Paul T. Busceni, Ed.D., Dean School of Education Dr. Paul T. Busceni graduated from Northern Illinois University in 1991 with a B.S. in Economics. He attended Roosevelt University for graduate school and graduated in 1996 with an M.A., and 2000 with a doctorate in Educational Leadership and Organizational Change. Currently, Dr. Busceni serves as the Dean of the School of Education at Kendall College in Chicago. Dr. Busceni’s professional background stems from K-12 education, beginning with his teaching math, algebra, and pre-algebra in a parochial school to seventh and eighth grade students. Furthering his desire for quality teaching and learning, he began his administrative tenure in northern Lake County, serving as Principal and Assistant Superintendent. He enjoyed several years of working with dedicated and committed professionals, and collaborative, involved communities while leading initiatives to inspire teachers and engage learners. He led curricular improvement initiatives, building-based morale initiatives, professional development workshops on teaching pedagogy and educational leadership, worked extensively with various communities to further his commitment to the home-school partnership in the learning continuum, and established a new chapter of the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS), and Positive Behavior Intervention Strategies (PBIS) at the middle school level. While serving as Principal, Dr. Busceni did adjunct work for University of Wisconsin’s Department of Teacher Education where he taught methods courses for PreK-9 math and science, and supervised student teachers. In addition, he did adjunct work for Argosy University’s Chicago campus’ School of Education, where he eventually became Associate Professor and Program Chair for their on-campus and online School of Education. Dr. Busceni is a member of Kappa Delta Pi (International Honor Society in Education), Association for the Supervision of Curriculum Development (ASCD), National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), and National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). His doctoral research involved a comprehensive analysis of middle school block scheduling, which has since sparked further research interests in middle school leadership, as well as the academic writing process. He has been a national presenter, speaking mainly about leadership issues in education, and academic writing. He loves to write, and aside from his research and publication endeavors, is an aspiring non-fiction author. Dr. Busceni can be reached at (312) 752.2430 or pbusceni@kendall.edu.

Marsha Shigeyo Hawley, Associate Professor Early Childhood Education  Marsha Shigeyo Hawley graduated from California State University Fresno with a degree in child development with graduate studies and teaching credentials specializing in infancy through high school. She received her master’s degree from Erikson Institute (then affiliated with Loyola University) where she received her Illinois teaching credentials in early childhood education and elementary education, with special education approval. Ms. Hawley began her professional career as the director of a Head Start site in a migrant farm worker in central California in 1978, and has established and directed infant toddler child care centers in Illinois. She has experience as a teacher, director, parent-infant educator and parent educator. She was a Family Life Educator with the University of Illinois Extension, bringing research based information regarding families with young children to the general public for nearly ten years. She was previously part of the faculty in the Infant Studies Program at Erikson Institute, a graduate school in child development. She has experience teaching graduate courses specifically targeting professionals in child care, and directed the Infant Toddler Mentoring Project at Erikson, a program striving to enhance quality infant toddler center based child care. Ms. Hawley serves on several statewide steering committees and is currently involved in the development of the Illinois Registry, Gateways to Opportunity (Professional Development Advisory Council), Illinois Infant Toddler Credential, Illinois Association for Infant Mental Health and the Workforce Task Force for the Governor’s Early Learning Council. Her work with community based organizations, Chicago Public Schools Early Childhood Education Department and other early childhood work groups helps to contribute to the larger growth in the field. She has received several awards for her innovative team programs developed with the University of Illinois, and has served as a validator for NAEYC’s accreditation program for early childhood education. Ms. Hawley can be reached at (312) 752-2432 or mhawley@kendall.edu.

Tywanda Jiles, Assistant Professor Early Childhood Education  Tywanda Jilescurrently serves as anassistant professor and is the Director of the Lesson Plan Portfolio. She has a master’s degree in early childhood education, Illinois Type 04 certification with a special education approval, an Early Intervention Credential in Developmental Therapy, and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in early childhood education. Along with several years of experience teaching preschool and kindergarten, she opened and ran a branch of Boys and Girls of America.She is also a Child Development Associate (CDA) Advisor and Representative.Ms. Jiles serves asthe Golden Apple Scholars Liaison for Kendall College, as well as the Director of Lesson Plan Portfolios. Ms. Jiles can be reached at (312) 752-2456 or tjiles@kendall.edu.

