Faculty, Leadership, & Research
Our Lurie College faculty are dedicated to teaching, scholarship, and service that is community engaged, culturally sustaining, interdisciplinary, and holistic and centered in transformative and emancipatory research and practices. Watch our most recent faculty research symposium above as an example and watch all of our symposia on our Lurie College blog.
- Meet our department chairs and program directors
- Learn about our faculty committees
- View our faculty research interest areas
- View the directory of our faculty and their research activity
- Read the latest Lurie College faculty news on our blog
- Read the Lurie College Strategic Plan and Annual Report
- View the current faculty job opportunities at SJSU
Recent Faculty Podcasts
Recent Lurie College Faculty In The News
- July 2021 - "Critical Race Theory: A Brief History" by the New York Times featured María Ledesma
- May 2021 - "Parents hope lawsuit against Fremont Unified puts pressure on district to reopen classrooms" by FOX2 KTVU featured Heather Lattimer
- May 2021 - "Double Pell" by Heather Lattimer on KQED
- May 2021 - "India Ignited: COVID-19 Second Wave Unleashes Death and Devastation" by Nidhi Mahendra, Soma Sen, and Tanvi Kothari on Newsweek
- April 2021 - "A San Jose State University research project provides the data to support Assemblymember Rivas’ broadband access proposal" on Monterey County Weekly
- March 2021 - "Ethnic studies curriculum opens a door for all of us to be seen" by Susan Meyers on San José Spotlight
- March 2021 - "Lessons Learned from Remote Learning" co-published by Rebeca Burciaga in Visible Magazine
- January 2021 - "Kamala Harris, 1st woman Vice President of US, breaks the glass ceiling; South Asian women rejoice historic day" by Saili Kulkarni on India Today
Department Chairs & Program Directors
The Lurie College of Education Department Chairs and Program Directors are faculty members who serve in a leadership capacity to provide guidance and direction to the growth and development of each academic department and the college as a whole. The current department chairs and program directors are:
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Dolores DeHaro Mena, Ph.D. |
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Peg Hughes, Ph.D. |
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Mei-Yan Lu, Ph.D. |
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Nidhi Mahendra, Ph.D. Professor, Communicative Disorders & Sciences nidhi.mahendra@sjsu.edu |
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Bradley Porfilio, Ph.D. |
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Emily Slusser, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Child & Adolescent Development emily.slusser@sjsu.edu |
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Patty Swanson, Ph.D. Professor, Teacher Education patricia.swanson@sjsu.edu |
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David Whitenack, Ph.D. Professor, Teacher Education david.whitenack@sjsu.edu |
Faculty Committees
The Lurie College of Education, as a community of scholars and practitioners, believes firmly in the need for broad-based, inclusive college governance. This belief is actualized in the use of the standing committees listed below as well as numerous ad hoc committees that are formed throughout the academic year.
Faculty Research Interest Areas
Our faculty members' research interest areas and collaborations span across our 7 academic departments. Learn more about our faculy experts in each of the interest areas below.
Meet our Lurie College Faculty
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Katya Aguilar, Ph.D. |
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Stefanie Aichele-Chang |
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Imee Almazan, Ed.D. |
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Jolynn Asato, Ph.D. |
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Janel Astor |
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Fabiola Bagula |
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Janet Bang, Ph.D. |
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Marion Beach, Ed.D. |
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Heidi Beck |
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Donna Bee-Gates, Ph.D. |
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Louise Bernbaum |
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Laurene Beto |
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Nancy Bilbao |
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Sylvia Branca, Ph.D. |
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Allison Briceño, Ed.D. |
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Rebeca Burciaga, Ph.D. |
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Michele Burns |
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Robert Calonico |
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Toni Campbell, Ph.D. |
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Lorri Capizzi, Ed.D. |
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Paul Cascella, Ph.D. |
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Kathleen Castillo |
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Elaine Chin, Ph.D. |
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Kyoung Mi Choi, Ph.D. |
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Jenna Collen |
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Krissy Connell |
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Mary Conroy |
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Susan Cooper |
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Jimma Cortes-Smith |
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Laurel Cress |
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Kristy Cross |
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Megan Cuellar, Ph.D. |
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Arnold Danzig, Ph.D. |
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Felicia Darling |
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Ashley Defensor, Ph.D. |
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Dolores DeHaro Mena, Ph.D. |
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Brent Duckor, Ph.D. |
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Lara Ervin-Kassab, Ed.D. |
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Mark Felton, Ph.D. |
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Asha Finkel |
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Joy Foster |
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Jessica Fraser |
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Maria Fusaro, Ed.D. |
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Robert Gliner, Ph.D. |
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Andrea Golloher, Ph.D. |
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Dawn Greenberg |
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Amy Gutierrez |
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Amalia Guzman |
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Maryann Haggerty |
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Carol Hartunian |
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Alicia Henderson |
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Christina Hewko |
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Carrie Holmberg |
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Xiaolu Hu, Ph.D. |
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Amy Huang |
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Peg Hughes, Ph.D. |
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Suzanne Hughes |
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Esther Hugo, Ed.D. |
