Faculty

Roy Bunch

Associate Professor of Education
Ed.D. Portland State University
rbunch@corban.edu

Courses Taught: Instructional Alignment; Methods in Literacy; Classroom Action Research; Educational Leadership and Professional Development; Middle School Models and Methods.
Current Research: Teacher Dispositions
Years Teaching: 12 years Elementary and Middle School Public School Teaching; 4 years Teacher Education.
Recent Publications: Fall 2005 ACSI Teachers' Convention: Working with Parents as Partners & Developing Online Supplements for Student Learning.

Sang-Eun Kim Dyer

Assistant Professor of Education
Ph.D. Ball State University
sdyer@corban.edu

Courses Taught: Literacy; Teaching the Diverse Learner; Reading Endorsement courses.
Current Research: Reading education and ESL/ELL
Years Teaching: 9 years in elementary in South Korea
Recent Publications: Oregon Reading Association (ORA) annual conference, Portland, Feb. 2006; (forthcoming) College Reading Association (CRA) annual conference, Pittsburgh, Oct. 2006.


Claudia Green

Associate Professor of Education
Ed.D. George Fox University
cgreen@corban.edu

Courses Taught: Education and the Law; Theories of Learning and Teaching; Methods in Mathematics.
Current Research: Classroom Management
Years Teaching: 8 years elementary and middle school; 16 years Teacher Education.
Recent Publications: Fall 2004 ACSI Teacher’s Convention: Making Math Concepts Visual & Non-verbal Approaches to Classroom Management.

D. Matthew Lucas

Dean of Education
Assistant Professor of Education
D.A. Idaho State University
mlucas@corban.edu

Courses Taught: Biblical Worldview and Ethics in Education; Biblical Leadership; Assessment; Teaching the Diverse Learner.
Current Research: Assessing biblical integration and its history in teacher education programs.
Years Teaching: 6 years in public secondary school - content: language arts.
Recent Publications: (forthcoming) “Biblical approaches to assessing student learning” in School as Community: Educational Leadership, Relationships, and the Eternal Value of Christian Schooling, Spring 2007.

Linda Samek

Provost
Professor of Education
Ed.D. Portland State University
lsamek@corban.edu

Courses Taught: Introduction to Research; Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods; Special Methods in Mathematics.
Current Research: Middle level education and the effects of NCLB on middle school classrooms, preparation of culturally competent educators.
Years Teaching: 5 years middle school and high school - content: mathematics, science; 1 year elementary; 9 years post-secondary - content: mathematics, science; 13 years Teacher Education.
Recent Publications: Caught in the Middle Again: Accountability and the Changing Practice of Middle School Teachers, American Educational Research Association, Montreal, 2005.

Middle Schools: A Reform Movement at a Defining Moment,
American Educational Research Association, San Diego, 2004.

Reflecting on Proportional Reasoning: A poster session, with Nicole Rigelman. Meeting the Mark: The Mathematical Preparation of Middle School Mathematics Teachers, St. Louis, MO, 2004.

Barbara Smith

Associate Professor of Education
Ed.D. Northwestern State University
bsmith@corban.edu

Courses Taught: Curriculum Development and Evaluation; Theories of Learning and Teaching; Math Methods.
Current Research: Updating problem solving approaches; developing and testing methods of instruction for certain high-functioning student population not being served by current math and language arts practices.
Years Teaching: 28 years in public secondary schools - content: mathematics.
Publications: (forthcoming) Equation Machine: How to Solve it!