Rene Dahl, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Phone: (415) 405-3564
Email: rdahl@sfsu.edu
Educational Background:
Ph.D. Sociology of Education; Stanford University
M.A. Administration and Policy Analysis; Stanford University
M.A. Sociology; Stanford University
M.S. Recreation; San Jose State University
B.S. Recreation Administration; San Jose State University
Teaching interests:
Research methods; Youth Development; Program Planning and Evaluation; Human Resource Management
Research interests:
Youth development; diversity and management practices; evaluation of programs for children and youth; after school programs for children and youth; organizational structures of programs for children and youth
Service Interests:
Serves on state-wide Steering Committee for Baccalaureate Education in Early Care and Education (BPECE); state-wide Faculty Steering Committee for Competencies Integration Project for Early Care and Education; and Planning Committee for Higher Education Colloquium.
Served on the Board of Directors for the Community Network of Youth Development (President for 4 years); the Advisory Board for the Community Schools Development project with Cabrillo Unified School District in Half Moon Bay; and Board of Directors of the California School Age Consortium
Soyeon Park, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone: (415) 405-3975
Email: park@sfsu.edu
Educational Background:
Ph.D. Child Development; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
M.A. Child and Family Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
B.S. Child and Family Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Teaching interests:
Children and Families; Research Methods; Cognitive Development; Infant and Toddler Development; Child Development; Early Childhood Teacher Education; Teaching and Learning in Early Childhood Settings
Research interests:
Cultural influences on parenting and young children's social/cognitive development; Early childhood teacher education; Qualitative methodologies
Service Interests:
Served on the Early Childhood Working Group of the Governor’s Kids Cabinet, State of New Hampshire
Served on the Pre-service Teacher Council at University of New Hampshire
Member of the SFSU Children’s Campus Planning Committee
Amy Conley Wright, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone: (415) 405-3560
Email: acw@sfsu.edu
Educational Background:
Ph.D. Social Welfare; UC Berkeley
MSW Masters of Social Work (concentration: Management and Planning); UC Berkeley
B.A. Child Development and Public Policy, Boston University, Boston, MA
Teaching interests:
Social ecology of child and adolescent development; family support; child and youth policy; child advocacy
Research interests:
Family support; child maltreatment prevention; child advocacy
Service Interests:
Board member, International Children's Resource Institute
Advisory board member, Romanian Children's Relief
Advisory board member, Tipping Point Community
Elaine Schilling, MPA
Lecturer
Phone: (925) 899-4136
Email: elaine@sfsu.edu
Educational Background:
M.P.A. Notre Dame de Namur University (focus on Public Administration & Policy)
Teaching interests:
Organizational development, competencies and culture; leadership, mentoring; professional development; facilitation and communication
Service Interests:
International Adoption
Parent educator programs
School volunteer programs
Laura Monterosso, MA
Lecturer
Phone: (415) 971-3832
Email: lmonterosso@sbcglobal.net
Educational Background:
MA Early Childhood Education; University of Pennsylvania
BA Consumer and Family Studies, concentration in Child Development; San Francisco State University
Teaching interests:
Professional Development; Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Education Reform
Service Interests:
Project Homeless Connect; Mission Cultural Center
Nadine Agosta, Ed.D.
Lecturer
Phone: (415) 385-5985
Email: agosta.nadine@gmail.com
Educational Background:
University of San Francisco, Organization & Leadership in Education, Ed.D.
Mills College, Oakland, Early Childhood Education, MA
University of San Francisco, Organizational Behavior, BS
Teaching interests:
Child development; Early childhood education; Infant/toddler development; Action research; Family Support
Service Interests:
Board member of Marin County School District Organization, Cambodia Academy of Mongkol Borei.
Member of Cambridge Who's Who, NAEYC, CAEYC, Phi Delta Kappa, Junior League of San Francisco,
and Docent for Belvedere-Tiburon Historical Society.
Research interests:
Implications of the internal revolution of the 1970s in Cambodia and children’s right to an education
Shelley C. Katz, Ed. D.
Lecturer
Email: sckatz@sfsu.edu
Educational Background:
Doctorate of Education: Higher and Adult Education
Teachers College, Columbia University (1996)
MA: Higher and Adult Education
Teachers College, Columbia University (1987)
MS: Recreation and Leisure Studies
CSU San Jose (1979)
BA: Philosophy, Ithaca College (1975)
Baccalaureate Award, Cum Laude