Cathy Jordan Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Minneapolis

Through my work as a faculty member at the University of Minnesota I pursue two passions. The first is the developmental impact of nature-based education and nature play on children particularly for youth at risk for academic failure or disengagement. The second is community-engaged scholarship. In pursuit of the first passion, I serve as the consulting Research Director for the Children & Nature Network. I have overseen the development of C&NN's robust, searchable Research Library and the publication of its monthly Research Digest. I also led a National Science Foundation grant-funded project called the Science of Nature-Based Learning Collaborative Research Network, in partnership with C&NN and the North American Association of Environmental Education. Through affiliation with the University of Minnesota Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain, I am creating an initiative to advance the field of nature-based learning by supporting educational, behavioral and neuroscientific research, translation of evidence to practice and policy, and the professional development of the teaching workforce. I pursue the second passion through lecturing and consulting about professional development on issues related to community-based participatory research, community-engaged scholarship, partnership formation, and career advancement as a community-engaged scholar. In my role as a faculty member in the Pediatrics Department's Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health I serve on the interdisciplinary fellowship training faculty and mentor students and junior faculty.

Minneapolis

As an Extension Specialist within the Extension Center for Community Vitality, I mentored faculty and staff in general areas of professional development as well as deepening Extension's engaged research and programming.

As the consulting research director I work with the Children & Nature Network to identify and curate the peer-reviewed scientific literature that helps us understand the impact of nature contact on children's health, learning and development. I also serve as principle investigator of the National Science Foundation-funded project "The Science of Nature-Based Learning Collaborative Research Network". This project uses a "Network Weaving" approach to developing and sustaining an intentional network of researchers of diverse disciplines as well as members of education, museum, environmental education and philanthropy sectors. The Network aims to accelerate the pace of research on understanding the mechanisms of nature's impact on children's learning and educational outcomes.

St. Paul, Mn

Co-managed the Institute on the Environment; led a team of staff and student employees in providing sustainability education and leadership development for audiences ranging from high school students to undergraduate and graduate students, to faculty and community leaders.

Minneapolis, Mn

CES4Health.info is a mechanism for the rigorous peer review and online publication and dissemination of products of community-engaged scholarship that are in forms other than journal articles, such as videos, training manuals, policy briefs, documentaries, websites, toolkits, etc.

CYFC is a non partisan organization that educates professionals, translates research and generates knowledge to enhance practice and inform policies that positively influence the educational and health outcomes of children, youth and families

LEADERSHIP FOR THE 21ST CENTURYLEAD21 is intended to meet the needs for leadership development of faculty, specialists, program and team leaders, research station and center directors, district and regional directors, department heads and chairs, and others in land grant universities’ colleges of agricultural, environmental, and human sciences and NIFA.

Wilder Foundation

The James P. Shannon Leadership Institute is a structured, challenging and supportive opportunity for personal and professional renewal for experienced leaders of philanthropic, civic and community service organizations.

Phd, Clinical Psychology

Ba, Psychology