Project Staff

Joe Reichle, Ph.D., Co-Principal Investigator, is a Professor in the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Reichle has served as the co-principal investigator on a federally sponsored leadership training grant. That project provides training to doctoral and postdoctoral candidates in methods of providing positive behavioral support to persons with developmental disabilities who engage in problem behavior. His primary areas of research and his teaching focus on implementing augmentative communication systems and providing positive behavioral support for persons with problem behavior. In addition to his teaching and research responsibilities, Dr. Reichle serves as a reviewer for numerous scholarly journals and is a former Associate Editor of the Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps.

Leanne Johnson is a Research Associate for CEED and the Department of Educational Psychology. She is the coordinator of the Preventing Challenging Behavior in Rural Education Settings project, the Addressing the Needs of Young Children Who Engage in Challenging Behaviors project, and the Behavior Research Center. LeAnne received her M.Ed. in Special Education from Vanderbilt University before moving to Minnesota to work as an elementary special education teacher. LeAnne then received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Minnesota. LeAnne has been actively involved in the licensure program for graduate students seeking special education teaching licensure in the area of emotional/behavioral disorders as well as various research and training projects focused on challenging behavior. Her current research interests include examinations of the early development of antisocial and prosocial behavior as well as examinations of gender as it relates to the development and persistence of antisocial behavior across developmental stages.

Mary McEvoy Memorial Page

Mary McEvoy, Ph.D., Co-Principal Investigator, was Professor and Chair in Educational Psychology at the University of Minnesota. She served as a consultant to the States of Tennessee and Minnesota on inclusion and challenging behavior issues and worked cooperatively with local education agencies to promote the integration of children with and without disabilities. Dr. McEvoy authored and co-authored a number of publications related to challenging behavior and procedures for promoting social interaction in least restrictive environments, and developed a position statement on discipline for the International Division on Early Childhood (DEC).

Karen Anderson is Executive Administrative Specialist and serves as webmaster for the Preschool Behavior Project. Karen has worked at the University of Minnesota since 1994 and also provided support for the original Outreach replication grant that funded the generation of materials which this site is now disseminating.

Additional Resource Personnel

The following people from across the country are affiliated or formerly affiliated with the project. They are knowledgeable resources for additional information on functional assessment and positive behavioral supports.

Deanne Borgeson
Coordinator, Early Childhood Special Education
Minnesota State University Moorhead
214W Lommen Hall, Moorhead, MN 56563
Phone: 218-477-2002
Email: borgeson@mnstate.edu

Carol Ann Davis, Ed.D.
University of Washington
Experimental Education Unit
Box 357925, Seattle, WA 98195-7925
Phone: 206-221-5043
Fax: 206-616-9198
E-mail: cadavis1@u.washington.edu

James Fox, Ph.D.
Research Director, Center For Early Childhood Learning and Development; Professor, Special Education Program, Department of Human Development and Learning; Project Director, ETSU "Make A Difference" Technical Assistance Project, Tennessee Team Coordinator,
East Tennessee State University, Center for Early Childhood Learning and Development
Warf-Pickel Building, Room 509, Johnson City, TN 37614
Phone: 423-439 7556
Fax: 423-439-7561
E-mail: foxj@etsu.edu

Patricia Hargrove, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Professor and Graduate Coordinator
Department of Speech, Hearing, and Rehabilitation Services
Minnesota State University Mankato
Mankato MN 56001
Phone: 507-389-1415
E-mail: patricia.hargrove@mnsu.edu

Joan Karp
California State University Channel Islands
Professional Building, Room 218
One University Drive, Camarillo, CA 93012
E-mail: joan.karp@csuci.edu

Elisabeth Lodge Rogers, Ph.D.
Assistant Director, Student Services
St. Cloud Area Schools, District #742
628 Roosevelt Road, St. Cloud, MN 56301
Phone: 320-202-6800 ext. 1216
Fax: 320-240-8455
E-mail: elisabeth.rogers@stcloud.k12.mn.us

Bonnie Lund, PhD, CCC-SLP
Department of Speech, Hearing, and Rehabilitative Services
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Phone: 507-389-5841
E-mail: bonnie.lund-1@mnsu.edu

Sharon Lynch, Ph.D.
Sam Houston State University
Department of Language, Literacy, & Special Education
1808 Avenue H, Huntsville, TX 77341-2119
Phone: 409-294-1122
Fax: 409-294-1131
E-mail: edu_sal@shsu.edu

Mary Ann Marchel
Assistant Professor of Education
University of Minnesota Duluth
113 Montague Hall
1211 Ordean Court
Duluth, MN 55812
Phone: 218-726-7357
E-mail : mmarchel@d.umn.edu

Carla Peterson
Associate Professor, Human Development & Family Studies
Iowa State University
51C LeBaron
Ames, IA 50011-1030
Phone: 515-294-4898
Fax: 515-294-1765
E-mail: carlapet@iastate.edu

Stephanie M. Peterson, Ph.D.
Professor, Educational Learning & Development
Idaho State University
1550 E. Terry Street, Building 62, Rm 207
Campus Box 8059, Pocatello, Idaho 83209
Phone: 208-282-3552
Fax: 208-282-4224
E-mail: peteste4@isu.edu

David Rogers
Associate Professor of Special Education
Special Education Education Building B251
Saint Cloud State University
720 Fourth Avenue South Saint Cloud, Minnesota 56301-4498
Phone: 320-308-5115
E-mail: dcrogers@stcloudstate.edu

Linda Svobodny
Department Chair, Special Education
Minnesota State University Moorhead
209 Lommen Hall
Moorhead, MN 56563
Phone: 218-477-2005
E-mail: svobodny@mnstate.edu

Marie Swanson
SLHS Associate Professor
Minnesota State University Moorhead
100A Grier Hall
Moorhead, MN 56563
Phone: 218-477-2288
E-mail: swansonm@mnstate.edu

Early Childhood Behavior Project
Center for Early Education and Development (CEED)
University of Minnesota

Joe Reichle, Ph.D., Principal Investigator

LeAnne Johnson, Project Coordinator
E-mail: chaf0032@umn.edu

College of Education and
Human Development
University of Minnesota`

Send questions or comments on the web site to Karen Anderson, Web Site Coordinator.
http://education.umn.edu/CEED/projects/preschoolbehavior/personnel.htm
This page was last updated on November 11, 2005.
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