Sanford College of Education
Sanford College of Education - Faculty
Dr. Faheema Abdool-Ghany
Assistant Professor
Dr. Jessica Alvarado
Associate Professor
Dr. Clara Amador-Lankster
Professor
Dr. Valerie Amber
Associate Professor
Brian Arnold
Associate Professor
Dr. Everett Beckwith
Professor
Dr. Sharen Bertrando
Assistant Professor
Dr. Sidney Castle
Professor
Dr. Tricia Crosby-Cooper
Professor
Dr. Sharlyn Crump
Associate Professor and Academic Program Director (APD)
Dr. Diana Dobrenen
Assistant Professor
Dr. Melanie Facundo
Associate Faculty
Dr. Mary-Lynn Ferguson
Professor
Dr. Natasha Ferrell
Associate Professor and APD
Dr. Nanette Fritschmann
Associate Professor
Dr. Susan Gilbert
Associate Professor
Dr. Joanne Gilbreath
Professor
Mr. Samuel Hernandez
Assistant Professor
Dr. Penelope Keough
Professor
Dr. Kathleen Klinger
Professor
Lucinda Kramer, PhD
Professor
Dr. Joy Kutaka-Kennedy
Professor
Ms. Gail Lancaster
Associate Faculty
Dr. Nicole Luke
Assistant Professor
Dr. Teri Marcos
Professor
Dr. Joseph Marron
Professor
Michele Marvel, PhD
Academic Program Director
Dr. Colleen May
VCS Coordinator / Assistant Professor
Dr. James Mbuva
Professor
Dr. Trube Miller
Assistant Professor
Dr. Ronald Morgan
ASPEC Department Chair and Professor
Mr. Scott Moss
Associate Faculty
Dr. Mark Nguyen
Assistant Professor
Ms. Torrie Norton
Associate Faculty
Dr. Dina Pacis
Professor
Dr. Wayne Padover
Professor
Dr. Terri Pieretti
Associate Faculty
Dr. Bonnie Plummer
Associate Faculty
Dr. Jennifer Preimesberger
Assistant Professor
Dr. David Rago
Associate Professor
Dr. Sladjana Rakich
Associate Professor
Dr. Ida Randall
Professor
Dr. Thomas Reynolds
Professor
Dr. Sonia Rodriguez
Professor and APD
Dr. Cynthia Schubert
Professor
Oscar Silva
Presidential Appointment
Dr. Cynthia Sistek-Chandler
Professor
Mrs. Elisabeth Snider
Associate Faculty
Dr. Nilsa Thorsos
Professor
Dr. Patricia Traynor-Nilsen
Associate Professor
Dr. Gabriela Walker
Associate Professor
Dr. Zhonghe Wu
ProfessorNational University Statement of Academic Freedom
The National University Faculty Handbook, approved by the National University Board of Trustees on July 29, 2022, defines Academic Freedom in Section 1.4 as follows:
1.4 Academic FreedomThe University supports academic freedom as a right and a responsibility within the academy. As a right, academic freedom ensures the freedom of thought and expression as it applies to the artfulness of teaching, as well as discipline / subject content publication, oral presentation, and extramural activities. Academic freedom as a responsibility includes specific, intentional, learning-science based strategies and andragogical interventions, which will be designed collaboratively across academic stakeholders. While faculty members have the right to choose and use external, third-party materials (for example “textbook”) that they deem appropriate to program or course outcomes in their classes, those materials, syllabi and all content must adhere to the design standards as outlined by the president and provost office. Academic freedom grants faculty members the liberty to teach, pursue, discuss knowledge, do research, and publish the research results. In the classroom, faculty have the right to teach and say what they believe to be pertinent to the subject at hand.