Andrew Mark Abernathy

Office of the Dean

Communications Specialist

Office: 239 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-2625
Email: amaberna@olemiss.edu

Andrew Mark Abernathy is the communications specialist for the UM School of Education. A former magazine editor and freelance journalist, Abernathy handles a variety of responsibilities including news releases, development of marketing materials, social media and project management. He and his wife live in Oxford.

Dorothy Lou Aldridge

Department of Teacher Education

Adjunct Instructor in Teacher Education

Office: 328 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7350
Email: da1@olemiss.edu

Joel C Amidon

Department of Teacher Education

Assistant Professor of Secondary Education

Office: 323 Guyton
Phone: (662) 915-7588
Email: jcamidon@olemiss.edu
Website: http://amidonplanet.com

Assistant Professor of Secondary Education, Joel completed his doctoral studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His specialization is in mathematics education and the improvement of pedagogy to address issues of equity and diversity.

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RoSusan Bartee

Department of Leadership & Counselor Education

Professor of Leadership & Counselor Education and Program Coordinator

Office: 133 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7636
Email: rdbartee@olemiss.edu

Dr. RoSusan D. Bartee is currently a professor in the Department of Leadership and Counselor Education at the University of Mississippi. Dr. Bartee teaches foundation courses in K-12 leadership education. Dr. Bartee's research interests include areas related to equity and access in public education. Dr. Bartee received her Ph.D. in Education Policy Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Masters of Arts in Liberal Studies from Northwestern University and Bachelor of Arts in English from Tougaloo College.

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Susan Bennett

Department of Teacher Education

Assistant Professor of Teacher Education

Office: Guyton Hall
Phone: (813) 368-0636
Email: sbennett@olemiss.edu

Sarah Blackwell

Department of Teacher Education

Associate Professor of Elementary Education

Office: 307 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-5037
Email: sblackwe@olemiss.edu

Nichelle Boyd

Department of Teacher Education

Associate Professor of Teacher Education

Office: Desoto Center
Phone: (662) 342-4765
Email: ncboyd@olemiss.edu

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Stacey Britton

Department of Teacher Education

Assistant Professor of Secondary Education

Office: Desoto Center
Phone: (662) 342-4765
Email: sbritton@olemiss.edu

Assistant Professor of Secondary Education, Dr. Britton received her Ph.D at the University of Georgia. Stacey's background and expertise is in science education and qualitative research.

Dennis Bunch

Department of Leadership & Counselor Education

Assistant Professor of Leadership & Counselor Education

Office: 131 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-5771
Email: dbunch@olemiss.edu

Dennis Bunch is an assistant professor of K-12 Educational Leadership. Dr. Bunch received his Ed.D. from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, his M.Ed. from the University of Arkansas and his B.S.E. from Arkansas State University. He has worked in public schools in Missouri, Arkansas and Tennessee as a classroom teacher, coach, principal and superintendent. Dr. Bunch serves on the National Advisory Committee for ETS in the redesign of the School Leaders Licensure Assessment.

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Amber Carpenter-McCullough

Department of Teacher Education

Assistant Professor of Teacher Education

Office: 222 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 342-4765
Email: ajmccoll@olemiss.edu

Debby Chessin

Department of Teacher Education

Professor of Teacher Education, Coordinator of Service Learning and Study Abroad

Office: 301 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-5878
Email: dchessin@olemiss.edu

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Kim Chrestman

Department of Leadership & Counselor Education

Senior Staff Assistant Leadership & Counselor Education

Office: 120 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7069
Email: kimchres@olemiss.edu

Larry Christman

Department of Teacher Education

Adjunct Instructor in Teacher Education

Office: Field Station/CWWR
Phone: (662) 915-5479
Email: lchristm@olemiss.edu

Sharon Clemmer

Department of Teacher Education

Graduate Activities Assistant

Office: 336 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-5986
Email: sclemmer@olemiss.edu

Kelli Cofer

Office of the Dean

Senior Administrative Secretary

Office: 222 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7063
Email: kgmesser@olemiss.edu

Holly Coffey

Department of Teacher Education

Administrative Assistant

Office: 330 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-8984
Email: hcoffey@olemiss.edu

Paula Cox

Department of Leadership & Counselor Education

Adjunct Professor of Leadership & Counselor Education

Office: Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7069
Email: plcox1@olemiss.edu

Douglas R Davis

Department of Leadership & Counselor Education

Associate Professor of Leadership & Counselor Education

Office: 125 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-1459
Email: drdavis@olemiss.edu

Douglas R. Davis, Ph.D is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership. His main areas of expertise and research are teacher assessment and professional development, the preparation of educational leaders, and history and philosophy of education. Dr. Davis has published in many educational journals and has presented at over fifty scholarly and professional conferences. He is currently the Editor of The Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education and is past president of the Society of Philosophy and History of Education. He was a public high school social studies teacher and coach in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for seven years.

