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Ritushree Bagepalli

BIRCh Center Research Assistant

School psychology doctoral student, UMass Boston

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A smiling Indian woman with dark hair past her shoulders stands in front of a white brick wall painted with colorful graffiti
Audra Dankwardt

BIRCh Center Research Assistant

School psychology doctoral student, UMass Boston

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A white woman with dark brown, should-length hair and wearing a navy cable knit sweater smiles
Hannah Fung

BIRCh Center Research Assistant

School psychology doctoral student, UMass Boston

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A woman with long, straight dark hair smiles while standing in front of a red brick wall with some greenery on it
Julia Kausel

BIRCh Center Research Assistant

School psychology doctoral student, UMass Boston

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A white with a long blonde braid over one shoulder smiles while wearing a blue-striped shirt
Kathryn Doherty Kurtz, PhD, NCSP

Project Director, BIRCh Center

Kathryn Kurtz

Kathryn Doherty Kurtz, PhD, NCSP, is Project Director for the BIRCh Center.

Kathryn Kurtz
Diana Laenen

BIRCh Center Research Assistant, School psychology doctoral student, UMass Boston

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A white woman with dark hair and hoop earrings smiles broadly
Bethany Nichols, CAGS, NCSP

Western Massachusetts TA Center Director, BIRCh Center

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Bethany Nichols, CAGS, NCSP, is the Western Massachusetts TA Center Director for the BIRCh Center.

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Ashley Niggl-Aguiar, MEd, EdS

Central Massachusetts TA Center Director, BIRCh Center

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Ashley Niggl-Aguiar, MEd, EdS, is the Central Massachusetts TA Center Director.

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Jacqueline Osborn

BIRCh Center Research Assistant, School psychology doctoral student, UMass Boston

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A brunette woman with sunglasses on top of her head smiles while standing in front of a bush of pink hydrangeas
Christopher Overtree, PhD

Director of Advancement, BIRCh Center; Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow, College of Education, UMass Amherst

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Chris Overtree, PhD, is Director of Advancement for the BIRCh Center and Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow in the College of Education at UMass Amherst.

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