About Us

Our Team

Faculty and Staff

Kristen Beach
Professor
Department of Special Education and Child Development
Kelly  Cartwright
Spangler Distinguished Professor of Early Child Literacy
Reading & Elementary Education
Miranda Fitzgerald
Associate Professor
Department of Reading and Elementary Education
Lan Kolano
Department Chair and Professor
Department of Middle, Secondary, and K-12 Education
Jennifer L.  Merry
Administrative Support Associate
Mebane Early Literacy Center
Paola Pilonieta
Professor
Department of Reading and Elementary Education
Angela I. Preston
Director
Mebane Early Literacy Center
Erin Washburn
Professor
Department of Reading and Elementary Education

Graduate Assistant

Shannon Pardue, M.Ed.
Graduate Assistant
Mebane Early Literacy Center
Kristin Sinclair, M.A.Ed.
Graduate Assistant
Mebane Early Literacy Center

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

Jordan Z. Boyd
Director of Educational Partnerships
Office of School and Community Partnerships
Mebane Hall Suite #139 | Office #142
Madelyn Williams Colonnese
Associate Professor
Department of Reading and Elementary Education
Kristi Godfrey-Hurrell
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Special Education and Child Development
Ann Jolly
Assistant Dean and Clinical Assistant Professor
Office of School and Community Partnerships
Corinne Kingsbery
Co-Director, UNC Charlotte READS; Adjunct Professor
Alicia Stewart Kitten
Assistant Professor
Department of Reading and Elementary Education
Adriana L. Medina
Department Chair and Professor
Department of Reading and Elementary Education
Christopher O'Brien
Associate Professor
Department of Special Education and Child Development
Jean Vintinner
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Reading and Elementary Education