Faculty & Staff
Meet the faculty and staff of the School of Teacher Preparation, Administration, and Leadership at New Mexico State University.
School Leadership
Dr. Leanna Lucero
Associate Professor and Director, School of TPAL
Email: leannal@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-2205
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 302H
Our Faculty
Listed alphabetically by last name
STEM EDUCATION
Dr. Mariana Alvidrez
Assistant Professor, STEM
Email: malvidrz@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-7933
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 202A
TEACHER EDUCATION
Dr. Blanca Araujo
Professor, Teacher Education Program
Email: baraujo5@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-1282
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 102A
STEM EDUCATION
Dr. Minea Armijo Romero
Assistant Professor, STEM
Email: minea@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-3759
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 201B
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Dr. Ava S. Armstead-Cozart
College Assistant Professor and Head Start Principal Investigator
Email: armstead@nmsu.edu
MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION
Dr. H. Prentice Baptiste
Regent's Professor, Multicultural Education
Email: baptiste@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-2616
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 102E
SCHOOL OF TPAL
Dr. Charles Becknell
Assistant Professor
Email: cbeck@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-3921
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 201C
SCHOOL OF TPAL
Dr. Rebecca Campbell
Professor
Email: rjpc@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-3825
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 101A
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Dr. Adriana Cárdenas
Assistant Professor of Practice in Early Childhood Education
Email: adricar@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-3593
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 302B
SCHOOL OF TPAL
Dr. Gretchen Dodson
Assistant Professor
Email: gdodson@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-3825
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 201B
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
Dr. Stacey Duncan
Visiting Assistant Professor, ELEM
Email: sld@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-1256
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 101E
LANGUAGE, LITERACY & CULTURE
Dr. Mary Fahrenbruck
Professor
Associate Director of Licensure Programs
Co-Coordinator, C&I Doctoral Programs
Email: mfahren@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-2326
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 200H
TEACHER EDUCATION
Dr. Tracey Gorham Blanco
College Professor and Clinical Director, Secondary Teacher Education
Email: tgblanco@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-4161
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 101D
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Dr. Pamela Gray
Associate Professor, Educational Leadership
Email: pgray@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-2434
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 201A
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Dr. Rene O. Guillaume
Professor, Educational Leadership
Email: reneog@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-1536
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 102B
BILINGUAL / TESOL
Dr. Anita Hernandez
Professor, BIL/TESOL and LLC
Email: achernan@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-4084
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 202F
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Dr. Violet Henderson
College Assistant Professor, ECED
Email: violeth@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-1537
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 101C
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Dr. Antoinette Howard
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership
Email: aehoward@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-3593
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 302C
MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION
Dr. Luis Huerta-Charles
Associate Professor, MCE
Email: lhuertac@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-2939
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 201H
BILINGUAL / TESOL
Dr. Susana Ibarra Johnson
Associate Professor, BIL/TESOL
Email: sijohnso@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-3243
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 201F
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Dr. Kristin Kew
Associate Professor, Educational Leadership
Email: kew@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-4081
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 201K
CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION
Dr. Natalie Martinez
Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
Email: ncmtz@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-3593
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Dr. Loana Mason
College Assistant Professor and Clinical Director, Visual Impairment Program
Email: loanam@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-5703
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 302E
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Dr. Monique Matute-Chavarria
Associate Professor, SPED
Email: mmatute@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-2899
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 201G
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Dr. Yvonne Moreno
College Associate Professor, SPED
Email: yvmoreno@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-2903
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 302D
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Dr. Angela Owens
College Assistant Professor, ECED
Email: avowens@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-2900
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 101A
EDUCATIONAL LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES
Dr. Julia Parra
Associate Professor, EDLT
Email: juparra@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-1767
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 201J
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Dr. Chadrhyn Pedraza
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership
Email: chadrhyn@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-3222
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 201C
STEM EDUCATION
Dr. Amanda Peel
Assistant Professor, STEM
Email: apeel@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-3760
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 200B
EDUCATIONAL LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES
Dr. David Rutledge
Professor, EDLT
Email: rutledge@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-5411
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 200F
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Dr. Rhianna Thomas
Associate Professor, ECED
Email: thomasrk@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-2898
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 200J
EDUCATIONAL LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES
Dr. Melissa Warr
Assistant Professor, EDLT
Email: warr@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-3540
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 200C
EARLY CHILDHOOD & SPECIAL EDUCATION
Dr. Sarah Wiegand
Assistant Professor, ECED and SPED
Email: swiegand@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-1762
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 200G
MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION
Dr. Jeanette Haynes Writer
Professor, MCE
Email: jeanette@nmsu.edu
Phone: (575) 646-6834
Office: O'Donnell Hall Room 102F
