Our Faculty - Elementary and Early Childhood Education
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Faculty Profiles
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Nicole Glen
Associate Professor and Chairperson of Elementary & Early Childhood EducationHart Hall, Room 119Tel:508.531.2483Email: nicole.glen@bridgew.eduDegreesTop of Page ▴BS, State University of New York at Brockport
MS, PhD, Syracuse University -
Gwenyth Alexander
Full-Time Temporary InstructorHart Hall, Room 325Tel:508.531.1243Email: galexander@bridgew.eduTop of Page ▴ -
Elaine Bukowiecki
Professor of Elementary & Early Childhood Education; Chairperson of Counselor Education DepartmentKelly Gym, Room 106Tel:508.531.2228, 508.531.2721Email: ebukowiecki@bridgew.eduDr. Elaine M. Bukowiecki is a professor of literacy education for the department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education at Bridgewater State University. Elaine joined the Bridgewater State University community in 2003, where she teaches graduate level courses for the MEd and CAGS programs in Reading. Elaine has served as Graduate Coordinator of the Graduate Programs in Reading from 2009-2015. In 2014, she was appointed by then Dean Karim Ismaili to serve as Graduate Faculty Fellow for the College of Graduate Studies. As Graduate Faculty Fellow, Elaine has predominantly worked with graduate student research and funding. In June 2015, she was appointed by the president of Bridgewater State University to serve as Acting Chairperson for the Department of Counselor Education for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Dr. Bukowiecki has research interests in the academic disciplines of critical literacy and content-area literacy. She has published widely in academic journals regarding this topic and has presented papers and workshops at local, state, national, and international conferences about critical literacy and content-area literacy. In 2014, she published two books regarding the inclusion of literacy techniques in social studies teaching and currently is in the final stages of co-authoring a book regarding the inclusion of informational texts in kindergarten through third-grade classrooms.
Dr. Bukowiecki spent 28 years working in public education, first, as an elementary school classroom teacher for the Shrewsbury, Massachusetts Public Schools and second, as a language arts consultant and district-wide language arts coordinator for the Putnam, Connecticut Public Schools. She is past president of the Massachusetts Reading Association.
Dr. Bukowiecki received a Bachelor of Science degree in English from Clark University, a Master of Arts in Teaching English degree from Assumption College, a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in Reading from Lesley College, and a Doctorate in Education with a concentration in language and literacy from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.
DegreesTop of Page ▴BS, Clark University
MA, Assumption College
CAGS, Lesley College
EdD, University of Massachusetts at Lowell -
Andrea Cayson
Assistant Professor of Elementary & Early Childhood EducationHart Hall, Room 120Tel:508.531.1834Email: andrea.cayson@bridgew.eduDegreesTop of Page ▴PhD, Florida State University
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Marlene Correia
Assistant Professor of Elementary and Early Childhood EducationHart Hall, Room 128Tel:508.531.1810Email: m8correia@bridgew.eduTop of Page ▴ -
Susan Eliason
Associate Professor of Elementary & Early Childhood EducationHart Hall, Room 139Tel:508.531.2986Email: susan.eliason@bridgew.eduDegreesTop of Page ▴BS, Iowa State University
MEd, Worcester State College
EdD, Nova Southeastern University -
Steven Greenberg
Professor of Elementary & Early Childhood Education; Graduate Program ChairHart Hall, Room 135Tel:508.531.2329Email: sgreenberg@bridgew.eduDegreesTop of Page ▴BA, MEd, Northeastern University
EdD, University of Massachusetts at Amherst -
Jeanne Ingle
Assistant Professor of Elementary and Early Childhood EducationHart Hall, Room 138Tel:508.531.2517Email: jingle@bridgew.eduDegreesTop of Page ▴BA, Boston College
MA, City University of New York
PhD, University of Connecticut -
John Marvelle
Professor of Elementary & Early Childhood EducationHart Hall, Room 133Tel:508.531.1367Email: jmarvelle@bridgew.eduDegreesTop of Page ▴BA, MEd, Bridgewater State College
EdD, University of Massachusetts at Amherst -
T. Kevin McGowan
Assistant Professor of Elementary and Early Childhood EducationHart Hall, Room 130Tel:508.531.1895Email: tmcgowan@bridgew.eduWebsite:Kevin McGowan is an early childhood educator with over twenty-five years of experience. Kevin thrives in dynamic, fluid environments where a combination of authentically diverse efforts from practitioners, policy makers, and researchers address the needs of marginalized children and their families. Past early childhood experiences include working as a prekindergarten/Head Start teacher, mentor teacher, and education manager with the District of Columbia Public Schools. Additional early childhood experiences include assistant director and disabilities specialist for the Alexandria, Virginia Head Start Program and emergent literacy coach for Educational Solutions. Kevin's research interests include exploring empathy development through a critical theory lens in early childhood education pre-service and in-service teachers.
