Education Faculty & Staff
Department chair: Kate Kauper | Contact info
Faculty & Staff
Kerry Botswick
Professor of Education
Taught elementary school classes for nine years and is the recipient of a National Council of Teachers of English grant for teacher research. Her research interests are teachers as researchers, humanistic classroom environment, and preservice teachers. Ph.D., educational psychology, curriculum, and instruction, The Union Institute; M.Ed., curriculum and instruction, National-Louis University; B.G.S., elementary education, University of Iowa.
Jill Heinrich
Professor of Education
Taught high school English for 12 years and has taught a variety of education, literature, and composition courses at the secondary through college level. Her research interests are masculinity studies, religious literacy, and separation of church and state in the realm of public education. Ph.D., English education, University of Iowa; M.S., English education, Illinois State University; B.A., English, Northern Illinois University.
Kate Kauper
Associate Professor of Education
Taught middle and high school social studies for nine years, as well as courses in mythology, health education, and anthropology. Her research interests include the history of American education, curriculum theory, educational criticism and connoisseurship, social and emotional learning, civic engagement, and equity and social justice in educational opportunity. Ph.D., Social Studies Education, University of Iowa; M.A., Curriculum and Instruction, University of Colorado-Boulder; B.A., Anthropology, University of Colorado-Boulder.
Cindy Postler
Director of Teacher Education
Taught high school English for three years, and supervised student teachers for four years before joining Cornell in 2008. M.A., educational administration, University of Iowa; B.A., English education, University of Northern Iowa.
Shelli Bentley
Academic Program Assistant
Additional instructors
Christian Aanestad
Independent Study Instructor
Susie Engelhardt
Lecturer
DeeAnn Grove
Lecturer
David Law
Music Student Teacher Supervisor
Diane Peters
Lecturer
Anne Spencer
Lecturer
Emeriti
S. Gayle Luck
Professor of Education Emerita
Ph.D. and M.A., The University of Iowa; B.S., University of Colorado.
Richard Peters
Professor of Education Emeritus
M.A. and B.A., The University of Iowa; Walden University; A.A., Muscatine Junior College.