College of Education and Human Development

Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement

Leadership

Wendy Stuttgen

Associate Director of Literacy

Wendy Stuttgen, Ed.S., NCSP is Associate Director of Literacy for CAREI. She is also a certified Minnesota Department of Education sponsored facilitator for Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) and serves on the state and…

Wendy Stuttgen

Ellen Swanson

Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives

Ellen Swanson currently serves as the associate director of strategic initiatives for CAREI at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis/St. Paul.  The University of Minnesota is Swanson's graduate school alma mater where she received  educational…

Ellen Swanson

Kim Gibbons

CAREI Director

Kim Gibbons, Ph.D., currently is the Director of the Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement at the University of Minnesota.  Prior to that, she was the Executive Director of the St. Croix River Education District (SCRED) located in…

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CEHD Staff and Faculty Photographs, 2023