Associate Professor, Mathematics Education
Program Coordinator of Undergraduate Programs,
Staten Island campus
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
School of Education
Staten Island Campus
DaSilva Academic Center, Room 352
300 Howard Avenue
Staten Island, New York 10301
Phone: (718) 390-4491
Fax: (718) 390-4098
mistretr@stjohns.edu
Office Hours
Mondays, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Thursdays, 9-11am
Educational Background
Ed.D., 1996, Teachers College, Columbia University, Mathematics
Education
M.S., 1989, Brooklyn College, Mathematics Education
B.S., 1987, St. John’s University, Elementary Education and
Mathematics
Research
Areas of Specialization
- Mathematics Education
- Teacher Education
- Professional Development
- Parental Engagement
Profile
Regina Mistretta, Associate Professor and
Program Coordinator in The School of Education, holds a
B.S., M.S., and Ed.D. in mathematics education. She strives
to help forward the field through teaching, research, and service
efforts that address the needs of students, teachers,
administrators, and parents. Her research includes
investigations of geometric conceptual understandings, pedagogical
practices in elementary and middle school settings, student error
patterns, teacher preparation and professional development
programs, and parental perspectives concerning mathematical
learning. As a university professor, she seeks to blend her
research findings with both current theory and practice on and off
campus.
She designs, facilitates, and investigates the impact of
professional development models, teacher preparation initiatives,
and parental engagement projects on pre-service and in-service
teachers, student achievement, and parental perspectives. Funding
for such programs and related research has come from federal and
private funding sources. To date, she has interacted with over 25
Pre-K to 8 learning communities encompassing teachers,
administrators, and multi-cultural school children and their
parents in moderate to low-socioeconomic areas of all five boroughs
of the metropolitan area.