Department of Educational Foundations and Exceptionalities

Academic Unit Head: Dannette Murray
Email: murraydy@jmu.edu
Phone: (540) 568-4952
Location: Memorial Hall, Room 3126A
The Department of Educational Foundations and Exceptionalities Website

Assistant Academic Unit Head: Katrina Maynard
Email: maynarkl@jmu.edu
Phone: (540) 568-6508
Location: Memorial Hall, Room 3126B

Graduate Program Director: Joshua Pulos
Email: pulosjm@jmu.edu

The Department of Educational Foundations and Exceptionalities offers programs in special education, inclusive early childhood education, and teaching English to speakers of other languages. All programs include extensive fieldwork to ensure varied experience working with children and families.

Faculty

Professors
Katya Koubek, Dannette Y. Murray, Timothy G. Thomas

Associate Professors
Sharon L. Blatz, Carmen Ruth Bosch, Tiara S. Brown, Andrew Markelz, Joshua M. Pulos, Benjamin S. Riden, Sara M. Snyder, Kristofor R. Wiley

Assistant Professors
Sara Germansky, Vivian Lee, Diana Meza

Instructors
Katie Cunningham, Lauren Heberling, Katrina Maynard, Christy McKee

Advisors
Annette Fornadel, Hannah Smith

Programs and Courses

Majors

• Inclusive Early Childhood Education, B.S.
• Special Education, B.S.

Minor

• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Minor

Graduate Programs

• Education, Spanish Language and Culture for Educators Concentration, M.Ed.
• Education, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Concentration, M.Ed.
• Special Education, Adapted Curriculum K-12 Concentration, M.A.T. 
• Special Education, Behavior Specialist Concentration, M.Ed.
• Special Education, Early Childhood Special Education Concentration (Birth-Age 5), M.A.T.
• Special Education, General Curriculum K-12 Concentration, M.A.T.
• Special Education, M.A.T.

Courses

• Education (EDUC)
• Exceptional Education (EXED)
• Inclusive Early Childhood Education (IECE)
• Spanish Language and Culture Program (SLCP)
• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESL)