Meet The New Faculty and Staff

Erin Casey - Assistant Professor (Early Childhood Education)

Erin Casey is excited to be an assistant professor in early childhood education. She looks forward to continuing her research focus of addressing issues of anti-bias through discussion using children’s literature and engaging young learners in inquiry learning in order to develop future democratic citizenship competencies. She and her husband Jay have four children and look forward to being a part of the OU community.

Brittany Hott - Associate Professor (Special Education)

Brittany Hott is an associate professor of special education in the Department of Educational Psychology. Her interests include school-based interventions and evidence-based practice. The majority of her work is in collaboration with under resourced, under served, and under researched rural and remote schools. Hott serves as president-elect of the International Council for Learning Disabilities. Outside of the classroom, you can find her chasing rescue bird dogs and two toddlers who love crimson and cream. She is a Boston and New York marathon qualifier and Ironman finisher.

Emily Kuntz - Assistant Professor (Special Education)

Emily Kuntz is an assistant professor of special education in the Department of Educational Psychology. Kuntz began her career as a general educator and applied behavior analysis therapist before moving into the roles of special educator, autism consultant as a board- certified behavior analyst, paraeducator and senior behavior analyst in Nashville, Tennessee, and southwestern Ohio. She earned her bachelor of arts degree in elementary education at American University in Washington D.C. and her master of education and doctoral degrees in special education at Vanderbilt University. Her research focuses on improving instructional and inclusive practices for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including autism.

Natalie Youngbull - Assistant Professor (Adult and Higher Education)

Natalie Rose Youngbull, citizen of the Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma and descendant of the Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux tribes of Montana, is assistant professor of adult and higher education in the educational leadership and policy studies department. Her research interests include the experiences of American Indian Gates Millennium Scholars, Native/Indigenous student success, Native Nation building and intellectual leadership and capacity building within tribal colleges and universities. She serves as an editor of the Tribal College and University Research Journal, the first peer-reviewed journal focused on research based at TCUs. Youngbull received her bachelor of arts degree in psychology from OU and master of education and doctoral degrees in higher education at the University of Arizona. She is excited to be a part of the Indigenous higher education initiatives within the College of Education.