The unprecedented growth of the Greater Cincinnati Regional High School Ethics Bowl program, growing popularity of the Ethics and Dragons program, and increased demand for public engagement workshops has led The Cincinnati Ethics Center to expand its team with the addition of two new positions: Program Coordinator for Education Programs and Director of K-12 Educational Programs.
The Program Coordinator will assist in advancing the mission of the CEC with a focus on programming for the campus and Greater Cincinnati community. Core responsibilities will include developing and executing ethics related programming for K-12 schools, organizations that serve K-12 students, UC departments/divisions, and organizations in the Greater Cincinnati Community.
The Director of K-12 will lead and expand our K-12 initiatives, championing our goal to foster moral reasoning, decision-making, dialogue, and leadership skills in K-12 age students in the Greater Cincinnati Area. The individual will be responsible for the execution of existing programs, development of new initiatives, and building lasting relationships with both schools and community organizations. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication and reasoning skills, a keen attention to detail, and the ability to handle complex, high-level responsibilities. It is essential that this person have a deep understanding of best practices for youth education, and be able to educate and train individuals to implement some of those practices.
Christina Baulch
Director of K-12 Educational Programs
With a Bachelor of Arts English, Women’s Studies from Vanderbilt University and Masters of Science in Education, Secondary Education program from University of Pennsylvania, Christina brings years of teaching experience into her new role. “In my 17 years teaching high school English, I’ve been impressed with how willing students are to wrestle with challenging issues. Young people have immense energy and passion, and I’m thrilled to join the Ethics Center to help students across Cincinnati develop the ethical reasoning skills needed to engage with the hard questions facing our world.” Christina will begin her tenure on August 5, 2024. She can be contacted at baulchca@ucmail.uc.edu or (513) 556-7876.
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Erin Barta
Program Coordinator for Education Programs
A recent graduate of UC, earning her Master of Arts in psychology, Erin has been overseeing the Ethics and Dragons program and partnership with the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Libraries for the past year as CEC Graduate Fellows intern. “I am delighted to have accepted the position of Program Coordinator for Educational Programs at the Cincinnati Ethics Center. My background is in Organizational Psychology, leadership, research, and program evaluation. This background will give me a boost in matching programming aims to measurable outcomes. I intend to utilize my role at the Cincinnati Ethics Center to improve programming and serve the Cincinnati community at large.”
“I’m thrilled that Christina and Erin are joining us full-time,” said Andrew Cullison, Executive Director, “I am proud of the programs we’ve created so far, but there is a much deeper level of engagement we can have with the community with the right people. Christina and Erin are definitely the right people. I’m excited to see where they take us in years ahead.”
Erin can be contacted at bartaen@ucmail.uc.edu or (513) 556-7608.