LLAED Faculty
Faculty Members
Our faculty are highly respected scholars within and beyond the field, with expertise that spans numerous international research arenas - including adult teaching and learning, distance education and online learning, learning in the workplace and the community, and literacy for culturally and linguistically diverse populations.
Faculty
Dr. Craig Campbell
Assistant Teaching Professor
Research Interests:
-Informal and Non-formal Learning
-History of Adult and Continuing Education
-Qualitative Research Methodologies
-Indigenous Knowledge Systems
-International Adult Education
Contact Information:
ℹ️ 307 Keller Building, University Park, PA, 16802
📞 814-863-0614
Faculty
Dr. Esther Prins
Professor
Research Interests:
-Adult Basic Education and Literacy
-Family Literacy
-Literacy and Health
-Participatory Research and Community Development
-Social Inequities
Contact Information:
ℹ️ 305B Keller Building, University Park, PA, 16802
📞 814-865-0597
Faculty
Dr. John Holst
Associate Professor
Research Interests:
-Adult Education and Social Movements
-Political Economy of Adult Education
-Precarity, Work, and Learning
Contact Information:
ℹ️ 305E Keller Building, University Park, PA, 16802
📞 814-863-3499
Faculty
Dr. José Cossa
Associate Professor
Research Interests:
-Adult Education
-Distance Education
-Planning and Evaluation
Contact Information:
ℹ️ 305A Keller Building, University Park, PA, 16802
📞 814-863-9011
Faculty
Dr. Rebecca Tarlau
Associate Professor
Research Interests:
-Social Movements and Popular Education
-Labor Education
-Global Political Economy
-Latin American Development and Social Change
-Political Sociology
-Politics of Education Reform
-Social Theory
-Ethnography
Contact Information:
ℹ️ 305C Keller Building, University Park, PA, 16802
📞 814-865-2246
Faculty
Dr. William Diehl
Associate Teaching Professor and Education Coordinator of Online Graduate Programs
Research Interests:
-Teaching and Learning Online
-Adult Education
-Distance Education
Contact Information:
ℹ️ 303 Keller Building, University Park, PA, 16802
📞 814-867-0228