{"id":51,"date":"2017-10-04T19:53:46","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T19:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-education\/facultystaff\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T17:21:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T17:21:36","slug":"facultystaff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/education\/facultystaff\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty &amp; Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Full Time Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-67\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Brian Lozenski\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/553\/2017\/10\/brian-close-up-cropped-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/education\/facultystaff\/brianlozenski\/\">Brian Lozenski<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Department Chair and Associate Professor\n         <\/li>\n\t      \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:blozensk@macalester.edu\" >blozensk@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6028<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-510\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gonzalo Guzm\u00e1n\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/553\/2022\/06\/Gonzalo-Guzma\u0301n-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/education\/facultystaff\/gonzalo-guzman\/\">Gonzalo Guzm\u00e1n<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Assistant Professor\n         <\/li>\n\t      \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:gguzman@macalester.edu\" >gguzman@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6221<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-1189\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kehaulani Fagatele-Folau\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/553\/2025\/10\/KF-1-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/education\/facultystaff\/kehaulani-fagatele-folau\/\">Kehaulani Fagatele-Folau<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Assistant Professor\n         <\/li>\n\t      \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:kfolau@macalester.edu\" >kfolau@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t      \t\t  <li>she\/they\/ia<\/li>\n\t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part Time Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-65\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ruthanne Kurth-Schai\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/553\/2017\/10\/RKSimage-1-1-e1700604816871-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/education\/facultystaff\/ruthannekurthschai\/\">Ruthanne Kurth-Schai<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            DeWitt Wallace Professor \n         <\/li>\n\t      \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:kurthschai@macalester.edu\" >kurthschai@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6035<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-69\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sonia Mehta\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/553\/2017\/10\/sonia-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/education\/facultystaff\/soniamehta\/\">Sonia Mehta<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Assistant Professor (NTT)\n         <\/li>\n\t      \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:smehta@macalester.edu\" >smehta@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-66\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cristina Silva Gleason\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/553\/2024\/09\/cristina-headshot-sm-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/education\/facultystaff\/tinakruse\/\">Cristina Silva Gleason<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Assistant Professor\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">Educational Psychology<\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:csilvagl@macalester.edu\" >csilvagl@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t      \t\t  <li>she\/her\/ella<\/li>\n\t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-1181\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sabina Vaught\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/553\/2025\/10\/sabinaPic2-150x0-c-default.png\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/education\/facultystaff\/sabina-vaught\/\">Sabina Vaught<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Humphrey Distinguished Professor\n         <\/li>\n\t      \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:svaught@macalester.edu\" >svaught@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-458\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jackie Starbird\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/553\/2021\/12\/starbird-square-images-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           Jackie Starbird\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Department Coordinator\n         <\/li>\n\t      \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:jstarbir@macalester.edu\" >jstarbir@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6302<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Educational Studies Advisory Committee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Educational Studies students are encouraged to work closely with faculty across the disciplines that share the department\u2019s commitments to the preparation of teachers and to public education reform. Included are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jerald Dosch (Biology)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lesley Lavery (Political Science)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sedric McClure (Lealtad-Suzuki Center for Social Justice)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ron Brisbois (Chemistry)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ruth Janisch (Community Engagement Center)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Christopher Wells (Environmental Studies)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Claude Cassagne (French)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Laura Smith (Geography)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rivi Handler-Spitz (Asian Languages and Cultures)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hana Dinku (Lealtad-Suzuki Center for Social Justice)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marcos Cruz (Career Exploration)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>James Doyle (Physics)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cari Gillen-O&#8217;Neel (Psychology)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Julia Chadaga (Russian)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Erika Busse-Cardenas (Sociology)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Geoffrey Gorham (Philosophy)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alan Chapman (Geology)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cori McKenzie-Read (Academic Success)<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Full Time Faculty Part Time Faculty Staff Educational Studies Advisory Committee Educational Studies students are encouraged to work closely with faculty across the disciplines that share the department\u2019s commitments to the preparation of teachers and to public education reform. 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