Faculty and Staff

Melanie Acosta, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction

Melissa A. Antonelli, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction
Eileen W. Ariza, Ed.D.
Professor
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction

Traci Baxley, Ph.D.
Professor
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction

Yash Bhagwanji, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction

Rina Bousalis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction

Susannah Brown, Ph.D.
Professor
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction

Victoria Brown, Ed.D.
Professor
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction

Jodi Cantor, M.A.
Office Manager
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction

Bridgette Cassidy, Ph.D.
Instructor, Early Childhood
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction

Bessie Dernikos, Ed.D.
Associate Professor
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction
Boca Raton Campus | ED 47 - 323
Susan Foley
Senior Secretary
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction

Alyssa Gonzalez-DeHass, Ph.D.
Professor
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction

Robyn L. Klein, Ed.D.
Director of Elementary and Secondary Education Programs and Senior Instructor
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction

David Devraj Kumar, Ed.D.
Professor of Science Education and Director of the STEM Education Laboratory
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction
Susanne Lapp, Ed.D.
Associate Professor
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction
Philomena Marinaccio, Ph.D.
Visiting Instructor
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction

Ann Musgrove, Ed.D.
Associate Professor
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction

Bryan Nichols, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction

Ronald Persin, Ed.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Math and Science
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction

Jillian Powers, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction

Andres Ramirez, Ed.D.
Associate Professor
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction

Angela Rhone, Ed.D.
Professor
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction

Ruya Savuran, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Math Education
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction

Dilys Schoorman, Ph.D.
Professor
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction

Sabrina Sembiante, Ph.D.
Interim Co-Chair and Professor, TESOL and Bilingual Education - Coordinator, Ph.D. Program in Curriculum & Instruction
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction
Boca Raton Campus | Boca - ED 485 ,Davie - ES 220

Michelle Vaughan-McGovern, Ed.D.
Interim Co-Chair and Professor
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction

Patricia Willems, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction