SETH | Full-Time Faculty

Assistant Professor

Alida Anderson received her PhD in special education from the University of Maryland, College Park. Research and teaching interests include language development and literacy acquisition in diverse populations. Anderson's dissertation research focused... [More]

Instructor

Professorial Lecturer

Dr. Carol DeShano da Silva researches key issues in the field of comparative and international education related to education policy and instructional practice. These include: language and literacy policy and instruction, teacher education and qualit... [More]

Dean, School of Education, Teaching and Health

Dr. Irvine Belson's research activities focus on infusing effective components of instructional design with emerging technology across the field of education, particularly for students with exceptionalities. Dr. Irvine Belson has trained pre-service ... [More]

Professor

Research and Teaching Interests: The role, function, and impact of higher education; theory and practice in adult learning; public policy and education; quantitative research.

Professor

Robert Karch has been a member of American University faculty since 1969. He is a full professor in the School of Education, Teaching & Health. He is also the founder and Director of both the Masters of Science program in Health Promotion Management ... [More]

Assistant Professor

IIllana Lancaster started her career in education as a Peace Corps volunteer teaching English in a semi-rural community junior secondary school in Botswana. Since then Illana has taught high school English and ESL in Washington, DC, community college... [More]

Assistant Professor

As a policy historian and the social studies specialist in the teacher education program at American University, Dr. Lawrence’s research interests extend from American Indian education to historical and qualitative research methodologies, to discipli... [More]

Instructor

Assistant Professor

Associate Professor

Dr. Anastasia Snelling is an associate professor at American University in the School of Education, Teaching, and Health. Dr. Snelling has been teaching undergraduate and graduate health promotion programs for the past two decades with a focus on nut... [More]

Assistant Professor

Stacie Tate holds a doctorate in language, literacy and urban education from Michigan State University. Her interests are literacy, urban education, multicultural education, urban teacher development and critical research. Dr. Tate began her career a... [More]

Professor

Dr. Vasquez is a Professor of Education at American University. Her research interests are in critical literacy, early literacy and information communication technology. Prior to coming to AU, Dr. Vasquez taught pre-school and public school for fourt... [More]

Assistant Professor

In his teaching and scholarship, Vassallo works to merge perspectives to critically explore issues related to teaching and learning, especially in the context of academic self-regulation. He draws from sociology, philosophy and educational psychology... [More]

Assistant Professor

Elizabeth Anderson Worden joined American University as an assistant professor in the fall of 2007 after earning her PhD in International Education from New York University the previous year. Worden's primary research examines the role of teaching hi... [More]