Education and Child Development

Jolene Johnson, EdS, EdD

Director, Department of Education and Child Development - MMI
Assistant Professor
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Kerry Miller, PhD
Associate Director
Assistant Professor
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Walter S. Gilliam, PhD
Executive Director,
Buffett Early Childhood Institute - University of Nebraska
Professor | MMI
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Olivia Arroyo Kotinek, MS
Child Development Program Evaluator, Bilingual
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Sarah Baird, MEd
Assistant Project Director
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Nataly Biodrowski, BS
Child Development Program Evaluator, Bilingual
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Nicole Buchholz, MS
Child Development Program Evaluator
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Stefanie Contreras, BSW, BA
Child Development Program Evaluator
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Kelly Crotty
Office/Project Associate
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Kate Dietrich, BS
Child Development Program Evaluator
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Yaritza Estrada, BA
Child Development Program Evaluator
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Laura Fritz, MA
Assistant Project Director
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Clarissa Gonzalez, BS
Child Development Program Evaluator
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Paige E. Hardy, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Developmental TIPS Clinic

Jennifer Harmon, LICSW, LISW
Child Development Program Evaluator
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Allison Jadoobirsingh (Baldwin), MS
Child Development Program Evaluator
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Laura Micek, BSN, RN, CPN
Clinical Nurse, Developmental TIPS Clinic
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Kari Price, MS
Assistant Project Director
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Andrea M. Schroeder-Stangler
Data Entry Associate
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Abbey Siebler, MA, PLMHP
Project Director
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Becky Skoglund, MA
Assistant Project Director
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Kailey Snyder, PhD, MS
Child Development Program Evaluator
Assistant Professor
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Sasha Spencer, MEd
Child Development Program Evaluator
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Nishank Varshney, PhD
Child Development Program Evaluator
Assistant Professor
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Linda Villagomez, MA
Child Development Program Evaluator (Bilingual)
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Cynthia Villanueva, BS
Assistant Project Director
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Michelle Young-Oestmann, BSW
Administrative Program Associate
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Becky Zessin, MEd
Child Development Program Evaluator
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Courtesy and Emeritus Faculty

• Barb Jackson, PhD - Emertius Professor
• Hilary A (Abbie) Raikes, PhD - Courtesy Associate Professor
• Linda Smith - Courtesy Professor