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Division K Teaching and Teacher Education


2025-2026

Elected Officers

Vice President (2025-2028)
Kimberly White-Smith
University of San Diego
kimberlywhite@sandiego.com

Secretary (2025-2027)
Jennifer Richards
Northwestern University
jrichards@northwestern.edu

Appointed Officers

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


Graduate Student Representatives

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


Community Building Committee

Co-Chairs
Rachel McClam, Johns Hopkins School of Education, rmcclam1@jhu.edu
Zander Nowell, University of Colorado, Boulder, zander.nowell@colorado.edu


Section Co-Chairs

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