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Suzanne Degges-White

Department of Leadership & Counselor Education

Associate Professor of Leadership & Counselor Education

Office: 142 Guyton
Phone: (662) 915-1946
Email: sdegges@olemiss.edu

Associate Professor of Leadership and Counselor Education, Dr. Degges-White received her Ph.D. at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She specializes in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.

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Britt Dickens

Department of Leadership & Counselor Education

Adjunct Professor of Leadership & Counselor Education

Office: 222 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7069
Email: bdickens@olemiss.edu

Katherine Drinkwater

Department of Teacher Education

Administrative Secretary

Office: 316 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7350
Email: kdobson@olemiss.edu

Amy Wells Dolan

Office of the Dean

Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Leadership & Counselor Education

Office: 219 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-5710
Email: aewells@olemiss.edu

Amy Wells Dolan is an associate dean and an associate professor of Higher Education. She was a UM Faculty Research Fellow for 2006-07. She has professional experience in student affairs administration and fundraising. Her research interests include higher education history; specifically the development of southern research universities and the collegiate extra curriculum. She earned her Ph.D. in Higher Education from the University of Kentucky, her masters degree in Higher Education Administration from Kent State University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Transylvania University.

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Nancy Douglas

Department of Teacher Education

Adjunct Instructor in Teacher Education

Office: 306 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7620
Email: douglasn@olemiss.edu

William Fennell

Student Advising and Field Experience

Academic Counselor

Office: 109 Guyton Annex
Phone: (662) 915-7392
Email: wpfennel@olemiss.edu

Ellen J Foster

Department of Teacher Education

Assistant Professor of Teacher Education

Office: 325 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-3760
Email: ejfoster@olemiss.edu

Dr. Foster received her Ph.D. in Geography - Geographic Education from Texas State University-San Marcos. She taught high school social studies for nine years in the Greater San Antonio area upon completion of her M.A. in Teaching from Trinity University. Dr. Foster has also served as an adjunct geography instructor in the Alamo Community College District.

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Betty Gary

Department of Teacher Education

Adjunct Instructor in Teacher Education

Office: 302 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7283
Email: bgary@olemiss.edu

Lane Gauthier

Department of Teacher Education

Associate Professor of Teacher Education

Office: 203 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-2005
Email: gauthier@olemiss.edu

Dr. Gauthier has taught in public schools at both the elementary and secondary levels, in addition to serving as an educational diagnostician. Before accepting his present position at the University of Mississippi, he was a member of the faculty at East Central University (OK) and the University of Houston. His main research focus is Reading Comprehension, an area in which he has published a number of articles in professional journals, including The Reading Teacher, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, Intervention in School and Clinic, and Reading Horizons.

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Mary Hale

Department of Teacher Education

Adjunct Instructor in Teacher Education

Office: 222 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7350
Email: mhale@olemiss.edu

Larry Hanshaw

Department of Teacher Education

Professor of Secondary Science Education

Office: 338 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7587
Email: lhanshaw@olemiss.edu

Larry G. Hanshaw is Professor of Secondary Science Education at the University of Mississippi. He earned his B.S. in Chemistry at Tougaloo College, his M.Ed. in Natural Science (Chemistry) & Education from the University of Delaware, and his Ph.D. in Science Education (Chemistry) from the University of Southern Mississippi. Dr. Hanshaw's research interests include cooperative group testing, curriculum issues in science education, and the improvement of the preparation of teachers. Dr. Hanshaw has authored numerous journal articles, a book, and reviews manuscripts for professional journals in education and science.

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Maxine Harper

Center for Educational Research and Evaluation

Interim Director of the Center for Educational Research and Evaluation and Clinical Assistant Professor

Office: 134 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-6729
Email: mharper@olemiss.edu

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Katherine Hermann

Department of Leadership & Counselor Education

Clinical Assistant Professor of Counseling

Office: 126 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-2342
Email: khermann@olemiss.edu

Clinical Assistant Professor of Leadership and Counselor Education, Dr. Hermann received her Ph.D. in Counselor Education from The College of William and Mary. She specializes in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.

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Jessey Higdon

Department of Teacher Education

Adjunct Instructor in Teacher Education

Office: Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7350
Email: jrhigdo2@olemiss.edu

John Holleman

Department of Leadership & Counselor Education

Clinical Assistant Professor of Leadership and Program Coordinator

Office: 106 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7198
Email: holleman@olemiss.edu
Website: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jholleman/

John Holleman, Ed.D. is Clinical Assistant Professor of Leadership & Counselor Education, Practicum Director and Program Coordinator for the Higher Education/Student Personnel program.

