Current Research

Project Title: Examining the Childcare Staffing Crisis in a Solution-Oriented Framework: A Future Creating Workshop Approach to Critical Utopian Action Research

Investigators: Dr. Ginvera Courtade, Dr. Jane Andris

Year(s) in progress: 2019 - 2022

Funding Source (if applicable): Metro United Way, Community Coordinated Childcare of Louisville, and the Lift a Life Novak Family Foundation


Project Title: Russell Place of Promise Collaborative Community of Practice: Strengthening Practices and Resources through a Community Partnership

Investigators: Dr. Jane Andris

Year(s) in progress: 2023 – Present

Funding Source (if applicable): Metro United Way

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Project Title: Staffing Childcare Centers in Shifting Times: Exploring the Factors that are Causing this Crisis with Teachers, Coaches, and Directors

Investigators: Dr. Jane Andris, Dr. Nikki Adams

Year(s) in progress: 2022 – Present

Funding Source (if applicable): Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative