FPG Researchers
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| Senior Scientists | Knowledge Base |
| Bailey, Don | |
| Bryant, Donna | Preschool, child care, and early intervention/prevention programs; child and family outcomes associated with Head Start; social-emotional development in the preschool years; professional development to improve quality and effectiveness of early childhood programs; evaluation, particulary comprehensive community/state initiatives |
| Burchinal, Margaret | Statistical models, especially for longitudinal data; effects of child care on cognitive, academic, and social development; family and school predictors of children's development outcomes for at-risk children |
| Buysse, Virginia | Early intervening services for pre-kindergartners at risk for LD(Recognition and Response); Early education for Latino English language learners; Early childhood inclusion; Friendship and peer acceptance of preschoolers; consultation and collaboration strategies; program evaluation; professional development |
| Campbell, Frances | Long-term outcomes of early educational intervention for poverty children; cognitive development; young adulthood; effects of poverty; school performance of poverty children; adult adaptation; parenting; issues surrounding securing informed consent from vulnerable groups recruited for research. |
| Clifford, Richard | Assessing the quality of early educational settings; financing programs and services for young children and families; prekindergarten program design and functioning; Governance of early childhood programs; child and family policies |
| Coleman, Mary Ruth | Early recognition and nurturing of potential in kindergarten through third grade students (focus on children from culturally/linguistically diverse and economically disadvantaged families); differentiation to meet the learning needs of students with exceptionalities (learning disabilities and gifted); national & state policies and the change process in special education; personnel preparation for classroom teachers in meeting the needs of exceptional learners. Preparation of Pre- service and In-service teachers to meet the needs of students with learning problems. The early recognition of children who may have learning disabilities. |
| Gallagher, James | Education of exceptional children; policy studies in early childhood; education of gifted students |
| Harbin, Gloria | Public policy research; policy implementation research regarding services for diverse young children with, or at risk of disabilities and their families; services coordination and integration; service coordination typologies; defining service eligibility; service delivery models; program organization and infrastructure; leadership; developing comprehensive and coordinated service systems; family-service provider relationships; measuring child and family outcomes; developing accountability systems |
| Hatton, Deborah | Fragile X syndrome; autism; visual impairment and blindness; child development; longitudinal research; temperament and challenging behavior |
| Odom, Sam | Early intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder; preschool inclusion; research methodology and evidence-based practices; peer relationships; children social competence; school readiness; ethnic and research with young children; international approaches to early intervention. |
| Ritchie, Sharon | Observational research-early childhood and elementary classrooms Instrument development-for observations and program quality Teacher preparation-PK-high school, regular and special education Special education-emotionally disturbed, autistic children, attachment NAEYC accreditation Collaborationn for school reform |
| Roberts, Joanne | Speech and language development of children with fragile X syndrome and Down syndrome; language and school success of African American children; effects of otitis media on language and learning; |
| Skinner, Debra | Culture, families, & disability; poverty studies; sociocultural implications of genetic knowledge, technologies, and newborn screening; anthropological perspectives on child development; ethnographic and qualitative methods, anthropology of schooling, South Asian anthropology (Nepal) |
| Wesley, Patricia | Early childhood inclusion; consultation; communities of practice, evidence-based practice; technical assistance in child care programs |
| Winton, Pamela | professional development; personnel preparation in early childhood and early childhood intervention; knowledge utilization; systems change and research and practice connections; family-professional collaboration; diversity, disability and inclusion |
| Scientists | Knowledge Base |
| Boccia, Maria | Neurobiology of social motivation and social/emotional development |
| Castro, Dina | Early childhood education for dual language learners; second language acquisition in young children; program policies and teacher practices related to educating young Latino children and families; addressing diversity in early childhood education; family involvement in early education and intervention. |
| Cox, Ann | |
| Cryer, Debby | Defining and assessing the quality of early care and education settings for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers; parent and professional perspectives on quality early childhood programming; international comparisons of child care and education quality |
| Early, Diane | State-funded pre-k; early childhood teacher preparation, kindergarten transitions; parent/school relations; research methodology |
| Goldman, Barbara | Development of cognitive and social skills in infants and young children with and without disabilities. Assessment of early learning and memory via standardized tests and a variety of alternative assessments, including classical and operant conditioning. Peer interaction and friendships in very young children with and without disabilities, especially in inclusive environments. Mother-infant interaction with infants who are typical and those with handicapping conditions or life-threatening medical conditions. Professional development and personnel preparation in fostering the development of conversational and interactional skills in infants and young children, including those with disabilities. Early nutrition and develoment. Methods to improve multiple aspects of the informed consent process. |
| Harms, Thelma | Assessing the quality of early educational settings, teacher and parent education, early childhood curriculum policy related to early childhood education. |
| Maxwell, Kelly | School readiness; prekindergarten; developmentally appropriate practices in preschool and the early elementary grades |
| Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen | Longitudinal effects of child care experiences on children's development; quality of practices in child care centers, family child care, public preschool, and Head Start; evaluation of early childhood programs; family beliefs and practices |
