CASTL People
CASTL Faculty
Julia Blodgett
- Associate Professor
- Clinical Psychologist
Margaret (Peg) R. Burchinal
- Research Professor
Julie Jackson Cohen
- Charles S. Robb Associate Professor
Jamie DeCoster
- Research Assistant Professor
Jason T. Downer
- Professor
- Director, Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning
Shereen El Mallah
- Research Assistant Professor
Tanya Evans
- Research Assistant Professor
Jennie K. Grammer
- Stern Bicentennial Associate Professor in Education and Neuroscience
David W. Grissmer
- Research Professor
Tara Hofkens
- Research Assistant Professor
Chris S. Hulleman
- Research Associate Professor
Karen Kurotsuchi Inkelas
- Professor of Education
Patricia A. Jennings
- Professor
Lieny Jeon
- Jane Batten Bicentennial Associate Professor
Jamie J. Jirout
- Assistant Professor
Emily A. Kohler
- Research Assistant Professor
Traci Kutaka
- Research Assistant Professor
Ann Partee
- Research Assistant Professor of Education
Robert C. Pianta
- Batten Bicentennial Professor of Early Childhood Education
Sara Rimm-Kaufman
- Commonwealth Professor of Education
Josipa Roksa
- Professor
Shubhi Sachdeva
- Research Assistant Professor
Emily Solari
- Edmund H. Henderson Professor of Education
Yoi Tibbetts
- Research Assistant Professor
Khara Turnbull
- Research Assistant Professor
Virginia E. Vitiello
- Research Associate Professor
Jessica E. Whittaker
- Research Associate Professor
- Director of Birth to Eight Initiatives
Amanda P. Williford
- Batten Bicentennial Professor of Early Childhood Education
- Associate Director for Early Childhood Education, CASTL
- Clinical Psychologist
CASTL Research Associates
Pilar Alamos Valenzuela
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
Jhonelle Bailey
- Early Childhood Research Scientist
Sooyeon Byun
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
Karime Cameron
- CASTL Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Project Associate
Caroline Chamberlain
- CASTL Research Specialist Intermediate
Marie Cushing
- Research Specialist
Kelly Edwards
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
Natalie S. Evans
- Research Associate
Carolyn Gosse
- Senior Scientist
Yin Gu
- Research Specialist
Samantha Haigood
- Research Specialist
Christa Haring
- Research Scientist
Laura Helferstay
- Research Specialist
Lilian Hummer
- Research Specialist
Karen F. Kehoe
- Research Associate
Ryan D. Kiley
- Senior Research Specialist
Allison P. Leach
- Research Scientist
Ann Shargo Lhospital
- Senior Scientist
Richard Marks
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Hannah Frances Melton
- Research Specialist
Min Hyun Oh
- Research Associate
Hallie Parten
- Research Specialist
Ashley Harden Reid
- Research Specialist Intermediate
Brittany Rettig
- Research Specialist
Katlyn Reynolds
- Research Specialist
Jaclyn Russo
- Research Scientist
Rasha Salous
- Research Specialist
Zhiling Shea
- Research Scientist
Megan W. Stuhlman
- Research Scientist
Jasmine M. Truong
- Research Specialist
- EL-VEST Coordinator
Wanda L. Weaver
- Research Scientist
CASTL Staff
Tashia Abry
- Senior Research Specialist
Stephanie Adams
- Project Associate-PM59
Jenny Paola Rincon Aguirre
- Bilingual Education and Outreach Specialist
Rinyka Belle Allison
- Early Childhood Education Coach
Stephanie Altman
- Project Associate
- Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant
Jissel Belinda Anaya
- Research Scientist
Anna Ballantyne
- Lab Manager, Educational Neuroscience Lab
Amanda Balsamo Doherty
- Grants and Contracts Administrator
Andrea Barrett
- Research Specialist Intermediate
Anna Josephine Barrick
- Research Specialist
Erin Beard
- Education and Outreach Specialist
Janet Beaulieu
- Early Childhood Education (ECE) Coach
Michelle Behnke
- Virginia Literacy Partnerships Education and Outreach Specialist
Patricia E. Bennett-Wilhelm
- STREAMin3 Early Childhood Coach
Rainey Blackwell-Bullock
- Education and Outreach Specialist
Kama Danielle Booher
- Early Childhood Education (ECE) Coach
Claire Bremner
- Research Specialist
Terra Browne
- Motivate Lab Project Associate
Michele N. Burke
- PALS Education and Outreach Specialist
Marcela Courtade Carlock
- Education and Outreach Manager
Lingmei Cheng
- PALS Senior Web Developer
Myra Childs
- Professional Development Early Childhood Education Coach
Leah Chilson
- Project Management Associate
Carlin Conner
- Senior Scientist
Dylan Cooper
- Software Engineer 3
Hayley Corey
- Education and Outreach Specialist
Laura Jo Darcy
- Education and Outreach Director
Jenifer Davis
- Project Associate
Jenn Donnelly
- Senior Grants and Contracts Administrator
Monique Calderon Dotson
- Postsecondary Pathways Director
Caitlin Ellis
- Early Childhood Education Project Manager
Anne Etten
- Education and Outreach Specialist
Natalie S. Evans
- Research Associate
Lauren Farina
- Research Specialist Intermediate
Michelle Francis
- Senior Data Manager
Cloe E. Frank
