Meet Our Team

Meet Our Team

Virginia Literacy Partnerships Director and Principal Investigator (Pre-K Language & Literacy Screener, PALS-K, and PALS 1-3)

Emily Solari, Ph.D.


PROFESSIONAL OUTREACH AND ACADEMIC SUPPORT

  • Beth Williams, Ed.D. (Project Manager)
  • Lisa Tyree, M.Ed. (Professional Learning Lead)
  • Erin Beard, Ed.S.
  • Michelle Behnke, Ed.S.
  • Christa Haring Biel, Ph.D.
  • Rainey Blackwell-Bullock, M.Ed.
  • Michele Burke, M.Ed.
  • Hayley Corey, M.T.
  • Anne Etten, M.Ed.
  • Laura Giessler, Ed.S.
  • Anne-Marie Howard, B.A.

RESEARCH

  • Carlin Conner, Ph.D. (Senior Scientist)
  • Jissel Anaya, Ph.D. (Research Scientist)
  • Tashia Abry, Ph.D.
  • Kerry Shea, Ph.D.
  • Marcela Carlock, M.Ed.
  • Karen Kehoe, Ph.D.

DATA ANALYSIS

  • Allison Gray, M.S. (Team Lead)
  • Sarah Hawthorne, B.A.

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY

  • Christopher Gulla, M.S.C.S. (Team Lead)
  • Lingmei Cheng, B.S. (Senior Developer)

FISCAL AND OFFICE SUPPORT

  • Amanda Doherty
  • Susan Hughes
  • Melody Roberts

AFFILIATED FACULTY

  • Jamie DeCoster, Ph.D.
  • Colby Hall, Ph.D.
  • James Soland, Ph.D.
  • Khara Turnbull, Ph.D.

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

  • Alisha Demchak, M.Ed.
  • Isabel Vargas, M.T.