Previous role/position: Assessment Coordinator/Assistant Professor
- Teaching area of expertise: Math and Science Methods Research focus: using data for
program improvement, math for P-12 teachers and students
- Fun fact: I love sunflowers
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Dr. Madeline Brodt
- Current position: Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology
- Previous position: Assistant Professor of Counseling and Counseling Psychology at
Oklahoma State University
- Teaching/research Area: Intersection of culture and mental health, particularly disability
- Fun fact: I have two corgis, Daisy and Violet. I’m always happy to share a pic!
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Dr. Claire Dempsey
- Current position: Clinical Associate Professor of Counseling in the Department of
Counseling Educational Psychology and Research
- Previous position: Assistant Professor of Counseling and Clinical Mental Health Practicum/Internship
Coordinator
- Teaching/research Area: Clinical Mental Health Counseling and for research: Child
Sexual Abuse Survivors; Collaboration between School and Clinical Mental Health Counseling;
and Women with Fertility Roadblocks
- Fun fact: Prior to COVID, our blind weenie dog would run in weenie dog races! Once,
she won her heat and made it to the championship race!
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George Thomas Falls III, Ed.D.
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Huan Gao
- Current position: Assistant Professor in Elementary Education
- Previous role/position: Before pursuing my Ph.D., I served as a foreign language instructor
in China's higher education institutions and also at Portland State University.
- Teaching/Research focus: My areas of expertise and research interests include children's
literature, elementary education and digital/information literacy.
- Fun fact: For the longest time, I used to think that adjusting the brightness on phones
could work wonders in improving the quality of pictures taken in dimly lit environments.
I finally realized that this belief was not accurate!
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Courtney Garland
- Current position: Project Coordinator - River City Partnership Teachers Program (College
of Education)
- Previous role/position: Academic Advisor/ Student Retention Specialist
- Research focus: “Lack of diverse women in Strategic leadership roles at colleges and
universities.”
- Area of expertise: Communication, leadership, mentoring, time management/organizational
skills
- Fun fact: “I’ll be bringing in 2024 in Ghana.”
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Dr. Racquel Harris
- Current position: Research Associate II
- Previous role/position: Career Specialist
- Teaching/research focus: Literacy in Elementary Education
- Fun fact: I'm a Sneaker Head.
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Yeonji Jung
- Current position: Assistant Professor of Instructional Design and Technology
- Previous role/position: Academic Advisor/ Student Retention Specialist
- Teaching/research focus: Facilitating actionable and seamless learning with educational
data and analytics, based on learning sciences, learning design and educational data
sciences
- Fun fact: As a kid, I wanted to grow up and be a soccer player, and I still love watching
soccer games.
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Dr. Canidra L. McGuire
- Current position: Leadership/Clinical Assistant Professor
- Previous role/position: Chief Operating Officer for Charter School Regional Network and Regional Manager (West
TN) for TDOE/Grow Your Own Center
- Teaching/research focus: Principalship, Organizational Leadership and Measures of Principal Effectiveness for
Teacher Retention
- Fun fact: As a child, my family and I spent four summers in a row driving from Chicago, Illinois,
to Phoenix, Arizona, for family vacation. For this reason, I can't beg my family to take a road trip longer
than 8 hours.
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Ryan Mitchell
- Current position: Undergraduate Academic Advisor
- Previous role/position: Advisor/Adjunct Political Science Instructor
- Job focus: Comparative Politics and International Relations
- Fun fact: Ryan’s been playing guitar for 20 years.
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Matthew Panozzo
- Current position: Assistant Professor of Literacy
- Previous role/position: Middle School Teacher at Annunciation Orthodox School in Houston,
Texas.
- Teaching/research: Exploring identity, empathy and humanity through literacy; Arts-Based Education Research;
LGBTQ Children’s and Young Adult Books
- Fun fact: I’ve climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
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Dr. Crystal White
- Current position: Clinical Assistant Professor of Urban Education
- Previous role/position: Assistant Professor of Teaching in Human Development in CEPR
- Teaching/research: My teaching load includes a focus on teaching all learners (ICL/ELED courses) and
human development (EDPR courses). Primary research interests include Critical, Qualitative
and Ethnic theoretical lenses focusing on intersectional identities, development and
urban education.
- Fun fact: I once lived in Munich, Germany, and while there backpacked through Central Europe,
where I was able to learn about their apprenticeship approach to education. I also
got to explore Dachau, the Palace of Versailles, the Eiffel Tower, The Sound of Music
House, the Swiss Alps and an original chocolatier factory!
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Dr. Nikki L. Wright
- Current position: Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership
- Previous role/position: Postdoctoral Scholar of Educational Theory and Policy at The
Pennsylvania State University
- Teaching/research focus: I'm a first-generation college student who is passionate
about making academia a more accessible space for students from all backgrounds. My
research interests are centered on teachers' work and well-being, including but not
limited to teacher leadership, agency, voice, policy engagement, recruitment, preparation
and retention. I also seek to better understand the intersections between student
voice and teacher voice work (especially through youth-adult partnerships and participatory
action research), and the role of other school leaders in supporting this work.
- Fun fact: My favorite simple pleasure is enjoying my morning coffee while completing
the daily NYT Crossword, Wordle and Spelling Bee.
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