Education Faculty
Associate Professor
Director, Center for Prairie Studies
Email: jakubiak@grinnell.edu
Cori guides students and pre-service teachers in studying and teaching English as a Second Language. Her research focuses on critical issues in English language education. In particular, Cori is interested in English language voluntourism, or short-term, volunteer English language teaching in the...
Associate Professor
Email: jonesste@grinnell.edu
Stephanie P. Jones, Ph.D. is an associate Professor of Education at Grinnell College, where she teaches courses in Youth Culture, Young Adult Literature and Introduction to Educational Studies. Her two research strands examine Black women’s literacy practices and the exploration of racialized trauma...
Assistant Professor
Email: larsonj@grinnell.edu
Jonathan Larson , Assistant Professor of Education, is a linguistic and political anthropologist of education with teaching, scholarly, and administrative expertise in issues concerning secondary education and democracy; political discourse, language socialization and literacy; multilingualism; and...
Associate Professor
Email: michaeld@grinnell.edu
Deborah L. Michaels, Associate Professor of Education, teaches courses in History of Education, International and Comparative Education, General Teaching Methods, and Social Studies Methods. She also mentors student teachers receiving their secondary-school teaching license in any of the social...