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Our Faculty
Our faculty members have diverse interests and backgrounds and are available to collaborate with students in courses and on dissertations with work that is important to them.
Joy Voyles Browne, PhD, PCNS-BC, IMH-E (IV) Infant Mental Health, Infant Assessment, Reflective Practice and Consulting
Dr. Browne’s professional background is as a Pediatric/ Developmental Psychologist, Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, and Infant Mental Health Clinical Mentor. She is also director of WONDERbabies, including the BABIES and PreSTEPS program for early intervention professionals, the Fragile Infant Feeding Institute and Family and Infant Neurodevelopmental Education—US. She chairs the Gravens Interprofessional Consensus Panel on IFCDC in Intensive Care. Dr. Browne’s main field of research is in neurodevelopmental supportive care, parent support and infant feeding.
Milagros Cordero, PhD
Occupational Therapist, Tomatis, Individual Differences Pediatrics - Parent coaching - Cultural influences With over 45 years experience, Dr. Cordero is still ‘playing’ as her daily work. Her passions include not only her work with children and young adults, providing occupational therapy services with a Floortime/DIR approach, but supporting and coaching parents and caretakers. Other areas of interest that have been part of her studies include cultural influences and family systems. Dr. Cordero is very interested in mentorship to students and looks forward to establishing this relationship
Gerry Costa, PhD, DIR-C, IMH-E (IV) – Clinical Mentor Autism Spectrum Disorders, Developmental Approaches to ASD Interventions Infant and Early Childhood Trauma
JENENE CRAIG, PHD MBA, OTR/L, CNT IECD Program Director
Infant /early childhood mental health, change agent, progressive leadership, NICU and non-profit higher education, Advocacy. Dr. Craig received her PhD in Infant and Early Childhood Development, with emphasis in Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, from Fielding Graduate University in 2015. She received her BS in Occupational Therapy in 1982 and her MBA in Business Administration in 1988, sustaining a long career in the field of Occupational Therapy. Scan the QR code to view a video of Jenene’s doctoral journey
NINA NEWMAN, PHD
Clinical Psychologist, Infant, Early Childhood, and Families Dr. Newman has extensive experience working with children, parents, and families in clinical, assessment, and research settings. She has a deep background in social emotional development, attachment, neuropsychology, brain development, executive functions, learning differences, and pediatric traumatic brain injury as well as a strong interest in culture.
Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health
Fielding.edu/IECD
