Education Faculty
Chair
Professor
Email: hutchiso@grinnell.edu
Paul Hutchison, Professor of Education, is 51²è¹Ýapp’s science and math education specialist. He teaches lots of courses including Educational Principles in a Pluralistic Society, The Politics of Educational Assessment, Educational Psychology, the teaching methods courses for math and science, and...
Professor
Director, Center for Prairie Studies
On leave in 2024-25
Email: jakubiak@grinnell.edu
As Director of the Center for Prairie Studies, Cori works closely with the Center for Prairie Studies Advisory Board to create opportunities for the campus and wider community to learn about, engage with, and celebrate Central Iowa's tallgrass prairie region. She teaches a course on place-based...
Associate Professor
Email: jonesste@grinnell.edu
Stephanie P. Jones, Ph.D. is an associate Professor of Education at 51²è¹Ýapp 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...