FPG People
Cristina Gillanders, Ph.D.
Investigator
cristina.gillanders@unc.edu
PH: 919.966.6086
FAX: 919.962.7463
Mailing Address:
Campus Box 8040
The University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8040
Cristina Gillanders, Ph.D., is an investigator at the FPG Child Development Institute at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has been involved in the field of early childhood for more than 20 years as a bilingual teacher, director of an early childhood program, teacher educator and researcher. Gillanders’ research focuses on young Latino emergent literacy, early childhood teaching practices for Latino dual language learners, and minority parents’ beliefs and practices related to young children’s learning and development.
Currently she works as an investigator in the Nuestros Niños Program, a study to examine the effects of professional development on teaching practices and language, literacy, math and socioemotional outcomes of Latino children enrolled in public pre-k programs. She also serves as an investigator in FirstSchool, a Prek-3 initiative, providing her expertise in working with Latino children and their families. She is also a principal investigator on the development of the ASLA, an observational measure to document the English language acquisition in young Latino dual language learners.
Gillanders has also served as a Clinical Assistant Professor and coordinator of a grant for the preparation of culturally responsive early childhood interventionists at the School of Education at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is currently a board member in a local charter school and has served as a board member for other early childhood initiatives.
View Currently Funded Projects of Cristina Gillanders
(click on Project names to see project details) Other Projects Not Associated with FPGInterdisciplinary Preparation of Culturally Responsive Practitioners In Early Education
Role: Project Director
