Patti Blasco, PhD, Project Director
503-838-8783
blascop@wou.edu

Pattie is Project Director for Project PEPI as well as Co-PI on Project PIECE, a five year federal professional development project to recruit, retain, and graduate Early Childhood Education/Early Intervention students from underrepresented backgrounds. Patti is PI on Project EF, Executive Function in Infants and Toddlers Born Low Birth Weight and Preterm, a research project studying the effects of low birth weight on the development of executive function in the first three years of life.

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Roxanna Marvin, M.S.
Project Coordinator
503-838-8838
marvinr@wou.edu

Roxanna has worked for TRI for the past twenty years on multiple state and federal projects in a variety of capacities including administration, providing coordination and technical assistance, and designing and developing websites and curriculum.

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Dr. Hadiye “Serra” Acar, PhD, Project Evaluator
503-838-8632
acars@mail.wou.edu

Serra is project evaluator on Project PEPI and on other projects with an early childhood/early learning focus. She previously worked on several studies at the University of Oregon about early intervention/early childhood special education. Serra is actively involved with the Division of Early Childhood (DEC).

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