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Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute

Staff

Merrill Palmer Skillman Staff

CDL Staff
Peter Lichtenberg, Ph.D.

Interim Director

Eric Mayes, Ph.D.

Associate Director

Carlyn Dillworth

Institute Clerical

Rosemary Foster, B.S.

Program/Project Coordinator II

Liya Abebe, M.A.

Student Assistant

Jeffrey Garavaglia

Work Study Student

Lan Li, B.A.

Student Assistant

Jacquie Perry, B.A.

Graduate Research Assistant

Healthy Start

Rebeca Guzman, M.S.W., A.C.S.W.

Research Assistant, Interconceptual Care Inreach Coordinator

Tahira Khalid

Research Assistant, Infant Mental Health Specialist

Deborah Simmon, M.S.W., A.C.S.W.

Research Assistant, Coordinator of Healthy Start Project Consumer Regional Council

Skillman Seminar Series: Urban Families

Joan Blount, M.S.

Research Assistant, Director Urban Families Program

Beverly Weathington, M.S.W.

Research Assistant

Metropolitan Detroit Teen Conference

Trudy Shiemke

Liaison Metropolitan Detroit Teen Conference

MiPAL-Michigan Preschoolers
Acquiring Language and Literacy

Wilma Purcell

Project Director

Julie Washington, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator

Mary Packard, M.S.

Research Assistant

Beth Linenburg

Research Assistant

Faten Osseili

Graduate Research Assistant

Rebecca Elias

Student Assistant

Standard U.S. mail may be sent to faculty at the following address:
Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute
Wayne State University
71 East Ferry
Detroit, MI 48202