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Kerry Holmes

Department of Teacher Education

Associate Professor of Elementary Education

Office: 318 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7586
Email: kholmes@olemiss.edu

Carol Hopkins

Office of the Dean

Assistant to the Dean

Office: 202 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-2004
Email: grcmh@olemiss.edu

Timothy D Letzring

Department of Leadership & Counselor Education

Chair and Associate Professor of Leadership & Counselor Education

Office: 117 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7070
Email: tdl@olemiss.edu

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Carol Livingston

Department of Teacher Education

Assistant Professor of Teacher Education

Office: 328 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7098
Email: cvliving@olemiss.edu

Fannye Love

Department of Teacher Education

Interim Dean of Desoto Center and Professor of Teacher Education

Office: Desoto Center
Phone: (662) 342-4765
Email: flove@olemiss.edu

Diane Lawrence Lowry

Department of Teacher Education

Instructor in Teacher Education, Special Education Program Coordinator

Office: 335 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-5753
Email: dlowry@olemiss.edu

Dr. Lowry is currently the Special Education Coordinator teaching both undergraduate and graduate level courses in special education and reading. She has a masters in special education from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a doctoral degree from the University of Mississippi.

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Susan McClelland

Department of Teacher Education

Interim Chair of Teacher Education, Principal Corps Director and Associate Professor of Leadership & Counselor Education

Office: 317 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7350
Email: ssmc@olemiss.edu

Susan McClelland is an associate professor of K-12 leadership education. Dr. McClelland received her Ph.D. and M.Ed. from the University of Mississippi and her B.S. from Blue Mountain College. She has worked in public schools in Mississippi as a classroom teacher, building level and district level administrator. Dr. McClelland directs the Principal Prep Redesign effort for Educational Leadership.

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Kerry Brian Melear

Department of Leadership & Counselor Education

Associate Professor of Leadership & Counselor Education

Office: 107 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-5016
Email: kbm@olemiss.edu

Kerry Brian Melear is Associate Professor of Higher Education. His areas of expertise include college and university legal, financial, and public policy concerns, and he actively publishes and presents in those areas. He teaches courses in higher education law, finance, human resources, and international higher education. Dr. Melear was honored to receive the University of Mississippi School of Education's Researcher of the Year Award in 2007 and 2010. He has worked as an auditor for a Big Six accounting firm, a research associate (doctoral fellow) with the Florida Postsecondary Education Planning Commission, a higher education policy analyst with the Florida Legislature, and a member of the graduate faculty of two universities. He is a member of the Author's Committee of West's Education Law Reporter, the Book Review Editor for the Journal of Law and Education, a Regional Reporter (state higher education cases) for the School Law Reporter, and was for seven years the editor of The College Administrator and the Courts, a quarterly publication briefing legal cases of interest to university attorneys, administrators, and legal researchers. Dr. Melear is the Education Law Association's Director of Membership for the State of Mississippi, and is a former member of the Advisory Board of the University of Mississippi's Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and the Board of Directors of the Oxford-Lafayette County Literacy Council. He is a member of the Education Law Association, the Council on Law in Higher Education, the Association for the Study of Higher Education, and the American Educational Research Association.

Cindy Misita

Student Advising and Field Experience

Coordinator of Field Experience

Office: 115 Guyton Annex
Phone: (662) 915-7352
Email: cdmisita@olemiss.edu

Elizabeth Mitchell

Department of Teacher Education

Adjunct Instructor in Teacher Education

Office: Booneville Campus
Phone: (662) 720-7781
Email: eamitche@olemiss.edu

Ann Monroe

Department of Teacher Education

Assistant Professor of Education, Elementary Education Program Coordinator

Office: 308 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-5250
Email: amonroe@olemiss.edu

Ann Monroe serves as Assistant Professor of Elementary Education in The Department of Teacher Education. Dr. Monroe is also the lead instructor for The Mississippi Teacher Corps' initial summer training program. She has taught in The School of Education since 2003. Previously, Dr. Monroe was a third grade teacher with the Hamilton County School System in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She received her Bachelor's Degree from The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, her Master's from The University of Mississippi, and her Doctor of Education Degree from The University of Mississippi.

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Jerilou Moore

Department of Teacher Education

Associate Professor of Teacher Education

Office: 333 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7622
Email: jjmoore@olemiss.edu

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Virginia J Moore

Department of Teacher Education

Assistant Professor of Elementary Education

Office: Tupelo Center
Phone: (662) 690-6260
Email: vjmoore@olemiss.edu

Assistant Professor of Elementary Education joins the faculty in August of this year. Dr. Moore will be teaching elementary education courses at the Ole Miss Tupelo campus. She received her Doctorate in Teacher Education from The University of Mississippi. Dr. Moore has served as a Reading Interventionist and Elementary Teacher for Lafayette County Schools in Oxford, MS, for seventeen years as well as serving as a Clinical Instructor with Ole Miss. She has co-authored several articles, presented at numerous national, state, and local conferences, and served on several grant-writing teams for state and local grants.

