Faculty & Staff

Education Studies Leadership & Staff

  • Maria Piñango

    Faculty Director, Education Studies

    Professor, Department of Linguistics

  • Mira Debs

    Director, Education Studies

    Lecturer, Department of Sociology

  • Madeline Cavanaugh

    Program Registrar

    Senior Administrative Assistant, Yale College Deans Office

Education Studies Advisory Committee 2024-2025

Maria Piñango, Education Studies Faculty Director and Professor, Linguistics

Mira Debs, Education Studies Director and Lecturer, Sociology

  • Jasmina Besirevic

    Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Associate Dean for Graduate Education

    Lecturer, Departments of Sociology, Global Affairs, and Ethnicity, Race, and Migration

  • Miki Havlickova

    Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies

    Nathan Jacobson Senior Lecturer II, Department of Mathematics

  • Tasha Hawthorne

    Residential College Dean, Pierson College

    Lecturer, Department of African American Studies

  • Daniel Martinez HoSang

    Professor, American Studies Program 

  • Claudia Merson

    Director of Public School Partnerships, Office of New Haven and State Affairs 

  • Daniela Morar

    Lecturer, Department of Economics

  • Rona Ramos

    Lecturer, Department of Physics

    Graduate Program Coordinator

  • Claudia Valleggia

    Professor, Department of Anthropology

  • Talya Zemach-Bersin

    Lecturer, WGSS and Education Studies Program

    Senior Capstone Coordinator

Yale Faculty teaching cross-listed Education Studies courses

Most Education Studies courses are taught by Yale faculty across sixteen departments (from all three divisions) including:

  • American Studies
  • African American Studies
  • Economics
  • Ethnicity, Race, and Migration
  • History
  • Humanities
  • Linguistics
  • Math
  • Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
  • Philosophy
  • Physics
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Theater Studies
  • Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Education Studies Lecturers

Additional courses are taught by Education Studies lecturers, experts in the education field, who teach courses related to policy and pedagogy alongside their professional work.

  • Riché Barnes

    Associate Professor of African American Studies, University of Florida

    Lecturer, Education Studies Summer Session

  • Craig Canfield

    Lecturer, WGSS and Education Studies Program

  • Nancy Close

    Assistant Professor,  Child Study Center

    Lecturer, Department of Psychology and Education Studies Program

  • William Garfinkel

    Lecturer, Education Studies Program 

  • Carla Horwitz

    Lecturer, Education Studies Program and Psychology

    Faculty, Yale Child Study Center

    Director Emerita, Calvin Hill Day Care Center 

  • Richard Lemons

    Executive Director, Partners for Education Leadership

    Lecturer, Education Studies Program 

  • Matthew Makomenaw

    Assistant Dean, Yale College

    Director, Native American Cultural Center

    Lecturer, Education Studies Program 

  • Ryan Pakebusch

    Associate Director, Yale Young African Scholars (YYAS)

    Lecturer, Education Studies Program 

  • Zelda Roland

    Director, Yale Prison Education Initiative

    Lecturer, Education Studies Program 

  • Jessica Sager

    All our Kin Co-Founder,  Chief Executive Officer

    Lecturer, Education Studies Program 

  • Errol C. Saunders II

    Director, Pathfinder Program at Hopkins School

    Lecturer, Education Studies Program 

  • Melissa Scheve

    Associate Director of Teaching Development and Initiatives, Yale Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning

    Lecturer, Education Studies Program 

  • Eleanor Schiff

    Lecturer, Department of Political Science and Education Studies Program

  • Leslie Torres-Rodriguez

    Superintendent, Hartford Public Schools

    Lecturer, Education Studies Program 

  • Janna Wagner

    All Our Kin Co-Founder, Chief Learning Officer

    Lecturer, Education Studies Program 

  • Erica Watson

    Lecturer, Education Studies Program 

  • Talya Zemach-Bersin

    Lecturer, WGSS and Education Studies Program

    Senior Capstone Coordinator