Arlitt Staff
Administrators
Victoria Carr
Professor, Early Childhood Education (Birth-5) & Executive Director, Arlitt Center for Education, Research & Sustainability , CECH Arlitt Center
2150H EDWARDS 1 Edwards Center
data-sly-test="carrvw@ucmail.uc.edu">carrvw@ucmail.uc.eduDr. Carr is co-editor-in-chief for Children, Youth and Environments, a journal that publishes research articles and reports from the field on environments where children and youth live, learn, work, and play. She serves on the editorial review board for the Journal of Research in Childhood Education and is an active member of the Transnational Dialogues on Early Childhood Education for Sustainability (ECEfS).
Dr. Carr co-chairs the Leave No Child Inside Collaborative of Cincinnati, co-founded the Cincinnati Nature Playscape Initiative, and implemented the Arlitt Professional Educator Learning Series. She served for several years on Cincinnati Nature Center's Board of Directors and continues to consult with its programming and applied learning committee. She has served as the faculty advisor for the UC Equestrian Team since 2006.
Dr. Carr conducts research and publishes books and articles on ECEfS, children and nature, teacher efficacy, and challenging behaviors in early childhood settings. She has generated over $27M in funding related to programming and research in early childhood education during her UC career. The National Science Foundation supported her research on informal science learning in playscapes (2011-2019) and she has had multiple projects funded by the PNC Foundation. She assists with landscape design, provides consultation about programming, and conducts research on nature-focused playgrounds, including Cincinnati Nature Center Playscape (2011), Arlitt Playscape (2012), a community-built school playground in Papua New Guinea (2015), and several Head Start and child care centers' playscapes (2016-present).
Mary Elizabeth Wright
Director of Children's Programs, CECH Arlitt Center
1159 EDWARDS 1 Edwards Center
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Leslie Jenna Kochanowski
Dir Academic, CECH Arlitt Center
EDWARDS 1 Edwards Center
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Coordinators
Andrea Cefalo
Inclusion Coordinator
Arlitt Center
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Greta Stroud
Program Coordinator
Arlitt Center
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Casey Volz
Assistant Director / Health & Nutrition Coordinator
Arlitt Center
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Jennifer L Horwitz
Education Coordinator / Early Childhood Teacher
Arlitt Center
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Rachel Konerman
Professional Development Coordinator
Arlitt Center
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Greg Schulman
Family Engagement Coordinator / Early Childhood Teacher
Arlitt Center
data-sly-test="schulmgd@ucmail.uc.edu">schulmgd@ucmail.uc.eduTeaching Staff
Beulah M Cable
Early Childhood Teacher
Arlitt Center
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Sarah Clancy
Early Childhood Teacher
Arlitt Center
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Ryan Miller
Early Childhood Teacher
Arlitt Center
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Abraham Underhill
Early Childhood Teacher
Arlitt Center
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Tracey Jasper
Early Childhood Teacher
Arlitt Center
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Garria Blundell
Early Childhood Teacher
Arlitt Center
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Angela Opichka
Early Childhood Teacher
Arlitt Center
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Charise Jones
Early Childhood Teacher
Arlitt Center
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Stephanie Baldhoff
Early Childhood Teacher
Arlitt Center
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Sadie Canan
Early Childhood Teacher
Arlitt Center
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Emma Cummings
Early Childhood Teacher
Arlitt Center
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Tricia Deuitch
Early Childhood Teacher
Arlitt Center
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Chawna Piper
Early Childhood Teacher
Arlitt Center
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Mickaela Dean-LeBoeuf
Early Childhood Teacher
Arlitt Center
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Lily Retford
Early Childhood Teacher
Arlitt Center
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Maureen Scobey
Reception/Office Support
Arlitt Center
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Kathleen Brockhaus
Chef/ Kitchen Manager
Arlitt Center
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Ann Rossmiller
Post Doc Fellow
Arlitt Center
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Claire Underwood
Graduate Assistant
Arlitt Center
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Kara Acosta
Graduate Assistant
Arlitt Center
data-sly-test="acostakl@mail.uc.edu">acostakl@mail.uc.eduAffiliate Faculty
Kathleen Bryan
Assistant Professor, Educator Program Coordinator - ECE Online
Edwards Center
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Renee Hawkins
Professor And Coordinator, School Psychology, Arlitt Mental Health Collaborative
450F TDC
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Amy Hobek
Instructor and Clinical Supervisor, Communication Science Disorders; Arlitt Speech and Language Service Provider
Arlitt Center
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Laura Nabors
Health Promotion and Education and Substance Abuse Counseling; Arlitt Mental Health Collaborative
460PA TDC
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Daniel Newman
Assistant Professor, School Psychology; Arlitt Mental Health Collaborative
450A TDC
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