Partners

Principle Investigators & Senior Personnel

Frances K. Harper
Principal Investigator (PI)
STEM Education
Lori Caudle
Co-PI
Child & Family Studies
Margaret Quinn
Co-PI
Early Childhood Education
Darelene Greene
Co-PI
PreK Instructional Coach
Sukanya Moudgalya
Co-PI
Computer science Education

    Graduate Researchers

    Charles Flowers, Jr.
    Graduate Researcher
    Early Childhood Education
    Hannah Thompson
    Graduate Researcher
    Child & Family Studies
    Temvy Matsebula
    Graduate Researcher
    Child & Family Studies

    Teachers & Educational Assistants

    Doris Bourne
    Educational Assistant
    Fair Garden PreK
    Alyssa Parker
    Preschool Teacher
    Spring Hill Elem
    Rachel Clair
    Preschool Teacher
    Fair Garden PreK
    Taja Welch
    Preschool Teacher
    Fair Garden PreK
    Pam Hall
    Preschool Teacher
    Fair Garden PreK
    Kyli Wooten
    Preschool Teacher
    Fair Garden PreK
    Rebecca Hickey
    Preschool Teacher
    Christenberry Elem
    Tori Yardley
    Educational Assistant
    Inskip Elem
    Terra Navarro
    Educational Assistant
    Christenberry Elem

    Parent Leaders

    Luci Diego
    Parent Leader
    Monica Gonzalez
    Parent Leader
    Jessica Grafton
    Parent Leader
    Marilyn Langston
    Grandparent Leader
    Dana Schumpert
    Parent Leader

    Undergraduate Research Assistants

    Rethika Ambalam
    Undergrad Researcher
    Abbey Kochman
    Undergrad Researcher
    Therapeutic Recreation

    Our Advisory Board

    Megan Barolet-Fogarty
    Centro Hispano de East TN
    Theodore Chao
    The Ohio State University
    Cara Djonko-Moore
    Rhodes College
    Amy Parks
    Michigan State University
    Janae Peterson
    Knoxville Utilities Board

    Past Partners

    Haley Anderson
    Preschool Teacher
    Inskip Elem
    2022-2023
    Angela Hazen
    Preschool Teacher
    Pond Gap Elementary
    2022-2023
    Sara Meghabghab
    Undergrad Researcher
    Spring 2022
    Amir Sadovnik
    Senior Personnel
    Computer Science
    2021-2023
    Sarah Qureshi
    Preschool Teacher
    Lonsdale Elementary
    2021-2022
    Andrew Bonsted
    Undergrad Researcher
    Fall 2021-Summer 2022
    Melanie Humphrey
    Educational Assistant
    2021 – Spring 2022
    Bethany Parker
    Graduate Researcher
    Cultural Studies in Edu
    2022-2023
    Porscha Settlemeyer
    Preschool Teacher
    2021-2022
    Jade Williams
    Undergrad Researcher
    Spring 2022
    Andrea Bridges
    Educational Assistant
    Pond Gap Elementary
    2022-2023
    Stephanie Johnson
    Parent Leader
    2021
    Tabatha Rainwater
    Graduate Researcher
    2021-Summer 2022
    Indrani Singh
    Graduate Researcher
    Fall 2021
    Francia Zelaya
    Graduate Researcher
    STEM Education
    2021-2023
    Jamila Burroughs
    SHADES Director
    2021-Spring 2022
    Amie Kahovec
    Graduate Researcher
    Child & Family Studies 2022-2023
    Jennifer Raley
    Preschool Teacher
    2021
    Mason Thomas
    Undergrad Researcher
    Spring 2022
    Martha Hampton
    Educational Assistant
    Spring Hill Elementary
    2022-2023
    James Larsen
    Postdoctoral Researcher
    Early Childhood Education     2021-2023
    Maritza Sierra Rosado
    Preschool Teacher
    Fair Garden PreK
    2022-2023