SIMMONS SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

ADMINISTRATION

David J. Chard, Ph.D., Leon Simmons Dean
Katherine Hargrove, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Yolette García, M.A., Assistant Dean for External Affairs and Outreach
Rebecca Hood, M.A., Assistant Dean for Finance and Operations
Sharon Hartley, B.A., Assistant to the Dean and Assistant Financial Officer

FACULTY

Jill Allor, Associate Professor of Education, Ed.D., Vanderbilt
Lee Alvoid, Senior Lecturer of Education, Ph.D., Texas Woman’s
Robert Barner, Lecturer of Dispute Resolution and Counseling, Ph.D., The
Fielding Institute
B. Harold Barkley, Jr., Lecturer of Counseling, Ph.D., North Texas
Marilyn Barr, Lecturer of Wellness, Ph.D., Texas Woman’s
Abigail Bartoshesky, Lecturer of Education, Ed.D., George Washington
David Bertrand, Lecturer of Wellness, M.S., Baylor
David Chard, Professor of Education, Ph.D., Oregon
Piotr Chelstowski, Lecturer of Wellness, M.A., M.S., University of Warsaw
Michael Colatrella, Senior Lecturer of Dispute Resolution, J.D., Seton Hall
Deborah Diffily, Associate Professor of Education, Ph.D., North Texas
Brian Fennig, Lecturer of Wellness, M.L.S., M.A., SMU, Stephen F. Austin
Peter Gifford, Associate Professor of Wellness, Ph.D., Illinois
Donna Gober, Lecturer of Wellness, Ed.D., Lamar
Katherine Hargrove, Senior Lecturer of Education, Ph.D., Texas Woman’s
Gail Hartin, Lecturer of Education, Ph.D., North Texas
Thomas L. Hartsell, Lecturer of Dispute Resolution and Counseling, J.D., Michigan State
Lynn Romejko Jacobs, Associate Professor of Wellness, Ph.D., Texas Woman’s
Francesca Jones, Assistant Research Professor, Ph.D.,North Texas
Caroline Kethley, Assistant Professor of Education, Ph.D., Texas (Austin)
Jiang (JoAnn) Lan, Associate Professor of Education, Ed.D., Northern Illinois
Patricia Mathes, Texas Instruments Endowed Chair of Reading Research and Professor of Education, Ph.D., Vanderbilt
Gay McAlister, Lecturer of Dispute Resolution and Counseling, Ph.D., Texas Woman’s
Nancy Montgomery, Lecturer of Education, Ed.D., Texas A&M (Commerce)
Barbara Morganfield, Senior Lecturer of Education, Ed.D., Vanderbilt
Kim Nimon, Assistant Research Professor, Ph.D., North Texas
William Pulte, Associate Professor of Education, Ph.D., Texas (Austin)
Héctor Rivera, Assistant Professor of Education, Ph.D., California (Santa Cruz)
J. Kyle Roberts, Associate Professor of Education, Ph.D., Texas A&M
Bryan Robbins, Associate Professor of Wellness, M.Ed., Arkansas
Gale Harold Roid, Professor of Education, Ph.D., Oregon
Janis Sayers, Lecturer of Education, Ph.D., North Texas
Kenneth L. Springer, Associate Professor of Education, Ph.D., Cornell
Paige Ware, Assistant Professor of Education, Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Anne Weil, Lecturer of Wellness, M.A., Naropa

PROGRAM DIRECTORS

Gail Hartin, Director of Undergraduate Teacher Certification
Amy Heitzman, M.A., Director of Continuing Studies
Ne’Shaun Robinson Jones, M.S., Director of TRIO Programs
Michele Mrak, M.A., Director of Graduate Liberal Studies
Connie Peters, M.L.A., Associate Director of Pre-School Teacher Education
Anthony Picchioni, Ph.D, Chair of Department of Dispute Resolution and Counseling
Marilyn Swanson, M.Ed., Director of Programming for Gifted Students Institute
Karen Vickery, Ed.D., Director of Learning Therapy