Faculty & Staff

​​​Faculty

Mojdeh Bayat

• Professor
• mbayat@depaul.edu
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An-Chih Cheng

• Associate Professor, Human Development
• accheng@depaul.edu
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Ronald Chennault

• Associate Professor, Social and Cultural Foundations in Education; Associate Dean
• rchennau@depaul.edu
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Amy Clark

• Visiting Faculty, Professional Lecturer
• aclark70@depaul.edu
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Jennifer Cohen

• Associate Professor, Secondary Education
• jcohen19@depaul.edu
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Hilary Conklin

• Professor, Secondary Social Studies
• hconkli1@depaul.edu
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Marie Ann Donovan

• Associate Professor, Early Childhood; Program Director, Early Childhood Teacher Education
• mdonovan@depaul.edu
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Jim Duignan

• Associate Professor; Visual Arts and Secondary Education; Chair, Visual Art Education
• jduignan@depaul.edu
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Anna Marie Frank

• Associate Professor, Physical Education
• afrank@depaul.edu
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Horace Hall

• Associate Professor, Human Development
• hhall@depaul.edu
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Rachel Harper

• Professional Lecturer
• rharper7@depaul.edu
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Stephen Haymes

• Associate Professor, Social and Cultural Foundations in Education
• shaymes@depaul.edu
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Mindy Kalchman

• Associate Professor, Elementary Mathematics
• mkalchma@depaul.edu
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Katherine Kapustka

• Program Leader & Associate Professor, Elementary Reading and Curriculum
• kkapustk@depaul.edu
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Richard Kozoll

• Associate Professor, Science Education
• rkozoll@depaul.edu
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Christopher McCullough

• Instructional Assistant Professor
• christopher.mccullough@depaul.edu
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Kristen Neisler

• Clinical Assistant Faculty, Sport & Fitness Management/Physical Education
• kneisler@depaul.edu
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Roxanne Owens

• Chair & Associate Professor; Elementary Reading
• rowens@depaul.edu
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Amira Proweller

• Associate Professor, Social and Cultural Foundations in Education
• aprowell@depaul.edu
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Kenneth Sarubbi

• Associate Professor, Physical Education
• ksarubbi@depaul.edu
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John Taccarino

• Associate Professor, Human Development
• jtaccari@depaul.edu
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Akihiko Takahashi

• Associate Professor Elementary Math
• atakahas@depaul.edu
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Christopher Worthman

• Professor; Secondary English
• cworthma@depaul.edu
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Liliana Barro Zecker

• Associate Professor; Language & Literacy
• lzecker@depaul.edu
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Department Office Staff

Roxanne Owens
Chair
(773) 325-4329
2247 N. Halsted St., Room 315
rowens@depaul.edu

Marie Donovan
Program Director, Early Childhood Education
(773) 325-7591
2247 N. Halsted St., Room 303
mdonovan@depaul.edu

Amira Proweller
Program Director, Educational Policy Studies & Research
(773) 325-4320
2247 N. Halsted St., Room 300
aprowell@depaul.edu

Katherine Kapustka
Program Director, Elementary Education
(773) 325-2079
2247 N. Halsted St., Room 316
kkapustk@depaul.edu

Ani Frank
Program Director, Physical Education
(773) 325-1869
2247 N. Halsted St., Room 322
afrank@depaul.edu

Hilary Conklin
Co-Program Director, Secondary Education
(773) 325-2595
2247 N. Halsted St., Room 320
hconkli1@depaul.edu

Mindy Kalchman
Co-Program Director, Secondary Education
(773) 325-4287
2247 N. Halsted St., Room 317
mkalchma@depaul.edu

James Duignan
Program Director, Visual Arts
(773) 325-4331
2247 N. Halsted St., Room 232
jduignan@depaul.edu

Nicole Nudo
Administrative Assistant
(773) 325-4665
2247 N. Halsted St., Room 314​
nnudo@depaul.edu