Faculty and Staff Faculty Diana Abbott, Ph.D. Professor of Education; Director, M.Ed. in Special Education Program Rachel Adams Goertel, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Education, Teacher Education Marianne Blanda, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Education Kristen Driskill, Ed.D. Assistant Professor of Education; Director, Pathway to Teaching Program Elaine Gregory, Ph.D. Professor of Education; Director, Physical Education Program Katie Heath, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Education Adam Huck, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Education, Director of Initial Certification Graduate Programs Denise Johnson, Ed.D. Undergraduate Program Director; Associate Professor of Education Chris Pessagno Assistant Professor of Physical Education, Teacher Education Elizabeth Stevens, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Education; Director of Literacy MED Program Staff Darci Dembroski Certification Coordinator for Teacher Education Jennifer Dorr Coordinator of Field Experience Sarah George Administrative Assistant, Department of Teacher Education Joseph McCarthy, M.B.A. Interim Chair, Teacher Education Department Amy Polisseni Coordinator of Student Teaching, Teacher Education Jane Walker Program Coordinator for Pathway to Teaching Paul Ziegler Academic Advisor, Teacher Ed. Programs