Morgridge College of Education Staff
Andrea Appelhans Ring 
Program Assistant, Office of Outreach Support (Andrea.Appelhans@du.edu). BA, Kansas State University; Radio and Television.
Primary Responsibilities: Responsible for supporting teaching, learning, and research
of the faculty for Curriculum and Instruction programs, including the Denver Teacher
Residency program, as well as assistance with student recruitment and retention, maintaining
the accuracy of program information in student handbooks and on the website, assisting
with course scheduling, processing fiscal transactions and partnering in the effective
management of departmental budgets, and assisting with all student services.
Ginger Beach 
Director of Budget and Planning (Ginger.Beach@du.edu). BS in Recreation & Park Administration, University of Missouri; MBA, University
of Denver.
Primary Responsibilities: Manages and provides oversight for all Morgridge College
of Education and University Based Schools financial resources; participates in the
creation and implementation of the MCE strategic plan; supervises the MCE human resources
and payroll functions and coordinates the annual merit process; is responsible for
facilities and maintenance functions within the College of Eduaction. Prior to coming
to the MCE, Ginger served as the Assistant Director of University Business Services
at the University of Denver. Before that position, she worked as Senior Planning
and Budget Coordinator in the Office of the Provost.
Wendy Bickford Allen 
Program Coordinator (Wendy.Allen@du.edu). MA in Child, Family, and School Psychology from the Morgridge College of Education at the University of Denver; BA from the University of Northern Colorado. As program coordinator, Wendy will primarily serve as a resource for fellows and faculty, complete duties related to recruitment and marketing, and design and implement program evaluation efforts.
Julie Collier
Classroom Technology Specialist (Julie.Collier@du.edu). Julie's primary functions include researching and managing all installed instructional technologies for the Morgridge College of Education; providing audio-visual-technical support to professors, staff, students, and outside personnel; training faculty on the use of instructional classroom technologies; and assisting faculty and students in the use of all equipment. She is responsible for ongoing evaluation of digital instructional equipment needs and functional specifications. Julie has an AS in Music and Video Business from the Colorado Institute of Art; and is a Certified Technology Specialist (CTS) Infocomm; and a Licensed Low Voltage Electrician in the states of CO, WY, UT, ICC.
James Conyers 
Digital Technology Coordinator (James.Conyers@du.edu). James operates, sets up, and configures nearly all pieces of audio visual related equipment in the building. He likes to think of life as a set of daily challenges that he can be victorious over. Some victories include doing a great job on a daily basis at work where other victories include growing personal relationships with people he meets outside of work. Being a faithful hardworking employee is something that he approaches every day. He loves to ask the question at the beginning of the day, "Is there anything I can help you out with today?" He feels that everything in life whether at work or at home can be seen in two ways: a problem, or a problem with a solution.
Jessica Craig 
Office Manager, Marsico Institute for Early Learning & Literacy. (Jessica.Craig@du.edu) Prior to her position at DU, Jessica was the Business Development Manager at a social change consulting firm in Denver. Her work experience is in donor management, event coordination, project coordination, client relations, funding research, grants management, budget management and contracting. Primary responsibilities include: managing the day-to-day operation of the office, providing administrative support to the directors and working with the directors to successfully carry out the institute's strategic plans, maintain the accuracy of institute information on the website, provide budget management and oversight, plan logistics for special community events, and ensure oversight of grants and contracts.
Jodi Dye 
Interim Director, Morgridge Office of Admissions. (Jodi.Dye@du.edu) Jodi is proud to be returning to Morgridge after a two year absence. During the last two years, she served at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, initially advising English and Comparative Literature majors and eventually moving to a full-time Academic Advisor position in the College of Arts and Sciences. Previously, Jodi served the Morgridge College of Education as the Assistant Director of Admissions and Enrollment. Her academic and professional interests lie in the realm of promoting higher education access and equity, supporting student identity development, and building institutional community. She is privileged to be returning to the Morgridge community and is excited to join her colleagues in promoting an inclusive higher education community and serving the needs of students. She has an MA, Higher Education, from the University of Denver and a BA, Journalism and Mass Communications, from the University of Northern Colorado.
Janet Erickson 
Director of Financial Aid, Marketing and Alumni Relations Morgridge Office of Admissions (Janet.Erickson@du.edu). MSS, BA, Business Management Certificate, University of Denver; applied communication Primary Responsibilities: Supervises the administration of all functions (marketing, recruitment, admissions, events, alumni outreach) of the Office of Admissions; coordinates financial aid; organizes information and orientation sessions.
Sheridan Green 
Senior Researcher at the Marsico Institute for Early Learning and Literacy (Sheridan.Green@du.edu). Prior to joining MCE, she was a Senior Researcher at the DU Butler Institute for Families at the Graduate School of Social Work. She has worked in academic, community, and local government settings, spanning child-focused fields including early childhood care and education, child and youth development, and child welfare. Ms. Green holds a Master's degree in Human Development and Family Studies with a specialization in individual and family programming. She is ABD at the University of Northern Colorado where her doctoral program focuses on applied statistics and research methods. Her dissertation employs the national Early Head Start dataset to examine the sensitivity of study conclusions to violations of design assumptions. Her research interests center on infant mental health, parent-child relationships, and the effects of intervention and education on the quality of early childhood teacher-child interactions, including the use of music and the arts to strengthen interactions, early learning, and literacy.
Nick Heckart 
Academic Services Associate (Nick.Heckart@du.edu). MA Higher Education, University of Denver; BA, University of Iowa; art, teacher licensure - Iowa. Primary Responsibilities: Responsible for supporting teaching, learning, and research of the faculty, as well as assistance with student recruitment and retention, maintaining the accuracy of program information in student handbooks and on the website, assisting with course scheduling, processing fiscal transactions and partnering in the effective management of departmental budgets, and assisting with all student services.
Alana Kim
Finance Assistant for the Ricks Center for Gifted Children and the Fisher Early Learning Center (Alana.Kim@du.edu). Prior to coming to the Morgridge College of Education, Kim held two positions for the University of Denver Bursar's Office as a Staff Accountant and Billing/Production Technician. Alana has been with the University of Denver for three years.
Karen F. LeVelle 
Payroll and Accounting Assistant (Karen.LeVelle@du.edu) Primary Responsibilities: Ensures that Morgridge College of Education personnel are paid accurately and in a timely manner, maintains personnel files, process new hire paperwork for all new employees, provides support in all Morgridge College of Education accounting and fiscal management, primary support for the Director of Budget and Planning, provides support in all areas of facilities management, arranges for telephone orders and line changes, and manages key inventory and distribution.
Tara Maxson 
Research Associate, Marsico Institute for Early Learning & Literacy. (Tara.Maxson@du.edu) Tara Maxson recently completed her PhD at the Morgridge College of Education in the Educational Leadership and Policy Program and now joins the Marsico Institute as a Research Associate. Prior to joining the Marsico team, Dr. Maxson worked as a teacher in Douglas County. She taught general education, English as a second language, gifted and talented, and Spanish. In addition, Dr. Maxson has served as a Response to Intervention (RtI) coordinator, district staff developer, and Spanish translator and interpreter. Dr. Maxson's dissertation research focused on the effects of pre-school attendance on the English language and literacy acquisition of linguistically diverse learners in the elementary years. Her research interests include universal pre-kindergarten programming, linguistically diverse learners, and early literacy acquisition. Dr. Maxson holds an MA from the University of Colorado at Denver in English language acquisition, and a BA from the University of Redlands, California in English and musical theatre.
William McGreevy 
Assistant Dean (William.McGreevy@du.edu). Primary Responsibilities: Manages the administrative infrastructure; leads marketing, recruitment and retention efforts; oversees enrollment services; coordinates administrative personnel; participates in the execution of all aspects of the strategic plan and financial management of the college; manages course scheduling processes; promotes internal and external communications.
