Our Team

Faculty and Staff

Kristen Beach
Associate Professor | Program Director (Doctoral Program Special Education)
Department of Special Education and Child Development (SPCD)
Kelly  Cartwright
Spangler Distinguished Professor of Early Child Literacy
Reading & Elementary Education
Miranda Fitzgerald
Assistant Professor
Department of Reading and Elementary Education (REEL)
Lan Kolano
Department Chair & Professor
Jennifer L.  Merry
Administrative Support Associate
Mebane Early Literacy Center
Paola Pilonieta
Associate Professor | Coordinator of Undergraduate Reading Program
Department of Reading and Elementary Education (REEL)
Angela I. Preston, Ph.D.
Director
Mebane Early Literacy Center
Erin Washburn
Associate Professor
Department of Reading and Elementary Education (REEL)

Graduate Assistant

Shannon Pardue
Graduate Assistant
Mebane Early Literacy Center

Thank you to the following Cato College of Education faculty for supporting our work.

Jordan Boyd
Office of School and Community Partnerships
Office of School and Community Partnerships
Mebane Hall Suite #139 | Office #142
Kristi Godfrey-Hurrell
Clinical Assistant Professor
Ann Jolly
UNIVERSITY SUPERVISOR & CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Office of School and Community Partnerships
Adriana Medina
Associate Professor
Department of Reading and Elementary Education (REEL)
Christopher O'Brien
Associate Professor | Program Director (SPED Undergraduate)
Department of Special Education and Child Development (SPCD)
Jean Vintinner
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Reading and Elementary Education (REEL)