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