Research Team
Leadership
Anne Schutte
Principal Investigator
Associate Professor, Psychology
Sarah Karle
Co-Principal Investigator
Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Faculty & Staff
Holly Hatton
Co-Investigator
Associate Professor, Child, Youth and Family Studies
Early Childhood Extension Specialist, Nebraska Extension
Nicholas Hubbard
Co-Investigator
Assistant Professor, Psychology; Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior
Katie Krause
Co-Investigator
Early Childhood Extension Educator, Nebraska Extension
Salvador Lindquist
Co-Investigator
Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture
Jennifer Leeper Miller
Co-Investigator
Lecturer, Child, Youth and Family Studies
Director, Ruth Staples Child Development Lab
Julia Torquati
Co-Investigator
Professor, Child, Youth and Family Studies
Matt Brooks
Project Manager
Graduate Student, Educational Psychology; Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior
Emily Villa
Project Manager
Project Coordinator, Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior
Partners
Early Childhood Program Sites
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Community Board
Mismiki Montgomery
Early Childhood Coach, Ruth Staples Child Development Laboratory
Lecturer, Child, Youth, and Family Studies
Lincoln, Nebraska
Brenda L. Hunter
K-8 Nature-based Educator and Program Director, Omaha Nation Public School
Walthill and Macy, Nebraska
Taylor Herrick
Director, Valley Child Development Center
Red Cloud, Nebraska
Maricela Novoa
Central Region Early Learning Connection Bilingual Specialist, ESU 10
Nebraska
Aiesha A. Rahn
Associate Vice President of Early Childhood, Sixpence Child Care Partnerships
Nebraska Children and Families Foundation
Omaha, Nebraska
Matthew Hayden
Program Manager, Office of Children’s Services Licensing
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Lincoln, Nebraska