¶¶Òõ̽̽

Faculty: Childhood Studies Minor

Exploring the complex, lived-experiences of children through a multidisciplinary lens.

Core Faculty

Alexia Buono

Lecturer of Early Childhood Education

Alexia.Buono@uvm.edu

  • Dance education
  • Early childhood education
  • Teacher education
  • Arts (re)integration
  • Arts-based educational research
  • Liberatory pedagogy and curriculum design

Kate Cowles

Senior Lecturer of Early Childhood Education • Program Coordinator, Early Childhood Education

Katherine.Cowles@uvm.edu

  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Critical pedagogy
  • Children’s participatory rights and civic engagement
  • Teacher education

Elizabeth Fincher

Lecturer of Early Childhood Education

Elizabeth.Fincher@uvm.edu

  • Teachers' and Students' Literacy Identities
  • Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy in Elementary Literacy and Language Teaching and Learning
  • Collaborative Community Partnerships
  • Critical Teacher Education
  • Qualitative Research Methods

Lauren MacKillop

Senior Lecturer of Early Childhood Education

Lauren.MacKillop@uvm.edu

  • Early Childhood Education
  • Special Education
  • Community-Engaged Learning (Service-Learning)

Kaitlin Northey

Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education

Kaitlin.Northey@uvm.edu

  • Early Childhood Education
  • Early Childhood Teacher Preparation
  • Leadership
  • Policy Implementation
  • Early Childhood Workforce