Donna Bryant, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator and Senior Scientist, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute;
Research Associate Professor, School of Education

FPG Child Development Institute
UNC-CH CB# 8180
105 Smith Level Rd.
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8180
Phone: 919.966.4295
Fax: 919.966.7532
Email: bryant@mail.fpg.unc.edu

Areas of expertise: children and families at risk; child care environments; early intervention; policy research; Head Start

Kathleen Bernier, Ph.D.

Investigator, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute

FPG Child Development Institute
UNC-CH CB# 8180
105 Smith Level Rd.
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8180
Phone: 919.966.0534
Fax: 919.966.7532
Email: bernier@unc.edu

Areas of expertise: program evaluation; using existing large data sets, e.g., state data; children with special needs and services; child care quality

George Cole, Dr. P.H.

Clinical Assistant Professor, UNC School of Social Work; Senior Research Associate, Jordan Institute for Families

The Jordan Institute for Families
301 Pittsboro St.
Tate-Turner-Kuralt Bldg.
UNC-CH, CB# 3550
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3550
Phone: 919.962.6515
Fax: 919.962.1486
Email: gcole@email.unc.edu

Areas of expertise: Evaluation of the Smart Start collaboration objective; qualitative, quantitative, and network analyses

Jonathan Kotch, M.D.

Professor and Associate Chair, Dept. of Maternal and Child Health, UNC School of Public Health

UNC School of Public Health
CB# 7400; Rosenau Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7400
Phone: 919-966-5976
Fax: 919-966-0458
Email: jonathan_kotch@unc.edu

Areas of expertise: child health services; child health policy; child abuse and neglect; injury prevention

Kelly Maxwell, Ph.D.

Investigator, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute

502 Bank of America Bldg.
137 E. Franklin St.
UNC-CH CB# 8040
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8040
Phone: 919.966.9865
Fax: 919.966.7463
Email: maxwell@unc.edu

Areas of expertise: school "readiness"; child care quality

George W. Noblitt, Ph.D.

Professor, School of Education

UNC School of Education
212A Peabody Hall, CB # 3500
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3500
Phone: 919.962.2513
Fax: 919.962.1533
Email: gwn@email.unc.edu

Areas of expertise: sociology of education; qualitative research methods; policy and evaluation research

Dennis Orthner, Ph.D.

Professor of Social Work and Public Policy Analysis, UNC School of Social Work

The Jordan Institute for Families
301 Pittsboro St.
CB# 3550; Tate-Turner-Kuralt Bldg.
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3550
Phone: 919.962.2282 / 919.962.6512
Fax: 919.962.1486
Email: orthner@email.unc.edu

Areas of expertise: poverty; children and youth services
welfare reform; program evaluation

Ellen Peisner-Feinberg, Ph.D.

Scientist, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute

FPG Child Development Institute
UNC-CH CB# 8180
105 Smith Level Rd.
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8180
Phone: 919.962.7354
Fax: 919.966.7532
Email: EllenPF@unc.edu

Areas of expertise: child development; child care quality
program evaluation; public policy

Joy Sotolongo, M.S.

Research Associate, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute

FPG Child Development Institute
UNC-CH CB# 8180
105 Smith Level Rd.
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8180
Phone: 919.966.0199
Fax: 919.966.7532
Email: sotolong@mail.fpg.unc.edu

Areas of expertise: evaluation technical assistance to Smart Start
partnerships; the Smart Start Quarterly Report

Karen Taylor

Research Associate, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute

FPG Child Development Institute
UNC-CH CB# 8180
105 Smith Level Rd.
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8180
Phone: 919.966.2559
Fax: 919.966.7532
Email: karen_taylor@unc.edu

Areas of expertise: Program planning and evaluation

Smart Start Evaluation Team
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
105 Smith Level Rd.
UNC-CH CB# 8180
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-8180

Phone: 919.966.2559
Email: smartstart@unc.edu