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Faculty

Meet the Education Faculty

Jason Helfer Jason Helfer, Chair
Associate Professor of Educational Studies
Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, 2003
Diana Beck Diana Beck
Professor of Educational Studies
Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1997
"I am continuing to work on how children learn science-the cognitive processes of science learning. Most recently, I have begun to look at how Navajo children learn science."
Stephen SchrothStephen Schroth
Assistant Professor in Educational Studies
Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2007

Mary Lou Breitborde
Visiting Professor of Educational Studies
Ed.D., Boston University, 1981

Xavier Romano Xavier Romano
Instructor in Educational Studies and Dean of Students
Ed.D. candidate, University of San Francisco

Lecturers

Victoria RomanoVictoria Romano
Lecturer in Educational Studies
M.Ed., University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana
Joel Estes Joel Estes
Lecturer in Educational Studies
Ed.D. candidate, Illinois State University
"I am particularly interested in schooling that emphasizes the learner versus bureaucratic standardization that emphasizes the banking model of education."

Barry Swanson
Lecturer in Educational Studies
Ed.D., University of Illinois-Champaign, 2001

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Academic News

Knox Among Top Colleges for Fulbright Scholar Awards in 2009-10

Knox College is one of the top liberal arts colleges in the nation for Fulbright Scholar grants awarded to faculty during 2009-2010. Karen Kampwirth is studying feminism and politics at the University of Buenos Aires, and Jeremy Day O'Connell is conducting musicology and linguistics research at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Japanese Club Marks Halloween with Kimodameshi

Severed heads, a ghost in the well -- the Knox College Japanese Club marks Halloween by building a "Kimodameshi," which led visitors through scenes drawn from traditional Japanese ghost stories.

Amity Shlaes Gives Lecture on US Economy

Too much government action, not too little, lengthened the Great Depression, according to author and columnist Amity Shlaes, in an October 15 lecture at Knox College.

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