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Meet the EMGE Faculty & Staff
We are passionate about our educational careers. We share the constructivist educational philosophy that the individual learner must actively "build" knowledge and skills. Taking a holistic perspective that children are more than just future employees and their abilities and intelligence are more complex than a set of scores on standardized tests, our teaching encompasses and integrates many layers of understanding and experience.
| William Dee Nichols | Ph.D.; Department Head |
| Jamel Anderson-Ruff | M.A.; Instructor |
| April Avery-Ferguson | Ed.D.; Visiting Assistant Professor |
| Barbara H. Bell | Ph.D.; Assistant Professor; Director, Reading Center |
| Russell Binkley | Ph.D.; Assistant Professor |
| Patricia Bricker | Ed.D.; Assistant Professor |
| Victoria Faircloth | Ed.D.; Associate Professor |
| Terre Folger | Ph.D.; Assistant Professor |
| Regina Grace |
Administrative Support Associate |
| Bob Houghton | Ph.D.; Associate Professor |
| Xiaobao Li |
Ph.D.; Assistant Professor |
| Maryanne Maisano | Ph.D.; Visiting Assistant Professor |
| Marylou Matoush |
Ph.D.; Assistant Professor |
| Jane Perlmutter | Ed.D.; Full Professor |
| Terry Rose | Ed.D.; Assistant Professor |
| David Strahan | Ed.D.; Taft B. Botner Distinguished Professor |