Paula Brown, Adjunct Faculty & UCLC Coordinator Early Childhood Education  Ms. Brown comes to Kendall’s Early Childhood Education Program with a diverse background working with young children over the past 12 years. Prior to her current position as a part-time instructor at Kendall, Ms. Brown was a Program Specialist for the Great Lakes Head Start Quality Network for Federal Region 5, a private consultant to Head Start and child care programs in IL in the areas of health, disabilities, and literacy, a substitute Early Childhood Education Teacher, a Health & Disabilities Coordinator for a multi-site Head Start/Early Head Start Program in Chicago, and an adjunct Early Childhood Education faculty member at St. Augustine College. She is credentialed in IL as a Developmental Specialist in Early Intervention and nationally as a health educator. Her educational background includes a Master of Arts in Early Childhood Special Education, a Master of Public Health, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. She also holds IL teaching certification in Special Education, which includes endorsements as a Learning Behavior Specialist and approval in Early Childhood Special Education. She is a member of the Council for Exceptional Children and the Lake County Child Care Coalition. At Kendall, Ms. Brown is primarily involved with teaching courses at the University Center Campus in Grayslake, IL and coordinating programming thru this extension campus. In the past, she has taught ECE 300, all the courses in the Early Childhood Special Education track (EDU 291, 441, & 442), and supervised student teachers in their field placements. She believes that students learn best thru the practical application of their studies and sharing of their own personal experiences in the classroom. Ms. Brown is married and has one toddler-aged son. She feels that her son and his playmates provide her with new daily perspectives on how young children learn, develop, and thrive. Ms. Brown can be reached at (312) 752-2442 or pbrown@kendall.edu.

ADJUNCT FACULTY

Diane King dking@kendall.edu

Chris Bachelder cbachelder@kendall.edu

Melissa Casteel mcasteel@kendall.edu

Dr. Michaela Cole mcole@kendall.edu

Dr. Margaret (Peggy) Cramer mcramer@kendall.edu

Joan Dabrush jdabrush@kendall.edu

Dr. Johnna Darragh jdarragh@kendall.edu

Rita Elliott relliott@kendall.edu

Pam Ferdinand pferdinand@kendall.edu

Dr. June Fuller jfuller@kendall.edu

Latrice Gardner lgardner@kendall.edu

Judi Gibian-Mennenga jmennenga@kendall.edu

Victoria Gregor vgregor@kendall.edu

Dr. Robin Heiser rheiser@kendall.edu

Karen Hesterman khesterman@kendall.edu

Ann Marie Higgins ahiggins@kendall.edu

Nancy Hildreth nhildreth@kendall.edu

Georgia Hogan ghogan@kendall.edu

Monique Hudson mhudson@kendall.edu

Dr. Rubina Khan rkhan@kendall.edu

Dr. Alexandra Kolkmeyer akoldmeyer@kendall.edu

Lauren Levine llevine@kendall.edu

Dr. Jim Mitchell jmitchell@kendall.edu

Jean Morrison jmorrison@kendall.edu

Kathryn Murray kmurray@kendall.edu

Tom Mussatto tmussatto@kendall.edu

Laura Nowak lnowak@kendall.edu

Angela O’Bryan aobryan@kendall.edu

Dr. Bernice Parrott bparrott@kendall.edu

Temple Payne tpayne@kendall.edu

Janeen Perkins jperkins@kendall.edu

Dr. Joanne Perrault jperrault@kendall.edu

Sara Peterson speterson@kendall.edu

Thomas Quigley tquigley@kendall.edu

Allen Rosales arosales@kendall.edu

Susan Stolzer sstolzer@kendall.edu

Dr. Mike Trapani mtrapani@kendall.edu

Dr. Debra Van Maldegiam dvanmaldegiam@kendall.edu

Kitty Vigil kvigil@kendall.edu

Dr. Davenna Williams dwilliams@kendall.edu

Michael Wilson mwilson@kendall.edu

Shawnice Young-Thomas sthomas@kendall.edu

STAFF

Valerie Vasquez, Certification and Data Officer, School of Education
Ms. Vasquez can be reached at (312) 752-2440 or vvasquez@kendall.edu.

Shannon Yeager, Student Liaison and Field Placement Coordinator, School of Education Mrs. Yeager can be reached at (312) 752-2168 or syeager@kendall.edu.

Kimberly Skarr, Academic Advising
Ms. Skarr can be reached at (312) 752-2152 or kskarr@kendall.edu.

Danielle Menefee, Academic Advising
Ms. Menefee can be reached at (312) 752-2186 or dmenefee@kendall.edu.

Pauline Weber, Career Services
Mrs. Weber can be reached at (312) 752-2176 or pweber@kendall.edu.