Tara Terry Voit, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor at Santa Fe Community College (SFCC). Dr. Voit earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration, and a Master’s in Business Administration/Organizational Psychology, respectively from American Intercontinental University, and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Early Childhood Education (ECE) from East Tennessee State University (ETSU). Prior to her doctoral studies at ETSU, Dr. Voit worked for Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and simultaneously performed as the Executive Director for Scarboro Learning Center and implemented her Montessori Certification experience into the curriculum. She holds the credential as a New Mexico Trainer in ECE for the State of New Mexico.Before assuming her current position with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) as a Technical Project Manager, Dr. Voit led as the Assistant Professor/Director of Early Childhood Education at Northern New Mexico College (NNMC). Dr. Voit was the Co-Chair for the State Of New Mexico’s Early Childhood Higher Education Task Force (EC-HETF). Dr. Voit serves as a core board member for the New Mexico Reggio Emilia Exchange (NMREX). Dr. Voit’s has conducted research on Generational Influences of African American’s in Rural Tennessee; Early Education in Rural Tennessee and Reggio Emilia and Head Start among others
Dr. Voit has leadership experience as managing, directing, and teaching in marginalized preschool programs for public, private, pueblo, and Early Head Start/Head Start in Tennessee and New Mexico. Her primary focus is to serve under-resourced children and communities by making visible their intellectual capacities, and facilitated by the best research, practices, and curriculum that reflects their needs.