Program Faculty and Staff

Access contact information for MALEd faculty and staff below.

 

Program Staff

  Carol Mayer: Department Chair

   Karen Moroz: Faculty Program Coordinator
   Student Advising  

   Mary Speranza-Reeder: Program Administrator
   Program Completion, Continuing Student and Registration Advising


 

Program Faculty

  Jennifer Carlson
  Dr. Jennifer Carlson is an Associate Professor of Education at Hamline
  University. Her areas of specialty include content area reading, children’s
  adolescent literature, six traits writing, adolescent literacy, and foundations
  of reading. She also supervises and mentors elementary and secondary
  student teachers and works with pre-service teachers, graduate students,
                           and practicing teachers.
                           Courses taught: New Literacies in the 21st Century

  Terri Christenson
  Terri Christenson is an Assistant Professor in the School of Education. She
  coordinates the K-12 Reading License program, the Summer Literacy
  Institute, and teaches graduate courses in Master of Arts in Literacy
  Education.
  Courses taught: Essentials in Literacy and Learning; Literacy Leadership
                           and Coaching; Critical Literacy

  Joletta Falknor
  Dr. Joletta Falknor has taught English Language Arts, Reading, and
  French to 7th-12th grade students for over 30 years. She also has served
  as a secondary instructional coach and 4th-12th grade gifted and talented  
  coordinator. As a Hamline adjunct professor in the MALEd and K-12
  reading endorsement programs, Joletta focuses on supporting
                           classroom teachers in their literacy instruction.
                           Courses taught: Literacy Leadership and Coaching; Essentials in Literacy
                           and Learning

Thereasa Gluek
Courses taught: Rethinking Literacies Across the Disciplines; Literacy Capstone: Thinking, Researching, Writing; Education Policy and Literacy Practice

  Karen Moroz
  Dr. Moroz has experience as a mid-level language arts teacher and as a
  literacy coach within secondary schools. She is a full-time faculty member
  at Hamline, focusing on effective pedagogy and literacy education and has
  a doctorate in education as well as a 7-12 language arts license and the
  K-12 reading endorsement.
                           Courses taught: Essentials in Literacy and Learning; Rethinking Literacy
                           Across the Disciplines; Critical Literacy

  Stephanie Reid
  Stephanie Reid hearkens from England, where she obtained her BA and
  MA in English Literature from Cambridge University and her secondary
  teaching degree from Oxford University. Stephanie loves her job teaching
  8th graders Language Arts and Reading, and she is thrilled to be teaching
  at Hamline University (where she gained her Masters in Education and
                           Reading License) as part of both the Reading Licensure and Masters in
                           Literacy Education programs.
                           Courses taught: New Literacies in the 21st Century

  Marcia Rockwood
  Marcia Rockwood is an assistant professor in the School of Education
  where she teaches courses for the literacy induction series and MALEd
  program. Marcia was one of the developers of the MALEd program and
  coordinated its approval process with the Higher Learning Commission.
  Prior to her work at Hamline, Marcia taught at the elementary level and
                           also coordinated mentor and professional development programs in the
                           public school arena.
                           Courses taught: New Literacies in the 21st Century; Rethinking Literacy
                           Across the Disciplines; Literacy Capstone: Thinking, Researching, Writing;
                           Education Policy and Literacy Practice

Kari Ross
Courses taught: Literacy Leadership and Coaching