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ACE Faculty

The full time ACE Faculty of Supervision and Instruction and the Academic Director constitute the full-time ACE faculty at Notre Dame. Five University-based faculty teach courses during the summer and visit ACE teachers during the school year, conducting formal and informal observations and evaluations. Students are enrolled in internet-delivered courses during the school year taught by members of the supervision and instruction team as well as faculty from Notre Dame and other universities.

Academic Director

Tom Doyle, Ph.D.

Faculty of Supervision and Instruction

Ryan Clark, Ph.D.
Sr. Gail Mayotte, SASV, Ph.D.
Rachel Moreno, Ed.D
Gina Navoa-Svarovsky, ABD
Jackie Valadez, Ph.D

Part-time Faculty

ACE draws upon talented and committed teacher-educators from nationally-renowned programs across the country, as well as from the deep pool of talented researchers with interests in education at Notre Dame and expert practitioners in the South Bend community.

Jay Brandenberger, Ph.D
Dan Lapsley, Ph.D
Clark Power, Ph.D
Nicole McNeil, Ph.D
Darcia Narvaez, Ph.D
Paul Kennedy, Ed.D.
Christian Dallavis, ABD
Rob Lamm, Ph.D.
Vera Woloshyn, Ph.D.
Joyce Johnstone, Ph.D.
Susie Beesley, Ph.D.
Lynn Hart, Ph.D.
Becky Kennedy, M.Ed.
Brian Husby, Ph.D.
Joan Erickson, Ph.D.
Elizabeth Leader-Janssen, Ph.D.
Fr. Lou DelFra, M.Div., CSC
Fr. Nate Wills, M. Div., CSC
Fr. Ron Nuzzi, Ph.D.
Diana Matthias, Ph.D.
Dan Flannery, Ph.D.
Kathy Cummings, Ph.D.
Al Large, M.B.A
Terri Demmon, Ph.D.
Pam Burish, M.Ed.
Steve Warner, M.A.
Karen Kirner, M.A.
Matt Kloser, M.Ed.