Faculty and Staff

This page contains a list of all full-time faculty members in the Education Department, as well as their educational background and a link to their personal biography pages. The page also contains a list of full-time staff members and their contact information.

Full-time faculty members:

Michelle Barreras
Lecturer
BS, Elementary Education, University of Iowa; MEd, National Louis University, Early Childhood Leadership and Advocacy.

Anne L. Becker
Associate Professor
BS, Art Education, Northern Illinois University; MA, Teaching(Sculpture), Northern Illinois University; EdD, Curriculum and Instruction, Aurora University.

 

 

Ava Belisle-Chatterjee
Associate Professor
BA (Cum Laude), Spanish Language and Literature, Loyola University of Chicago; MA, Linguistics, University of Chicago; PhD, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Illinois at Chicago.

Susan Budde
Lecturer
BA, Urban Ethnics, Loyola University; MEd,Early Childhood Education, University of Illinois at Chicago.

Jane Cecil
Lecturer
BA, Sociology, Beloit College; MEd, Instructional Leadership (Early Childhood), University of Illinois at Chicago.

 

Angela Fowler
Lecturer
BS, Elementary Education, University of Illinois; MA, Early Childhood Education, Concordia University Chicago.

Mary Pat Garr
Associate Professor
BA, Spanish and Latin American Studies, History, Siena Heights University; MA, Curriculum and Instruction, Concordia University.

Karen M. Haigh
Assistant Professor
BA, Pre-Primary Education and Human Development, National College of Education; MEd, Child Development, Erikson Institute for Advanced Study in Child Development (affiliated with Loyola University); PhD, Arts and Sciences with a specialization in Early Childhood Education, Union Institute and University.

Larissa Mulholland
Director, Early Childhood Education; Senior Lecturer
BA (with honors), Sociology, University of Chicago; MEd, Early Childhood Education, Erikson Institute.

Mary Quest
Lecturer
BA, Early Childhood Education, Concordia University Chicago;MA, Early Childhood Education, Concordia University Chicago.

Carol Lloyd Rozansky
Chairperson, Education Department; Professor of Education
BA, Biological Sciences, University of California at Santa Barbara; MA, Education/Reading, California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo; PhD, Reading Education, University of Arizona.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Everlidys (Evie) Cabrera
Assistant to the Chair
1.312.369.8142
ecabrera@colum.edu

STAFF

Sheila Brady
Certification Officer and MAT Program Advisor
312.369.8147
sbrady@colum.edu

Yolunda Kincade
Assistant to the Director, Early Childhood Education
312.369.7990
ykincade@colum.edu

 

 

John Stroud
Data Manager
312.369.8143
jstroud@colum.edu