Curriculum and Instruction Faculty
Debra Austin, Adjunct Instructor, Curriculum and Instruction 
PhD, University of Denver; JD, University of San Francisco; BME, University of Colorado-Boulder
Career highlights: Co-investigator on $1.2 million dollar ITEST grant awarded by the National Science Foundation to study the impact of interdisciplinary game development curriculum incorporating instruction in art, design, math, and technology; teaches legal research at DU's Sturm College of Law; serves as a member of the Business Advisory Counsel for Martin Luther King Jr. Early College; received the William T. Driscoll Master Educator Award.
Research interests: 21st century pedagogy, teaching and learning with technology, humane game development, education policy
Professional affiliations: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, American Educational Research Association
E-mail: daustin@law.du.edu
Web site: http://www.law.du.edu/daustin/teaching/
Nicholas J. Cutforth, Professor, Curriculum and Instruction 
PhD, University of Illinois-Chicago; MS, University of Oregon; BEd, College of St. Paul and St. Mary (Cheltenham, England)
Career highlights: Co-authored two books on university-community collaboration (one on youth development and physical activity, the other on community-based research); recognized in the U.S. and the U.K. as an expert in community-based research; works with faculty, staff and student colleagues toward DU's national prominence in its sustained and democratic partnerships with schools and community organizations in Denver; developed the Colorado Community-Based Research Network (www.ccbrn.org) to a level where it is a viable entity as a vehicle for social change.
Research interests: community-based research, university-community collaboration, physical activity for under-served youth, urban education, school-based research, program development and evaluation, ethnographic research.
Professional affiliations: International Association for Research in Service-Learning and Community Engagement.
E-mail: ncutfort@du.edu
Nicholas J. Cutforth Vita
Web sites: http://portfolio.du.edu/ncutfort; http://myprofile.cos.com/cutfortn94
Norma Hafenstein, Director and Assistant Professor, Ricks Center for Gifted Children 
PhD, University of Denver; MS, Kansas State University; BS, Emporia State University, gifted and talented education
Career highlights: Founded the Ricks Center for Gifted Children; has been an active leader with the National Association for Gifted Children for more than 20 years; founded the Institute for the Development of Gifted Education; serves as a member of the Colorado Department of Education Gifted and Talented Endorsement Standards Committee.
Research interests: young gifted children, information-processing styles, social and emotional development, mathematical ability, individualized educational planning.
Professional affiliations: American Educational Research Association, National Association for Gifted Children, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
E-mail: nhafenst@du.edu
Edith W. King, Professor, Curriculum and Instruction 
EdD and MA, Wayne State University; BA, University of Michigan, curriculum and instruction
Career highlights: Recent books authored: Meeting the Challenges of Teaching in an Era of Terrorism (2006), Sociology for Educators in the Post 9/11 World (2007), Looking Into the Lives of Children: A Worldwide View (1999), as well as author of numerous other books, book chapters, articles and monographs in sociology of education, social theory, diversity and multiethnic education, international education; chaired 42 doctoral dissertations; serves as advisory board member and editorial consultant for American, British and Australian publishers including: Allyn and Bacon, Heinemann, James Nicholas Publishers, Routledge/Falmer, Rowman and Littlefield, Altamira Press, and McGraw Hill; serves as advisory board member for the journals: Sociology of Education, Race Equality Teaching, Sociological Inquiry, and the Journal of Cultural Research in Art; engaged in funded international research projects on education in Germany, China, and Hong Kong.
Research interests: sociology of education, gender, ethnicity and social class in education, multicultural and comparative education, qualitative research methods, international education.
Professional affiliations: American Sociological Association, American Educational Research Association, International Peace Research Association, U.S. Society for Education in the Arts.
E-mail: eking@du.edu
Edith W. King Vita
Web site: http://www.du.edu/~eking
Paul Michalec, Program Chair and Clinical Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction 
PhD, University of Colorado-Boulder; MA, Mankato State University; BS, Cornell University
Career highlights: Former director of student teaching, Skidmore College; developed an innovative institution-to-institution K-16 partnership between Skidmore College and a local school district; served on editorial board for the newsletter EnCouragement; received Adjunct Faculty Teaching Award in 2005 at DU; founding member of Colorado Courage To Teach; Courage to Teach facilitator leading year-long retreat series for Denver Public School teachers and building leaders focusing on renewal and teacher formation; published in Curriculum & Teaching Dialogue; faculty advisor for the Dual Undergraduate/Graduate Degree Program; Morgridge College of Education teaching coach.
Research interests: teacher education, effective instruction in higher education, spiritual dimensions of teaching, teacher renewal/formation.
Professional affiliations: American Association of Teaching and Curriculum, Center for Courage and Renewal.
E-mail: pmichale@du.edu
Paul Michalec Vita
Maria del Carmen Salazar, Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction 
PhD, University of Colorado-Boulder; MA, University of Denver; BA, University of Colorado-Denver
Career highlights: Publications in peer-reviewed journals such as Bilingual Research Journal, Borderlands Journal, and The High School Journal; national conference presentations for American Educational Research Association, National Association for Bilingual Education, Latino Critical Race Theory, Coalition of Essential Schools, and National Council of Teachers of English; currently appointed to the Colorado Department of Education NCLB English Language Acquisition Advisory Council, Colorado Department of Education Reading First Leadership Team and Governor Ritter's Teacher Quality Commission; serves as co-chair of Morgridge College of Education Diversity Committee; faculty representative for the University of Denver Latina/o Center for Community Engagement and Scholarship.
Research interests: teacher education, urban education, linguistically diverse education, cultural competency, teacher as researcher, academic resiliency of Chicana/o & Mexicana/o youth.
Professional affiliations: American Educational Research Association, National Association for Bilingual Education, Colorado Association for Bilingual Education, American Association of University Women.
E-mail: msalazar@du.edu
Maria Salazar Vita
P. Bruce Uhrmacher, Professor, Curriculum and Instruction 
PhD, Stanford University; MEd, Harvard University; BS, University of Wisconsin-Madison, curriculum and instruction
Career highlights: Co-editor of Intricate Palette: Working the Ideas of Elliot Eisner; faculty advisor for the Aesthetic Education Institute of Colorado (AEIC); served as the book review editor for the International Journal of Leadership in Education; served as President of the American Association For Teaching and Curriculum; honored with the University of Denver Distinguished Teaching Award, 2004.
Research interests: alternative school settings, curriculum theory and practice, Waldorf education, issues in qualitative research, arts-based research.
Professional affiliations: American Educational Research Association, National Art Education Association, Phi Delta Kappa, American Association of Teaching and Curriculum.
E-mail: buhrmach@du.edu
P. Bruce Uhrmacher Vita
Web sites: https://portfolio.du.edu/pc/port?portfolio=buhrmach; http://www.think360arts.org