Faculty & Staff

​​Faculty

Melissa Bradford

• Professional Lecturer
• mbradfo5@depaul.edu
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Tony DeCesare

• Instructional Assistant Professor
• adecesa1@depaul.edu
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Joseph Gardner

• Associate Professor
• joby.gardner@depaul.edu
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Jason Goulah

• Professor and Director, Institute for Daisaku Ikeda Studies in Education
• jgoulah@depaul.edu
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Nozomi Inukai

• Translation, Research, and Instruction Faculty, Institute for Daisaku Ikeda Studies in Education
• ninuakai@depaul.edu
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Andrea Kayne

• Associate Professor and Director, Educational Leadership
• andrea.kayne@depaul.edu
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Donna Kiel

• Instructional Assistant Professor
• dkiel@depaul.edu
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Sr. Mary Paul McCaughey

• Instructional Assistant Faculty; Coordinator Catholic Educational Leadership
• mmccaug1@depaul.edu
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Thomas Noel Jr.

• Assistant Professor
• tnoel2@depaul.edu
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Gonzalo A. Obelleiro

• Instructional Assistant Professor, Curriculum Studies
• gobellei@depaul.edu
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Sung Park-Johnson

• Assistant Professor, Bilingual-Bicultural Education & Director of Bilingual and ESL Minors
• sparkjoh@depaul.edu
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Barbara Rieckhoff

• Associate Dean, Associate Professor
• brieckho@depaul.edu
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Leodis Scott

• Assistant Professor
• leodis.scott@depaul.edu
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Sonia Soltero

• Professor and Chair, Department of Leadership, Language, and Curriculum
• ssoltero@depaul.edu
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Department Office Staff

Sonia Soltero
Chair 
(773) 325-4788 
2247 N. Halsted St., Office 347
ssoltero@depaul.edu

Andrea Kayne
Program Director, Educational Leadership
(773) 325-7661
2247 N. Halsted., Office 355
andrea.kayne@depaul.edu

Jason Goulah
Program Director, Bilingual-Bicultural Education & World Language Education
(773) 325-2076 
2247 N. Halsted St., Office 354 
jgoulah@depaul.edu​

Alyssa Hepker
Department Assistant
(773) 325-4806
2247 N. Halsted St., Office ​348​
ahepker@depaul.edu​