Nora McPherson 
Academic Services Associate, (Nora.McPherson@du.edu). MLIS, University of Denver; BA, Fort Lewis College; teacher licensure, University of Colorado-Denver; Asian history and social studies. Primary Responsibilities: Responsible for supporting teaching, learning, and research of the faculty, as well as assistance with student recruitment and retention, maintaining the accuracy of program information in student handbooks and on the website, assisting with course scheduling, processing fiscal transactions and partnering in the effective management of departmental budgets, and assisting with all student services.
Anna Millies 
Director, Office of Outreach Support (Anna.Millies@du.edu). BA, University of Denver; math and fine arts.
Primary Responsibilities: Manage daily office operations, including student recruitment
and retention for Educational Leadership and teacher residency programs, program budget
tracking; support teaching and learning by maintaining accuracy in program materials,
course scheduling, student file audits, and processing CDE principal licensure recommendations.
Karen Paul-Masaoka 
Academic Services Associate (Karen.Paul-Masaoka@du.edu). B.Ed., Concordia University, Montreal; Teaching English as a Second Language.
Primary Responsibilities: Responsible for supporting teaching, learning, and research
of the faculty, as well as assistance with student recruitment and retention, maintaining
the accuracy of program information in student handbooks and on the website, assisting
with course scheduling, processing fiscal transactions and partnering in the effective
management of departmental budgets, and assisting with all student services.
Amanda J. Moreno 
Associate Director, Marsico Institute for Early Learning and Literacy (Amanda.Moreno@du.edu). PHD, University of Denver, Developmental Psychology; MA and BA, Tufts University, Applied Child Development. Prior to her appointment at DU, Dr. Moreno was research Faculty at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and a Senior Researcher at OMNI Institute, a social science research firm in Denver. Her research and service work has always centered around improving developmental outcomes for children in poverty. Her research interests include alternative coaching and training models for improving teacher quality for early childhood teachers with low levels of formal education, curricular enhancements in infant-toddler programs, and translating research to policies that will close the earliest appearances of the achievement gap. She held a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the development of maladaptive behavior at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.
Sandy Snyder-Mondragon 
Director, Office of Academic Services. (Sandy.Mondragon@du.edu) PhD, MA, University of Denver; BA, Arizona State University-West; higher education administration and elementary education. Primary Responsibilities: collecting, analyzing, and disseminating results of assessment and accreditation data and programmatic content reports to accrediting and licensure agencies, as well as the college and university. Assisting programs with budget development and management, support for teaching and learning, and supervision of the Asst. Director of OAS and academic services staff; in partnership with the Director of Budget and Planning is responsible for overseeing grants management and integrating its work with the faculty and programs; monitors the grants management operations to ensure overall high quality of grants administration across programs. Sandy also updates the MCE Bulletin, program student handbooks, Faculty/Staff Handbook, and the Adjunct Faculty Handbook. Administers the Technology Fee budget.
Tamera Trueblood 
Executive Assistant to the Dean (Tamera.Trueblood@du.edu). Primary Responsibilities: Manages the Office of the MCE Deans, including the calendar, correspondence, communications, and special projects for the Dean; organizes and records College of the Whole meetings, college retreats, administrative meetings, and special events; provides support to the Associate and Assistant Deans; manages Dean's office budgets, supports fundraising, policy and procedure compliance, and other duties as assigned.
Allison Tung 
Program Assistant, Institute for the Development of Gifted Education. (Allison.Tung@du.edu) Allison Tung taught 7th grade math, enrichment, and ELA/math test prep to 7th and 8th graders in the South Bronx as a New York City Teaching Fellow and AmeriCorps member from 2008-2010. She worked on whole-child supportive services and academic programming with 1st-4th graders as the Learning Leaders Coordinator at Harlem Children's Zone from 2010-2011. She also co-presented two professional development sessions for HCZ youth development practitioners, and actively engaged staff development. Having witnessed first-hand Texas and New Jersey gifted programming, as well as working with diverse families in Manhattan, she is excited to join the Institute for the Development of Gifted Education as the Program Assistant. Allison earned her BA in Psychology from the University of Chicago, with a focus in Comparative Race Studies. She also earned her MS in Secondary Mathematics Education from the City College of New York, CUNY.
