MIT 2004-2006 Faculty Team

Michael Vavrus is a Member of the Faculty at Evergreen, a former Director of the Master in Teaching Program, and a core MIT faculty member. He is a past president of the Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges for Teacher Education and of the Washington state chapter of American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Michael is the author of Transforming the Multicultural Education of Teachers: Theory, Research, and Practice. His scholarly interests include teacher labor, the political economy of education, multicultural education, and globalization.
Patty Finnegan is a Member of the Faculty at Evergreen, teaching with the MIT program and Evergreen for the first time this year. Patty has degrees from Gonzaga University and Arizona State University. Her areas of interest include human development, teaching and learning, early literacy, and special education.
Simona Sharoni has been a professor at Evergreen for a number of years. She has a BA and in Counseling and Social Sciences and an MA in Counseling and Special Education both from Haifa University, Israel. She recieved her Ph.D. from George Mason University in Conflict Analysis and Resolution.

Her current areas of interest include: Critical pedagogy, diversity education, conflict resolution and peace education/studies, feminist and queer theory, community studies and social movements.
Jacque Ensign is a Visting Faculty Member at Evergreen for Fall quarter 2004, on sabbatical from her position as Associate Professor in the Department of Education, Southern Connecticut State University. Jacque recently edited and helped author the book How Social and Emotional Development Add Up: Getting Results in Math and Science Education.
Scott Coleman has been the director of the Master in Teaching Program Director since 2001. Scott's primary academic interest is instructional design.
Loren Petty Field Experience Officer, Program and Assessment Specialist, Professional Certification Coordinator. B.A., Community Services, St. Martin’s College, 1991.
Evelia Romano is a Member of the Faculty at Evergreen, the lead faculty in bilingual and ESL education, and a former high school literature teacher in Argentina. Her teaching focuses on literature and issues related to the use and power of language. She has been involved with bilingual and ESL programs throughout the state including the following organizations: Board of Even Start Literacy Program, Dual Language Program at Evergreen Elementary, Mason Country Literacy Project, Olympia School District. She also regularly teaches Spanish to local elementary classrooms.