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Michael Mott

Department of Teacher Education

Assistant Professor of Teacher Education

Office: Tupelo Center
Phone: (662) 397-0077
Email: msmott@olemiss.edu

Michael S. Mott, Ph.D., M.S.
The University of Mississippi
Department of Teacher Education

Office: Advanced Education Center 108
Phone: 662-397-0077
E-mail: msmott@olemiss.edu
Web: http://www.olemiss.edu

Michael Mott is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Teacher Education at The University of Mississippi. Dr. Mott teaches courses in literacy and science methods and conducts research in educational assessment. Dr. Mott received his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi, a Masters of Science in Elementary and Early Childhood Education from Bank Street College of Education in New York City and a Bachelors of Art in Political Science from Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York. Dr. Mott has authored four textbooks (published by Pearson, TouchSmart and JWP Professional), a textbook chapter for an international book (IGI International), numerous research publications in peer reviewed journals (Journal of Early Childhood Research & Practice, Science Scope, Journal of Disability & Rehabilitation, Journal of Literacy and Technology and the Journal of STEM Education among others), and has presented at regional, national and international conferences on assessment, literacy, science education, teaching methodology and educational foundations. Dr. Mott is Primary Investigator of the Phillips SchoolVision and University of Mississippi-Tupelo Research Project as well as P.I. on other small-scale grants. Following ten years of employment as an elementary school teacher in the New York City Public Schools and The Lowell School in Washington, DC, Dr. Mott worked in higher education, as a Lecturer, Assistant and University Professor of Education. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Mississippi, Dr. Mott was a literacy education consultant for the Prairie Hills Elementary School District in South Suburban Chicago for ten years where he led a team of literacy professionals in spearheading district-wide improvement in reading achievement. He also served as a consultant at the Adler Planetarium where he designed, administrated and evaluated large-scale funded projects in graduate-level science literacy and earth and space science teacher education with partners including the Chicago Public Schools and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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Andrew P Mullins, Jr.

Mississippi Teacher Corps

Chief of Staff to the Chancellor, Associate Professor of Leadership & Counselor Education and Co-Director of the Mississippi Teacher Corps

Office: Chancellor's Office, Lyceum
Phone: (662) 915-7064
Email: amullins@olemiss.edu

Ryan Niemeyer

Mississippi Teacher Corps

Assistant Professor of Leadership & Counselor Education and Co-Director of the Mississippi Teacher Corps

Office: 207 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7154
Email: srniemey@olemiss.edu

Dr. Niemeyer is an Assistant Professor of K-12 Educational Leadership and currently serves as the Co-director of the Mississippi Teacher Corps as well as the Coordinator of Recruitment and Outreach for the School of Education. Dr. Niemeyer represents the academic departments within the School of Education involving recruitment efforts for both undergraduate and graduate programs. Prior to his current administrative role, he served as the Director of the University of Mississippi Grenada Center for three years. His main area of expertise and research are in the areas of educational law and policy. He is currently the editor of monthly legal updates for the Safe, Orderly, and Productive School Institute that are distributed to school districts throughout the states of Mississippi and Arkansas. Dr. Niemeyer is a member of the Education Law Association (ELA) and the Southern Political Science Association. Dr. Niemeyer has ten years of experience as a former teacher and administrator in both public and private schools in the state of Mississippi. He also served over 14 years in the Mississippi Army National Guard achieving the rank of Captain. Dr. Niemeyer received his Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from the University of Mississippi and a Master of Education in Educational Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Sports Administration from the University of Southern Mississippi.

Rosemary Oliphant-Ingham

Department of Teacher Education

Professor of Teacher Education and Coordinator of Secondary Education

Office: 331 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7589
Email: ringham@olemiss.edu

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Mark Ortwein

Department of Teacher Education

Assistant Professor of Teacher Education

Office: DeSoto Center
Phone: (405) 474-8395
Email: mortwein@olemiss.edu
Website: http://www.markortwein.com

Mark Ortwein began his career in education at Chetopa High School in Chetopa, Kansas. Here he taught language arts to grades 7-12, as well as 8th grade civics and yearbook. Having completed (and loved) three years of teaching-and an MS in teaching at Pittsburg State University (2007) along the way-he chose to pursue his PhD in Teacher Education at Texas A&M University. At A&M professor Ortwein developed his present research agenda in the philosophy of education and curriculum theory-especially in the areas of knowledge and virtue epistemology. He presently holds the title of Assistant Professor of Teacher Education at The University of Mississippi.

