Noah Borrero, Ph.D.
Department of Teacher Education

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Urban education; language minority students; issues of diversity and social justice in teaching; adolescent development; bilingualism; teacher education; and immigration.

e-mail: neborrero@usfca.edu

Patrick Camangian, Ph.D.
Department of Teacher Education

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Critical pedagogy and transformative teaching in urban schools; critical literacy, culturally empowering education, and urban teacher development.

e-mail: pcamangian@usfca.edu

Geoffrey R. Dillon, S.J., Ed.D.
Department of Teacher Education
Chair, Field Placement Coordinator

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Educational leadership; private school administration; school psychology and counseling; teacher and administrator supervision & development; teacher preparation, research methods; MBTI & Leadership styles; moral development; philosophical foundations of education.

e-mail: dillon@usfca.edu

Kathleen Jonson, Ed.D.
Department of Teacher Education
Program Coordinator, Master of Arts in Teaching Reading

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Reading, language arts and literacy; issues in beginning teacher development; mentoring the new teacher; curriculum and instruction.

e-mail: jonsonk@usfca.edu

Judith Pace, Ed.D.
Department of Teacher Education

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Socio-cultural dynamics in educational settings; classroom curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment; authority relationships; teaching for understanding; bridging theory and practice in teacher education; qualitative research; and citizenship education.

e-mail: pace@usfca.edu

Pamela Redmond, Ed.D.
Department of Teacher Education

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Director of the Teaching and Learning Interchange and StarTEC projects; systemic reform, distance learning pedagogy and distributed education; communities of practice, problem-based learning; new teacher development and mentoring; special education, reading instruction and educational technology.

e-mail: redmond@usfca.edu

Dr. Williamson is an assistant professor of teacher education in the graduate School of Education at the University of San Francisco. Formerly the Director of Stanford’s Teachers for a New Era project and an instructor in the Stanford Teacher Education Program, Peter completed his Ph.D. at Stanford in Curriculum and Teacher Education. Before coming to Stanford, Peter taught middle and high school English and journalism in San Francisco Bay Area schools, and worked with advocacy agencies focusing on urban youth. His research interests include the teaching and learning of practice, teacher professional development, teacher effectiveness, urban education, and language acquisition.

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Pedagogy; urban schools; teacher preparation, support, and retention; new teacher induction; discourse; professional communities and learning; education policy; school development and leadership.

e-mail: peterw@usfca.edu