TnT STAFF

THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY (TJU)

Philippa Campbell- Ph. D. (TJU Co-Director)- pipcamp@aol.com

Suzanne Milbourne (East Cost Coordinator) Suzanne.milbourne@jefferson.edu

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (ASU)

Jeanne Wilcox, Ph. D. (ASU Co-Director) mjwilcox@asu.edu

Dawn Cosgrove Greer, M.A.. (Project Coordinator) Dawn.Greer@asu.edu

Mark Reiser, Ph.D. (Research Methodologist) Mark.Reiser@asu.edu

Joe Rody, (Web master) x@asu.edu

THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY

Philippa Campbell, Ph. D. (Institute Co-Director) Dr. Campell is a professor of Occupational Therapy and director of Child Family Studies (CFS) at Thomas-Jefferson University (TJU). She has conducted research in Early Intervention (EI) areas such as learning in natural environments, AT, community-based service delivery, family centered services, and integrated therapy. She directs all the research and training projects that come under Child and Family Studies. Dr. Campell provides training for childcare and early intervention staff through Philadelphia Inclusion Network (PIN) and Philadelphia Teaching and Learning Collaborative (TLC), and conducts research, within the state and across the country, with therapists, EI personnel, families, and children with disabilities.

Suzanne Milbourne (Coordinator) Suzanne manages the day-to-day activities at the Child and Family Studies at Thomas-Jefferson University. Suzanne coordinates Tots 'n Tech Expanding our knowledge base in Early Intervention (East Coast). She also coordinates the program for affiliating occupational therapy students, and the PIN project. Suzanne represents Child and Family Studies at local and state task forces, workgroups, and committees.

Colleen Tomko is president and co-founder of a non-profit organization (Kids Together, Inc. http://www.kidstogether.org ), and a coordinator for Parent to Parent of Pennsylvania (http://www.parenttoparent.org). Ms. Tomko provides training across the state for parents and professionals on building visions for children's future, writes articles for various disability organizations, and has worked on various committees. She is a graduate of Temple University's Partners in Policymaking, and has testified in Washington for increased funding of special education services.

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

M. Jeanne Wilcox, Ph. D. (Institute Co-Director) Dr. Wilcox is a professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at ArizonaState University (ASU) and director of Infant Child Communication Research Programs (ICRP), which provides early education and intervention services to families and their young children both with and without disabilities. Dr. Wilcox has extensive experience in management of research and training grants focusing on infants and toddlers with disabilities, having served as the principal investigator or co-principal investigator on over 20 OSEP or HHS funded grants.

Mark Reiser, Ph.D. (Research Methodologist) Mark R. Reiser received his doctorate in 1980 from the University of Chicago in the area of Methodology of Behavioral Research. Professor Reiser's research focuses on statistical approaches for analyzing observational data, particularly in the areas of multivariate analysis, latent variable and measurement error models, and survey research design. He has numerous publications in refereed journals including the British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, Pychometrika, Sociological Methods and Research, and Journal of Educational Statistic.

Cathy Bacon (Project Co-Coordinator) Catherine Bacon is a clinical associate professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Science at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. She works with Dr. Jeanne Wilcox in the Infant Child Research Laboratory Programs at ASU, providing early intervention and instructional services to families and their young children with disabilities. Catherine Bacon also teaches and provides clinical training to graduate students in speech/language pathology. Her research interests include attempting to understand developmental language delay in young children and developing better ways to serve young children with communication disorders and their families.

Dawn Cosgrove Greer (Project Co-Coordinator) Dawn Cosgrove Greer is a Speech Language Pathologist, Faculty Research Associate at Arizona State University in the Department of Speech and Hearing Science. She enjoys working in the Infant Child Research Program with Dr. Jeanne Wilcox in the areas of intervention, instructional services, and research with families and their young children. Dawn also teaches and supervises graduate student clinicians. Her main interests include early intervention and the supervision of future speech language pathologists.