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Sherry Owens

Department of Teacher Education

Adjunct Instructor in Teacher Education

Office: Desoto Center
Phone: (662) 342-4765
Email: slowens@olemiss.edu

Jackie Parker

World Class Teaching Program

Instructor and Coordinator of World Class Teaching Program

Office: Insight Park
Phone: (662) 915-7138
Email: jfparker@olemiss.edu

Donna Patterson

Student Advising and Field Experience

Senior Academic Counselor

Office: 108 Guyton Annex
Phone: (662) 915-5154
Email: dpatters@olemiss.edu

James S. Payne

Department of Teacher Education

Professor of Special Education

Office: 322 Guyton Hall
Phone: (800) 514-7626
Email: edjp@olemiss.edu

James S. Payne is Professor of Special Education at The University of Mississippi. He served as the Dean of the School of Education from 1985 to 1996. Prior to being a Dean, he was a faculty member for 15 years at The University of Virginia. He received his doctorate, with honors, from The University of Kansas in 1970 and in 2003 he was a senior lecturer and taught for one year at Dokuz Eylul University in Izmir, Turkey, as a Fulbright Scholar.
Dr. Payne is a nationally recognized speaker, trainer and writer. He has authored and co-authored numerous articles in professional journals and over 25 books, three of which were the largest selling books in their respective areas. He developed The PeopleWise Series Planners, designed to help children, teens and adults stay focused and organized and The PeopleWise Profile System, which is a self-scoring instrument that helps individuals understand themselves and others. His first book in the PeopleWise Series of Books , PeopleWise Brain-to-Brain, was featured at the Book Expo of America, June 2004, the second book, PeopleWise Putting: Get Your Brain in the Game, was published in 2005 and featured at the PGA Expo, January 2006, and the third book PeopleWise Selling! The Art of Selling Brain to Brain was released in 2006. In 2008 a training program including DVD, workbook, and instructor's guide was released by National Professional Resources. The training program is entitled 8 Steps to Captivating an Audience. In 2010, Dr Payne's first eBook was published Life just Before Death and in 2011 the second book on putting was released, So You Think You Can't Putt.

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Kaye Pepper

Office of the Dean

Director of Assessment and Associate Professor of Teacher Education

Office: 210 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-3996
Email: kpepper@olemiss.edu

Currently teaches research courses for the Departments of Teacher Education and Educational Leadership. Primary interest is use of program evaluation results as an impetus for change. Positions held include evaluator for grant projects, teacher and principal in elementary schools, as well as curriculum coordinator for Choctaw Tribal Schools; and legislative monitor for state organizations.

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Stacie Pettit

Department of Teacher Education

Assistant Professor of Teacher Education

Office: Grenada Center
Phone: (662) 277-3393
Email: skpetti1@olemiss.edu

Stacie Pettit holds a Ph.D. in Middle School Education from the University of Georgia. She holds a M.Ed. in Middle School Education from Augusta State University. Her undergraduate Middle School Education degree from the University of Georgia included concentrations in mathematics and language arts education. She holds K-12 gifted and English to Speakers of Other Languages certifications. She taught in suburban and urban public schools for seven years. Her research focuses on teacher beliefs concerning English Language Learners, mathematics education, and middle grades education.

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Robert Plants

Department of Teacher Education

Adjunct Instructor in Teacher Education

Office: 222 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7063
Email: bplants@olemiss.edu

Dr. Plants teaching and professional interests focus on effective integration of technology in teaching and learning in K12 and teacher education. Additional interests include online learning, mobile technologies, technology and computational thinking, and related research. He is a current member of the Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education. As a graduate of the School's teacher education program, Dr. Plants returned to the university after serving at the Center for the Study of Learning, Instruction, and Teacher Development as Senior Research Associate where he was involved with studies of best practices of teacher education and technology. Additionally, he has served at Vanderbilt University's Learning Technology Center as Project Manager for the school's Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology Grant (PT3). He began his career as Research Associate in the Center for the Study of Educational Policy at the University of Memphis. He holds an Ed.D. (2000) in Instructional Design and Technology from the University of Memphis.

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Clay Pounds

Office of the Dean

Network Administrator

Office: 213 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-5221
Email: capounds@olemiss.edu

Clay is the Network Administrator for the UM School of Education. A Management Information Systems graduate and former Senior Helpdesk Consultant with the UM Office of Information Technology, he handles a variety of responsibilities including classroom technology maintenance, web development, mobile software development, and systems administration. Pounds and his wife live in Oxford.

Kelley Robinson

Student Advising and Field Experience

Senior Secretary

Office: Office: 112 Guyton Annex
Phone: Phone: (662) 915-738
Email: karobin1@olemiss.edu

David Rock

Office of the Dean

Dean of School of Education and Professor of Teacher Education

Office: 223 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7063
Email: rock@olemiss.edu
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/edfd209/

Dr. David Rock is the Dean of the School of Education at the University of Mississippi. He received his B.S. in Mathematics from Vanderbilt University, M.A. in Mathematics Education from the University of Central Florida, and Ed. D. in Teacher Education from the University of Central Florida. Dr. Rock has taught mathematics in Florida and Mississippi at the middle and high school level. He has conducted a multitude of educational workshops and seminars at local, state, and national conferences in which his goal is to increase interest and enthusiasm of the teaching and learning of mathematics. He is the developer of the Internet Math Contests (http://mathcontest.olemiss.edu), which encourages students to utilize the Internet to solve challenging mathematics problems from across the globe. David has also co-authored 15 books including Teaching Secondary Mathematics (2006), Scratch Your Brain Where It Itches (2001, 2006, 2008), and Teaching K-6 Mathematics (2003).

