Current Faculty

Scott Coleman

Faculty team 2010-12. B.A., Biology, State University of New York Brockport, 1973; M.A., Education, San Diego State University, 1980; Ph.D., Indiana University, 1989; M.A., Counseling Psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies, 2009. MiT director 2001-2006. Taught previously in the 2006-08 MiT cycle. "My current areas of interest include the systematic and creative design of instruction and the psychological health of teachers."

Jon Davies

Faculty team 2008-10. B.A., English, Oberlin College, 1972; M.A., Physical Education, Oberlin College, 1978; Ed.D., Educational Leadership, University of San Diego, 1994. His interests include language and literacy development, teaching for social justice, and promoting democratic classrooms. He is a new faculty member.

Terry Ford

Faculty team 2007-09. B.A., English, Whitman College, 1983; Ed.M., Secondary Education, Washington State University, 1988; Ph.D., Literacy Education, Washington State University, 1993."My current areas of interest include literacy education, multicultural education, curriculum integration, technology, qualitative research methods and critical pedagogy."

Grace Huerta

Faculty team 2008-10. B.A., English, University of Southern California, 1981; M.A., English, California State University, 1986; Ph.D., Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Arizona State University,1994. Her interests include diversity and cultural studies, ELL/bilingual education, educational foundations, critical theory, whiteness theory and qualitative research methodologies.

Anita Lenges

Faculty team 2010-12. B.A., Mathematics and Anthropology, University of Washington, 1986; Washington State Teaching Certificate, 1990; M.Ed. Mathematics Education and Teacher Leadership, University of Washington, 1994; Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction, University of Washington, 2004. Post-doctoral study on teacher preparation for teaching in diverse, urban schools, 2005. Taught in MiT 2005-07 cycle, M.Ed. and Evergreen Center for Educational Improvement 2008-09. "My areas of interest include students learning mathematics, teachers learning to teach mathematics, and teaching math for social justice."

Michael Vavrus

Faculty team 2009-11. B.A., Political Science, Drake University, 1970; M.A., Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education, Michigan State University, 1975; Ph.D., Education: Instructional Development and Technology, Michigan State University, 1978. "My areas of interest include educational policy, the social context of teaching and multicultural education." Taught previously in the 2004-06 and 2001-03 MiT cycles.

Sonja Wiedenhaupt

Faculty team 2009-11. B.A., Psychology, Wheaton College. 1988: M.A., Developmental Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1991: Ph.D., Social/Personality Psychology, University of California at Berkeley, 2001. Faculty Team 2008-10 "My current focus revolves around the roles that motivational factors such as self-efficacy, intrinsic motivation and interest play in learning."