Profiles in "Elementary Education" Expertise Area

  • Denise is a long time K-12 educator serving students and teachers in rural and suburban districts. Denise leads through collaborative approaches centering the student and teacher in the classroom.
  • Dr. Odebiyi's research focuses on two strands of investigations: the development and implementation of teacher candidates’ capacity for designing inquiry-oriented teaching and teachers' thinking as they learn to teach.
  • Kelly McElwain earned her BA from the University of San Diego and her MA from ASU. She teaches ENG 101 in the Writers' Studio, a fully online first-year composition program in the College of Interactive Sciences and Arts.
  • Jennifer Lichtsinn teaches early childhood classes for MLFTC at ASU. Previous work was in rural southern Arizona, teaching preschool children with special needs.