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Meet our faculty, students, alumni and staff who make up a dynamic community focused on improving lives through learning, teaching, discovery and innovation.

Photo of Facia Desmond at her school, standing near a sign that welcomes students and gives guidance about how to keep others safe during COVID

Fadia Desmond, MA '95 Stanford Teacher Education Program

Recognizing the value of adaptability

Photo of Jeanette Kaleikau-Buxton in Alaska, wearing her Stanford graduation stole

Jeanette Mina Kaleikau-Buxton, '21, MA '23 Stanford Teacher Education Program

As an undergrad, finding community at the GSE

Christopher J. Thomas, PhD ’96, Social Entrepreneur in Residence / Lecturer

Improving school systems in the poorest countries

Darren Kleinberg, Visiting Scholar

Finding new purpose in Jewish education

Erin Ritchie, MA '19 Stanford Teacher Education Program

Learning to address all students’ needs

Irene Castillon, MA '10

Being a ‘college first responder’

Alexandra Bernadotte, MA '07

Scaling first-gen mentorship in the digital age

Gloria Ladson-Billings, PhD '84

Pioneering cultural inclusion in the classroom

Emily Rapada, '18, MA '19 Learning Design and Technology

Helping coaches start conversations

Jeremy Quach, '18, MA '19 Stanford Teacher Education Program

Becoming a teacher

Kay Hall Lewis, PhD '72

Giving new life to her Stanford regalia

Roopal Saran, '94, MA '94

Reaching every person with education

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