Program Contacts & Degree Offerings

Below are tables of programs offered by the Department of Teaching and Learning at FIU, along with the Program Leaders (Directors) and their contact information. Whether you’re a student or staff, this directory will help you quickly find who oversees each program for academic guidance or further questions:

Program Leaders (Directors & Office Support)

Role Name Email Secondary contact
All Undergraduate Programs Dr. Jennifer Mirabal [email protected] 305-348-3895
All Elementary Programs Dr. Maria Tsalikis [email protected] 305-348-2778
Graduate Program Director (PhD & EdS) Dr. Elizabeth Cramer [email protected] 305-348-2425
Graduate Studies Office (PhD/EdS Staff) Guido Gonzalez [email protected]
[email protected] 305-348-2723
Administrative Support – Online MSCI Dr. Jackie Dipp [email protected] 305-348-2158
Undergrad Special Education Dr. Melanie Morales [email protected] 305‑348‑2390
Undergrad Early Childhood Dr. Andrea Adelman [email protected] 305‑348‑3667

Undergraduate Programs


Elementary Education Discipline Leaders

Title of Program Program Leader Email Phone
Reading Education Dr. Helen Robbins [email protected] 305-348-2777
Mathematics Education Dr. Barbara King [email protected] 305-348-3215
TESOL Dr. Aixa Perez-Prado [email protected] 305-348-3504
Science Education Dr. Sherwin Jose [email protected] 305-348-3607
Social Studies Education Dr. Sherrie Beeson [email protected] 305-348-0461

Secondary Education

Title of Program Program Leader Email Phone
Secondary Social Studies Education Dr. Sarah Mathews [email protected] 305-348-3223
Secondary English Education Dr. Keisha McIntyre-McCullough [email protected] 305-348-3230
Secondary STEM (FIUTeach) Education Dr. Maria L. Fernandez

Dr. Leslie Nisbet-Gonzalez | [email protected]

[email protected] | 305-348-0193

305-348-7799 |

Undergraduate Programs Outside of Teaching and Learning Department

Title of Program Program Leader Email Phone
Art Education Dr. David Chang [email protected] 305-348-3362
Music Education Dr. Sandra S. Adorno [email protected] 305-348-7252

Graduate Programs


Graduate Programs in Teaching and Learning

Title of Program Program Leader Email Phone
MS in Early Childhood Education Dr. Daniela F. Foerch [email protected] 305-348-3488
MS in Foreign Language Education / TESOL Dr. Ryan W. Pontier [email protected] 305-348-3393
MS in Reading/Literacy Education Dr. Maria V. Tsalikis [email protected] 305-348-2778
MS in Special Education Dr. Liana Gonzalez [email protected] 305-348-6667
MS in Kinesiology & Exercise Science Dr. Marcelo Bigliassi [email protected] 305-919-4256
MSCI Program Leader Dr. Keisha McIntyre-McCullough [email protected] 305-348-3230

MSCI Track Discipline Leads (Subset of MSCI Program)