Great Plains Fellows: Education and Family Science

NameTitleInstitutionSpecialty
Bradley Baltensperger Professor Emeritus, Cognitive and Learning Sciences Michigan Tech University Geography, agriculture, Central Great Plains settlement
Theresa Catalano Professor, Teaching Learning, and Teacher Education UNL Language teacher education, migration
Rochelle L. Dalla Professor & Graduate Chair, Family and Consumer Science UNL Familial dynamics, women and human trafficking
Nancy Engen-Wedin Lecturer, TLTE; Program Manager, Lied Center for Performing Arts; Coordinator, Indigenous Roots Teacher Education Program, College of Education and Human Sciences UNL Education, Indigenous issues and education, arts and curriculum
Rebecca Faber Assistant Director, Assistant Professor, English UNL Education, career services
Ricardo Garcia Professor Emeritus, Teaching, Learning & Teacher Education UNL Curriculum and foundations of education, English education
Lauren Gatti Associate Professor, Teaching, Learning & Teacher Education UNL English education, teacher education, democratic education
Maria Rosario de Guzman Professor, Youth Development Extension Specialist; Chair, TMFD UNL Culture, migration, family life
Edmund “Ted” Hamann Professor, Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education UNL Education policy implementation across tiers, underserved student populations
Deryl K. Hatch-Tocaimaza Associate Professor, Educational Leadership & Higher Education UNL Community college environments and equity related to place
Ruth Heaton Professor Emeritus, Teaching, Learning & Teacher Education UNL Mathematics education
Lydiah Kiramba Associate Professor, Teaching, Learning, & Teacher Education UNL Bilingual and ESL Education, Second/additional language acquisition and teacher education
Lisa Knoche Research Assoc. Prof., Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, & Schools UNL At-risk children and families, early care and education; Getting Ready Project Director
Marjorie Kostelnik Professor Emeritus, Child, Youth, & Family Studies UNL Early education, community coalition building
Gina Kunz Project Co-Director, Carolina Family Engagement Center University of South Carolina Research on Children, Youth, Families & Schools
Beth Lewis Professor, Teaching, Learning & Teacher Education UNL Secondary science education; teacher learning, professional development, and leadership; geoscience education issues
Ricardo Martinez Assistant Professor, Education Penn State Critical youth mathematics studies, participatory action research
Amanda Morales Associate Professor, Teacher, Learning & Teacher Education UNL Immigrant, migrant and multicultural education
Moises Padilla Director, Nebraska College Preparatory Academy UNL Education and college access and success for first-generation, low-income, and ethnic-minority students in the Great Plains
Aprille Phillips Associate Professor, Educational Administration UNK Education policy implementation in minoritized communities
Debra Ponec Professor, Education Creighton University Guidance & counseling curriculum, relationships within school communities, immigrant students
Helen Raikes Professor Emeritus, Child, Youth & Family Studies UNL Early care and education
R. McLaran Sawyer Professor Emeritus, Teaching, Learning & Teacher Education UNL Education, history, curriculum, instruction
Susan M. Sheridan Associate Dean, Research and Creative Activity; George Holmes Prof., Educational Psychology; Director, Neb. Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families UNL Parent-teacher behavioral consultation
Stephen Swidler Professor, Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education UNL Cultural learning, rural schools
Julie Tippens Associate Professor, Child, Youth & Family Studies UNL Forced migration and global health, social and structural determinants of refugees' health and wellbeing
Julia Torquati Professor, Family and Consumer Science UNL Child/development, early childhood education
L. James Walter Assoc. Dean, College of Education; Professor Emeritus, Teaching, Learning & Teacher Education UNL Curriculum and instruction, school programs, high school instruction
Susan Wunder Associate Professor Emeritus, Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education UNL Social sciences education
Sarah Zuckerman Associate Professor, Teaching, Learning & Teacher Education UNL State-level educational policy implementation and school-community partnerships, particularly in the context of rural communities