Faculty | M.S. in Curriculum, Instruction and Publication
Denise Reid
- Associate Professor
- PhD., Chapman University
- Multiple Subject Credential, Hope International University
- M.A., Cal State Fullerton
- B.A., Cal Poly Pomona
Denise Reid has her Ph.D. from Chapman University, an M.S. from California State University, Fullerton, and a B.A. from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Reid holds a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential and has decades of educational experience.Here experience includes facilitating the successful transition of high school students to post-secondary settings. Additionally, she...
Research Interests
- Exploring the Lived Experiences of Individuals who Attended, Taught, or Served as Administrators at All-Black Segregated Schools during Jim Crow
- Impact of Brown v. Board on Current Educational System
- Higher Education Policy Related to the Disclosure Process of Students with Disabilities Transition to Postsecondary Education for Students from Marginalized Groups
Tim Stranske
- Professor and Faculty Emeritus
- Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University
- M.A., Biola University
- B.A., Biola University
With more than 30 years in the Christian school movement, several years as a junior high and high school teacher and 28 years as an administrator, Tim Stranske has a wealth of experience in the education field. He was a principal, curriculum director and superintendent for four California Christian school systems. In addition, Stranske served Biola as an adjunct faculty member from 1982–87 and...
Nicholas Block
- Professor
- Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University
- M.Div., Fuller Theological Seminary
- B.A., Stanford University
After beginning his career in education as a science teacher in Bogotá, Colombia in 1984, Nick Block has worked most of his years in the U.S. as a public school teacher in grades three to five in a variety of language settings. At Biola, Block has taught since 2014 in the undergraduate, graduate, and Induction/Clear Credential programs. He has mainly taught courses in philosophy of education,...
Research Interests
- Dual-language Schools
- Vocabulary Development
- Spiritual Lives of Teachers
June Hetzel
- Adjunct Professor and Faculty Emerita
- Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University
- M.A., Talbot School of Theology
- M.S., California State University, Fullerton
- B.A., Biola University
Christie Curtis
- Professor
- Ph.D., Azusa Pacific University
- M.A., Biola University
- B.A., University of California, Riverside
A native Californian, Christie Curtis specializes in grammar and writing curriculum development. Her most recent book, Grammar and Writing 3 (piloted in 2015–16), was co-authored with Mary Hake and is one of six grammar and writing textbooks in their series. Utilizing her experiences as a former public and private school teacher, she has authored student editions, teacher editions and...
Research Interests
- Supporting international students
- Spirituality practices of international students
- Supporting post-traditional students
- Writing proficiency