- Coordination and Research Coordinator
- Data Systems Administrator
- Research Specialist
Jennifer Fry
- Early Childhood Coach
Callen Garrett
- Senior Grants and Contracts Administrator
Michele A. Gay
- Software Engineer
Laura C. Giessler
- Education and Outreach Specialist
Jocelyn Gilchrist
- STREAMin3 Implementation Specialist
Cassandra M. Godwin
- Early Childhood Education (ECE) Coach
Michelle Gomes
- Early Childhood Education (ECE) Coach
Allison Gray
- Senior Data Analyst and Visualization Specialist
LaNijah Grier
- Education and Outreach Manager
Christopher Gulla
- Manager, IT Applications Development
Brooke Haas
- Project Associate
- STREAMin3 Project Management Associate
Jamie Hammond
- Education and Outreach Manager
Sarah Hawthorne
- Data Specialist
Anne-Marie Howard
- Education and Outreach Specialist
Susan C. Hughes
- Administrative Coordinator
Sharon Lorey Hung
- Project Manager
Jenny Isaacs-Lowe
- Education and Outreach Manager
Janine Jakim
- Data Specialist
Brianna Jaworski
- Research Coordinator
Pamela S. Jiranek
- CASTL Research Specialist
Moira Johnson
- Project Manager
Lydia Jordan
- Early Childhood Education (ECE) Coach
Benjamin King
- Data Management Specialist
Katie Kinsella
- Communications and Outreach Specialist
Heather C. Kitsis
- Virginia Literacy Partnership Project Manager
Brian Kozuch
- CASTL Finance Generalist
Natarsha B. Lee
- Research Specialist Intermediate
Tekalign Lenahan
- Data Specialist
Daniel Lipscomb
- Research Specialist
Ailsa Long
- CASTL Graphic Designer
Alison Lubin
- CASTL Center Administrator
Sarah Virginia Lydic
- Senior Instructional Technology Specialist
- Multimedia Developer
Marianna Lyulchenko
- Research Specialist
Sharon Sarah Manana
- ECE Content and Training Developer
Alicia Matho
- Education and Outreach Manager
Genevieve Matthew
- Research Specialist Intermediate
Kate Matthew
- Project Manager
Keisha J. McClain
- Early Childhood Education (ECE) Coach
Angel McCray
- VKRP Communications and Outreach Specialist
Jazmyn McGhee
- Early Childhood Education Content and Training Developer
Kelly McGuire
- Multimedia Creative Professional
Katherine James McLemore
- Instructional Coach, TeachSIM Lab
Franny MeLampy
- Early Childhood Education Content and Training Developer
Amy K. Mireku
- FP3 Research Specialist
Lauren Moriarty
- Senior IT Project Manager
Kathy Neesen
- Research Scientist
- Instructional Technology Director
Becky Newell
- LinkB5 Education and Outreach Manager
Lisa Nielsen
- Early Childhood Education Coach
Vanessa Olivar
- UVA Bilingual Data Collector
Sandra Annette Patillo-Mason
- Early Childhood Education (ECE) Coach
Danielle Peacock
- Director of Program Management, ECE Virginia
Sanford Pliskin
- Early Childhood Education Coach
Jessica Ponton
- Education and Outreach Manager
Amanda Reitze
- Education and Outreach Specialist
Yolanda Torres Richey
- ECE Content and Training Developer
Melody Roberts
- Administrative Coordinator
Nathalie Rose
- Education and Outreach Manager
Elise Rubinstein
- Research Manager
Miriam Rushfinn
- Early Childhood Education Project Manager
Nina Rushing
- Early Childhood Education Coach
Sarah Schroeder
- Education and Outreach Manager
Tara Scott
- Early Childhood Education Project Associate
Matthew C. Semanik
- Multimedia and Web Developer
Autumn Shaffer
- Project Associate
Kerry Abigail Shea
- Research Specialist Senior
Amanda Sheehan
- Education and Outreach Manager
Lauren Simmons
- Research Specialist
- LinkB5 Outreach Specialist
Lori Stahl
- Communication and Outreach Specialist
Kacey Sterne
- Education and Outreach Manager
Celeste Sumo
- Senior Project Management Associate
Margaret Tamayo
- Project Associate
Bree Paige Taylor
- K-3 Literacy Data Collector
Carolyn Taylor
- Early Childhood Education Coach
Delaram Totonchi
- Research Scientist
Barbara L. Totschek
- CASTL Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant
Lisa Tyree
- Virginia Literacy Partnerships Education and Outreach Manager
Analia Lessenberry Valdez
- Bilingual Early Childhood Education and Outreach Specialist
Benita Voran
- Data Management Specialist
Alyssa Vukelich
- Project Management Associate
Stephanie Walker
- Senior Instructional Design and Technology Specialist
Pat Watkins
- StreamIn3 Coach
Octavia Wells
- Senior Fiscal Technician
Beth S. Williams
- Virginia Literacy Partnerships Education and Outreach Director
Kara Williams
- Project Associate
Melissa A. Williams
- Early Childhood Coach
Solitia D. Wilson
- Research Specialist Intermediate
Amy Wolford
- Education and Outreach Manager
Julie Young
- Education and Outreach Manager
Affiliated Faculty
UVA Affiliated Faculty
Other Affiliated Faculty
Making an Impact
My work experience is so invigorating, fulfilling, and packed with indescribable support, respect, and compassion. There are countless moments of gratitude expressed in our every day works to strengthen the early childhood field.
Tara Scott
Early Childhood Education Project Associate