College of Education and Human Development

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Elementary education

Research involving educational practices and outcomes from kindergarten through 6th grade.

Jehanne Beaton Jehanne Beaton

Jehanne Beaton has worked as a secondary social studies teacher in the public schools for more than twenty years, the bulk of which has been spent in diverse, urban classrooms in Minneapolis. She holds an M.F.A.

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Samuel David Samuel David

Sam David is an assistant professor of Second Language Education in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

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Samuel David

Jeff Henning-Smith Jeff Henning-Smith

Jeff Henning-Smith is a Senior Lecturer in the Elementary Education and Social Studies program areas.

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Jeff Henning-Smith

Mary Hermes Mary Hermes

Mary Hermes' research focuses on language revitalization and how it can connect people to the land and the planet. She explores different ways of knowing and being through feminist and indigenous lenses.

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Mary Hermes

Bic Ngo Bic Ngo

  • Professor, Rodney S. Wallace Professor for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
  • 612-625-7520
  • bcngo@umn.edu

My research and teaching interests focus on culturally relevant pedagogy, urban and multicultural education in general, and immigrant education in particular.

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Bic Ngo

Angelica Pazurek Angelica Pazurek

I have a very personal appreciation for the empowering potential of education and am interested in leveraging learning technologies, especially online learning affordances and mobile technologies, to improve access to education and learning…

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Angelica Pazurek

Abigail Rombalski Abigail Rombalski

Abby Rombalski works to cultivate university-community partnerships and opportunities for public scholarship that work towards racial justice in education with youth at the center.

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Abigail Rombalski

Ramon Vasquez Ramon Vasquez

Dr. Vasquez is an Assistant Professor of Critical Elementary Education. Before working in higher education, he served as an elementary school teacher in California.

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Ramon Vasquez

Crystal Wise Crystal Wise

Dr. Wise’s work as a kindergarten and second-grade teacher informs her research and post-secondary teaching in early literacy, culturally responsive pedagogies, and historical and contemporary literacy practices of African Americans.

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Crystal Wise

Cynthia Zwicky Cynthia Zwicky

Cynthia Zwicky has been an educator for more than 25 years. In this time she has worked as a classroom teacher, a mentor to new teachers, and as a coordinator for various programs and initiatives, primarily with Minneapolis Public Schools.

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Cynthia Zwicky
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