Project Staff
The majority of the staff at the Shaw Center are grant-funded and support specific research projects. Staff responsibilities include project management, home-visitation intervention, data collection and assessment, and data management.
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Kathleen Bergman, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor and Project Director for SPARC
Email: kbergman@nd.edu
Phone: (574) 631-0956 -
Melissa Denney
Parent Assistant
Melissa is a parent assistant for the FABS project. She has been with the Shaw Center since 2017. She coaches families through several different home-based intervention programs.
Email: mdenney2@nd.edu
Phone: (574) 631-8153 -
Becki Fulmer
Project Coordinator
Becki manages the Pregnant Moms’ Empowerment Program. She coordinates all assessment visits, small group interventions and recruits research participants. Becki has been working with the PMEP project since 2017.
Email: bfulmer1@nd.edu
Phone: (574) 631-0958 -
Kathleen Heyn
Data Coordinator
Kathy manages data in support of the Heart 2 Heart and FABS projects. She creates on-line surveys, data entry templates, and tracking databases. She also enters, cleans, summarizes, merges, and documents data to support data analysis and dissemination.
Email: kheyn@nd.edu
Phone: (574) 631-0362 -
Cheryl Lee
Families and Babies Project Coordinator
Cheryl manages the FABS project and supervises the Shaw summer student internship program. She supervises the FABS parent assistants, coordinates all assessment visits, and recruits research participants.
Email: clee21@nd.edu
Phone: (574) 631-0950 -
Jessica Likens
Notre Dame Supporting Parent-Adolescent Relationships and Communication Project Coordinator
Email: jlikens@nd.edu
Phone: (574) 631-6009 -
Greg Miller
Assessment Coordinator
Greg conducts assessment visits for the FABS project.
Email: gmille24@nd.edu
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Heidi Miller
Coordinator for Participant Recruitment and Community Liaison
Heidi is a connection between the Shaw Center and the surrounding community. She helps coordinate between faculty, students, community partners, and potential participants. Heidi is the also the project manager for Heart 2 Heart #4mykids.
Email: hmiller1@nd.edu
Phone: (574) 631-0952 -
Gretchen Nichols
Parent Assistant
Gretchen is a parent assistant for the FABS project. She has been with the Shaw Center since 2017. She coaches families through several different home-based intervention programs.
Email: gnichol1@nd.edu
Phone: (574) 631-1569 -
Lindsay Paturalski
Research Assistant
Lindsay is a research assistant for the evaluation of the Moreau College Initiative.
Email: lpatura2@nd.edu
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Starla Ross
Parent Facilitator/Family Coach
Starla has utilized her skills as a family coach in the community on a variety of projects at the Shaw Center for over 15 years. Her current role in the Heart 2 Heart #4mykids project uses all of her experience and expertise to benefit families.
Email: Starla.Ross.72@nd.edu
Phone: (574) 631-0953 -
Rosemary Salinas
Parent Facilitator/Family Coach
Rose is currently a Family Coach for Heart 2 Heart #4mykids. Rose has successfully promoted and engaged families in a variety of projects for 15 years. Her ability to communicate in English or Spanish has been a valuable asset to the Shaw Center.
Email: Rosemary.Salinas.14@nd.edu
Phone: (574) 631-2854 -
Geri Sult
Parent Assistant
Geri is a parent assistant for the FABS project. She has been with the Shaw Center since 2017. She coaches families through several different home-based intervention programs.
Email: gsult@nd.edu
Phone: (574) 631-8126