URI College of Educations welcomes new faculty and staff members.

Lindsay Callahan
Chief Business Officer

In this newly created position for the college and across the university, Lindsey Callahan will be recommending budget strategies to advance the college’s mission to align with URI’s new budget model, work with the Deans to shape existing programs and create new ones, and generate financial process improvement plans and resource guides. Before joining URI, she was the Deputy Chief Financial Officer at the Dept. of Children, Youth and Families in Rhode Island, and also worked for the state’s Dept. of Administration’s budget office. Callahan holds an MPA in public administration from Syracuse University and a bachelor’s degree in political science and public demonstration from Rhode Island College.

 

Nicole King
Assistant Professor TESOL and Bilingual Education

A former teacher of multilingual learners in Louisiana, South Carolina and Italy drives her research interests in the translingual and trans modal practices of multilingual students, families, communities, and teachers, bringing these perspectives to teacher education. King’s work has been supported through collaborative Fulbright DAI and Mother Cabrini Health Foundation grants and has been published in TESOL Journal, System, Foreign Language Annals, Language Teaching, The Language Educator, and a recent co-edited volume, Developing Translanguaging Repertoires in Critical Teacher Education.

She earned a Ph.D. in Teaching & Curriculum: Foreign, Second, & Multilingual Language Education from Ohio State University; M.Ed., International Literacy, from Sam Houston State University; Teacher Certification, from University of New Orleans; and a B.A., Psychology and Economics, Tulane University.

 

Allison Lenox
Administrative Assistant Office of Clinical Practice and Partnerships

In this role, Allison Lenox will manage student placements and clinical educator information, in collaboration with offices across the university to facilitate the clinical educator certification process. Prior to joining URI, Lenox worked for the East Greenwich School District as a substitute teacher.  

 

Veronica Seeram
Assistant Teaching Professor Elementary Education

Veronica Seeran teaches Social Studies Methods classes and is responsible for leading the development of the Elementary Education programs, serving as a liaison with RIDE and school/district leaders. Prior to joining URI, she was a special education teacher in West Warwick, where she served in various teacher leadership roles. She was born in Guyana (South America), grew up in Jamaica (West Indies), then migrated to the United States in 2000. As an educator, she is interested in exploring research in the areas of co-teaching, inclusion, building a diverse, inclusive teaching workforce, and education policy and advocacy. Seeran holds an MA in Special Education, and a BA in Elementary Education and Middle School English Endorsement from the University of Rhode Island.