Faculty of Color and Diversity

One of the characteristics that makes The Ohio State University's College of Education and Human Ecology one of the top undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the country is its nationally recognized faculty. The College currently has over 186 fulltime tenure and tenure track faculty members across its degree granting schools and departments. Approximately 14% of these faculty members are persons of Color, teaching some of the most progressive courses, and engaged in research around some of today's most critical urban educational issues, such as how race, culture, gender, poverty, etc., relate to learning and educational success for students of Color.

Please review these faculty members' bios and see how exciting and complete your professional interests and cultural passions could become here. Feel free to contact any of them to inquire about their work, and share your interest with them. You are also welcome to contact the Office of Equity and Diversity for information concerning the bios of our other renowned faculty. Many of these faculty members are also involved in teaching and research related to critical urban and social justice issues across educational fields.

School of Educational Policy & Leadership

Dr. Philip T. K. Daniel

School: Policy and Leadership
Email: daniel.7@osu.edu

Dr. Daniel's research interests include governmental regulation of the electronic media, the reauthorization of the Americans With Disabilities Act, student violence and discipline, school authority and student rights. He has written three texts exploring law and legal rights within the educational enterprise, including discrimination and equal protection, students with disabilities, health and safety, church-state issues, gifted students, and federal, state and local regulation of the internet and other electronic media. He has a B.S. from Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, M.S. and Ed.D. from the University of Illinois, and J.D. from Northern Illinois University.

Dr. Ayres D'Costa

School: Policy and Leadership
Email: dcosta.1@osu.edu

Dr. D'Costa received his Ph.D. from Ohio University in educational research methods and counseling psychology. He has developed standardized tests related to vocational interests, medical school admission, spatial visualization and professional licensing/certification. His research interests focus on testing, and include computer-based feedback techniques, professional schools' assessment challenges, adverse impact on minorities, Rasch Model-based analyses, and Caution Indexes for analyzing aberrant responses.

Dr. Dorinda Gallant

School: Policy and Leadership
Email: gallant.32@osu.edu

Dr. Gallant received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and Research (Research Track) from the University of South Carolina. She is an assistant professor of Quantitative Research, Evaluation, and Measurement in Education (QREME) in the School of Educational Policy and Leadership. Her research interests include applied measurement in education, applied quantitative research methodology, and fairness in testing.

Dr. Beverly Gordon

School: Policy and Leadership
Email: gordon.3@osu.edu

Dr. Gordon specializes in curriculum, instruction and professional development. She is also interested in the educational history of African Americans and teaches a two-course sequence on this topic that covers from 1700 to 1950 and 1950 to the present. She earned a Bachelor's from Quinnipiac College in English literature, and a M.S. and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in curriculum and instruction.

School of Teaching & Learning

Dr. Cynthia Dillard

School: Teaching and Learning
Email: dillard.17@osu.edu

Dr. Dillard earned a Ph.D. from Washington State University. Her research interests include: multicultural education, critical and spiritual pedagogy and the sociocultural contexts of education for the recruitment and retention of students of Color. In addition, she focuses scholarly and creative attention on African-centered thought and action, recently building a preschool in Mpeasem, Ghana, West Africa. Dr. Dillard has the honor of being enstooled as the Queen Mother of Development in this village.

Dr. Adrienne Dixson

School: Teaching and Learning
Email: dixson.1@osu.edu

Dr. Dixson is an Assistant Professor in the Middle Childhood program in the School of Teaching and Learning. She earned a B.A. in Music Theory and Composition from Youngstown State University, an M.A. in Educational Studies from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and her Ph.D. in Multicultural Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Dixson's research focuses on race and racial and gender identities in urban schooling contexts. She situates her work theoretically within Critical Race Theory, Black Feminist theories and Culturally Relevant Pedagogy.

