Faculty and Staff
Dean’s Office and Administration
For general queries, email coehd@maine.edu.
- Ezekiel Kimball, Interim Dean
- Cait Carter, Dean’s Office Administrative Coordinator
- Justin Dimmel, Associate Dean for Academics and Student Engagement
- Amy Nadeau, Administrative and Financial Manager
- Alison Bartlett, Grants and Contracts Coordinator
- Casey Kelly, Communications Coordinator
Graduate Programs
- Justin Dimmel, Associate Dean for Academics and Student Engagement
- Jo-Ellen Carr, Administrative Specialist
Undergraduate Advising Center and Support Services
- Faith Erhardt, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Student Success
- Dominick Varney, Assistant Director of Undergraduate Academic Advising and Support Services
- Gabriella Fryer, Academic Advisor
Office of Field Placements and Teacher Preparation
- Erin Straine, Director of Field Placements and Teacher Preparation
- Julie Ireland, Field Experience Coordinator
- Jared Beal, Accreditation Data Specialist
- Nicholas Slabyj, Administrative Specialist
Center for Applied Research on Education and Schools (CARES)
- Catharine Biddle, Director
- Nikki Lewis, CARES Research Administrator
- Gert Nesin, Teacher Leader in Residence
- Laura Bean, Mentor Teacher in Residence
- Paul Austin, Leader in Residence
Program Faculty and Staff
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
- Diane Legrande, Administrative Specialist
Child Development and Family Relations
- Jenica Hatch, Lecturer in Early Childhood Education | Coordinator, Katherine M. Durst Child Development Learning Center
- Julie DellaMattera, Associate Professor of Early Childhood Development and Education
- Daniel Puhlman, Assistant Professor of Family Studies
- Sandra Caron, Professor Emerita of Family Relations & Human Sexuality
- Renate Klein, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
- Mary Ellin Logue, Associate Professor Emerita of Early Childhood Education
- Robert Milardo, Professor Emeritus of Family Relations
- Gary Schilmoeller, Professor Emeritus of Child Development and Family Relations
- Asher Reisman, Administrative Specialist
Curriculum, Assessment and Instruction
- 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
- Gail Agrell, Administrative Specialist
Educational Leadership
- Catharine Biddle, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership
- Esther A. Enright, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership
- Maria Frankland, Lecturer in Educational Leadership
- Lindsey J. Kaiser, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership
- Asher Reisman, Administrative Specialist
Higher Education
- Elizabeth Allan, Professor of Higher Education
- Kathleen Gillon, Assistant Professor of Higher Education
- Leah Hakkola, Associate Professor of Higher Education
- Asher Reisman, Administrative Specialist
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
- Gail Agrell, Administrative Specialist
Kinesiology and Physical Education
- 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
- Christopher Nightingale, Associate Professor of Physical Education and Athletic Training
- Stephen A. Butterfield, Professor Emeritus of Education and Special Education
- Glenn H. Reif, Professor Emeritus of Physical Education
- Diane Legrande, Administrative Specialist
Literacy, Language and Culture
- William Dee Nichols, Professor of Literacy
- Timothy Reagan, Professor of World Language Education
- Debra Lewis Hogate, Maine Partnerships in Comprehensive Literacy Trainer
- Richard Kent, Professor Emeritus of Literacy and Director Emeritus Maine Writing Project
- Gail Agrell, Administrative Specialist
Maine Partnerships in Comprehensive Literacy | Maine Literacy website
- Debra Lewis Hogate, Maine Partnerships in Comprehensive Literacy Trainer
- Nicholas Slabyj, Administrative Specialist
Peace and Reconciliation Studies (We are not accepting new students for these programs at this time. We apologize for the inconvenience)
- 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)
- Asher Reisman, Administrative Specialist
Special Education
- Courtney Angelosante, PBIS Initiative Coordinator
- Jim Artesani, Associate Professor of Special Education (Retired)
- Melissa J. Cuba, Assistant Professor of Special Education
- Sara Flanagan, Assistant Professor of Special Education
- Sarah Howorth, Associate Professor of Special Education
- Joo Young Lee, Assistant Professor of Special Education
- Krystle Merry, Lecturer in Special Education
- Janet Spector, Associate Professor Emerita of Special Education
- Gail Agrell, Administrative Specialist
Maine Access to Inclusive Education Resources (MAIER) | MAIER website
- Sarah Howorth, MAIER Director, Associate Professor of Special Education, Special Education Graduate Programs Coordinator
Maine SEEDS | Maine SEEDS webpage
- Valerie Smith, Coordinator
Research Methodology
- Kamal Chawla, Assistant Professor of Education and Applied Quantitative Methods
- 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
- Gail Agrell, Administrative Specialist
STEM Education Research
- 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
- Vi Thai, Instructional Technologist
- Shihfen Tu, Professor of Education and Applied Quantitative Methods
- Gail Agrell, Administrative Specialist