Our Team

SUPPORTING PLAY-BASED SCIENCE & ENGINEERING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

Professional Learning & Coaching

Maranda Chung

Principal Investigator (PI), Professional Learning Design & Facilitation, MMSA, mchung@mmsa.org

Rachel Larimore

Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI), Professional Learning & Coaching, Samara Early Learning rachel@samarael.com

Kim Charmatz

Project Manager, MMSA, kcharmatz@mmsa.org

Tom Goodwin

Digital Media Specialist, MMSA, tgoodwin@mmsa.org

Kate Cook Whitt

(Former) Principal Investigator (PI), Professional Learning Design, MMSA

Lisa Kenyon

(Former) Principal Investigator (PI), Professional Learning Design, MMSA

Len Kenyon

(Former) Professional Learning Facilitation, MMSA

Research & Evaluation

Alison Miller

Principal Investigator (PI), Associate Professor of Education, Bowdoin College amiller2@bowdoin.edu

Lauren Poniatowski

(Former) Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI), Research Associate, Bowdoin College lsaenz@bowdoin.edu

Hildah Makori

Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Bowdoin College h.makori@bowdoin.edu

Christine Voyer

Research Project Manager, Bowdoin College c.voyer@bowdoin.edu

Sarah Goan

External Evaluator, Senior Research Associate, Data Innovation Project, Catherine Cutler Institute, University of Southern Maine sarah.goan@maine.edu

Emily Constantian

External Evaluator, Statewide Evaluation Manager: Children, Youth, and Families Program, Maine Roads to Quality Professional Development Network, Catherine Cutler Institute, University of Southern Maine emily.constantian@maine.edu

Sophie Brett

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Bowdoin College

Annie Galbraith

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Bowdoin College

Rania Janmohamed

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Bowdoin College

Andrea Rodríguez Garrido

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Bowdoin College

Sadie Smith

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Bowdoin College

Professional Learning Partners

Bowdoin College Children's Center

Inch by Inch Preschool

Martha Eshoo

Executive Director, Bowdoin College Children's Center

Betsy Myers

Assistant Director, Bowdoin College Children's Center

Lauren Bull

Co-Lead Educator, Bowdoin College Children's Center

Zoë Ryan-Humphrey

Co-Lead Educator, Bowdoin College Children's Center

Katie Wright

Co-Lead Specialist, Bowdoin College Children's Center

Jessica Lewis

Owner, Director & Teacher, Inch by Inch Preschool

Aaron Beaumont

Preschool Teacher, Inch by Inch Preschool

Lauren Orff

Preschool Teacher, Inch by Inch Preschool

Lacey Gallant

Preschool Teacher, Inch by Inch Preschool (Former)

Heather Kinee

Educator, Bowdoin College Children's Center (Former)

Advisors

Sue Allen

Co-Founder & Principal Consultant, Allen & Associates

Melissa Braaten

Associate Professor of STEM Education, Teacher Learning, Research & Practice, University of Colorado Boulder, School of Education

Hope Gerde

Professor of Teaching, Learning & Culture, Texas A&M University, Education & Human Development

Okhee Lee

Professor of Childhood Education, Teaching and Learning, New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

Felicia Moore Mensah

Professor of Science and Education, Columbia University, Teachers College

Brooke Whitworth

Associate Professor of Science Education, Clemson University

Project Partners

Project Funder

This project is funded by the National Science Foundation, grants #2201673 and #2201674. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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