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Floyd Hurndon |
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Kara Ireland D'Ambrosio, D.M.A. |
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Dina Izenstark, Ph.D. |
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John Jabagchourian, Ph.D. |
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Scott Jackson |
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Amna Jaffer |
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Roshini Joseph |
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Jan Kaay |
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Sudha Kaul, Ph.D. |
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Michael Kimbarow, Ph.D. |
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Janet Kitajima |
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Meredith Kondo |
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Sudha Krishnan, Ed.D. |
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Kelly Kruger |
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Saili Kulkarni, Ph.D. |
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Jason Laker, Ph.D. |
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Jennifer Lambinicio |
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Lea Lasman |
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Heather Lattimer, Ed.D. |
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María Ledesma, Ph.D. |
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Matthew Love, Ph.D. |
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Robin Love, Ph.D. |
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Mei-Yan Lu, Ph.D. |
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Lyle Lustigman, Ph.D. |
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Jennifer Madigan, Ed.D. |
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Cara Maffini, Ph.D. |
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Nidhi Mahendra, Ph.D. |
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Elba Maldonado-Colon, Ed.D. |
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Jila Maleksalehi, Ed.D |
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Michael Mann-Stock |
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Roxana Marachi, Ph.D. |
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Robert Marx, Ph.D. |
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Ravisha Mathur, Ph.D. |
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Marcella McCollum |
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June McCullough, Ph.D. |
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Ralph McKay, Ed.D. |
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Mary McVey, Ph.D. |
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Danielle Mead, Ph.D. |
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Marianne Mehuys |
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Evelyn Merritt |
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Rebecca Messina |
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Ellen Middaugh, Ph.D. |
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Daniela Miranda |
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Dale Mitchell |
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Eduardo Muñoz-Muñoz, Ph.D. |
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Deb Nemecek |
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Adam Nilsen |
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Jean Novak, Ph.D. |
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Teresa O'Donnell-Johnson |
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Paula Oakes |
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Amanda Olson |
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Kris Olson |
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Shirley Ortiz |
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Hyun-Sook Park, Ph.D. |
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Jennifer Pearlman |
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Alison Pentland |
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Vickey Perkins |
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Brent Peterson, Ph.D. |
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Kristin Phillips-Matson |
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Laura Pirazzi |
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Marcos Pizarro, Ph.D. |
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Bradley Porfilio, Ph.D. |
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Luis Poza, Ph.D. |
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Wendy Quach, Ph.D. |
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Rosalinda Quintanar-Sarellana, Ph.D. |
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Colette Rabin, Ph.D. |
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Ana Ramirez, Ed.D. |
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Nicky Ramos-Beban |
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Michelle Randle |
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Devon Reckmeyer-Hibbert, Psy.D. |
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Rebeca Rios |
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Latisha Roberts, Ph.D. |
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Berrnadette Rodriguez-Young |
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Debangshu Roygardner |
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Lauren Roygardner |
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Anita Schaack |
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Murry Schekman |
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Heather Schlaman |
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Pam Schultz |
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Erin Scullion-Jones |
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Dena Sexton |
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Amita Shah |
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Lisa Simpson, Ed.D. |
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Linda Sizelove-Secola |
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Emily Slusser, Ph.D. |
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Everett Smith |
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Grinell Smith, Ph.D. |
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Helen Smith |
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Maureen Smith, Ph.D. |
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Nancy Smith |
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Meghna Soni |
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Nadia Sorkhabi, Ph.D. |
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Shannon Stovall |
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Patty Swanson, Ph.D. |
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Jay Totter |
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David Tremblay |
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Kim Tsai, Ph.D |
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Pei-Tzu Tsai, Ph.D. |
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Aubrey Uresti, Ph.D. |
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Cynthia Van Laar |
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Shawn Vecellio, Ph.D. |
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Tammie Visintainer, Ph.D. |
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Laurie Weckesser |
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David Whitenack, Ph.D. |
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Krystle Wright |
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Carol Zepecki, Ed.D. |
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Erika Zepeda |
