SETH | Full-Time Faculty

Assistant Professor

Alida Anderson received her PhD in special education from the University of Maryland, College Park. Anderson’s research and teaching interests include language development and literacy acquisition in diverse populations. Her dissertation research foc... [More]

Professorial Lecturer

Lynn C. Cohen, Associate Director of ITEP, teaches Education Sector Analysis and Nonformal Education at American University. Since 1980, Lynn has worked in the field of international education. She started as a teacher educator in Liberia as a Peace ... [More]

Professorial Lecturer

Consultant in Residence

Dean, School of Education, Teaching and Health

Dr. Irvine Belson's research activities focus on infusing effective components of instructional design with emerging technology across the field of education, particularly for students with exceptionalities. Dr. Irvine Belson has trained pre-service ... [More]

Professor

Research and Teaching Interests: The role, function, and impact of higher education; theory and practice in adult learning; public policy and education; quantitative research.

Assistant Professor

Professor

Robert Karch has been a member of American University faculty since 1969. He is the Chair and a professor in the Department of Health and Fitness. He is also the founder and Director of both the Masters of Science program in Health Promotion Manageme... [More]

Assistant Professor

As a policy historian and the social studies specialist in the teacher education program at American University, Dr. Lawrence’s research interests extend from American Indian education to historical and qualitative research methodologies, to discipli... [More]

Assistant Professor

Daniel M. Levin earned his PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with specialization in science education at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he also served as a lecturer, teaching courses in science teaching methods, action research and b... [More]

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor

Dr. Erin O’Neill’s passion is investigating the health of children, adolescents, and college students as they transition through their educational careers. The simultaneous and critical changes from youth to young adulthood exist in the physical, int... [More]

Associate Professor

Dr. Anastasia Snelling is an associate professor at American University in the Department of Health and Fitness. Dr. Snelling has been teaching undergraduate and graduate health promotion programs for the past two decades with a focus on nutrition an... [More]

Professor

Charles Tesconi, Jr., is a Professor of Education at American University, Washington, DC, where he served as Dean of the School of Education from 1989-1993 and 1996-2000. He was Dean of the College of Education and Social Services and Professor of Ed... [More]

Associate Professor

Dr. Vasquez' research interests are in critical literacy, early literacy and information communication technology.  Prior to coming to AU, Dr. Vasquez taught pre-school and public school for fourteen years. Since then she has held appoin... [More]

Assistant Professor

In his teaching and scholarship, Vassallo works to merge perspectives to critically explore issues related to teaching and learning, especially in the context of academic self-regulation. He draws from sociology, philosophy and educational psychology... [More]

Assistant Professor

Elizabeth Anderson Worden joined American University as an assistant professor in the fall of 2007 after earning her PhD in International Education from New York University the previous year. Worden's primary research examines the role of teaching hi... [More]