Faculty & Staff

Dean’s Office and Administration

For general queries, email coehd@maine.edu.

Graduate Programs

Undergraduate Programs

Office of Field Placements and Teacher Preparation

Advising Center and Support Services

  • Faith Erhardt, Director of Undergraduate Academic Advising and Support Services
  • Dominick Varney, Assistant Director of Undergraduate Academic Advising and Support Services

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School of Educational Leadership, Higher Education and Human Development

Child Development and Family Relations

Undergraduate program: Child Development and Family Relations
Graduate program: M.S. in Human Development

Educational Leadership

Graduate programs: M.Ed./Ed.S. program | Doctoral programs

Higher Education

Graduate programs: M.Ed./Ed.S. program | Doctoral program

Peace and Reconciliation Studies

Programs: Undergraduate minor | M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies


School of Kinesiology, Physical Education and Athletic Training

Undergraduate programs: Kinesiology and Physical Education | Exercise Science | Outdoor Leadership | Teaching and Coaching
Graduate programs: M.S./M.Ed. in Kinesiology and Physical Education | Master of Science in Athletic Training

Athletic Training

Kinesiology and Physical Education


School of Learning and Teaching

Undergraduate programs: Elementary Education | Secondary Education
Graduate programs: Prevention and Intervention Studies | PreK-12 Education

Curriculum, Assessment and Instruction

Graduate programs: Curriculum, Assessment and Instruction | Master of Arts in Teaching

Instructional Technology

Graduate programs: Instructional Technology

  • Donna Karno, Program Coordinator and Professor of Early Childhood Education, University of Maine at Farmington
  • Justin Dimmel, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education and Instructional Technology
  • Mia Morrison, Lecturer of Instructional Technology
  • Additional Instructional Technology faculty can be found at UMaineOnline

Literacy, Language and Culture

Graduate programs: M.Ed./Ed.S. program | Doctoral program

Reading Recovery and Comprehensive Literacy

Maine Literacy website

Special Education

Graduate programs: M.Ed./Ed.S. program

Maine Autism Institute for Education and Research (MAIER)

Visit the MAIER website

  • Sarah Howorth, MAIER Director, Assistant Professor of Special Education, Special Education Graduate Programs Coordinator
  • Anica Miller-Rushing, MAIER Research Associate

Maine SEEDS

Visit the Maine SEEDS webpage

STEM Education Research

Graduate programs: STEM Education doctoral program

Research Methodology

  • Janet Fairman, Associate Professor
  • Craig Mason, Professor of Education and Applied Quantitative Methods
  • Shihfen Tu, Professor of Education and Applied Quantitative Methods
  • Ted Coladarci, Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology