College of Education and Human Development
Laura Desimone
L. Sandra and Bruce L. Hammonds Professor in Teacher Education
Research: Dr. Desimone studies how state, district, and school-level policy can better promote changes in teaching that lead to improved student achievement and to closing the achievement gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students.
Steven M. Eidelman
H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Human Services Policy and Leadership
Human Development and Family Studies
Research: Disabilities, community inclusion
The professorship is named for H. Rodney Sharp, one of the University’s most generous benefactors. Sharp’s financial contribution to UD was one of the largest from a private donor to any American university, and he also took a personal interest in the details of the campus where he was graduated in 1927. He worked with the landscape architect to create portions of The Green that are unchanged 70 years later. He is the namesake of Sharp Hall and Sharp Laboratory.
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
Unidel H. Rodney Sharp Chair
School of Education
Research: Early childhood language acquisition and development.
The Unidel H. Rodney Sharp Chair, made possible by an endowment provided by the Unidel Foundation, is named for one of the University’s most generous benefactors. Sharp’s financial contribution to UD was one of the largest from a private donor to any American university, and he also took a personal interest in the details of the campus where he was graduated in 1927. He worked with the landscape architect to create portions of The Green that are unchanged 70 years later. He is the namesake of Sharp Hall and Sharp Laboratory.
Nancy Jordan
Dean Family Endowed Chair for Teacher Education
School of Education
Research: Mathematical learning and development; learning disabilities
