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Dr. Melissa Jozwiak
Associate Professor & Department Chair
(210) 784-2512 | Madla 221
Email: melissa.jozwiak@tamusa.edu
Research expertise in examining how continuity and discontinuity manifest within early childhood systems, settings, and the ways in which relationships (human and professional) mediate their impact.
Dr. María Acevedo-Aquino
Assistant Professor
(210) 784-2504 | Madla 263
Email: maquino@tamusa.edu
Research areas focus on young children’s intercultural understandings; global children’s literature; play, inquiry, and story as transformative experiences in early childhood education.
Dr. Catherine O'Brien
Lecturer
(210) 784-1529 | Madla 231
Email: cobrien@tamusa.edu
Research areas of focus on play-based learning, professionalism, ethics, and advocacy in Early Childhood Education, and building social interdependence using cooperative learnings strategies in the online learning environment.
Dr. Socorro Garcia-Alvarado
Clinical Assistant Professor
(210) 784-2404 | Madla 363
Email: salvarado1@tamusa.edu
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Dr. Melissa Scarpate
Affiliate faculty member
Email: mscarpate@tamusa.edu
Quantitative research expertise in longitudinal, multilevel modeling with large, national data sets; expertise in playful learning, state-funded Pre-K, high-quality early childhood education, and professional development of early childhood education professionals.
Dr. Hatice Inan
Visiting Associate Professor
(210) 784-2530 | Madla 221B
Email: hatice.inan@tamusa.edu
Research expertise in early childhood education approaches, models, and programs–especially, the Reggio Emilia Approach, Project Approach, integrated curriculum, and emergent curriculum; play-and inquiry-based education; high-quality environments for children; qualitative research methods especially ethnographic research lenses.