Meet the Faculty

Department of Education, Chair
Dr. Jan Westrick

Associate Professor of Education
Ed.D. The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 2002
Telephone: (219) 464-5074
Email: Jan.Westrick@valpo.edu

Associate Professor of Education
Kurt D. Acton

Ph.D. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1983
Email: Kurt.Acton@valpo.edu

Coordinator of Multicultural Education
Jose Arredondo

Ed.D. Indiana University, Bloomington, 1973
Email: Jose.Arredondo@valpo.edu

Professor of Education
Allan R. Brandhorst

Ph.D. University of Missouri-Columbia, 1973
Email: Allan.Brandhorst@valpo.edu

Assistant Professor of Education
Lydia Brauer

Ph.D. The Ohio State University, 2006
Email: Lydia.Brauer@valpo.edu

Associate Professor of Education
Doris E. Cole

Ph.D. The University of Illinois at Chicago, 1997
Email: Doris.Cole@valpo.edu

Assistant Professor of Education
Sherry DeMik

Ph.D., Purdue University, 2006
Email: Sherry DeMik@valpo.edu

Associate Professor of Education
Maryann Dudzinski

Ed.D. Northern Illinois University, 1989
Email: Maryann.Dudzinski@valpo.edu

Assistant Professor in Education and Biology
Delphina (Del) Gillispie

M.S. Eastern Kentucky University, 1975
Email: Del.Gillispie@valpo.edu

Assistant Professor of Education
Christina Grabarek

Ph.D. Ball State University, 1994
Email: Christina.Grabarek@valpo.edu

Assistant Professor of Education
John Harrison

M.S.Ed., Indiana University
Email: John.Harrison@valpo.edu

Assistant Professor of Education
Sheryl Honig

M.A. University of Southern Flordia, 1994
Email: Sheryl.Honig@valpo.edu

Instructor in Education
Ruth A. Johnston

M.Ed. Valparaiso University, 1996
Email: Ruth.Johnston@valpo.edu

Associate Professor of Education
Ann L. Reiser

Ph.D. Michigan State University, 1978
Email: Ann.Reiser@valpo.edu

Associate Professor of Education
Perry W. Riffel

Ed.D. Oklahoma State University, 1990
Email: Perry.Riffel@valpo.edu

Assistant Professor Of Education
Paul W. Tougaw

Ph.D. Southern Illinois University  at Carbondale, 1993
Email: Paul.Tougaw@Valpo.edu