Faculty in Urban Education

The Urban Education Program is both interdisciplinary and inter-college. Grounded in perspectives that emphasize the complexity and systemic nature of urban educational policy and program development, it takes advantage of the particular strengths of different colleges and departments at Temple. In addition to the faculty whose main assignments are in Urban Education, the Program includes a number of Affiliated Faculty in Urban Education. These faculty members, who participate in the Program's Advisory Board and other committees and work with students on independent studies and research projects, come from disciplines such as African American Studies, Anthropology, Communication Science, Educational Psychology, Geography and Urban Studies, History, English, Political Science, Social Administration, Sociology, TESOL(English as Second Language), and Women's Studies.

Faculty Name and Position	Areas of Professional Interest	Email
William Cutler Professor of History and Educational Policy Studies	History of American Education American Urban History (especially material culture) Oral History; Family History Course Portfolios and the Peer Review of Teaching	william.cutler@temple.edu
Erin Horvat Associate Professor of Urban Education, Coordinator, Urban Education Program	Equity and Equality in Education Access to Higher Education YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter Schools and YouthBuild USA Historical Case Study Role of Parents in School Improvement and Community Building	erin.mcnamara.horvat@temple.edu
Will Jordan Associate Professor of Urban Education	Urban Context of Schooling Sociology of Education Educational Reform Policy High School and Postsecondary Collaborations Evaluation of Educational Interventions	will.jordan@temple.edu
Novella Keith Associate Professor of Urban Education	School-community partnerships Service learning in urban settings Participation/democratic theory in urban school reform Education and development in Third World countries	novella.keith@temple.edu

Associated Faculty

Wanda Brooks Associate Professor of Literacy Education, Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Technology in Education	African American Children’s and Young Adult Literature Middle School Readers & Reader Response Teaching Youth in Urban Schools	wbrooks@temple.edu
Maia Bloomfield Cucchiara Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies	Education Policy and Politics Sociology of Education Urban Education Equity and Access Families and Schools Qualitative Research	maia.cucchiara@temple.edu
Christine A. Woyshner Associate Professor of Elementary Education/K-12 Social Studies, Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology in Education	the role of women’s voluntary organizations in public education in the first half of the twentieth century the shaping of the school curriculum by community members and other social forces the impact of African American women’s professional and voluntary associations on desegregation theoretical explorations in integrating women’s history and African American history into the K-12 curriculum	christine.woyshner@temple.edu

Affiliated Faculty by Department

Nathaniel Norment, Jr., Ph.D. Associate Professor of African American Studies		nnorme01@temple.edu
Judith Goode, Ph.D. Professor of Anthropology		ccaldwel@temple.edu
Dr. Billy Yalowitz Associate Professor of Community Art and Co-director, Arts and Quality of Life Research Center		ccaldwel@temple.edu
Jayminn Sanford-DeShields, Ed.D. Associate Professor of Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Curriculum, Instruction and Technology in Education.	Collaboration in Education Urban Education and Educational Reform Multicultural Education Teacher Education Community Education and Lifelong Learning	jsanford@astro.temple.edu
Francis J. Sullivan Associate Professor Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology in Education	Literacy as a Social Practice Academic Literacy in Multicultural Societies Writing Assessment Literacy and Technology	francis.sullivan@temple.edu
James Earl Davis Interim Dean, College of Education Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies	Gender Studies Sociology of Higher Education Educational Policy Access and Equity	dean.ed@temple.edu
Joan Shapiro Professor of Educational Administration	Ethics in Education Gender Issues in Education Diversity Issues in Education Accountability Issues in Education	joan.shapiro@temple.edu
David Bartelt Professor of Geography and Urban Studies		dbartelt@temple.edu
Melissa R. Gilbert Associate Professor of Geography and Urban Studies	Urban Geography Feminist Geography Feminist Theory Critical Race Theory Urban Social Theory Social Action Research Urban Labor Markets Urban Poverty Societal Dimensions of Information and Communication Technologies Social Movements	mgilbert@temple.edu
Anne B. Shlay Professor of Geography and Urban Studies	Urban policy Child Care Women and Cities Discrimination Housing Finance Poverty and homelessness Program Evaluation	dbartelt@temple.edu
Jerry Stahler Associate Professor of Geography and Urban Studies	Drug abuse Program evaluation Environmental and clinical psychology Urban social problemsv	jstahler@temple.edu
Barbara Ferman Professor of Political Science, University Community Collaborative of Philadelphia	Civic engagement as a tool for political empowerment Approaches to community building University community relations, in particular, the university’s role as a civic actor Educating for democracy	bferman@temple.edu
Joseph P. DuCette, Ph.D. Professor and Chair, Educational Psychology, Department of Psychological Studies in Education	Attribution Theory Diversity Urban Education Early Intervention Learning Disabilities
Joseph P. Folger PhD. Professor of Adult and Organizational Development Psychological Studies in Education	Conflict processes in group, organizational and interpersonal settings Mediation and third party intervention procedures Group decision-making processes and team development	joseph.folger@temple.edu
Trevor E. Sewell Professor of Adult and Organizational Development Psychological Studies in Education	School Psychology Diversity in Education Educational Assessment Urban Schools	trevor.sewell@temple.edu
Kimberly A. Goyette Professor of Adult and Organizational Development Psychological Studies in Education	Sociology of Education Research Design and Methods Data Analysis Statistical Methods in Sociology	kgoyette@temple.edu
Sherri Grasmuck Professor of Sociology	Comparative Family Studies The Immigrant Experience Immigration, Kinship and Social Inequality Sociology of Kinship	sgrasmuc@temple.edu
Shanyang Zhao Professor of Sociology	Sociology of Self Data Analysis Senior Seminar Inferential & Multivariate Statistics	bzhao001@temple.edu

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