Faculty & Staff
Dean’s Office and Administration
For general queries, email coehd@maine.edu.
- Penny Bishop, Dean
- Cait Carter, Dean’s Office Administrative Coordinator
- Ezekiel Kimball, Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Teacher Education
- Jim Artesani, Associate Dean of Graduate Education, Research, and Outreach
- Amy Nadeau, Administrative and Financial Manager
- Casey Kelly, Communications Coordinator
Graduate Programs
- Jim Artesani, Associate Dean of Graduate Education, Research, and Outreach
- Jo-Ellen Carr, Administrative Specialist CL2
Undergraduate Programs
- Ezekiel Kimball, Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Teacher Education
- Nikki Lewis, Recruitment and Student Services Coordinator
- Nicholas Slabyj, Administrative Specialist CL2
Office of Field Placements and Teacher Preparation
- Erin Straine, Director of Field Placements and Teacher Preparation
- Nicholas Slabyj, Administrative Specialist CL2
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
TK-20
- Jared Beal, Accreditation Data Specialist
School of Educational Leadership, Higher Education and Human Development
- Catharine Biddle, School Director
- Asher Reisman, Administrative Specialist CL3
Child Development and Family Relations
Undergraduate program: Child Development and Family Relations
Graduate program: M.S. in Human Development
- Margo Brown, Lecturer and Coordinator of the Katherine M. Durst Child Development Learning Center
- Ian Cameron, Lecturer in Human Development and Family Studies
- Sandra Caron, Professor of Family Relations & Human Sexuality
- Julie DellaMattera, Associate Professor of Early Childhood Development and Education
- Renate Klein, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
- Mary Ellin Logue, Associate Professor Emerita of Early Childhood Education
- Daniel Puhlman, Assistant Professor of Family Studies
- Robert Milardo, Professor Emeritus of Family Relations
- Gary Schilmoeller, Professor Emeritus of Child Development and Family Relations
Educational Leadership
Graduate programs: M.Ed./Ed.S. program | Doctoral programs
- Catharine Biddle, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership
- Esther A. Enright, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership
- Maria Frankland, Lecturer in Educational Leadership
Higher Education
Graduate programs: M.Ed./Ed.S. program | Doctoral program
- Elizabeth Allan, Professor of Higher Education
- Kathleen Gillon, Assistant Professor of Higher Education
- Leah Hakkola, Associate Professor of Higher Education
Peace and Reconciliation Studies
Programs: Undergraduate minor | M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies
- Jason Canniff, Program Coordinator and Lecturer in Peace and Reconciliation Studies
- Hugh Curran, Assistant Professor (part-time)
- Emily Markides, Part-time Faculty
- James Toner, Associate Professor (part-time)
School of Kinesiology, Physical Education and Athletic Training
- Robert Lehnhard, School Director
- Diane Legrande, Administrative Specialist CL2
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
- Christopher Nightingale, Associate Professor of Physical Education and Athletic Training; Athletic Training Program Director
- Alicia Lacy, Assistant Professor of Athletic Training
- Shannon Wright, Assistant Professor of Athletic Training
Kinesiology and Physical Education
- Christopher Nightingale, Associate Professor of Physical Education and Athletic Training; Kinesiology and Physical Education Program Director
- Robert Lehnhard, Professor of Kinesiology and Physical Education
- Shannan Fotter, Lecturer of Kinesiology, Physical Education and Athletic Training
- Lauren Jacobs, Lecturer in Outdoor Leadership
- Jesse Kaye-Schiess, Lecturer in Kinesiology and Physical Education
- Jennifer McNulty, Lecturer in Health Education and Lifespan
- Stephen A. Butterfield, Professor Emeritus of Education and Special Education
- Glenn H. Reif, Professor Emeritus of Physical Education
School of Learning and Teaching
- Shihfen Tu, School Director
- Gail Agrell, Administrative Specialist CL3
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
- Rebecca Buchanan, Associate Professor of Curriculum, Assessment and Instruction
- Vanessa Klein, Associate Professor of Education
- John Maddaus, Associate Professor Emeritus of Education
- Tammy Mills, Senior Lecturer of Education
- Asli Sezen-Barrie, Associate Professor of Curriculum, Assessment and Instruction
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
- Susan Bennett-Armistead, Associate Professor of Literacy and Correll Professorship of Early Literacy
- Debra Lewis Hogate, Maine Partnerships in Comprehensive Literacy Trainer
- Richard Kent, Professor Emeritus of Literacy and Director Emeritus Maine Writing Project
- William Dee Nichols, Professor of Literacy
- Timothy Reagan, Professor of World Language Education
Maine Partnerships in Comprehensive Literacy
- Debra Lewis Hogate, Maine Partnerships in Comprehensive Literacy Trainer
- Katherine Wing, Administrative Specialist CL2
Special Education
Graduate programs: M.Ed./Ed.S. program
- Courtney Angelosante, PBIS Initiative Coordinator
- Jim Artesani, Associate Professor of Special Education
- Melissa J. Cuba, Assistant Professor of Special Education
- Sara Flanagan, Assistant Professor of Special Education
- Sarah Howorth, Associate Professor of Special Education
- Diane Jackson, Principal Lecturer of Special Education
- Janet Spector, Associate Professor Emerita of Special Education
Maine Access to Inclusive Education Resources (MAIER)
Visit the MAIER website
- Sarah Howorth, MAIER Director, Associate Professor of Special Education, Special Education Graduate Programs Coordinator
Maine SEEDS
Visit the Maine SEEDS webpage
- Valerie Smith, Coordinator
STEM Education Research
Graduate programs: STEM Education doctoral program
- Justin Dimmel, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education and Instructional Technology
- Janet Fairman, Associate Professor of Education
- Elizabeth Hufnagel, Associate Professor of Science Education
- Craig Mason, Professor of Education and Applied Quantitative Methods
- Eric Pandiscio, Associate Professor of Math Education
- Asli Sezen-Barrie, Associate Professor of Curriculum, Assessment and Instruction
- Vi Thai, Instructional Technologist
- Shihfen Tu, Professor of Education and Applied Quantitative Methods
Research Methodology
- Janet Fairman, Associate Professor of Education
- 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