Meet Our New Faces
The NC State College of Education welcomed eight new faculty members and over 600 first-year students, transfer students and graduate students for the 2020-21 academic year. Coming from various backgrounds and communities, these new faces will help drive the college's mission to solve pressing educational problems and improve learning across the lifespan.
You can learn more about these incoming faculty and students in the pieces below.
Meet Our New Faculty Members
Chandra Alston: ‘I Hope My Students Learn to Become Justice-oriented Practitioners’
Meet Chandra Alston
Michael Little: ‘I Was Very Impressed with NC State’s Commitment to Conduct Research to Directly Benefit the People of North Carolina’
Meet Michael Little
Brean’A Monet Parker: ‘I Want Students to Learn the Process of Being a Critical Scholar’
Meet Brean’A Monet Parker
Samantha Marshall: ‘I Hope My Students Will Learn to Become Critical and Skillful Educators’
Meet Samantha Marshall
Amato Nocera: ‘I Believe That Learning Happens in Community’
Meet Amato Nocera
Lam Pham: ‘I Think People Learn by Doing’
Meet Lam Pham
Terrell Robinson: ‘All Students Can Achieve Success Given the Appropriate Tools and Support’
Meet Terrell Robinson
Matthew Reynolds: ‘I Believe Learning Comes from Experience’
Meet Matthew Reynolds
By the Numbers: Expected New Student Enrollment*
463
New Graduate Students
115
New First-year Undergraduate Students
34
New Transfer Undergraduate Students
* As of August 10
Meet Some of Our New Undergraduate Students
Heidy Labra-Franco, Mathematics Education
Meet Heidy
Ashton Jones, Elementary Education
Meet Ashton
Chandler Parrish, Mathematics Education
Meet Chandler
Olivia LaRusso, Elementary Education
Meet Olivia
Star Muehlbauer, Middle Grades English Language Arts and Social Studies Education
Meet Star
Demaree Persson, Elementary Education
Meet Demaree
Kaitlyn Rosen, Elementary Education
Meet Kaitlyn
Benjamin Rutledge, Education Undeclared
Meet Benjamin
Peyton Applegate, Elementary Education
Meet Peyton
Anna Marie Barnes, Elementary Education
Meet Anna Marie
Ava Cottone, Elementary Education
Meet Ava
Joseph Harrington, Science Education
Meet Joseph
Luis Aviles, Mathematics Education
Meet Luis
Madison Neal, Elementary Education
Meet Madison
Lara Cate Wright, Mathematics Education
Meet Lara Cate