Faculty

Profile Dr. Susan B. Harden is an Associate Professor of Education at UNC Charlotte and the Director for the Civic Minor in Urban Youth and Communities. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina Greensboro in 2001. Dr. Harden’s teaching, research, and service expertise is in understanding community engagement at cultural institutions and […]

Profile Dr. Brittany Anderson is an Assistant Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Middle, Secondary, and K12 Education. Dr. Anderson is a community-engaged scholar who facilitates university-school-community partnerships to illuminate and address the needs of students, teachers, and families in urban schools. In cooperation with the local Charlotte community and schools nationwide, Dr. […]

Profile Dr. Bettie Ray Butler is Professor of Urban Education and the Director of the Student Discipline Joint Task Force at UNC Charlotte. She also serves as the Program Director of the Master’s of Education (M.Ed.) in Urban Education. Dr. Butler completed her Ph.D. at Texas A&M University in 2011. Her research investigates issues of […]

Profile Dr. Heather Coffey is Professor of English Language Education in the Department of Middle, Secondary and K-12 Education and serves as the Director of the UNC Charlotte Writing Project. She completed her Ph.D. at UNC-Chapel Hill in 2009. Her research interests include ways to develop critical literacy with urban learners, bridging the gap between […]

Profile Dr. Hilary Dack is an Associate Professor in the department of Middle, Secondary, and K-12 Education. Her areas of specialization are differentiated instruction and effective instructional decision-making in K-12 general education classrooms. Dr. Dack teaches courses on the science of learning, middle grades education, instructional design, and differentiating instruction for academically diverse learners. She […]

Profile Dr. Kristin J. Davin is Professor of Foreign Language Education in the department of Middle, Secondary, and K-12 Education. Dr. Davin completed her Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in 2011. She teaches undergraduate and graduate foreign and second language methodology and assessment courses. Her research focuses on second language development, second language assessment, […]

Profile Dr. Warren J DiBiase is an Associate Professor of science education. His teaching responsibilities involve the preparation of middle/secondary science teachers at the graduate and undergraduate level. DiBiase is a past chair of the department. His other responsibilities include teaching an undergraduate course in Science, Technology and Society; a graduate level course in secondary […]

Profile Dr. Tina Heafner is Professor of Social Studies Education in the Department of Middle, Secondary, and K-12 Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her administrative responsibilities include Directing the M.Ed. in Secondary Education and the Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction. Tina is the 2020-2021 Past-President of the National Council for the […]

Profile Dr. Charles B. Hutchison was born in Ghana and currently teaches at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. With formal education in the sciences and theology and having lived in Africa, Europe, and the U.S., he has worked as a molecular immunologist and as an educator in several educational contexts. He is the […]

Profile Dr. Jeanneine Jones is Professor Emeritus of Middle Grades Education. She completed her Ed.D. at UNC-Greensboro. She has 44 years of middle grades experience at 8th grade and university levels, including a past PDS relationship with a 21-year history. Her experiences have led to numerous publications, presentations, and leadership roles that allow her to […]