| Pungello, Elizabeth | Long term outcomes of early educational intervention for children at high-risk for poor cognitive outcomes; child care and family influences on cognitive developement, language development, and academic achievement; why and how parents search for and select child care |
| Roberts, Jane | assessment, psychophysiology, fragile X syndrome, autism, challenging behavior, adult mental health. |
| Scarborough, Anita | National Early Intervention Longitudinal Study; training in the use of large scale studies and policy implications; developmental needs of children in child protective services; classification of disability |
| Investigators | Knowledge Base |
| Boyd, Brian | autism spectrum disorders, behavioral interventions, child development, early intervention and childhood special education, ritualistic repetitive behaviors in autism |
| Branden-Muller, Leslie | |
| Burress, Greg | |
| Catlett, Camille | Preservice and inservice instructional design, delivery and evaluation; early childhood and early intervention professional development systems; Engaging and supporting family members as instructional partners; Promoting collaboration between early childhood and early intervention partners; Reflecting cultural, linguistic and ability diversity in teaching, training and daily practice |
| Dennis, Brenda | early childhood inclusion, healthy social emotional development of young children, positive behavior support for preschoolers, collaborative consultation, training adults |
| Frome, Pamela | |
| Gillanders, Cristina | Emergent literacy, bilingualism, early childhood education of Latino children |
| Ginsberg, Marnie | |
| Iruka, Iheoma | 1) Parenting processes, such as sensitive and intrusive parenting, parent involvement, efficacy, and provision of learning environment 2) School readiness, especially low-income and ethnic minorities |
| Kainz, Kirsten | 1. Quantitative analysis of education data. 2. Early childhood education policy. 3. Elementary education policy. 4. Child development. |
| Kupersmidt, Janis | Psychology |
| Luken, Karen | Health promotion, access to health care, accessibility and inclusion, systems change |
| McBee, Matthew | |
| McKinney, Marvin | |
| Neal, Patrice | Outcomes/Family Outcomes/Measurement of Outcomes; Early Intervention; Leadership/Leadership Development; Family-Centered Practice; Interagency Collaboration; Systems Change |
| Neitzel, Jennifer | |
| Poe, Michele | Statistical Research Analysis Neuromimaging analysis techniques Small Sample Statistics Development of children with Lysosomal Storage Disorders |
| Schaaf, Jennifer | memory and cognitive development; child eyewitness testimony; cognitive skills in children with FXS |
| Sideris, John | Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Structural Equation Modeling, Item Response Theory, Linear Modeling of Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Data, Education and Early Childcare Policy, Program Evaluation |
| Sparling, Joseph | |
| Voegler-Lee, Mary Ellen | Socio-Emotional & Behavioral Interventions, Measurement of Socio-Emotional Functioning |
| Willoughby, Michael | Developmental psychopathology - especially the developmental causes, course, and consequences of the disruptive behavior disorders (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Oppositional Defiant/Conduct Disorder). Quantitative methodology - especially structural equation modeling, longitudinal data analysis, and psychometrics. |
| Winn, Donna Marie | |
| Yazejian, Noreen | Quality of practices in child care and effects on children's development; evaluation of early childhood initiatives; early childhood literacy development and classroom practices |
| Zeisel, Susan | Otitis Media, Development of African American Children, Health issues related to child care, Development of Health Beliefs in Children Parent Child Interactions |
| Zulli Lowe, Rebecca | |
| Fellows | Knowledge Base |
| Baranek, Grace | Autism and related developmental disabilities |
| Barbarin, Oscar | Social Risks and Child Development, Poverty, Emotional Regulation, Developmeent of African American and Latino children; mental health, Family Functioning |
| Boone, Harriet | Child Development |
| Cox, Martha | Family processes and child development; marital and parenting processes; transition to parenthood; effects of early child care on child and family outcomes; collaboration of family and school in child outcomes at middle childhood; effects of poverty on children and families |
| Crais, Elizabeth | Child Development |
| Henry, Gary | |
| Hooper, Stephen | Psychology |
| Knotek, Steve | |
| Kotch, Jonathan | Child health services; child health policy; health and safety of children in child care; injury prevention; child abuse and neglect |
| Leousis, Peter | Public policy, human services, welfare reform, leadership. |
| Malloy, William | 1. School Reform 2. Student Resiliency 3. Learning Communities 4. School Transitions 5. Special Education 6. Educational Leadership |
| Marcus, Lee | Autism Research |
| Ornstein, Peter | Cognitive Development Development of Memory and Learning |
| Palsha, Sharon | Early childhood inclusion; consultation models; Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education; staffing issues in early intervention |
| Piven, Joseph | Psychiatry, Neurodevelopmental Disorders |
| Reznick, Steve | Infant and toddler cognitive development with a particular focus on memory and attention and on the cognitive development of infants who will eventually receive a diagnosis of autism. |
| Roush, Jackson | Identification and intervention for infants with hearing loss; families' perceptions of early intervention services for children with hearing loss |
| Simeonsson, Rune | Assessment and classification of disability; surveillance and prevention; evaluation of interventions |
| Vernon-Feagans, Lynne | Early Childhood Language development Otitis Media and development attention |
| Wasik, Barbara Hanna | Prevention and intervention programs for young children; social and emotional development; problem solving and coping skills; home visiting; classroom interventions; family literacy |
| Watson, Linda | normal preschool communication development, pragmatics, language & communication development of children with autism, early characteristics of children with autism as studied via retrospective analyses of home videotapes, analyses of gestures in infants & toddlers with and without developmental disabilities, early screening and diagnosis for autism spectrum disorders, emergent literacy development in typically developing children and those with autism spectrum disorders, communication intervention with preschoolers with developmental disabilities including autism spectrum disorders, early intervention programs and strategies for children with autism spectrum disorders, attention and sensory processing in young children with autism spectrum disorders |
| Zipper, Irene | service coordination, family support, early intervention |
