Faculty & Staff

Melissa Bradford

• She/Her/Hers
• Doctoral Program Coordinator; Senior Professional Lecturer
• mbradfo5@depaul.edu
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Joseph Gardner

• Program Director, Curriculum Studies Doctoral Program; Associate Professor
• joby.gardner@depaul.edu
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Jason Goulah

• Director, Institute for Daisaku Ikeda Studies in Education; Program Director, Value Creating Education for Global Citizenship Doctoral Program; Professor
• jgoulah@depaul.edu
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Nozomi Inukai

• She/Her/Hers
• Translation, Research, and Instruction Faculty, Institute for Daisaku Ikeda Studies in Education
• ninukai@depaul.edu
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Karlee Johnson

• Professional Lecturer
• kjohn140@depaul.edu
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Donna Kiel

• Instructional Assistant Professor
• dkiel@depaul.edu
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Gonzalo A. Obelleiro

• Assistant Professor
• gobellei@depaul.edu
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Sung Park-Johnson

• She/Her/Hers
• Associate Professor, Director of Bilingual and ESL Minors
• sparkjoh@depaul.edu
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Barbara Rieckhoff

• She/Her/Hers
• Associate Dean, Associate Professor
• brieckho@depaul.edu
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Leodis Scott

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

• Professor and Chair
• 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, Value-Creating Education for Global Citizenship, and World Language Education
(773) 325-2076 
2247 N. Halsted St., Office 354 
jgoulah@depaul.edu