Education Faculty

 

Robert Beck, Visiting Professor of Education and ArtsBridge Mentor for Picturing Peace
University of Chicago, Ph.D.
Courses: Participatory Democracy
Recent Tutorials: Educational Discussions
Interests: Tutorial Education; Diversity and Educational Discussions; ePortfolios
Office: Briggs Hall 118
Phone: (920) 832-6605
E-mail: robert.beck@lawrence.edu

Donna Clementi, Lecturer in Education
St. Olaf College, B.A.; University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, M.S.
Courses: Elementary and Secondary Foreign Language Methods
Interests: Foreign Language Instruction
Phone: (920) 993-6276
E-mail: donna.clementi@lawrence.edu

Cecile Despres-Berry, Lecturer in English as a Second Language and Director of the Waseda Program
Earlham College, B.A.; University of Texas at Austin, M.A.
Courses: Methods, Materials, and Assessment in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages; ESL English in the American University; ESL Experimental Language Learning; ESL Advanced Communicative English; ESL Speaking and Listening; Introduction to American Society I, II, & III
Interests: Second Language Writing
Office: Briggs Hall 135
Phone: 920-832-7130
E-mail: cecile.c.despres-berry@lawrence.edu

Margaret Engman, Lecturer in Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.S.
Courses: Methods in Middle and Secondary Teaching
Interests: Teacher Education; Literacy Instruction Strategies; Instructional Development of Inservice Teachers
Phone: (920) 993-6714
E-mail: engmanm@kaukauna.k12.wi.us

Kirk Moss, Associate Professor and Chair of Music Education (Lawrence Conservatory of Music)
University of Michigan, B.M.; University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, M.M.; University of Florida, Ph.D.
Courses: String Techniques I & II; Rehearsal Techniques I & II; Conducting Principles; Student Teaching
Interests: National President of the American String Teachers Association
Office: Music-Drama Center 261
Phone: (920) 832-6835
E-mail: kirk.d.moss@lawrence.edu

Stewart Purkey, Associate Professor (Bee Connell Mielke Professor of Education); Director of Teacher Education and Chair of the Education Department
Stanford University, A.B.; Reed College, M.A.T.; University of Wisconsin–Madison, Ph.D.
Courses: Ethnicity, Cultural Diversity, and Education; Sociology of Education; Student Teaching; Student Teaching Seminar; Adolescent Literature; The Environment, Community, and Education
Recent Tutorial Topics: Education Policy; Sociology of Sport; “Green” Schoolyards; Alternative Education; Hollywood Goes to High School
Interests: Educational Reform; Environmental and Place-based Education; Multicultural Education; Social Justice Education; Film Studies
Office: Briggs Hall 121
Phone: (920) 832-6715
E-mail: purkeys@lawrence.edu

Robert F. Williams, Associate Professor of Education
Purdue University, B.A., B.S.M.E.; University of Colorado at Denver, M.A.; University of California, San Diego, M.S., Ph.D.
Courses: Psychology of Learning; Educating All Learners; Educating All Learners-Music; Advanced Methods in Teaching; Student Teaching; Distributed Cognition; Cognitive Linguistics; Gesture Studies
Recent Tutorial/IS Topics: Motivation and Learning, Assessment in Second Language Learning, Artificial Life and Language Emergence, Conceptual Integration and Skill Learning, Cognitive Models and the Partisan Divide
Interests: Situated Cognition; Conceptual Processes; Instructional Discourse
Office: Briggs Hall 124
Phone: (920) 993-6276
E-mail: robert.f.williams@lawrence.edu
Website: http://www.lawrence.edu/fast/williaro

Lynn Zetzman, Lecturer in Art Education
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, BA; St. Norbert College
Course: Art in the Elementary and Secondary Schools
Interests: Arts Education, Contemporary Art, Puppetry
Phone: (920) 733-6632
E-mail: LZetzman@acesxavier.k12.wi.us

Kenneth R. Sager, Professor Emeritus of Education
Lawrence College, B.A.; University of Wisconsin–Madison, M.A.; Harvard University
Interests: Psychology and Philosophy of Education; Music; Humanities
Office: Briggs Hall 134
Phone: (920) 832-6713