Our diverse and expert faculty are committed to teaching excellence. The doctoral degrees we hold from outstanding universities signify our commitment to better serving you and your learning.

We work to create a sense of community and set a standard of excellence that will define your learning experience with us. We are proud of our work not only teaching you, but working with our Professional Development School partners. This work grounds our own teaching and learning with the state-of-the-art teaching practices in the field.

Both our full-time and seasoned adjunct faculty are leaders in state, national and international professional associations. We also conduct, present and publish our educational research in addition to serving the ESU community in a variety of initiatives. We strongly support ESU teacher education initiatives such as our Professional Development Schools and long-standing area pre-school partnerships.

Still, at the heart of our work is our focus on your student success as future teaching professionals.

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Nurun N. Begum

Professor of Early Childhood & Elementary Education, Department Chair

nbegum@esu.edu

(570) 422-3371

Stroud Hall 209 M

Education

B.Ed., 1997, University of Dhaka
M.Ed., 1999, University of Dhaka
M.A., 2004, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Ed.D., 2007, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

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Alberto Alegre

Professor of Early Childhood & Elementary Education

aalegre@esu.edu

(570) 422-3859

Stroud Hall 209 B

Education

B.S., 1980, University of Barcelona
B.S., 1985, University of Barcelona
M.S., 1991, University of Barcelona
M.A., 2002, Goddard College
Ed.D., 2008, Virginia Tech

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Erica Greer

Instructor Early Childhood & Elementary Education

egreer4@esu.edu

(570) 422-3044

Stroud Hall 209 C

Education

B.S. 2004, Pennsylvania State University
M.A. 2008, Wilkes University
Ed.D. 2018, Delaware Valley University

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Anu Sachdev

Instructor of Early Childhood & Elementary Education

asachdev@esu.edu

(570) 422-2737

Stroud Hall 209 G

Education

B.A., 1973, Delhi University
M.A., 1975, Delhi University
M.Ed., 1994, Lehigh University
M.Ed., 2013, Lehigh University
Ph.D., Lehigh University

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Sally A. Yorke-Viney

Instructor of Early Childhood & Elementary Education

sviney@esu.edu

(570) 422-3752

Stroud Hall 209 M

Education

B.S., Shippensburg University
M.Ed., East Stroudsburg University
Ph.D, Marywood University

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Madeline Demmerle-Acosta

Instructor of Early Childhood & Elementary Education

mdemmerlea@esu.edu

(570) 422-3356

Stroud Hall 209 K

Education

B.A. 2000, Queens College
M.A. 2004, Queens College
Principal Certification, 2011, Cabrini College
Ed.D. 2018, East Stroudsburg University

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    Samantha Gramby

    Department Secretary

    sgramby@esu.edu

    (570) 422-3356

    Stroud Hall 209

Contact Us

Campus Address

Stroud Hall 209
(570) 422-3356

Department Chair, Early Childhood and Elementary Education

Dr. Nurun N. Begum
nbegum@esu.edu
(570) 422-3371