Jimmie Agnew, Associate Professor - Science Education
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Address: 2625 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244
Email: agnewj@elon.edu
Phone #: 336-278-6281 Fax #: 336-278-6258
Office: McMichael Science Building 202D

Dr. Jimmie Agnew has created and coordinated interdisciplinary science courses in the classroom and online. Her interests include integrating technology and interdisciplinary science. Dr. Agnew created and edited several online resources for McGraw Hill. She has authored questions for the Educational Testing Service. Dr. Agnew has a long history of presentations at professional meetings in the area of interdisciplinary science.

Stephen Byrd, Assistant Professor - Education
Address: 2105 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244
Email: sbyrd2@elon.edu
Phone #: 336-278-5438 Fax #: 336-278-5919
Office: Mooney Building 205A

Dr. Stephen Byrd spent 10 years teaching at the elementary level to students in general and special education in both private and public schools. His research interests include curriculum-based measurement, mathematics' instruction for students with disabilities, categorical special education and teacher preparation for both special and general educators. Dr. Byrd has been involved in several writing projects and special education textbooks.

Glenda Beamon Crawford, Professor - Education
Address: 2105 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244
Email: gcrawford@elon.edu
Phone #: 336-278-5865 Fax #: 336-278-5919
Office: Mooney Building 301C

Dr. Glenda Crawford has been researching the cognitive, social and personal development of adolescent learners for more than 20 years. She has published three books based on her research, including Teaching With Adolescent Learning in Mind and Managing the Adolescent Classroom. Dr. Crawford has taught elementary, middle and high school students. She is an international consultant on middle-level education.

Alexa Darby, Assistant Professor - Psychology
Address: 2151 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244
Email: adarby@elon.edu
Phone #: 336-278-6405
Office: Alamance Building 303B

Dr. Alexa Darby specializes in educational psychology, qualitative research methods and adults with disabilities. Her research areas include teachers' emotions in educational reform, emotions and/or motivation in service learning, teaching qualitative methods and adults with disabilities in professional school settings. She regularly presents at state, national and international conferences.

F. Gerald Dillashaw, Dean of School of Education
Address: 2105 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244
Email: dillasha@elon.edu
Phone #: 336-278-5900
Office: Mooney Building 102A

Dr. Gerald Dillashaw, dean of the School of Education, has special interests in science education, testing and measurement, and faculty evaluation. Dr. Dillashaw has worked as an assessment consultant for the states of Illinois and North Carolina as well as for several school districts in Illinois. He also has written test questions for two national standardized achievement tests.

Judith Howard, Professor - Education and Director of the Master of Education program
Address: 2105 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244
Email: howardj@elon.edu
Phone #: 336-278-5885 Fax #: 336-278-5919
Office: Mooney Building 110A

Dr. Judith Howard, director of Elon's M.Ed. program, specializes in the design of curriculum and instruction for exceptional learners. She recently produced a series of problem-based curriculum units for use in K-12 classrooms, and her current research explores effective implementation in inclusive settings. Dr. Howard publishes in professional journals, speaks frequently at professional conferences and has consulted with more than 50 school districts nationwide.

Catherine King, Associate Professor - Psychology
Address: 2183 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244
Email: kingcath@elon.edu
Phone #: 336-278-6449
Office: Alamance Building 305B

Dr. Catherine King conducts research on cognitive development across the lifespan, with a specific interest in the ways experience, mediated by family, schooling and culture, shapes our understanding of the world. She is working on a book about preschool education.

Mary Knight-McKenna, Assistant Professor - Education
Address: 2105 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244
Email: mmckenna2@elon.edu
Phone #: 336-278-5919  Fax #: 336-278-5919
Office: Mooney Building 205B

Dr. Mary Knight-McKenna has a background in speech-language pathology and specializes in reading methods for students who struggle to learn to read. She also has extensive experience working in inclusive classrooms using a co-teaching model. Her research interests include pre-service teachers' knowledge of and theoretical orientation to reading instruction and attitudes toward working with children living in poverty.

Deborah Long, Associate Professor - Education
Address: 2105 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244
E-mail: dlong@elon.edu
Phone #: 336-278-5859
Office: Mooney Building 301A

Dr. Deborah Long is currently serving as Faculty Administrative Fellow and Assistant to the President. In that capacity she is responsible for developing new and enhancing existing programs for underserved youth through Elon-public school partnerships. Dr. Long has a history of publications and presentations on the topics of teacher cognition, curriculum development, problem-based learning, content integration, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Richard Mihans, Instructor - Education
Address: 2105 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244
E-mail: rmihans@elon.edu
Phone #: 336-278-5861 Fax #: 278-5919
Office: Mooney Building 301D

Dr. Richard Mihans' research interests focus on teacher retention, literacy instruction and course development. Dr. Mihans is a regular presenter at state, national and international conferences for associations such as the American Educational Research Association, International Conference on Education, Annual International Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference, and the National Reading Conference.

Dr. Jean Rohr's research interests focus on the role of "vision" in education; Dr. Rohr publishes in professional journals, and is a regular presenter at state, national and international conferences for associations such as the American Educational Research Association and the National Reading Conference.

Janice Richardson, Associate Professor - Mathematics and Education
Address: 2105 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244
Email: richards@elon.edu
Phone #: 336-278-6255 Fax #: 336-278-6245
Office: Mooney Building 209B

Professor Janice Richardson is the education coordinator in the Mathematics department and director of Elon's Teaching Fellows program. Her research focuses on international studies in K-12 mathematics and the content knowledge for elementary mathematics teachers. She has presented at state and national math education conferences.

Carolyn Stuart, Associate Professor - Education
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Address: 2105 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244
Email: stuartc@elon.edu
Phone #: 336-278-5851 Fax #: 336-278-5919
Office: Mooney Building 307D

Dr. Carolyn Stuart's research interests focus on the social skill development of exceptional children, pre-service teacher cognition and quality of parent-teacher partnerships. Dr. Stuart has published her work in educational journals such as the Journal of Teacher Education, and she is a regular presenter at state and national conferences for associations such as the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education.

Barbara Taylor, Associate Professor - Computing Sciences
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Address: 2181 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244
Email: taylorb@elon.edu
Phone #: 336-278-6239
Office: Duke Building 307F

Professor Barbara Taylor served on the committee to revise the North Carolina K-12 Computer/Technology Skills Curriculum and continues as the university representative on the advisory board. In addition to teaching courses for prospective and current teachers aimed at helping them make effective and appropriate use of technology to enhance teaching and learning, she also provides technical support to teacher education students and faculty.

Terry Tomasek - Instructor - Education
Address: 2105 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244
Email: ttomasek@elon.edu
Phone #: 336-278-5854
Office: Mooney Building 307B

Professor Terry Tomasek is new to Elon this year. Her research interests focus on reform-based science teaching and learning with a particular interest in citizen science participation by K-12 students. Professor Tomasek is a regular presenter at state and national conferences such as the National Science Teachers Association and the National Association for Research in Science Teaching.