Faculty & Staff

Education Studies Leadership & Staff 

Image result for maria pinangoMaria Piñango
Faculty Director, Education Studies

Professor in Linguistics
maria.pinango@yale.edu

Mira Debs
Director & DUS, Education Studies 

Lecturer in Sociology

mira.debs@yale.edu

Image result for Peyton AikenPeyton Aiken
Woodbridge Fellow

peyton.aiken@yale.edu

Madeline Cavanaugh
Program Registrar

madeline.cavanaugh@yale.edu

Education Studies Advisory Committee 2024-25

Grace Kao
IBM Professor of Sociology

Professor of Ethnicity, Race, and Migration

grace.kao@yale.edu

Daniel Martinez HoSang
Professor of Ethnicity, Race, and Migration and American Studies

daniel.hosang@yale.edu

Brian Scassellat
A. Bartlett Giamatti  Professor of Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

brian.scassellati@yale.edu

Julia Leonard
Assistant Professor of Psychology

julia.leonard@yale.edu

Jasmina Besirevic Regan 
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education,
Yale College 

Associate Dean for Graduate Education, Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

jasmina.besirevic@yale.edu

David Francis
Residential College Dean, Grace Hopper College

david.francis@yale.edu

Claudia Merson
Director of Public School Partnerships, 

Office of New Haven and State Affairs, Dwight Hall
claudia.merson@yale.edu

Student Representatives

Tony Ruan, YC 2025
Benjamin Franklin College
tony.ruan@yale.edu

Sarah Shapiro, YC 2025
Pauli Murray College
sarah.shapiro@yale.edu

Sarah Miller
Associate Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science

sarah.miller@yale.edu

Education Studies Lecturers

Education Studies Lecturers teach courses related to educationtheory and research, policy and practice alongside their professional work in the education field.

 

Riche Barnes

Associate Professor of African American Studies, University of Florida and Yale Education Studies lecturer, Yale Summer Session

Rj.danielbarnes@ufl.edu

 

2019-2020 Executive CouncilCraig Canfield
Lecturer in WGSS and Education Studies

craig.canfield@yale.edu

 

Nancy Close
Assistant Professor at the Child Study Center and Lecturer in Psychology

nancy.close@yale.edu

 

William Garfinkel
Lecturer, Education Studies and Yale Law School

william.garfinkel@yale.edu

 

Carla Horwitz
Faculty Member, Yale Child Study Center, Lecturer, Education Studies and Department of Psychology; Director Emerita of Calvin Hill Day Care Center and Kitty Lustman-Findling Kindergarten

carla.horwitz@yale.edu

 

Richard Lemons  
Executive Director of Partners for Education Leadership
Lecturer in Education Studies

richard.lemons@yale.edu

 

Matthew Makomenaw | Yale Group for the Study of Native AmericaMatthew Makomenaw
Assistant Dean of Yale College
Director of the Native American Cultural Center
Lecturer in Education Studies

matthew.makomenaw@yale.edu

 

Ryan Pakebusch
Associate Director of the Yale Young African Scholars (YYAS) program
Lecturer in Education Studies

ryan.pakebusch@yale.edu

 

Zelda Roland
Director of Yale Prison Education Initiative
Lecturer in Education Studies

zelda.roland@yale.edu

 

Jessica Sager
All our Kin Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Lecturer in Education Studies

jessica.sager@yale.edu

 

Errol C. Saunders II
Director, Pathfinder Program at Hopkins School
Lecturer in Education Studies

 

Melissa Scheve's pictureMelissa Scheve
Associate Director of Teaching Development and Initiatives, Yale Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning, Lecturer in Education Studies
melissa.scheve@yale.edu

 

Eleanor Schiff imageEleanor L. Schiff
Lecturer in Political Science and Education Studies

eleanor.schiff@yale.edu

 

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Leslie Torres-Rodriguez
Superintendent of Hartford Public Schools
Lecturer in the Education Studies

 

Janna Wagner
All our Kin Co-Founder and Chief Learning Officer
Lecturer in Education Studies

janna.wagner@yale.edu

 

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Erica E. Watson
Lecturer in Education Studies

 

Talya Zemach-Bersin
Lecturer in Education Studies
Senior Capstone Coordinator

talya.zemach-bersin@yale.edu