Administrators
Jill Riley
Position title: Senior Administrative Program Specialist, Director
Email:
jillriley
Phone: 608-890-4998
Esther Emmerich
Position title: Associate Director
Email:
esther.emmerich
Phone: 608-263-2626
Research, Teaching, & Outreach Team
Amy Lee Wagner
Credentials: Ph.D., M.A.Ed.
Position title: Executive Director of the CDL
Email:
amy.wagner
Phone: 608-890-4253
Heather Kirkorian
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Associate Professor; Laura M. Secord Chair in Early Childhood Development; Faculty Director of the CDL
Email:
kirkorian
Phone: 608-263-4020
Dipesh Navsaria
Credentials: MD
Position title: Clinical Associate Professor; Outreach Faculty Fellow of the CDL
Email:
navsaria
Phone: 608-262-7180
Roxy Etta
Credentials: M.S., HDFS Doctoral Candidate
Position title: Teaching & Research Coordinator
Email:
etta
Phone: 608-262-9487
Sarah Braaten
Credentials: M.S., HDFS Doctoral Student
Position title: Leola Culver Graduate Fellow in Early Childhood Development
Email:
smbraaten
Elizabeth Skora Horgan
Credentials: M.S., HDFS Doctoral Candidate
Position title: Shannon Graduate Fellow in Early Childhood Development
Email:
eskora
Lead Teachers
Sarah Bruhn
Credentials: M.S., Lead Toddler Teacher
Position title: Chipmunk Classroom
Email:
sbruhn
Phone: 608-263-4579
Linda Dykstra
Credentials: M.F.A., Lead Toddler Teacher
Position title: Bunny Classroom
Email:
lldykstra
Phone: 608-890-4993
Casey Feist
Credentials: Lead Infant Teacher
Position title: Honeybee Classroom
Email:
cafeist
Phone: 608-890-4991
Laura Feist
Credentials: Lead Toddler Teacher
Position title: Duck Classroom
Email:
lmfeist
Phone: 608-890-4988
Maria Frey
Credentials: Lead Infant Teacher
Position title: Honeybee Classroom
Email:
mlfrey2
Phone: 608-890-4991
Malika Guend
Credentials: Lead Infant Teacher
Position title: Dragonfly Classroom
Email:
malika.guend
Phone: 608-890-4986
Kelsie Krawczyk
Credentials: Lead Infant Teacher
Position title: Dragonfly Classroom
Email:
krawczyk2
Phone: 608-890-4986
Kris Krystofiak
Credentials: Lead Preschool Teacher
Position title: Otter Classroom
Email:
kskrysto
Phone: 608-890-4989
Joanna Martinez
Credentials: Lead Teacher
Position title: Chipmunk Classroom
Email:
jmartinez27
Phone: 608-263-4579
Debbie McGowan
Credentials: Lead Preschool Teacher
Position title: Otter Classroom
Email:
djmcgowan
Phone: 608-890-4989
Katy Rosko
Credentials: Lead Teacher
Position title: Float
Email:
krosko
Phone: 608-263-4579
Terri Strother
Credentials: Lead Teacher
Position title: Float
Email:
tahoffm1
Phone: 608-263-2673
Undergraduate Students
Rianna Dowds
Credentials: Communication Sciences and Disorders Major
Position title: Otter Student Assistant
Roy Wang
Credentials: Consumer Behavior and Marketplace Studies and Education Studies Major
Position title: Chipmunk Student Assistant
Spring 2022 Students
- Makaylah Bociek
- Maya Cherne
- Linnea Drott
- Emilee Evavold
- Taylor Feldman
- Liz Gonzalez
- Kiley Henn
- Caroline McCormack
- Isabel Meidl
- Victoria Star
- Eliana Strauss
- Tori Tiso
- Janelle Wenzel
- Lauren Wood
- Jordan Zdroik
Fall 2021 Students
- Hannah Berres
- Elsa Deibert
- Kirsten Buelow
- Sarah Levine
- Nicole Gasiorowski
- Megan Haas
- Erika Spivack
- Maya Bratner
- Natalie Purko
- Zoe Zanella