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Faculty and Staff Directory

Curriculum and Instruction (CI)

Administration and Office Staff
Name Title Email Phone Office
Sally Blake Department Chair, Professor sblake1@niu.edu 815-753-9032 Gabel 147
Laurie Elish-Piper Executive Vice President and Provost laurieep@niu.edu 815-753-9400 Altgeld 215
David Paige Director, Jerry Johns Literacy Clinic dpaige2@niu.edu 815-753-8187 Wellness/Literacy 2014
Nick Slicer Graduate Advisor nslicer@niu.edu 815-753-7948 Gabel 152D
Sara Lenz Office Administrator slenz@niu.edu 815-753-8556 Gabel 147
CI Faculty and Instructors
Name Title Email Phone Office
Hyoju Ahn Assistant Professor, Reading, Literacy and Language Arts hahn@niu.edu 815-753-8556 Graham 119D
Diana Bonilla Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction dbonilla1@niu.edu 815-753-8556 Graham 119E
Jeanine Clark Bremer Instructor, Social Studies Education clarkbremer@niu.edu 815-753-8556 Gabel 148
Zoe Cassady Instructor, Reading, Literacy and Language Arts zcassady1@niu.edu 815-753-3939 Graham 119C
James Cohen Professor, Bilingual/ESL jcohen2@niu.edu 815-753-0897 Gabel 147F
Mary Costello Instructor, Reading, Literacy and Language Arts mcostello@niu.edu 815-753-8465 Gabel 130C
Razak Dwomoh

Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction

 rdwomoh@niu.edu 815-753-1415 Graham 119F
Joseph Flynn Professor, Curriculum and Instruction jeflynn@niu.edu 815-753-4539 Graham 119K
Trish Hayden Instructor, Elementary Education thayden1@niu.edu 815-753-7948 Gabel 154A
Eric Junco Assistant Professor, Director for Academic Cultivation and Engagement ejunco1@niu.edu 815-753-7105 Graham 318
Melanie Koss Professor, Reading, Literacy and Language Arts mkoss@niu.edu 815-753-9260 Gabel 130B
Jodi Lampi Professor, Academic Literacy and Learning jlampi@niu.edu 815-753-8486 Graham 119H
Michael Manderino Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction mmanderino@niu.edu 815-753-7467 Graham 119L
David Nieto Associate Professor, Bilingual/ESL dnieto@niu.edu 815-753-2213 Gabel 147E
David Paige Professor and Director Reading, Literacy and Language Arts dpaige2@niu.edu 815-753-8458 Wellness/Literacy 2014
Mariana Ricklefs Associate Professor, Bilingual/ESL mricklefs@niu.edu 815-753-5741 Graham 119B
Tammy Scheibe Instructor, Elementary Education tscheibe@niu.edu N/A Gabel 152C
Eui-kyung Shin Professor, Social Studies Education ekshin@niu.edu 815-753-8492 Gabel 166E
John Evar Strid Associate Professor, Bilingual/ESL jstrid@niu.edu 815-753-4158 Gabel 147D
Rebecca Vaughn Instructor, Academic Literacy and Learning rvaughn2@niu.edu 815-753-9674 Gabel 1048B
Donna Werderich Professor, Reading, Literacy and Language Arts dwerderi@niu.edu 815-753-7639 Graham 119M
Corrine Wickens Professor, Reading, Literacy and Language Arts cwickens@niu.edu 815-753-8485 Graham 119J
Dianne Zalesky Instructor, Bilingual/ESL dzalesky@niu.edu 815-753-9674 Gabel 103
All College of Education faculty and staff

Contact Us

Department of Curriculum and Instruction
815-753-8556
815-753-8563 (fax)
CIDepartment@niu.edu
Gabel Hall 147