Chicago UTEP Faculty and Staff 
Susan Stodolsky, Faculty Director
Susan Stodolsky is Professor Emerita of the Department of Comparative Human Development, the College, and the Committee on Education. As faculty director of Chicago UTEP, she meets regularly with directors to co-develop and review the program’s curriculum. She also assists with candidate recruitment and admissions, advising, and teaching. She also leads research and evaluation activities on Chicago UTEP and chairs the Chicago UTEP steering committee.
s-stodolsky@uchicago.edu ; 773-702-1599
Kavita Kapadia, Director
Kavita Kapadia oversees all program design, curriculum, and program operations, including recruitment of candidates, staff, faculty, and clinical instructors. She meets regularly with the staff and assists with candidate recruitment and admissions, advising, and teaching. She leads the Fieldwork Strand of the Foundations of Education Sequence. She assists with research, evaluation, and fundraising activities for Chicago UTEP.
kkapadia@uchicago.edu; 773-834-1837
Marvin Hoffman, Associate Director
Marvin Hoffman received his Ph.D in Clinical Psychology from Harvard University. His long teaching career has spanned all grade levels from pre-school to Graduate School and has taken him to Mississippi, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont Texas and now, Chicago. Most recently he was the Founding Director of the North Kenwood Oakland Charter School. He is the author of three books, Vermont Diary, Chasing Hellhounds: A Teacher Learns from his Students and You Won't Remember Me: The Schoolboys of Barbiana Seaks to Today.
In his current role as a UTEP's Associate Director he assists the director in all of the activities described above. In addition, he leads both the Academic and Soul strands of the Foundations of Education Sequence and the Professional Teaching Seminar.
hoff@usi.uchicago.edu; 773-702-2898
Amy Millikan, Field Instructor and Assessment Coordinator
Amy Millikan supervises candidates in their field and clinical placements, analyzing candidate performance, providing feedback to candidates, as well as co-planning and co-teaching the Professional Teaching Seminar. Amy received her BA from Wesleyan University and her Masters in Education from Smith College.
millikan@uchicago.edu; 773-702-7758
Dale Ray, Tutoring Strand Instructor and Primary Grade Literacy Coordinator
Dale Ray is the primary literacy coordinator at the North Kenwood/Oakland campus of the University of Chicago Charter School. In her UTEP role, she oversees the tutoring strand and provides workshops to introduce central concepts and assessment strategies in a balanced literacy framework. She reviews candidates’ weekly notes on their tutees progress and provides mentorship and feedback to candidates.
dstephray@aol.com; 773-536-2399 x.2120
Sheri Roedel, Induction Coach and Clinical Instructor Coordinator
Sheri Roedel provides onsite, personalized coaching to all graduates during their first two years in the Chicago Public Schools. She also monitors graduates’ online support group and provides small group professional development in response to their inquiries and requests. In addition, she coaches clinical instructors and provides them with regular professional development.
sroedel7@yahoo.com; 773-837-1714
Prudence Browne, Administrative Assistant
Prudence Browne provides program and administrative support to UTEP students and staff and can be contacted with questions regarding program inquiry and student logistics. Prudence also serves as the primary liaison for all incoming graduate students.
pbrowne@uchicago.edu; 773-834-1416
Michelle Cooney, Clinical Instructor Coordinator and Intermediate Grade Literacy Coordinator
Michelle Cooney provides professional development for Clinical Instructors who currently mentor UTEP Teaching Interns. Michelle teaches 5th grade literacy and is the intermediate literacy coordinator at the North Kenwood/Oakland campus of the University of Chicago Charter School.
michellemcooney@yahoo.com
Lou Bradley, Consultant
Lou Bradley assists with the tutoring strand and reviews candidates’ weekly tutee notes and provides feedback to candidates. Additionally, she co-plans and co-leads the Soul Strand seminars.
louebt@comcast.net