About the Author:
Dr. Jennifer Baumgartner is an associate professor in the School of Education at Louisiana State University. Her scholarship centers around stress among teachers and children in early care settings and the collection of early childhood teachers’ stories. She is the creator of the Louisiana Early Childhood Teacher Oral History project. Her work is published in several journals, including Journal of Health Psychology, Early Child Development and Care, Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, and Young Children.