Institute of Child Development
Parent unit(s): College of Education and Human Development
Unit Contact Information
US mailing address: 51 E River Road, Minneapolis MN 55455
Campus mail address: Institute of Child Development, del code 4011
Phone number: (612) 624-0526
Fax number: (612) 624-6373
Employee Information
Chair—Megan Gunnar, 184 Child Development, (612) 624-2713, gunnar@umn.edu
Chief of Staff—Amy Simpson, 184 Child Development, (612) 624-3575, simpson@umn.edu
Administrative Specialist—Delores Mordorski, 184 Child Development, (612) 624-0317, mordo001@umn.edu
Administrative Specialist—Eric Hart, 158 Child Development, (612) 626-4332, hartx036@umn.edu
Head of Communications and Marketing—Cassandra Francisco, 180 Child Development, (612) 624-2629, crb@umn.edu
Harris Training Program Director—Elizabeth Carlson, 220B Child Development, (612) 626-8668, carsl032@umn.edu
Graduate Studies
Director—Kathleen Thomas, 168 Child Development, (612) 625-2629, thoma114@umn.edu
Associate Director of Curriculum and Student Services—Lindsdey Jendraszak, 154 Child Development, (612) 625-9778, ljendras@umn.edu
Child Life Coordinator—Sarah Wiebler, 140 Child Development, grab0099@umn.edu
Early Childhood Coordinator—Elizabeth Criswell, 125 Child Development, crisw009@umn.edu
Licensure Coordinator—Ann Ruhl Carlson, 122 Child Development, (612) 626-7878, ruhlc001@umn.edu
Undergraduate Studies
Director—Glenn Roisman, 104A Child Development, (612) 624-7958, roism001@umn.edu
Academic Advisor—Meghan Allen Eliason, 152 Child Development, (612) 301-7116, alle0335@umn.edu
Shirley G. Moore Laboratory School
Director—Sheila Williams Ridge, 10A Child Development, (612) 624-9543, will0342@umn.edu
Program Specialist—Amy Pieren, 123 Child Development, (612) 625-6549, piere001@umn.edu
Center for Early Education and Development
Administrative Specialist—Karen Anderson, 425-12 Learning and Environmental Sciences, (612) 625-6617, ander352@umn.edu
Professional Development Coordinator—Deborah Ottman, 425T Learning and Environmental Sciences, (612) 624-7395, dottman@umn.edu
Academic Training Center Coordinator, CLASS Reliability Anchor—Kristina Erstad-Sankey, 425C Learning and Environmental Sciences, erst0015@umn.edu
ERS Reliability Anchor—Mary Beth Settergren, 425C Learning and Environmental Sciences, (612) 625-8960, venn0021@umn.edu
Quality Environment Observer—Ashley Midthun, 425C Learning and Environmental Sciences, aamo0040@umn.edu
Quality Environment Observer—Margarita Milenova, 425C Learning and Environmental Sciences, milen002@umn.edu
Faculty and Instructors
Professors: Stephanie Carlson, Dante Cicchetti, Michael Georgieff, Abigail Gewirtz, Megan Gunnar, Melissa Koenig, Michael Maratsos, Ann Masten, Michele Mazzocco, Arthur Reynolds, Glenn Roisman, Maria Sera, Kathleen Thomas, Albert Yonas, Philip Zelazo
Professors Emeritus: William Charlesworth, W. Andrew Collins, Byron Egeland, Willard Hartup, Anne Pick, L. Alan Sroufe, Richard Weinberg
Associate Professors: Jed Elison, Canan Karatekin
Assistant Professors: Daniel Berry
Instructors: Chryle Elieff, Henriette Warren
Teaching Specialists: Ayuko Boomer, Pam Miller, Marie Lister, Meg Thomas, Amy Betz
Research Associates: Ann Bailey, Mary Harrison, Amy Susman-Stillman, Christopher Watson, Alyssa Meuwissen
Send update requests to simpson@umn.edu.