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Sidney T Rowland

Department of Teacher Education

Assistant Dean for Support of Undergraduate Programs and Associate Professor of Teacher Education

Office: 206 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7738
Email: srowland@olemiss.edu

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Angela Rutherford

CELI & Willie Price Lab School

Associate Professor of Teacher Education, Director of CELI, and Director of Willie Price Lab School

Office: 244 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7625
Email: araines@olemiss.edu

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Joey Rutherford

Center for Educational Research and Evaluation

Project Coordinator - Center for Educational Research & Evaluation

Office: 124 Guyton
Phone: (662) 915-7021
Email: glruther@olemiss.edu

Susan Scott

North Mississippi Education Consortium

Program/Education Assistant and Instructor in Teacher Education

Office: 227 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7763
Email: sscott@olemiss.edu

Marilyn Snow

Department of Leadership & Counselor Education

Associate Professor of Leadership & Counselor Education, Graduate Coordinator, and Director of Child Advocacy and Play Therapy Institute

Office: 163A Insight Park
Phone: (662) 915-1363
Email: mssnow@olemiss.edu

Marilyn Snow is an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of Counselor Education. Dr. Snow is a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor and a member of the Board of Directors of the Association for Play Therapy. Dr. Snow has a Ph.D. from Georgia State University and is a nationally certified and state licensed counselor.

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Alice Steimle

Center for Mathematics & Science Education

Associate Director - Center for Mathematics and Science Education

Office: Jackson Avenue Center, Suite G
Phone: (662) 915-6621
Email: asteimle@olemiss.edu
Website: http://cmse.olemiss.edu

C.L. Stevenson

North Mississippi Education Consortium

Co-Director, North Mississippi Education Consortium

Office: 234 Guyton Hall
Phone: 662) 915-7763
Email: clsteven@olemiss.edu

Co-Director of the North Mississippi Education Consortium
B.S. in Industrial Arts from Mississippi State University
M.A. in Educational Leadership from The University of Mississippi
Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from The University of Mississippi

Kevin Stoltz

Department of Leadership & Counselor Education

Associate Professor of Leadership & Counselor Education

Office: 109 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-5376
Email: kstoltz@olemiss.edu

Kevin Stoltz is an associate professor in the Department of Leadership & Counselor Education. He completed his Ph.D. at Georgia State University. His research interests include career counseling and development, processes of change and Adlerian psychology. Dr. Stoltz is a national certified counselor and licenced professional counselor.

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Joe Sumrall

Department of Teacher Education

Professor of Elementary Education and Coordinator of Undergraduate Programs

Office: 320 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-5310
Email: sumrall@olemiss.edu

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Judith Thompson

Department of Teacher Education

Visiting Assistant Professor of Elementary Education

Office: 305 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-6786
Email: jgthomps@olemiss.edu

A native of Louisville, MS. earned a B.S. in elementary education, a master in early childhood education, a master in educational leadership, and a doctorate in Teacher Education from the University of MS. Presently she is employed with the University of MS as an Assistant Professor of Teacher Education in the School of Education. She has served as faculty member in the School of Education for the past three (3) years and four (4) years as an IHL faculty for the Barksdale Reading Institute. Previously, Dr. Thompson served as a first and second grade teacher, assistant principal and retired from Oxford Elementary School as a principal in Oxford, Mississippi. She in now serving in various capacities with organizations such as Boys & Girls Club, Leap Frog, Lafayette County School Board, MS PTA Board, Baptist Memorial Hospital Community Advisory Board, and AKA Sorority.

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Roy Thurston

Department of Teacher Education

Assistant Professor of Special Education

Office: 321 Guyton
Phone: (662) 915-1781
Email: rthursto@olemiss.edu

Assistant Professor of Special Education, Dr. Thurston received his Ph.D. from the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. His area of research is in traumatic brain Injury and neuroscience applications in Education.

Michelle Wallace

Department of Leadership & Counselor Education

Graduate Activities Assistant

Office: 120 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-2020
Email: mlwallac@olemiss.edu

Whitney Webb

Student Advising and Field Experience

Assistant Dean for Certification and Assistant Professor of Leadership & Counselor Education

Office: 107 Guyton Annex
Phone: (662) 915-7906
Email: whitdt@olemiss.edu

Assistant Dean and Certification Officer Assistant Professor of Leadership & Counselor Education Ph.D. Educational Leadership, Higher Education from The University of Mississippi-1997 M.Ed. Higher Education/Student Personnel from The University of Mississippi-1995 B.A. Communications from North Carolina State University-1991

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Cecil Weeks

North Mississippi Education Consortium

Co-Director, North Mississippi Education Consortium

Office: 233 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7763
Email: cweeks@olemiss.edu

Co-Director, North Mississippi Education Consortium
B.S. Mississippi State University
M.Ed. Mississippi State University
Ed.D. Mississippi State University

Thea Hayes Williams-Black

Department of Teacher Education

Associate Professor in Teacher Education, Coordinator for Master of Literacy Program

Office: 303 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 259-7915
Email: twhayes@olemiss.edu

Associate Professor of Teacher Education is currently teaching literacy and gifted education courses to graduate and undergraduate candidates. She has served as Director of PreCollegiate Learner Programs and Adjunct Professor for the Center for Gifted Education at The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA as well as Assistant Professor of Literacy Education at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, LA. Dr. Williams-Black received her Doctorate of Philosophy in Curriculum & Instruction with an emphasis area in Literacy Education and Cognates in Educational Administration and Gifted Education from The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS.

