Educational Background

• Visit the Department of Family, Consumer, and Human Development where I finished my Ph.D. in Family and Human Development: Early Care and Education, Child Development at Utah State University.

• Explore Louisiana State University where I received my M.S. in Human Ecology: Early Childhood Education.

• Travel to another part of the country at Montana State University where I completed my B.S. in Health and Human Development: Child Development.

Selected Research Articles

Ota, C. L., Baumgartner, J. J., & Austin, A.M., Provider stress and children’s active engagement in child care. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 27, 1-13.

Ota, C., DiCarlo, C.F., Burts, D., Laird, R., & Gioe, C. (2006). Training and the needs of adult learners. Journal of Extension, 44(6), Article 6TOT5.

Ota, C., DiCarlo, C.F., Burts, D., Laird, R., & Gioe, C. (2006). The impact of training on caregiver responsiveness. The Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 27(2), 149-160.

Selected Presentations

Baumgartner, J. J., Carson, R. L., & Ota, C.L. (2013, April). Daily stress, stress reducing activities, and classroom behaviors of child care teachers: An ecological momentary assessment study. 
Poster Presentation at the biennial meeting of the Society of Research on Child development, Seattle, WA, USA.

Carson, R. L., Baumgartner, J. J., Ota, C.L., & Hata, N. H. (2013, April). Understanding the gradual eroding processes of burnout and attrition in childcare teachers: An ecological momentary assessment study. In C. J. McCarthy (Ed.), Innovative approaches to conceptualizing and researching stress in educational settings. Symposium presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Blevins-Knabe, B., Ota, C., Hendershot, S. & Austin, A.M. (2011, March). Preschool Children's Math Conversations in Family Home Child Care. Presentation in paper symposium at the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, CANADA.

Ota, C. &  Austin, A.M. (2011, March).  Two models of professional development and turn-taking between caregiver and child in family child care. Poster presentation at the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, CANADA.

Lee, C., Beckert, T, & Ota, C. (2011, February).  The Impact of Parent and Peer Relationships on Taiwanese Youth Psychosocial Outcomes.  Paper presentation at the American Association of Behavioral and Social Science, Las Vegas, NV, USA.

Ota, C., Austin, A.M., & Rowe, T. (2010, April). Provider Stress and Active Engagement in Child Care. Poster presentation at the Society for Research in Human development, San Antonio, TX, USA.