Teacher Education Department Faculty

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Many awards. Years of experience. 

Our Teacher Education Department faculty members are award-winning and widely published. Experts in their fields, they bring years of practical experience to the classroom. First and foremost, they are focused on your success. Beyond the classroom learning, faculty place extremely high value on the professional development of each student and will push you to deliver your best every day.

Teacher Education

Mary Raygoza
Areas of Expertise: Mathematics learning, teaching, and teacher education; Quantitative civic literacy; Teaching mathematics for social justice; Critical and culturally relevant mathematics pedagogy; Pedagogies of social change; Teaching about (in)equity; Critical educational theory; Educational equity; Democratic education; Public education; Students, teachers, and communities organizing for educational justice; Transformative school change; Youth participatory action research

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