Connect with Our Team

Our staff and the ECI Fellows are committed to learning from, with, and for the ECI Community. We want to partner with you in a shared effort and movement to educate character in colleges and universities.
Toward that end, we would love to find ways to connect with you to address needs as they emerge. Would you like a professional development workshop for faculty or staff related to your character formation efforts? Are you working on a character project and need support from experts in research, evaluation, and assessment? Would you like to consult with one of our ECI Fellows on pedagogy, curricular or co-curricular programming, or building culture for character projects in your institution? Do you need a particular resource that our educational team could create or co-create with you? Please use the links below to learn more about our expertise, and contact us for support.
The ECI staff includes scholars and practitioners with expertise in:
- character-based pedagogies;
- curricular and co-curricular program design;
- research design, assessment, measurement, and evaluation; and
- grant writing and grantmaking.
The team supports grantees through consultations and coaching in all of these areas and welcomes conversations with individuals and teams from institutions across the US and beyond.
Meet our Team
Jennifer Rothschild
Executive Director of the Educating Character Initiative
Jackie Baldino
Grants and Contracts Manager
Nailah Calamese
Programs and Events Coordinator
Aaron D. Cobb
Director of Collective Learning, Educating Character Initiative
Lisa Hamiel
Associate Director of Operations, Educating Character Initiative
Emily Hunt-Hinojosa
Director of Research and Community Impact, Educating Character Initiative
Kate Lord
Director of Communications, Educating Character Initiative
Michael Prinzing
Research and Assessment Scholar
Juliette Ratchford
Senior Research Fellow
Elizabeth Whiting
Scholar of Character Pedagogy
Courtney Wielgus
Program and Administrative Coordinator
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