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Elementary Education Faculty
The faculty in the School of Education are as diverse as the student body. Representing three continents and with more than 300 years of combined teaching experience, the faculty will teach students to think critically about the built environment and architecture.
Senetta Bancroft, Associate Professor
Early Childhood, Elementary Education
Dr. Bancroft has expertise in science teacher professional development, qualitative research methods, and the use of critical theories to inform science education research and practice. Her research currently focuses on teacher beliefs about science instruction and the impacts of sociocultural environments on traditionally underserved doctoral student communities’ persistence in STEM. Her teaching includes secondary science methods and introductory chemistry.
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301B Pulliam Hall
618-453-6162
senetta.bancroft@siu.edu
Lingguo Bu, Professor
Early Childhood, Elementary Education
Dr. Lingguo Bu's instructional interests are K-12 mathematics teaching and learning, and dynamic learning environments in school mathematics. Dr. Bu's research interests are mathematic cognition in dynamic learning environments, model-centered learning and instruction in school mathematics, number theory in school mathematics, and linguistic dimensions of mathematical cognition.
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Wham 323L
618-536-2441
lgbu@siu.edu
Lavern Byfield, Associate Professor
Early Childhood, Elementary Education
Dr. Lavern Byfield is an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
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Wham 322G
618-536-2441
byfield2@siu.edu
Ann Garrett, Senior Lecturer
Elementary Education
Mrs. Garrett holds a master’s degree from SIUC (1975) in Education; Eastern Illinois University (2003) in School Counseling; and SIUE (2008) Post Baccalaureate Certificate in English Language Learning.
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Wham 323H
618-246-8298
agarrett@siu.edu
Harvey Henson, Jr., Associate Professor
Elementary Education
Henson’s research areas of interest include science education, earthquake seismology, and applied geophysics. Henson teaches undergraduate and graduate students in science and science education, mentors undergraduate students in research, advises graduate students, and partners with STEM educators. Harvey Henson has been sharing his expertise in earthquake seismology with local officials, emergency responders, and school and community groups for more than 25 years.
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Pulliam 301A
618-453-4214
henson@siu.edu
Dan Jones, Rend Lake College Marketplace Site Coordinator, Professor Emeritus
Dan R. Jones, Ed.D. (Indiana Universtiy) has been a faculty member at SIUC since 1978 in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. For 30 years he served as the off-campus Belleville Center Coordinator and for the past three years as the Site Coordinator of the SIUC off-campus programs at Rend Lake College Marketplace in Mt. Vernon.
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Office: Wham 323D
Phone: 618-453-4233
drdan@charter.net
Cheng-Yao Lin, Professor
Elementary Education
Dr. Cheng-Yao Lin graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a Professor of Mathematics Education at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Dr. Lin was awarded a Fulbright Specialist Award in 2017 to Taipei, Taiwan, where he taught at a university and conducted research. He is interested in the integration of technology into mathematics education, the preparation of pre-service teachers and cross-cultural research on pre-service teachers' knowledge of fractions. He has published in many peer-reviewed journals for research in mathematics education.
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Wham 327
618-536-2441
cylin@siu.edu
Christina McIntyre, Associate Professor
Early Childhood, Elementary Education
Christie McIntyre, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum.
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Child and Family Services, Elementary Education
Grant Miller has academic specialties in social studies education, universal design for learning, and sheltered instruction. Dr. Miller received his Ph.D. from Boston College in 2007. His courses in curriculum and instruction include elementary education curriculum, public school social studies methods and action methods research. His research focuses on historical thinking, developing curricula that help students think like historians and social scientists.
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Phone: 618-453-4250
gmiller@siu.edu
Office: Wham 323K
Crystal Shelby-Caffey, Associate Professor
Elementary Education
Dr. Crystal Shelby-Caffey is an associate professor of Language, Literacies, and Culture. She teaches literacy courses within the Teacher Education Program as well as courses in the Language, Literacies, and Culture graduate programs. She has taught a range of elementary grade students within the Chicago Public School system and, most recently taught 4th grade in the Carbondale Elementary District No. 95.
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Wham 327
618-536-2441
ccaffey@siu.edu
Louise Stearns, Senior Lecturer
Early Childhood, Elementary Education
Louise Stearns is a senior lecturer in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. She teaches literacy and social studies courses within the Teacher Education Program. Her public school experiences include grades Pre-K- 6th grade.
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Wham 327
618-453-4249
booklady@siu.edu
Stacy Thompson, Professor
Early Childhood
Dr. Stacy Thompson is a professor in the School of Education at Southern Illinois University. She has a B.S. in Psychology with a minor in Child Development from Oklahoma State University, a M.S in Child Development and Family Relations from Oklahoma State University, and a Ph.D. in Child Development from Iowa State University. Her research interests include sensory integration, interventions for families and caregivers, and quality care for young children.
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Wham 322H
618-453-4254
stacyt@siu.edu