The
Education Department faculty members have diverse interests but a common,
passionate concern regarding education. Faculty interests include international
education, disability studies, technology, racial issues, theater, women
in science, environmental studies, human growth and development, peace
and social justice and children’s literature to name a few. Education
faculty think of the department as a “community of learners”
within which work very closely with our students over a three year period,
get to know each of them on an individual level, and help each our students
become engaged and reflective teachers who know how to meet the diverse
needs of their students.
Cerri Banks Assistant Professor of Education (2005)
Susan Pliner Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning (2006)
University of Massachusetts at Amherst:
Ed.D. Human Development, May 1999.
Dissertation: Listening to the Learning Disabled: Self-Perceptions of Learning Disabled Identity Among College Students.
C.A.G.S. Social Justice Education, January 1997.
M.Ed. Special Education, May 1992.
B.A. Secondary Education, May 1989.
Cynthia Sutton Emeria Professor of Education (1991)
Ph.D., Special Education Policy, Syracuse University
M.A., School Psychology, Syracuse University
B.A., Psychology, Syracuse University
Mt. Holyoke College
Kimberly Williams Associate Professor of Education (2008)
1993-1997 Ph.D. in Foundations of Education School of Education, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. Dissertation title: Learning Limits: College Women Constructing Meaning about Drugs in their Relationships.
1991-1992 Master of Science in Higher Education Administration School of Education, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.
Certificate in Conflict Resolution from the Program for the Analysis and Resolution of Conflict.
1986-1990 Bachelor of Science with Honors in Psychology,Magna Cum Laude St. Lawrence University Canton, NY.