Faculty

Jill Farrell, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor of Education
jfarrell@mail.barry.edu

Dr. Jill Beloff Farrell is the Program Director for the Graduate Curriculum and Instruction and Elementary Education Programs. She earned her doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction/Instructional Leadership at Florida International University . She also holds an MS in Elementary Education and a BFA. Prior to joining the university, Dr. Farrell served as a K-8 principal and taught both elementary and middle school science, social studies, mathematics, language arts, and art. Dr. Farrell is active in local, state and national professional organizations. She has published articles in a variety of professional journals and presented at numerous local, state, national, and international conferences.

Her current research foci are action research, classroom inquiry, teacher leadership, collaboration, and empowerment, and the infusion of service learning into P-20 settings.

Lilia DiBello, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor of Education
B.A., Tulane University; M.S. and Ed.D., Florida International University
ldibello@mail.barry.edu
305-899-4827 (toll-free 1-800-756-6000, ext. 4827)

Areas of Interest: Research interests in the areas of self-regulated learning (metacognition and motivation) and the use of technology in the early childhood setting; professional development programs that lead to quality early childhood education.

Catheryn J. Weitman
Professor of Education
BS, University of Missouri ; M.Ed., University of Guam ; Ph.D., Texas A&M University
cweitman@mail.barry.edu

Victoria A. Giordano, Ed.D.
Associate Professor of Education
vgiordano@mail.barry.edu
305-899-3613; 800-756-6000, ext. 3613

Dr. Victoria Giordano is the Program Director for the Graduate Elementary Education Program. Professor Victoria A. Giordano’s research interests address teacher education and professional development experiences that support reform-based practices, with foci on the adult learner and culturally and linguistically diverse P-12 learners; effective infusion of educational technologies into teaching practices; and mixed method research designs.