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Kelvin Willingham

Student Advising and Field Experience

Academic Counselor

Office: 110 Guyton Annex
Phone: (662) 915-7906
Email: kswillin@olemiss.edu

Lori A Wolff

Department of Leadership & Counselor Education

Professor of Leadership & Counselor Education

Office: 139 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-5791
Email: lawolff@olemiss.edu

Lori A. Wolff is a professor of Leadership & Counselor Education with teaching emphasis in higher education and statistics research. She received her J.D. and Ph.D. from Saint Louis University and Masters and Bachelors from Creighton University. Prior to serving as a full time faculty member, Dr. Wolff had extensive experience in student affairs administration.

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Smitty Horne Wood

Office of the Dean

Systems Analyst II

Office: 228 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-2007
Email: swood@olemiss.edu

Tabitha Young

Department of Leadership & Counselor Education

Assistant Professor of Leadership & Counselor Education

Office: 143 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7816
Email: tlyoung1@olemiss.edu

Dr. Tabitha Young currently serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of Mississippi. She obtained her Doctorate of Philosophy in Counselor Education 2010, and is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with the state of Florida and a Licensed Associate Counselor with the state of Arkansas. Since graduation with her Master's in 2004, she has worked as a mental health counselor for couples, families, and individuals in inpatient, outpatient, home-based, and school settings. Dr. Young's research interests include counselor development, outcome-based studies, empirically based treatments (viz. MI, CBT, & MBCT), group counseling, spirituality in counseling, and process addictions.

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Karen Davidson Smith

Department of Teacher Education

Clinical Assistant Professor of Teacher Education

Office: Desoto Campus
Phone: (662) 342-4765
Email: kvdavids@olemiss.edu

Clinical Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, Dr. Smith received her Ph.D. from Mississippi State University. Dr. Smith's research interests are in the areas of early literacy, teacher stress, and the middle level environment.

Allan Bellman

Department of Teacher Education

Associate Professor of Mathematics Education

Office: 327 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-5309
Email: abellman@olemiss.edu

Associate Professor of Mathematics Education, Dr. Bellman received his Ph.D. at the University of California Davis, and a mathematics teaching credential while a student at Duke University. His specialization is in classroom-level, assessment-driven instruction and technology in the teaching and learning of mathematics.

Otis W Pickett

Department of Teacher Education

Clinical Assistant Professor of Teacher Education

Office: Tupelo Campus
Phone: (662) 844-5622
Email: owpicket@olemiss.edu
Website: http://news.olemiss.edu/otis-pickett/

Clinical Assistant Professor of Teacher Education, Pickett completed his Ph.D. in History at the University of Mississippi. He specializes in the history of education in the U.S. South, race, religion and interracial interaction through nineteenth century mission schools for enslaved African Americans and Native Americans in South Carolina and Mississippi.

Pickett holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Mississippi, an M.A. in History from the College of Charleston and The Citadel, an M.A.T.S. from Covenant Seminary and a B.A. in History from Clemson University. Since 2008, Pickett has taught education and history courses at both the university and secondary levels. He has also taught 12th grade civics, government and Mississippi studies.

Finally, Pickett is an award winning scholar (http://history.olemiss.edu/2013/01/08/otis-w-pickett-wins-award-for-article/) and was the recipient of the 2009-2010 Graduate Instructor Excellence in Teaching Award at the University of Mississippi for his passion in combining historical training and social studies methods courses in the School of Education.

You can follow him on Twitter @OtisWPickett

Katie Naron

Department of Teacher Education

Adjunct Instructor in Teacher Education

Office: 306 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7620
Email: mkyarbo1@olemiss.edu

Svjetlana Curcic

Department of Teacher Education

Assistant Professor of Special Education

Office: Tupelo Campus
Phone: (662) 844-5622
Email: scurcic@olemiss.edu

Assistant Professor of Special Education, Dr. Svjetlana (Lana) Curcic received her Ph.D. in Special Education from Michigan State University. Her research on literacy, technology, and culture focuses particularly on students with learning disabilities and second language learners.

Renee Cunningham

Department of Teacher Education

Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education

Office: Tupelo Campus
Phone: (662) 844-5622
Email: prhillcu@olemiss.edu

Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education, Ms. Hill-Cunningham will receive her Ed.D. from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in August 2012. She specializes in preparing teachers to teach mathematics to elementary students.

