Department Archives: School of Teacher Education

Dr. Dooley is a professor of Exceptional Student Education in the School of Teacher Education at the UCF College of Community Innovation and Education.  She is the academic program director for the Ph.D. Teaching Learning and Development Track. She has served in executive leadership positions at West Virginia University and the University of Central Florida. […]

Vanessa, E. Vega, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Secondary English Language Arts Education at the University of Central Florida. Dr. Vega believes that our unique life stories carry woven threads that broaden our humanity and serve as bridges to better understand each other. She is committed to establishing reciprocal spaces where teachers and students […]

Jenna Read is a faculty member in Early Childhood Development and Education at the University of Central Florida, where she teaches courses in child life, child development, early childhood education and exceptional education. She joined UCF as a full-time faculty member in 2025, following several years of experience teaching as an adjunct at the university […]

Olivia Fudge Coleman is an assistant professor of Exceptional Student Education in the School of Teacher Education at the University of Central Florida. She began her educational career as a teacher of middle school students with extensive support needs and then as a teacher of third-grade students with and without disabilities. Her research centers on […]

Sara Michael-Luna is an Associate Professor of Early Childhood Development and Education at the University of Central Florida. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2005. Her initial work examined multilingual literacies (Spanish-English and Italian-English) in early childhood language development, curriculum and pedagogy. Her current research looks at the intersection of policy […]

Soyoung Park received a Ph.D. in Special Education with a concentration in Learning Disabilities and Behavior Disorders from the University of Texas at Austin. She specializes in developing evidence-based mathematics interventions to identify effective instructional strategies for students with learning disabilities, as well as providing high-quality guidelines to pre-service and in-service teachers to enhance their […]

Sarah B. Bush is a Professor of K–12 STEM Education and the Lockheed Martin Eminent Scholar Chair at the University of Central Florida (UCF). She is the Director of the Lockheed Martin/UCF Mathematics and Science Academy and program coordinator of the Mathematics Education PhD track. Dr. Bush is an appointed member of the United States […]

Earlisha J. Whitfield, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Reading at the University of Central Florida. With a career spanning over 17 years in P-8 education, Dr. Whitfield has served as a classroom teacher, reading coach, curriculum resource teacher, literacy specialist, and assistant principal. Her transition to higher education is fueled by a commitment to […]