Department of Curriculum and Instruction

C&I Administrative Contacts

Department Head
Dr. James O'Donnell	jodonnel@nmsu.edu	575 646-2290
Asssociate Department Heads
Dr. Betsy Cahill	bcahill@nmsu.edu	575 646-2290
Dr. Marc Pruyn	profefronterizo@yahoo.com	575 646-2290
Department Staff
Department Assistant Grace M. Martínez	gmartine@nmsu.edu	575 646-2290 Fax: 646-5436
Records Specialist Rita Beckman	ribeckma@nmsu.edu	646-5821
Records Specialist Paula Stevens	pstevens@nmsu.edu	646-6352
Accounting Tech Norma Arrieta	narrieta@nmsu.edu	646-1652
Program Coordinators
Programs	Coordinator	Phone
Bilingual Education/TESOL	Pierre Orelus Co-Coordinator porelus@nmsu.edu Herman S. Garcia Co-Coordinator hgarcia@nmsu.edu	646-1665 646-1229
Early Childhood Education	Nancy Baptiste nbaptist@nmsu.edu	646-2632
Learning Technologies	David Rutledge rutledge@nmsu.edu	646-5637
Multicultural Education	Jeanette Haynes Writer jeanette@nmsu.edu	646-1834
Language, Literacy and Culture	Judith Franzak jfranzak@nmsu.edu	646-2332
Elementary Education	Herman S. Garcia hgarcia@nmsu.edu	646-1229
Secondary Education	Heather Oesterreich heathero@nmsu.edu	646-2194
Field Placement	Stan Lopez stalopez@nmsu.edu	646-4286
Director of Student Teaching	Connie Rickenbaker crickenb@nmsu.edu	646-1256
Alternative Licensure	Betsy Cahill bcahill@nmsu.edu	646-2632
Distance Education	Juanita Mendoza-Hannan Assistant Director of Distance Education juamendo@nmsu.edu	646-2125