CASTL People
Curry Faculty
- Robert C. Pianta, Dean
Novartis Professor of Education
Director, Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning - Robert Q. Berry, III, Associate Professor
- Mable B. Kinzie, Associate Professor
Principal Investigator, MyTeachingPartner-Mathematics/Science - Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman, Associate Professor
- Martha E. Snell, Professor
- Tina Stanton-Chapman, Associate Professor
- Julia Blodgett, Lecturer
- David F. Feldon, Assistant Professor, Associate Director, Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
CASTL Researchers
- Jason T. Downer, Research Associate Professor
- David W. Grissmer, Research Professor in CASTL
- Bridget K. Hamre, Ph. D, Research Associate Professor and Associate Director of CASTL
- Jennifer LoCasale-Crouch, Research Assistant Professor
- Amanda P. Williford, Research Assistant Professor in CASTL
- Sonia Q. Cabell, Research Scientist
- Claire Cameron, Research Scientist
- Elizabeth A. Cottone, Research Scientist
- Jamie DeCoster, Senior Scientist
- Marcia Kraft-Sayre, Research Scientist
- Allison P. Leach, Research Scientist
- Anita S. McGinty, Research Scientist
- Megan W. Stuhlman, Research Scientist
- Mary D. Voorhees, Research Scientist
- Judith Wasserman, Research Scientist
- Wanda Weaver, Research Scientist
- Thomas G. White, Senior Scientist
- Kathy Neesen, Director of Technology
- Jessica E. Whittaker, Research Scientist
- Alison E Baroody, Research Associate
- Rebecca A. Berlin, Research Associate
- Natalie Bohlmann, Research Associate
- Wei Bing Chen, Research Associate
- Grace W. Funk, Research Scientist
- Christopher A. Hafen, Post-Doctoral Research Associate
- Bridget E. Hatfield, IES Post-Doctoral Fellow
- Kristen Roorbach Jamison, Research Associate
- Ross A. Larsen, Research Associate in CASTL
- Michelle Maier, Research Associate
- William M. Murrah, III, Research Associate
- Leslie M. Booren, CASTL Outreach Manager
Researcher - Alexis Brewer, Research Assistant
- Marla Read Capper, Research Assistant
- Chalatwan Chattrabhuti, Curriculum Specialist
- Sharon Deal, Research Scientist
- Hoi Ko, Research Assistant in CASTL
- Sarah Virginia Lydic, Instructional Design/Multimedia Developer in CASTL
- Elise Branch Rubinstein, Research Assistant
- Beverly D. Sweeney, Curriculum Specialist
- Bettina N Viteri, Curriculum Specialist
CASTL Staff
- Kyle J Bourassa, Project Assistant
- Patsy H. Craig, Post Awards Grants Manager
- Anne Dawson, Research Technician
- Jessica Geist, Web Developer - CASTL
- V. Wayne Herndon, Jr., Assistant Director
- Ginger L. Houchens, Program Support Technician
- Brittany Nicole Kerr, Project Coordinator
- Elizabeth Pettit, Research Coordinator
- Matthew C. Semanik, Multimedia/Web Developer
- Jeanne M. Stovall, Executive Assistant to the Dean
- Julia B. Thomas, Education Research Project Manager
- Catherine Worrell, Project Assistant
U.Va. Affiliated Faculty
- Joseph Allen
- Angeline Lillard
- Josipa Roksa
- Eric Turkheimer
- Dan Willingham
Success Story
In 2001, Dr. Sara Rimm-Kaufman launched a preliminary study on the Responsive Classroom approach.
She discovered that
• Children showed increases in math and reading test scores
• Teachers offered more high-quality instruction and collaborated with each other more
• Children had better social skills and felt more positive about school.
With these preliminary results, Rimm-Kaufman launched into further investigation, resulting in the Responsive Classroom Efficacy Study.
Expectations are high that results from the four-year study will lead to even greater improvements that will affect hundreds of thousands of school children nationwide.
