Ijya C. Tulloss, Ed.D.
Program Director; Instructor of Mathematics, Language Arts, History, Geography, Music, and the Sciences
American Montessori Society Teaching Certificates: 3-6, 6-12
itulloss@mail.barry.edu
305-899-3736 (toll-free 1-800-756-6000, ext. 3736)

Sister Ellen Rice, OP, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Education
BS, Edgewood College; MA, Fordham University; Ph.D. University of Wisconsin
erice@mail.barry.edu

Areas of Interest: Organizational leadership, communication (intrapersonal, interpersonal, small and large group, and organizational), group theory, decision-making, and teaching and learning styles.

Jill Beloff Farrell , Ed.D.
Director, MS in Elementary Education; Director, Ed.S. in Curriculum and Instruction; Assistant Professor of Education
Ed.D., Florida International University
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.

Samuel Perkins, Ph.D.
Program Director, TESOL
sperkins@mail.barry.edu

Dr. Sam Perkins is an Assistant Professor in and Interim Director of the TESOL Department of the Adrian Dominican School of Education and earned his Ph.D. in Higher Education (with a concentration in the Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages) from Georgia State University. He taught in public and private schools in Georgia before becoming a faculty member of Mercer University in Atlanta. His research interests are assessment of ELLs, multicultural education, and distance education. Currently he is Secretary to the 2006 International TESOL Convention, Secretary of the Florida Association of Teacher Educators (FATE), and Member at Large of the Executive Board of Sunshine State TESOL.