Division K Teaching and Teacher Education
2025-2026
Vice President (2025-2028) Kimberly White-Smith University of San Diego kimberlywhite@sandiego.com
Secretary (2025-2027) Jennifer Richards Northwestern University jrichards@northwestern.edu
Program Co-Chair (2025-2028) Erica D. McCray University of Florida edm@coe.ufl.edu
Program Co-Chair (2025-2028) Nicol R. Howard Chapman University nhoward@chapman.edu
Equity Officer (2022-2028) Kristen E. Duncan Clemson University kedunca@clemson.edu
Senior Representative Martha Lorena Hernández Flores Florida International University mhern125@fiu.edu
Junior Representative Nallely Gecik University of San Diego ngecik@sandiego.edu
Webmaster Elizabeth A. Ruiz Loudoun County Public Schools earuiz2@asu.edu
Co-Chairs Rachel McClam, Johns Hopkins School of Education, rmcclam1@jhu.edu Zander Nowell, University of Colorado, Boulder, zander.nowell@colorado.edu
Section 1. Teaching and Teacher Education in the Content Areas
Tianna Dowie-Chin, University of Georgia, tdowiechin@uga.edu Shalaunda Reeves, University of Tennessee, sreeve10@tennessee.edu Kenneth Varner, University of Las Vegas, kenneth.varner@unlv.edu
Section 2. Teacher Agency, Activism, and Leadership
Andrea Weinberg, Arizona State University, andrea.weinberg@asu.edu DaShaunda Patterson, Georgia State University, dspatterson@gsu.edu
Section 3. Teachers’ Lives, Identities, and Journeys
Christian Bracho, Cal State-Long Beach, christian.bracho@csulb.edu Molly Siuty, Temple University, molly.siuty@temple.edu
Section 4. Foundations of Teaching and Teacher Education for Socio-Cultural, Racial, and Intersecting Minoritized Identities
Taryrn Brown, University of Florida, taryrnbrown@coe.ufl.edu Keisha McIntosh Allen, University of Maryland, allenk@umd.edu
Section 5. Pre-Service Teacher Coursework and Clinical Practice
Tara Barnhart, Chapman University, tbarnhart@chapman.edu Keirah Comstock, University of Rochester, kcomsto2@u.rochester.edu
Section 6. In-Service Teacher Professional Development
Jennifer Collett, Lehman College, CUNY, jennifer.collett@lehman.cuny.edu Niki Elliott, University of San Diego, nelliott@SanDiego.edu
Section 7. Teacher Educator Initial and Ongoing Development
Aubry Threlkeld, Threlkeld Educational Consulting, aubry.threlkeld@gmail.com Kara Mitchell Viesca, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, kara.viesca@unl.edu
Section 8. Teacher Recruitment, Induction, and Mentoring
Katrina Liu, University of Nevada Las Vegas, katrina.liu@unlv.edu LaRon Scott, University of Virginia, ysv3ps@virginia.edu
Section 9. Innovative Design and Models for Teaching and Teacher Education
Raven Jones, Michigan State University, jonesrav@msu.edu Kitty Fortner, CSU Dominguez Hills, kfortner@csudh.edu Swati Mehta, Fresno State University, swati@csufresno.edu
Section 10. Research Implications for Teaching and Teacher Education Policy and Practice
Marcelle Mentor, Teachers College, Columbia University, mm3128@tc.columbia.edu Brian Charest, University of Redlands, brian_charest@redlands.edu