Qiang Cheng

Department of Teacher Education

Assistant Professor of Elementary Education

Office: Desoto Campus
Phone: (662) 342-4765
Email: qcheng@olemiss.edu

Assistant Professor of Elementary Education, Dr. Qiang (Andy) Cheng received his Ph.D. in Teacher Education from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He specializes in mathematics education and in analyzing large-scale data sets to address current issues in education.

Crystal Hodges Payne

Department of Teacher Education

Adjunct Professor of Teacher Education

Office: Tupelo Campus
Phone: (662) 844-5622
Email: cmpayne@olemiss.edu

Sydney Margaret Holbert

Department of Teacher Education

Adjunct Instructor of Teacher Education

Office: Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7350
Email: smholber@go.olemiss.edu

Connie Walton

Department of Teacher Education

Adjunct Instructor of Teacher Education

Office: Booneville Campus
Phone: (662) 720-7781
Email: cdwalto1@olemiss.edu

Marvin Williams

Office of the Dean

Producer/Director

Office: Insight Park
Phone: (662) 915-7063
Email: mfwillia@olemiss.edu

Kathleen Sullivan

Office of the Dean

Visiting Professor

Office: 201 Guyton Hall
Phone:
Email: ksull@olemiss.edu

Represents the School of Education in the research component of Excel by 5, a Lafayette County - Oxford - University community-based early development project. Assists with other research-related SOE work.

Tom Burnham

Principal Corps

Interim Director of Principal Corps and Adjunct Professor

Office: 7069 Insight Park
Phone: (662) 915-2432
Email: tburnham@olemiss.edu

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Ayana Johnson

Office of the Dean

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Office: 224 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-5710
Email: ammccoy@olemiss.edu

Jeanel Carmona

Mississippi Teacher Corps

Program Assistant

Office: 226 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-5224
Email: jkcarmon@olemiss.edu

Claire Richards

North Mississippi Education Consortium

Secretary

Office: 236 Guyton Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7763
Email: claire@olemiss.edu

Julie S James

Center for Mathematics & Science Education

CMSE Coordinator of Professional Development

Office: Jackson Avenue Center, Suite G
Phone: (662) 915-6621
Email: jjames1@olemiss.edu
Website: http://cmse.olemiss.edu

Brandi Hephner Labanc

Department of Leadership & Counselor Education

Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Associate Professor of Leadership And Counselor Education

Office: 238 Lyceum
Phone: (662) 915-5050
Email: bhl@olemiss.edu

Dr. Hephner LaBanc received her Ed.D. from Northern Illinois University (NIU). Before joining The University of Mississippi, she served as the Associate Vice President for Student Affairs as well as the Assistant Vice President for Planning and Operations at NIU. In addition to her time at NIU, Hephner LaBanc's background includes an accounting degree and work with Merrill Lynch prior to graduate study in Higher Education Administration at Kent State University. Since that time, she has served students in multiple administrative roles at Arizona State University, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Baldwin-Wallace College, and University of Akron.

In addition to serving as Vice Chancellor at Ole Miss, Hephner LaBanc serves as a faculty member in the Higher Education program in the department of Leadership and Counselor Education. Her research focuses on preparation of student affairs professionals and transition issues for graduate students, and she has published work related to campus crisis management. She is highly committed to the holistic development of all students (undergraduates and graduates alike) and strives to nurture a scholar-practitioner culture in her work environment.

Among her honors and special recognitions, Hephner LaBanc was named Alumna of the Year at Kent State University and recognized for her outstanding service by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators for the "Enough Is Enough" Campaign, a NASPA-sponsored initiative that addresses the rising societal violence that results from campus tragedies.

Tamara Hillmer

CELI & Willie Price Lab School

Instructor in Teacher Education and Assistant Director of Willie Price Lab School

Office: 107 Kinard Hall
Phone: (662) 915-7444
Email: thillmer@olemiss.edu

Tamara Hillmer works with the Center for Excellence in Literacy Instruction (CELI) and is an instructor in the Department of Teacher Education teaching literacy courses to undergraduate teacher candidates. Mrs. Hillmer has been at Ole Miss (full-time) since 2008. She earned her B.S. in Elementary Education from Blue Mountain College. Mrs. Hillmer earned her M.Ed in Curriculum and Instruction and Ed.S. in Educational Leadership from the University of Mississippi. Mrs. Hillmer has taught eleven years in the public school system (Technology/Writing Coach - 3 years and Classroom Teacher - 8 years) where she served in the following capacities: Teacher Support Team Coordinator, Technology Coordinator, Yearbook Editor, WebMaster, and Reading Specialist. Tamara Hillmer was chosen as Teacher of the Year twice during her teaching career and was also awarded the University of Mississippi's Outstanding Master Degree Student in Elementary Education in 2006. The 2012-2013 academic year will be Mrs. Hillmer's first year as Assistant Director of Willie Price University Nursery School.