Dr. Patricia Enciso

School: Teaching and Learning
Email: enciso.4@osu.edu

Dr. Enciso completed her doctorate at OSU in 1990, with a focus on engagement in reading. Her scholarship has continued to focus on middle school-age children's literacy but with a greater focus on cultural positioning, multicultural literature (particularly Latino/a literature), and the role of the arts in social justice and equity education. She also coordinates the Latino Studies Program at OSU.

Dr. Azita Manouchehri

School: Teaching and Learning
Email: manouchehri.1@osu.edu

With an outstanding background in mathematics and mathematics education, Professor Azita Manouchehri (PhD, University of Georgia-Athens) has contributed significantly to mathematics curriculum reform, the role and impact of technology in mathematics instruction, and mathematical classroom discourse, its effect on student learning, and the results when teachers use it for inquiry-based teaching. Her impressive publication record spans the leading journals in mathematics education, mathematics education teaching, and general teacher education. She has gained an unusually broad audience for her work both within and outside the typical community of mathematics educators. Manouchehri joined the School of Teaching and Learning at the beginning of autumn 2007.

Dr. Charles Hancock

School: Teaching and Learning
Email: hancock.2@osu.edu

Dr. Hancock received his B.A. and M.A. from Louisiana State University, and Ph.D. in foreign language education from The Ohio State University. He is a full professor in the School of Teaching and Learning and specializes in Spanish, French, and English as a Second Language. He received the ACTFL-Papalia Award for Excellence in Teacher Education in 1992 and a Mellon Fellowship to the National Foreign Language Center in Washington, D.C. in 1994. He is the author, co-author, or editor of nine books. His research interests are assessment/testing, multicultural education, urban education, and teacher education. He periodically teaches a required course, EDT&L 881, issues and practices in multicultural education, as a web-enhanced course. He is also currently the Associate Dean for Diversity, Urban, and International/Global Affairs for the College of Education and Human Ecology.

Dr. Valerie Kinloch

School: Teaching and Learning
Email: kinloch.2@osu.edu

With an interest in adolescent identities and youth digital literacies, writing research, urban education, and African American studies, Valerie Kinloch (PhD, Wayne State University) joined the School of Teaching and Learning from Teachers College - Columbia University where she was an assistant professor of English education. Active in the field, Kinloch works with youth and teachers in local high schools to facilitate her research and professional development. For instance, she was a visiting instructor, student/teacher mentor, and researcher at two Harlem high schools (2005-2007). Kinloch has multiple publications, has given many presentations, and has received funding from the Spencer Foundation and the National Council of Teachers of English.

Dr. Mariko Haneda

School: Teaching and Learning
Email: haneda.1@osu.edu

Dr. Haneda has examined second-language literacy development and practices, language and identity, and interaction in educational settings. She has taught ESL, EFL and Japanese to secondary and adult students in Japan and Canada. Prior to joining OSU, she was a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of California-Santa Cruz, and then an assistant professor of TESOL in the university of Nebraska-Lincoln. She received a M.Ed., 1995, and Ph.D., 2000, in second language education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto.

Dr. Elaine Richardson

School: Teaching and Learning
Email: richardson.486@osu.edu

Professor Elaine Richardson's (PhD, Michigan State University) rich and sophisticated body of work pushes the boundaries of theory and practice in linguistics, literary theory, language arts education and composition studies, and popular culture. She is one of the top scholars in the nation focusing on literacy studies among African-American youth and has created a culturally relevant model of composition instruction that brings cultural legacies of students to the forefront of the curriculum and helps them become proficient writers. The frequency of her speaking engagements and the many awards she has received for her books attest to the enthusiasm that the broad academic community has for her research. Richardson joined the School of Teaching and Learning at the start of autumn 2007.

Dr. Keiko Samimy

School: Teaching and Learning
Email: samimy.2@osu.edu

Dr. Samimy teaches courses in Foreign and Second Language Education. Her research interests include: the study of affective variables (e.g. motivation, anxiety, risk-taking) in relation to second language acquisition, particularly language anxiety and attention in critical languages; ESL students' participation patterns in academic settings; and the use of critical ethnography to explore how cultural beliefs determine ESL students' choice of interactional and conversational strategies in American university classrooms.

Dr. Cynthia Tyson

School: Teaching and Learning
Email: tyson.4@osu.edu

Dr. Tyson is an Associate Professor in the School of Teaching and Learning, where she teaches courses in social studies/global/multicultural education, multicultural children's literature and teaching for social justice. She received her B.S. in elementary education from Youngstown State University, her M.A. in reading and PhD. in children's literature and multicultural education from The Ohio State University. Her research and scholarship interests include: critical pedagogy in social studies, the development of cultural competence and socio-political consciousness in social studies, and the examination of race/racism in qualitative research.

School of Physical Activity and Educational Services

Dr. Gwendolyn Cartledge

School: Physical Activity & Educational Services
Email: cartledge.1@osu.edu

Dr. Cartledge specializes in exceptional children with severe emotional disabilities and behavioral disorders, and education of teachers of exceptional learners. She has a B.S. in elementary education, a M.Ed. in special education, and a Ph.D. in special education curriculum and supervision from The Ohio State University.

Dr. Packianathan Chelladurai

School: Physical Activity & Educational Services
Email: chelladurai.1@osu.edu

Dr. Chelladurai is a recognized scholar of management science, specializing in organizational theory and organizational behavior in the context of sport. Dr. Chelladurai has authored three books and two monographs and contributed over 80 articles to sport management literature. He is known in sport psychology for his work on leadership in sports. He has been the editor of the Journal of Sport Management and now serves as a reviewer for several scholarly journals. He is the first recipient of the Earle F. Zeigler Award from the North American Society for Sport Management.

Dr. Ralph Gardner

School: Physical Activity & Educational Services
Email: gardner.4@osu.edu

Dr. Gardner specializes in children with mild disabilities (i.e., mild mental retardation, learning disabilities and behavioral disorders) and children at-risk of school failure. He research focuses on inclusive instructional practices. He has a B.S. in psychology, and a M.A. and Ph.D. in special education and applied behavior analysis, all from The Ohio State University. He is a charter member of the Ohio State University Academy of Teaching for outstanding faculty.

Dr. Kisha Haye

School: Physical Activity & Educational Services
Email: khaye@ehe.osu.edu

With interests in exploring mental health issues in schools and examining bullying, peer victimization, and aggression among children and adolescents, Kisha M. Haye (PhD, University of Nebraska - Lincoln) joined the School of Physical Activity and Educational Services this autumn. Most recently, she completed postdoctoral training at the in Florida, a small private practice specializing in children's learning, development, and behavior. Before that, she completed an APA-approved Psychology Internship at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. There, in addition to clinical rotations, she was a researcher on the Violence Prevention Programming in Urban Schools project. During her doctoral program, Haye was co-director for a longitudinal research project examining bullying and peer victimization among middle school youth.

Dr. Samuel Hodge

School: Physical Activity & Educational Services
Email: hodge.14@osu.edu

Dr. Samuel R. Hodge is an Associate Professor in the School of Physical Activity and Educational Services at The Ohio State University. Since 1995, he has served as a faculty member in the Sport and Exercise Education program within the school. In that role, Professor Hodge engages in teaching, research, and service in both the physical education teacher education (PETE) and adapted physical education (APE) programs. His scholarship is situated in the theoretical frameworks of social constructionism, planned behavior theory, and critical race theory. His major lines of research foci are: (a) teacher professional preparation and inclusion, and (b) issues of social justice and cultural diversity. In addition to authorship on numerous journal articles and several book chapters, he is the lead author of the book, Case Studies in Adapted Physical Education: Empowering Critical Thinking (Hodge, Murata, Block, & Lieberman, 2003). He received a BS degree in education from Fayetteville State University (1988); a dual Master's degree in APE and motor behaviors from Bowling Green State University (1989); and a Ph.D. in APE with expertise in research methods and statistics, and sport pedagogy from The Ohio State University (1994).

