Participating Institutions of Higher Education

The ECiDC grant is administered by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine through the A.J. Pappanikou Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service. Consortium members include faculty experts in ECI across nine institutions of higher education. The collective impact of the consortium faculty has shaped the field of ECI.

University of Connecticut

Four faculty members from the University of Connecticut are members of ECiDC. UConn faculty members represent three disciplines: Early Childhood Special Education, Social Work, and Speech-Language Pathology.

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Mary Beth Bruder, PhD
Project Director
Health Sciences, Pediatrics,
Educational Psychology
Bernard Grela, PhD
Speech, Language, and
Hearing Sciences
Marney Pollack, PhD
Child and Family Studies
Cristina Wilson, PhD
Project Co-Director
Social Work

 

University of Cincinnati

Three faculty members from the University of Cincinnati are members of ECiDC.

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Rhonda Brown, PhD
Early Childhood Education
and Human Development
Mike Malone, PhD
Early Childhood Education
Tina Stanton-Chapman, PhD
Early Childhood Education
and Human Development

 

University of Colorado, Denver

One faculty member from the University of Colorado, Denver is a member of ECiDC.

Elizabeth Steed, PhD
Education and Human Development

University of Georgia

Three faculty members from the University of Georgia are members of ECiDC. University of Georgia faculty members represent two disciplines: Communication Sciences and Special Education.

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Jennifer Brown, PhD
Communication Sciences and
Special Education
Rebecca Lieberman-Betz, PhD
Communication Sciences and
Special Education
Cynthia Vail, PhD
Communication Sciences and
Special Education

University of Hawai’i

Three faculty members from the University of Hawai'i are members of ECiDC.

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Mary Jo Noonan, PhD
Special Education
Patricia Sheehey, PhD
Special Education
Jenny Wells, PhD
Special Education

 

University of Illinois

One faculty member from the University of Illinois is a member of ECiDC.

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Michaelene Ostrosky, PhD
Special Education

University of North Carolina

Three faculty members from the University of North Carolina are members of ECiDC. University of North Carolina faculty members represent three disciplines: Early Childhood Special Education, Occupational Therapy, and Speech and Hearing Sciences.

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Harriet Able, PhD
Applied Developmental Sciences
and Special Education
Nancy Bagatell, PhD
Occupational Science and
Occupational Therapy
Elizabeth Crais, PhD
Speech and Hearing Sciences

 

University of Washington

Two faculty members from the University of Washington are members of ECiDC.

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Angel Fettig, PhD
Special Education
Kathleen Artman Meeker, PhD
Special Education

Vanderbilt University

Two faculty members from Vanderbilt University are members of ECiDC.

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Ann Kaiser, PhD
Special Education and Psychology
Jennifer Ledford, PhD
Special Education