The University of Texas at Arlington
Office of Public Affairs
Education
Matthew J. Basham
Assistant Professor
Phone: 817-272-5051 (or call Media Relations at 817.272.2761)
Email: mbasham@uta.edu
Interview in Spanish: no
Specific Expertise: Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Executive Leadership, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Entrepreneurialism, Technology Law, Computer Science, Workforce Development, Technology Education
Shelley Blackburn-Harris
Visiting Assistant Professor
Phone: 817-272-7568 (or call Media Relations at 817.272.2761)
Email: sdharris@uta.edu
Interview in Spanish: no
Specific Expertise: effective teaching, mentoring, student achievement
Ronald Caloss
Director of Superintendent Certification Program
Phone: 817-272-8045 (or call Media Relations at 817.272.2761)
Email: rcaloss@uta.edu
Interview in Spanish: no
Specific Expertise: public school finance, bond elections, dressing for the interview, resumes and interviewing, dealing with the media, unwritten rules for leadership, reaching out and making a difference
Ann Cavallo
Associate Professor
Phone: 817-272-1264 (or call Media Relations at 817.272.2761)
Email: cavallo@uta.edu
Interview in Spanish: no
Specific Expertise: science teaching and learning at all levels, impact of science learning on underserved or underrepresented groups (minorities, women), impact of technology on students' science learning, psychological aspects of student learning, examining students' scientific reasoning abilities
Dannielle J. Davis
Assistant Professor
Phone: 817-272-0463 (or call Media Relations at 817.272.2761)
Email: djdavis@uta.edu
Interview in Spanish: no
Specific Expertise: Faculty Retention, Minority Students
Thomas J. Graca
Assistant Professor
Phone: 817-272-0806 (or call Media Relations at 817.272.2761)
Email: tgraca@uta.edu
Interview in Spanish: no
Specific Expertise: education law and policy (public school and higher education), especially First Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, and Human Resources
Kenneth W. Greene
Adjunct Professor
Phone: 817-272-1021 (or call Media Relations at 817.272.2761)
Email: kgreene@uta.edu
Interview in Spanish: no
Specific Expertise: public school district administration. former superintendent of three Texas public school districts
Nancy L. Hadaway
Professor
Phone: 817-272-2240 (or call Media Relations at 817.272.2761)
Email: hadaway@uta.edu
Interview in Spanish: no
Specific Expertise: adolescent literacy, children's and young adult literature, English as a second language, online instruction
R. Jon Leffingwell
Associate Professor
Phone: 817-272-2274 (or call Media Relations at 817.272.2761)
Email: leffingwell@uta.edu
Interview in Spanish: no
Specific Expertise: stress management, reduction of anxiety, increasing pro-social behavior in schools
Sarah K. McMahan
Visiting Assistant Professor
Phone: 817-272-1510 (or call Media Relations at 817.272.2761)
Email: skmac@uta.edu
Interview in Spanish: no
Specific Expertise: preservice teaching mentoring, professional development, school partnerships, social studies education
Peggy Semingson
Assistant Professor of Literacy Studies
Phone: 817-272-7568 (or call Media Relations at 817.272.2761)
Interview in Spanish: yes
Specific Expertise: Literacy instruction for elementary students, parent participation in their children’s literacy learning, family and community literacy, narrative research, K-12 students with challenges in reading, bilingual education.
David Stader
Assistant Professor
Phone: 817-272-7269 (or call Media Relations at 817.272.2761)
Email: dstader@uta.edu
Interview in Spanish: no
Specific Expertise: K-12 campus and district leadership, school safety, rights of sexual minority students in K-12 schools
Joy L. Wiggins
Assistant Professor
Phone: 817-272-0988 (or call Media Relations at 817.272.2761)
Email: jwiggins@uta.edu
Interview in Spanish: no
Specific Expertise: feminist theory in qualitative research in mostly narrative and poetic transcription of data, multicultural education and multicultural children's literature, using technology in higher education classroom including blogging and online distance education/learning, social action in K-12 classroom, preservice teacher education, English/language arts teaching in middle schools