Dr. Antoinette Miranda

School: Physical Activity & Educational Services
Email: miranda.2@osu.edu

Dr. Miranda specializes in school psychology, particularly working with culturally diverse children in urban settings. She earned a B.A. in psychology, and a M.Ed. and Ph.D. in school psychology, all from the University of Cincinnati. She is also the winner of one of Ohio State's highest honors for faculty, the University Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching.

Dr. James L Moore III

School: Physical Activity & Educational Services
Email: moore.1408@osu.edu

Dr. Moore received his B.A. in English Education from Delaware State University and earned both his M.A.Ed. and Ph.D. in Counselor Education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. His research and scholarship focus are on the following broad topic areas: how educational professionals influence the educational/career aspirations and school experiences of students of Color; ecological factors that support academic outcomes; and social, emotional, and psychological consequences of racial oppression for African American males and other people of Color in various domains in society.

Dr. Weidong Li

School: Physical Activity & Educational Services
Email: li.832@osu.edu

Weidong Li (PhD, Louisiana State University) joined the School of Physical Activity and Educational Services in autumn of 2007. His research focuses on (1) physical inactivity - its cognitive, affective, and motivational mechanisms, (2) obesity bias and coping mechanisms, and (3) physical activity, cognition, and academic achievement. He contributes to several major achievement theories, including conceptions of ability where his findings suggest that sports practitioners and teachers avoid references to innate racial and gender superiority and instead reinforce the belief that ability can be increased with effort. Li is published in highly ranked journals such as the Journal of Teaching for Physical Education (JTPE) and has been awarded several externally and internally funded grants. He currently serves on the JTPE Editorial Board, and is a Research Consortium Fellow of the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.

Department of Consumer Sciences

Dr. Jae-Eun Chung

Department: Consumer Sciences
Email: chung.362@osu.edu

Jae-Eun Chung (PhD, Michigan State University) studies why consumers buy clothing and other products, especially those sold in international markets such as India, Japan, and Korea. Now with the Department of Consumer Sciences, she looks at the impacts of cultural factors on consumers' buying habits and distribution channel relationships between retailers and their suppliers. Before coming to Ohio State, she was an assistant professor of retail merchandising at Ohio University for five years. She has two articles in press, and two were published in 2006. She received a Best Paper Award from the Academy of Marketing Science, and her students rank her teaching at a high level on faculty surveys.

Dr. Jinkook Lee

Department: Consumer Sciences
Email: jinkooklee@ehe.osu.edu

Dr. Lee is interest in the economics of aging, such as health and wealth dynamics, wealth transfers, and Medicaid estate planning. She also studies consumer behavior in the financial market; the use of credit cards, credit stress, and the credit scoring model; and financial services. She received a Ph.D. in Consumer Economics and an M.S. in Textiles and Clothing, both from The Ohio State University.

Dr. Gong-Soog Hong

Department: Consumer Sciences
Email: ghong@ehe.osu.edu

Dr. Jay Kandampully

Department: Consumer Sciences
Email: jkandampully@ehe.osu.edu

Dr. Kandampully researches management and marketing in service industry, service delivery and quality management, and hospitality management. His current interests include service networks, new business models in the age of technology, relationship marketing, business clusters and alliances, technology and its contributions to services. He earned a Ph.D. in Service Quality Management and an MBA in Services Marketing, both from the University of Exeter, UK.

Department of Human Nutrition

Dr. Hugo Melgar-Quinonez

Department: Human Nutrition
Email: hmelgar-quinonez@ehe.osu.edu

Dr. Melgar-Quinonez addresses food security and community nutrition in immigrant Latino population groups in Ohio and the United States. He studies ways to cross critical barriers, particularly the lack of cultural and social competencies among nutrition and health professionals and poor English proficiency among Latinos. He also is interested in the development and validation of household food security measurements in Latin America and other developing countries. He has Ph.D. in Medicine and an M.D., both from Friedrich Schiller Universität, Jena, Germany.

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