 Kaarin
Appel, MBA
Conference Manager
E-mail:
kappel@wsu.edu
Telephone: 509.358.7509
Office: SIRTI-306
Background:
MBA; BA in agribusiness. Business and public relations, graduate of Leadership
Spokane, member of the board of directors of the Spokane Public Relations
Council.
Expertise: Communications, public relations, marketing, budgets, and
conference management.
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 Chris
Blodgett, PhD
Director
E-mail:
blodgett@wsu.edu
Telephone: 509.358.7679
Office: SCLS-221
Background: Dr. Blodgett's special projects include developing a
university–community partnership to revitalize high-risk neighborhoods and
develop mental health services targeted toward high-risk children. Additionally,
he is working toward developing a model service program for chronically mentally
ill indigent adults and conducting an evaluation of efforts to prevent intimate
partner violence.
Dr. Blodgett oversees the Starting Early, Starting Smart research
contract, sponsored by Casey Family Partners–Spokane and designed to evaluate
outcomes used to measure child welfare. He is also evaluating the Spokane County
Domestic Violence Consortium for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
Expertise: Mental health, mental illness, intimate partner violence, and
downtown revitalization.
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 Liz
Blodgett, BA
Program Coordinator
E-mail:
lizblodgett@wsu.edu
Telephone: 509.358.7640
Office: SIRTI-314C
Expertise: Liz serves as the primary support for the Washington Rural Health Association
as part of their contract with AHEC. Her other programs include developing the
AHEC's complex trauma literacy, managing the online registration system for
conferences, and developing the Health Care Resource Guide with the Spokane
Medical Clinics Committee.
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 Judy
Boone
Secretary
E-mail: jlboone@wsu.edu
Telephone: 509.358.7645
Office: SIRTI-318
Judy is the primary support for conferences and other projects.
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 Lisa
Breitenfeldt
E-mail: lbreit@wsu.edu
Telephone: 509.358.7607
Office: SCLS-213
Background: Lisa has worked with the
Child and Family Research Unit since 2000, initially as a
technical worker and web developer. Prior to joining the CAFRU
research staff, she served as the Executive Director of the
Rainbow Regional Community Center and as proprietor of a web
design firm. A Spokane area native, Lisa received her
undergraduate degree in RTV from the University of Houston in
1995 and her Masters
of Technology Management (MTM) at WSU Spokane in 2003.
Expertise: Presently Lisa is
co-coordinator of the Spokane Head
Start–University Child Outcomes Partnership. Her areas of
interest include Management Information Systems (MIS)
development and implementation, Geographical Information Systems
(GIS), and the use of these technologies for enhancing research
and program/organizational improvement. Other interests include
web design and community and neighborhood development.
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 Roy
Harrington
E-mail: harri@wsu.edu
Telephone: 509.358.7636
Office: SCLS-216
Background: Roy worked in the juvenile
justice system for sixteen years and then served in the
Washington State child welfare system, in administrative and
policy making positions, for another sixteen years. In addition
to his current study at WSU of family violence and children
exposed to violence, he is also a member of the faculty at
Eastern Washington University, where he teaches social policy.
Expertise: Roy's interest in community development and
service integration covers a range of funding streams and
federal and state programs, including those that affect local
capacity in the areas of children’s mental health, child abuse
and neglect, children's exposure to violence, family violence,
and substance abuse. His current work focuses on community
development and empowerment through the application of
information generated by locally-based research and evaluation
activity.
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 Myah
Houghten
E-mail: houghten@wsu.edu
Telephone: 509.358.7606
Office: SCLS-215
Myah earned
an undergraduate degree from University of California Santa Cruz
and a graduate research degree from WSU Spokane. She has worked
in socially and culturally diverse settings to assess and
enhance the qualities of those communities. Her interests
include community development through education, human service,
and family partnerships; organizational change; and the use of
research and evaluation for improved quality early learning
systems.
Other areas of interest include geographic analysis, project
management, and resource development. Myah has been with the
Child and Family Research Unit since 1999. Currently she is
Project Coordinator for the
Spokane Head Start–University Child Outcomes Partnership.
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 Bettie
Rundlett, BA
Program Coordinator
E-mail: rundlett@wsu.edu
Telephone: 509.358.7646
Office: SIRTI-304
Background: Has worked with AHEC programs
for over 17 years, specializing in learning resource development,
continuing education program management, and health workforce
recruitment and retention.
Expertise: Working with youth and school personnel in the area of
career recruitment, consulting for clinical rotation management,
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 Natalie
Turner
Office: SCLS-217
E-mail: naturner@wsu.edu
Telephone: 509.358.7563
Background: Natalie joined the Child and Family
Research Unit in 2005. She earned her undergraduate degree in
Psychology from the University of Washington and her Master's
degree in Clinical Psychology form Eastern Washington
University. Natalie is a Washington State Licensed Mental Health
Counselor, and prior to joining the CAFRU staff she worked both
as a child and family therapist and as Clinical Director for a
local non-profit child welfare and advocacy agency.
Expertise: Currently Natalie serves as project director
for evaluation of the Washington State Readiness to Learn
Program. Other areas of interest include children’s mental
health, family violence, child development, and education.
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 Bonnie
Wagner, M.Ed
Program Coordinator
E-mail: bonniew@wsu.edu
Telephone: 509.358.7644
Office: SIRTI-314B
Background: Degree in Education; worked with local school district as
Washington Regional Action Project Coordinator providing curricula development,
provider training & technical assistance, resource development; worked with WSU
Spokane City Lab developing curricula, protocols, scheduling, and teacher
training; currently serves as the K-16 program coordinator in program and
curriculum development for current and future health science students.
Expertise: Working with youth and school personnel, curriculum and program
development, teacher training, technical assistance.
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 Jeff
Winikoff
Office: SCLS-214
E-mail: winikoff@wsu.edu
Telephone: 509.358.7603
Background: Jeff has served as a counselor in agency
and private practice for fifteen years. He holds an
undergraduate degree from WSU and a Master’s degree in
Counseling from Whitworth College. He is also a clinical member
of the American Mental Health Counselor’s Association and a
Washington State Licensed Mental Health Counselor.
Expertise: Children and youth at risk,
particularly adolescent young men; assessment of at risk
families and children.
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