Meet Our Team

Allison Gladfelter
Co-director
Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
815-753-7737 | agladfelter@niu.edu

Lindsay Harris
Co-director
Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations
815-753-5615 | lharris3@niu.edu

Julia Ogg
Deputy Director
SIG 1: Diversity and Language Processing
Psychology
815-753-3508 | jogg@niu.edu

Mandy Faretta-Stutenberg
Deputy Director
SIG 2: Second-Language Learning and Bilingualism
World Languages and Cultures
815-753-8396 | mfs@niu.edu

Melissa Clucas Walter
Deputy Director
SIG 3: Learning within the Disciplines and Across the Lifespan
Health and Human Sciences
815-753-6343 | mcwalter@niu.edu

Emma Apicella
Graduate Assistant
Social Media and Affiliate Outreach
Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
z1968534@students.niu.edu

Past Directors

Anne Britt, Director Psychology
Joseph Magliano, Director Psychology
Todd Reeves, Deputy Director Educational Technology, Research and Assessment
Keith Millis, Deputy Director Psychology
Laurie Elish-Piper, Director Curriculum and Instruction
Michael Manderino, Co-director Curriculum and Instruction

Past Strand Chairs

Ximena Burgin Division of Research and Innovation Partnerships
Laura Ruth Johnson Educational Technology, Research and Assessment
Todd Reeves Educational Technology, Research and Assessment
Keith Millis Psychology
Sonya Armstrong Curriculum and Instruction
Anne Britt Psychology
Janet Holt Educational Technology, Research and Assessment
Janet Olson Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
Emily Prieto Latino Research Center
Robert Reichle Foreign Languages and Literature
M Cecil Smith Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations
Katrina Caldwell Student Affairs and Enrollment Management
Michael Manderino Curriculum and Instruction
Melissa Ray Accreditation, Assessment and Evaluation

Contact Us

Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literacy
Gabel Hall 156
cisll@niu.edu