School of Educ. & Professional Studies

School of Educ. & Professional Studies

Head: Allen C Grant

Administrative Assistant: Billijean J. Elliott

TEL: (315) 267-2515 FAX: (315) 267-2145 113 Satterlee Hall

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Bette S Bergeron Professor School of Educ. & Professional Studies Bette S Bergeron Professor School of Educ. & Professional Studies Satterlee Hall 202G bergerbs@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2737 More Info	bergerbs@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2737
Deborah J. Conrad Senior Assistant Dean for Assessment and Accreditation Teacher Education, School of Educ. & Professional Studies Deborah J. Conrad Senior Assistant Dean for Assessment and Accreditation Teacher Education School of Educ. & Professional Studies Satterlee Hall 208 Satterlee Hall 114 conraddj@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2505, 2105 Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Curriculum & Instruction More Info	conraddj@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2505, 2105
James M Cruikshank Interim Dean School of Educ. & Professional Studies James M Cruikshank Interim Dean School of Educ. & Professional Studies cruiksjm@potsdam.edu More Info	cruiksjm@potsdam.edu
Billijean J. Elliott Administrative Assistant 2 School of Educ. & Professional Studies Billijean J. Elliott Administrative Assistant 2 School of Educ. & Professional Studies Satterlee Hall 113 plantybj@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2515 More Info	plantybj@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2515
Alicia M Fefee Program Aide School of Educ. & Professional Studies, Teacher Education Alicia M Fefee Program Aide School of Educ. & Professional Studies Teacher Education Satterlee Hall 112A fefeeam@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2535 More Info	fefeeam@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2535
Allen C Grant Dean, School of Educ. & Professional Studies School of Educ. & Professional Studies Allen C Grant Dean, School of Educ. & Professional Studies School of Educ. & Professional Studies Satterlee Hall 115 grantac@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2515 Dr. Allen Grant is an education change agent with a wide variety of experiences in K-12 and higher education. He has taught kindergarten, worked as a language instructor in Spain, consulted as an IB PYP expert, and spent many years in state service. He was the program director for a state virtual school (Louisiana) and a policy expert and grants coordinator for the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Grant is an expert in in curriculum design and development,having served as a Master Reviewer for Quality Matters. Dr. Grant's higher education experience includes his current role at Potsdam, his chair, directorial and professorial work at Drexel, as well as work at LSU, UMUC and the Southern University Virtual Learning Environment. His research interests center around emerging technologies, urban school reform, leadership development and anything dealing with K-12 virtual schooling. He is a frequent contributor as an expert witness and pundit for online learning. Degrees: BA, College of William and Mary MEd, George Mason University Ph.D., Louisiana State University Publications: DeCarlo, M. J., Grant, A., Lee, V., & Neuman, D. (2014). I-LEARN: Helping young children become information literate. In S. Kurbanoglu, S. Spiranec, E. Grassian, D. Mizrachi, & R. Catts (Eds.), Information Literacy. Lifelong Learning and Digital Citizenship in the 21st Century. Second European Conference on Information Literacy (pp. 243-252). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. Neuman, D., Grant, A., Lee, V., & Tecce DeCarlo, M.J. (2015). Information and digital literacy in a high-poverty urban school. School Libraries Worldwide, 21(1), 38-53. Lee, V., Tecce DeCarlo, M. J., Grant, A., Neuman, D. A collaborative I-LEARN project with kindergarten and second-grade teachers and students at a university- assisted school (2016). Urban Education. doi:10.1177/0042085916677344 DeCarlo, M. J. Tecce; Grant, A., Lee, V., & Neuman, D. Information and digital literacies in a kindergarten classroom: An I-LEARN case study. (2018). Early Childhood Education. doi:10.1007/s10643-017-0857-7 Provinzano, K., Levine, B., & Grant, A. (2018, abstract under review). The community school in context: Moving toward a reconceptualization of schooling and leadership. Abstract submitted to Journal of Transformative Leadership and Policy Studies (Special Issue). Provinzano, K., Reily, R., Levine, B., Grant, A. (2018). Community Schools and the role of university-school-community collaboration. Metropolitan Universities, 29(2), 91-104 Lee, V., Tecce DeCarlo, M. J., Grant, A., Neuman, D. My Thoughts on Gun Violence (2019). Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. More Info	grantac@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2515
Johnathan R Hirschey Johnathan R Hirschey School of Educ. & Professional Studies hirschjr@potsdam.edu More Info	hirschjr@potsdam.edu
Alyvia A Hubbard Administrative Assistant I Trainee Business Administration, School of Educ. & Professional Studies Alyvia A Hubbard Administrative Assistant I Trainee Business Administration School of Educ. & Professional Studies Satterlee Hall 108A hubbaraa@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-3165 More Info	hubbaraa@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-3165
Heidi L. Walker Administrative Assistant 1 Public Health & Human Performance, School of Educ. & Professional Studies Heidi L. Walker Administrative Assistant 1 Public Health & Human Performance School of Educ. & Professional Studies Satterlee Hall 114C walkerhl@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2306 More Info	walkerhl@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2306