Ph.D. in Literacy Faculty

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Joseph C. Rumenapp, Ph.D.

Program Director and Associate Professor

Joseph C. Rumenapp is a community-engaged scholar with more than 10 years of experience working in a variety of urban educational contexts. He received his Ph.D. in Literacy, Language, and…

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Brett Elizabeth Blake, Ph.D.

Professor

Brett Elizabeth Blake is a professor at St. John’s University and a Senior Research Fellow in the Vincentian Center for Social Justice and Poverty.

Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction…

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Kyle DeMeo Cook, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Education Specialties

Kyle DeMeo Cook, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education Specialties, Literacy Program at St. John’s University in New York. She completed her Ph.D. in Applied…

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Tess M. Dussling

Assistant Professor, Education Specialties

Tess M. Dussling began her educational career as a third-grade teacher in Miami, Florida, where all of her students were English language learners.

While studying at Syracuse…

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E. Francine Guastello, Ed.D.

Associate Professor & Literacy Coordinator of the Master’s and Advanced Certificate Programs in the Department of Education Specialties at St. John’s University

E. Francine Guastello’s professional career in teaching spans over 44 years. She was an elementary and junior high teacher for 12 years, an elementary school principal for 16 years, worked…

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Olivia G. Stewart, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Education Specialties

Olivia Stewart is a graduate of Arizona State University where she studied Learning, Literacies, and Technology…

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