Johannes Addido
Title: Assistant Professor of Elementary Education, Graduate Coordinator
Office Location: ED 136
Phone: 575.562.4311
Mike Anderson
Title: Alternative Licensure and Assessment Specialist
Office Location: CET 108
Phone: 575.562.4110
Cindy Benge
Title: Associate Professor of Reading
Office Location: ED 133
Phone: 575.562.2151
Elisa Chino
Title: Administrative Assistant/Special Programs Office Coordinator
Office Location: ED 105
Phone: 575.562.2491
Mary Daughrity
Title: Associate Professor of Elementary Mathematics
Office Location: ED 159
Phone: 575.562.2481
Tala Karkar Esperat
Title: Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Office Location: ED Roswell
Phone: 575.562.2491
Education
B.A.-- Teaching English as a Second Language, Bethlehem University
M.P.A.-- Public Administration, Lamar University
Ph.D. -- Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum & Instruction | Major: Language, Diversity & Literacy Studies, Texas Tech University
Bio
Dr. Karkar-Esperat is a former ESL Elementary Teacher and librarian, serves as an assistant professor of Curriculum and Instruction. She is a teacher educator and researcher who prepares teacher candidates to be effective in the classroom. She also works with in-service teachers to enhance their classroom practices. Dr. Karkar-Esperat serves as the campus liaison and professional development coordinator in Roswell.
An overview of Dr. Karkar-Esperat?s research is available on Google Scholar and ResearchGate.
Research Interests
Dr. Karkar- Esperat's research is focused on preservice teachers' literacies, online literacies, coaching of teachers, and pedagogical literacy practices through multiliteracies, new literacies, and semiotics.
Mary Kallus
Title: Associate Professor of Reading/Literacy
Office Location: ED 134
Phone: 575.562.2219
Education
BA--English and History Texas Tech University
M.Ed.--Language/Literacy Education Texas Tech University
Ph.D.--Curriculum and Instruction Texas Tech University
Research Interests
Dr. Kallus' research interests include content area literacy, disciplinary literacy, adolescent literacy, intertextuality, and the use of children?s literature in the classroom.
Geoff Kellogg
Title: Assistant Professor of Reading Literacy
Office Location: ED 135
Phone: 575.562.2977
Maria Migueliz Valcarlos
Title: Assistant Professor, Bilingual Education
Office Location: ED 138
Phone: 575.562.2765
Amrit Thapa
Title: Assistant Professor, Elementary Education
Office Location: ED 139
Phone: 575.562.2207
Bio
Dr. Amrit Bahadur Thapa is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education at Eastern New Mexico University. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics, Mathematics, and Statistics from Tribhuvan University, Nepal, a Master's in Mathematics Education and a Master's of Philosophy in Mathematics Education from Kathmandu University, Nepal, and a Ph.D. in Mathematics Education from Ohio University. His research and scholarly interests focus on critical areas such as the Dislike of Mathematics, Quantitative Reasoning, Democratic Classroom Practices, and Mathematical Empowerment for Critical Citizenship. Dr. Thapa has presented his work at various prestigious national and international conferences, including ICME, JMM, OCTM, RUME, and NNN.
During his Ph.D. at Ohio University, Dr. Thapa exhibited strong leadership as Vice President (2022-23) and President (2023-24) of the Graduate Student Senate. In these roles, he was a founding member of the Graduate Student Conference (GradCon) and played a key role in establishing community service and outreach programs for graduate students. Additionally, Dr. Thapa contributed to university governance by serving on several important committees, including the Curriculum Council, President's Cabinet, and Graduate Council.
At ENMU, Dr. Thapa teaches courses such as Mathematics Methods and Creativity Across Curriculum, working closely with both undergraduate and graduate students. With over a decade of K-12 mathematics teaching experience, five years in teacher education, and expertise in graduate-level mathematics education, he brings a wealth of knowledge to the classroom. Outside academia, Dr. Thapa enjoys traveling, hiking, studying history, and exploring politics and culture.
Cassandra Villanueva
Title: Program Assistant
Office Location: ED 149
Phone: 575.562.2308
Mark Viner
Title: Associate Professor of Educational Technology, Department Chair, C&I
Office Location: ED 113
Phone: 575.562.2538
Education
Ph.D., Educational Computing, Design and Online Learning, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
MS, Educational Computing, Design and Telecommunications, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Bachelor of Science, Biology with emphasis in Natural Science, Mount Senario College, Ladysmith, WI
Associates Degree of Arts, Visual Communications, Western Wisconsin Technical College, La Crosse, WI
Bio
Currently, Dr. Mark Viner is an Assistant Professor of Educational Technology at Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU). At ENMU, Dr. Viner educates undergraduates and graduate students in the area of integrating technology into classroom practices. In addition, his experiences include working extensively with K-12 administrators, principals and teachers in providing sustained professional development in the area of technology integration. Dr. Viner has a passion or Project-based Learning and Inquiry-based learning environments using technology.