Areas of ExpertiseEarly Education and Care
DegreesTop of Page ▴BS, Howard University
MEd, Cambridge College
PhD, George Mason University -
Heather Pacheco-Guffrey
Assistant Professor of Elementary & Early Childhood EducationHart Hall, Room 121Tel:508.531.2675DegreesTop of Page ▴BS, University of Rhode Island
MEd, University of Massachusetts Boston
PhD, Arizona State University -
Gia A. Renaud
Assistant Professor of Elementary and Early Childhood EducationHart Hall, Room 137Tel:508.531.2662Email: Gia.Renaud@bridgew.eduGia A. Renaud earned her doctorate in Educational Leadership from Johnson and Wales University. Prior to teaching at the college level, she taught in the Fall River public school system both as a general educator and a special educator. She joined the Bridgewater State University Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education in the fall of 2015 teaching Creating a Standards-Based, Inclusive Elementary Classroom 1-6 (ELED 360) and supervising student teachers. Her research interests are strategies to include students with disabilities, classroom management and service learning. In November 2015, she presented at the National Teacher Education Conference in Arizona on assessment and observation tools that she developed and piloted with student teachers. In her leisure time, she enjoys spending time with family, traveling and spending time at the beach.
DegreesTop of Page ▴MS, Simmons University
EdD, Johnson and Wales University -
Mary Shorey
Professor of Elementary & Early Childhood EducationHart Hall, Room 132Tel:508.531.2384Email: mshorey@bridgew.eduDegreesTop of Page ▴BS, University of Maine
MEd, Utah State University
PhD, The Ohio State University -
Robert Sylvester
Professor of Elementary & Early Childhood EducationHart Hall, Room 136Tel:508.531.2390Email: rsylvester@bridgew.eduDegreesTop of Page ▴BSc, Salem State College
MEd, Bridgewater State College
PhD, University of Bath -
Adam Ulenski
Assistant Professor of Elementary and Early Childhood Education; Graduate Program Chair for ReadingHart Hall, Room 134Tel:508.531.1843Email: aulenski@bridgew.eduAdam Ulenski received his doctorate in education with a specialization in literacy from the University of Central Florida. His current research interests include investigating methods and approaches that prepare literacy coaches to engage in numerous instructional roles and leveraging the role of the literacy coach in support of struggling readers and writers’ self-efficacy and motivation through the use of digital literacies. In his spare time, he plays in a kickball league and plans to join a national softball league in Boston very soon.
DegreesTop of Page ▴BS, State University of New York at Oneonta
MS, State University of New York at Albany
EdS, Stetson University
EdD, University of Central Florida
Part-time Faculty Profiles
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Barbara Kramer
Part-Time FacultyHart Hall, Room 122Tel:508.531.1243Email: bkramer@bridgew.eduTop of Page ▴ -
Nancy Matos
Part-Time FacultyHart Hall, Room 122Tel:508.531.1243Email: n1matos@bridgew.eduTop of Page ▴ -
Nancy Meagher
Part-Time FacultyHart Hall, Room 122Tel:508.531.1243Email: nmeagher@bridgew.eduTop of Page ▴ -
Patricia Muldoon
Part-Time FacultyHart Hall, Room 122Tel:508.531.1243Email: pmuldoon@bridgew.eduTop of Page ▴ -
Mary Police
Part-Time FacultyHart Hall, Room 122Tel:508.531.1243Email: mary.police@bridgew.eduTop of Page ▴ -
Anne Marie Rodrigues
Part-Time FacultyHart Hall, Room 122Tel:508.531.1243Email: a7rodrigues@bridgew.eduAnne Marie Rodrigues is a retired educator and administrator. She received her undergraduate degree from Bridgewater State College (Elementary Education and teaching license for Grades K-8) with concentrations in Early Childhood and Special Education studies. Her entire teaching career was in the Mansfield Public Schools - teaching 19 years of kindergarten and 11 years as a second grade teacher.
During the early part of her teaching years, she completed graduate studies in Early Childhood Education. She then obtained her license as an Elementary School Administrator Grades K-8. During the last six years of her career, she was an Assistant Principal at the Robinson School, Mansfield, MA.
She retired in 2011, after completing a rewarding career working with early childhood students, student-teachers, teachers, parents and administrators. She has been teaching the Basics of Early Childhood Education classes at BSU since 2012. She has thoroughly enjoyed returning to the BSU campus and teaching the potential future educators of tomorrow.
Areas of ExpertiseAdvanced Studies in Early Childhood Education - Birth through 9 years old
DegreesTop of Page ▴BS, Bridgewater State College
MSEd, Wheelock College -
Lucinda Studley
Part-Time FacultyHart Hall, Room 122Tel:508.531.1243Email: lstudley@bridgew.eduTop of Page ▴ -
Nancy Witherell
Professor of Elementary & Early Childhood EducationHart Hall, Room 134Tel:508.531.2397Email: nwitherell@bridgew.eduDegreesTop of Page ▴BA, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
MEd, University of Maryland
EdD, University of Massachusetts at Lowell
Staff Profiles
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Liz Roman
Administrative Assistant IHart Hall, Room 122Tel:508.531.1243Email: eroman@bridgew.eduTop of Page ▴