Faculty News

September 2026

Staff Profile: Deatrice Suggs

Name: Deatrice Suggs Title & department: Director of Administrative Services, College of Education What does your new role as director of administrative services involve, and what are you most looking forward […]

 9/4/2026

Faculty Profile: Xi Lin

Name: Xi Lin Title & Department:Associate Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary Professions What does your new role as director of graduate programs involve, and what are you most looking forward to […]

 9/4/2026

Faculty Profile: Danielle Dietz

Name: Danielle Dietz Title & department: Teaching Assistant Professor, Literacy & Special Education What does your new role as the director of the R2M program involve, and what are you most looking […]

 9/4/2026

Faculty Profile: Brendon Soltis

Name: Brendon M. Soltis Title & department: Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Foundations Can you share a little about your background (degrees, former job, etc.) and what brought you to ECU’s College of Education? I […]

 9/4/2026

Staff Profile: Chloe Nobles

Name: Chloe Nobles Title: James and Connie Maynard Scholars Program Coordinator Can you share a little about your background (degrees, former job, etc.) and what brought you to ECU’s College of Education? As […]

 9/4/2026

Faculty Profile: Amanda Randall

Name: Dr. Amanda Randall Title & Department: Teaching Assistant Professor, Literacy Studies and Special Education Can you share a little about your background and what brought you to ECU’s College […]

 9/4/2026

Faculty Profile: Dr. Ron Preston

Name: Ron Preston Title: Associate Professor of Mathematics Education and Graduate Program Director (for four master’s degrees and two certificates) Department: Elementary, Middle, and Secondary Education Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana Colleges […]

 9/3/2026

August 2026

ECU elementary education earns national recognition for preparing elementary teachers in science of reading

East Carolina University’s elementary education program earns top marks for how well future teachers are prepared to teach reading to elementary students. The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) spotlighted […]

 8/9/2026

Faculty Profile: Ranjini JohnBull

Name: Ranjini JohnBull Title: Assistant Professor Department: Educational Leadership and Foundations Hometown: Springfield, IL Colleges attended and degrees received: Washington University in St. Louis, Bachelor of Arts with a major in Music […]

 8/9/2026

May 2026

College celebrates faculty, staff with annual awards for 2025-26 year

The College of Education celebrated the accomplishments of faculty and staff during the annual end-of-year celebration at Wildwood Park in April. During the celebration, fourteen awards were presented to those […]

 5/21/2026