Meet Our Team

Kate Sorrels

FOUNDER AND PROJECT LEAD
Kate is Head of the History Department and Director of the Center for Cultural Landscapes at UC. She’s a member of the Civic Garden Center’s 2025 Greenspace Guardians cohort.
Christina Hartlieb

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HARRIET BEECHER STOWE HOUSE
Christina is our liaison to the Stowe House, ensuring that our projects align with the museum’s interpretive plan.
Chris Homan

LEADER, STOWE PARK ADVISORY COUNCIL
Chris is a retired Senior Operations Manager at GE Aerospace, where she was a leader of the Green Team. She is also a member of the Civic Garden Center’s 2025 Greenspace Guardians cohort.
Mona Jenkins

HISTORIC GARDENS RESEARCH PROJECT LEAD
Mona is President of the Walnut Hills Area Council and co-founder of Queen Mother’s Market Cooperative and Cincinnati Sovereign Soil Collective.
Sarah Fortenberry

CORE MEMBER, STOWE PARK ADVISORY COUNCIL
Sarah is a Paralegal with Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati and member of the Civic Caden Center’s 2025 Greenspace Guardians cohort.
Ann Gimbert

CORE MEMBER, STOWE PARK ADVISORY COUNCIL
Ann is a member of the Civic Garden Center’s 2025 Greenspace Guardians cohort and an active member of numerous conservation efforts in Cincinnati.
C.J. Pierce

CORE MEMBER, STOWE PARK ADVISORY COUNCIL
C.J. is a gardener and yoga instructor who is also an Educator at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House.
Fred Warren

MEMBER, STOWE PARK ADVISORY COUNCIL
Fred leads tours of historic Cincinnati landmarks and neighborhoods, including Walnut Hills. He’s also a long-time steward of the plantings around the Stowe House.
Beth Ullery

MEMBER, STOWE PARK ADVISORY COUNCIL
Beth is a Senior Consumer Researcher and leader of the Green Team at 84.51˚. She’s also a member of the Civic Garden Center’s 2025 Greenspace Guardians cohort.
Kymisha Montgomery

MEMBER, HISTORIC GARDENS RESEARCH PROJECT
Kymisha is the Urban Agriculture Coordinator at CIncinnati’s Civic Garden Center.
Kris Ramprasad

MEMBER, HISTORIC GARDENS RESEARCH PROJECT
Kris is an Emeritus Professor of Medicine at UC and an alum of the UC History MA program.
Brandon Reynolds

MEMBER, HISTORIC GARDENS RESEARCH PROJECT
Brandon is the Volunteer Coordinator at Cincinnati’s Civic Garden Center.
Zinnia Stewart

MEMBER, HISTORIC GARDENS RESEARCH PROJECT
Zinnia is the Community Outreach Coordinator at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House as well as an oral history expert, a teacher, and a poet.
Mark Harris

HISTORIC GARDENS RESEARCH PROJECT
Mark is an artist, writer, curator and Professor of Fine Arts at UC.
Carmel Buckley

HISTORIC GARDENS RESEARCH PROJECT
Carmel is a sculptor and Professor of Fine Arts at Ohio State University.

Student Fellows

Alyssa Wagner

CO-OP STUDENT, SPRING 2026
Alyssa is a fourth-year Environmental Studies major in the University Honors Program at UC with minors in biology and horticulture. She’s also pursuing a Geographic Information Systems certificate.
Juliana Hilton

GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT, SPRING 2026
Juliana is a first-year graduate student at the University of Cincinnati pursuing an MA in History with a concentration in Public History.
Lily Webb

CO-OP STUDENT, FALL 2025
Lily is a fourth-year Environmental Science student at UC. She is restoring the landscape around a historic redbud tree by replacing turf with native plantings, adding wildlife habitat, and creating educational signage on tree and habitat care.
Theo Jansen

GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT, SUMMER & FALL 2025
Theo is a PhD student in History at UC working on the history of Parks and Recreation. He conducted research on Catharine Beecher’s uses of medicinal herbs as part of the Historic Gardens Research Project.

Course and Program Partners

IMPAcT

INTERDISCIPLINARY MEDICAL PATHWAY ACROSS TRAINING, UC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Through IMPAcT, we offer medical students workshops, experiential learning, mentorship, and the chance to complete a scholarly project in the medical humanities.
Jennifer Smith

POLLINATOR GARDEN DESIGNER, WIMBERG LANDSCAPING; INSTRUCTOR, HORTICULTURE PROGRAM, UC
Herbaceous Ornamental Plants, Spring 2026
Matthew Lynch

PROFESSOR OF FINE ARTS, SCHOOL OF ART, UC
Ecology, History, and Creative Expression, Spring 2026 (with Kate Sorrels)
Taft Marsh

ASSOCIATE, HUMAN NATURE; INSTRUCTOR, SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, UC
Foundations of Landscape Architecture, Fall 2025
Teresa Cook

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EDUCATOR, ENGLISH, UC
Writing for Parks and Museums, Fall 2025
Rachel Linnemann

ARTIST AND SCHOOL OF ART FACULTY, UC
Fiber Sculpture, Summer 2025
Brian Grubb

BS HORTICULTURE PROGRAM COORDINATOR, UC
Herbaceous Ornamental Plants, Spring 2025