Faculty and Staff

Over three dozen faculty will be involved with the Mid-Career Doctroal Program this coming year. Faculty includes a combination of standing and associated faculty from Penn GSE and other schools at the University, as well as noted practitioners and international scholars. The Steering Committee meets monthly to provide ongoing oversight and guidance.

Steering Committee*:

Stanton Wortham, Chair, and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Judy and Howard Berkowitz Professor in Education; Ph.D., University of Chicago

Michael Johanek, Director & Senior Fellow, Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University

Peter Kuriloff, Organizational Leadership Strand Leader & Professor, Ed.D., Harvard University

James Lytle, Public Leadership Strand Leader & Practice Professor, Ed.D., Stanford University

Susan Lytle, Instructional Leadership Strand Leader & Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; Chair, Language and Literacy in Education Division, Penn GSE

H. Gerald Campano, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Doug Lynch, Vice Dean for Continuing and Executive Education, Ph.D., Columbia University

Sharon Ravitch, Senior Lecturer, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Jonathan Supovitz, Evidence-Based Leadership Strand Leader & Associate Professor, Ed.D. Harvard University

Program Faculty:

Sigal Ben-Porath, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Tel Aviv University

Judy Brody, Lecturer, Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania

John DeFlaminis, Adjunct Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Oregon

Charles Dwyer, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Cornell University

Vivian L. Gadsden, William T. Carter Professor of Child Development and Education, Ed.D., University of Michigan

Eva Gold, Lecturer, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Frederick Hess, Lecturer, Ph.D., Harvard University

Will Jordan, Lecturer, Ph.D., Columbia University

Yasmin B. Kafai, Professor, Ed.D., Harvard University

Henry May, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Annie McKee, Adjunct Professor, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University

Nicholas Morgan, Instructor, M.B.A., Dartmouth College

Leslie Nabors Olah, Research Assistant Professor, Ed.D., Harvard University

Steven Piltch, Lecturer, Ed.D., Harvard University

Len Reiser, Lecturer, J.D., University of Chicago

Rebecca Reumann-Moore, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Matthew Riggan, Research Specialist, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Michael Schlesinger, Lecturer, Ed.D., Temple University

Harris Sokoloff, Adjunct Associate Professor, Ph.D., Syracuse University

Howard Stevenson, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Fuller Graduate School of Psychology;
Chair, Applied Psychology – Human Development Division, Penn GSE

Jeanne Vissa, Lecturer, Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University

Diane Waff, Practice Professor, Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania

Elliot Weinbaum, Research Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Christine Woyshner, Lecturer, Ed.D., Harvard University

Susan Yoon, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., OISE/University of Toronto

Jon Zimmerman, Lecturer, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University

* All members of the Steering Committee also serve on Program Faculty.

Administrative Staff

Rona Rosenberg
Assistant Dean

Martha Williams
Program Coordinator

Jessica Lundeen
Program Coordinator

Kathy Rho
Research Assistant
Alumni Coordinator