List of Experts

NCEDL Leadership	NCEDL Investigators
Donna M. Bryant Dick Clifford Lynette Aytch Diane Early	Oscar A. Barbarin Peg Burchinal Jim Gallagher Carollee Howes Marcia Kraft-Sayre Robert C. Pianta Sharon Ritchie Pam Winton

 

 

NCEDL Leadership

Donna M. Bryant, Ph.D. Co-director, NCEDL Senior Scientist, FPG Child Development Center Research associate professor, UNC-CH School of Education
Contact Info: FPG Child Development Institute CB #8180, UNC-CH Campus Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8180 Phone: (919) 966-4295 Fax: (919) 966-7532 Email: bryant@unc.edu	Areas of Expertise: Children & families at risk Child care environments Early intervention Policy research Head Start

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Dick Clifford, Ph.D. Co-director, NCEDL Senior Scientist, FPG Child Development Center Research associate professor, UNC-CH School of Education
Contact Info: FPG Child Development Institute CB #8040, UNC-CH Campus Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8040 Phone: (919) 962-4737 Fax: (919) 962-7328 Email: dickclifford@unc.edu	Areas of Expertise: Assessing the quality of early education settings Financing programs and services for young children & families Child & family policies Quality practices for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families Needs for information, resources, and support in families of young children with epilepsy/seisure disorder

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Lynette Aytch, Psy.D. Assistant director, NCEDL Investigator, FPG Child Development Center Clinical assistant professor, UNC-CH School of Education Investigator, Center for Research on Chronic Illness, UNC-CH School of Nursing
Contact Info: FPG Child Development Institute CB #8040, UNC-CH Campus Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8040 Phone: (919) 962-7377 Fax: (919) 966-7532 Email: lynette_aytch@unc.edu	Areas of Expertise: Quality practices for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families Needs for information, resources, and support in families of young children with epilepsy/seisure disorder

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Diane Early, Ph.D. Assistant director, NCEDL Investigator, FPG Child Development Institute
Contact Info: FPG Child Development Institute CB #8180, UNC-CH Campus Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8180 Phone: (919) 966-9721 Fax: (919) 966-7532 Email: diane_early@unc.edu	Areas of Expertise: Parenting Kindergarten transitions Parent/school relations Survey research methodology

 

NCEDL Investigators

Oscar A. Barbarin, Ph.D. Senior Scientist, FPG Child Development Center Preyer Distinguished Professor, UNC-CH School of Social Work
Contact Info: FPG Child Development Institute CB #8040, UNC-CH Campus Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8040 Phone: (919) 843-6469 Fax: (919) 962-7328 Email: barbarin@mail.fpg.unc.edu	Areas of Expertise: Emotional, academic development of African American children Social risks & child development Cross-cultural studies of child development Health & mental health

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Peg Burchinal, Ph.D. Senior Scientist, Director of Data Management and Analysis Center, FPG Child Development Center Research associate professor, adjunct associate professor, UNC-CH Department of Psychology
Contact Info FPG Child Development Institute CB #8185, UNC-CH Campus Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8185 Phone: (919) 966-5059 Fax: (919) 966-0862 Email: burchinal@unc.edu	Areas of Expertise: Biostatistics statistical models, especially for longitudinal data Effects of child care on cognitive, academic, & social development Family & school predictors of children's development outcomes for at-risk children

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Jim Gallagher, Ph.D. Senior Scientist, FPG Child Development Center Kenan Professor of education, UNC-CH School of Education
Contact Info: FPG Child Development Institute CB #8040, UNC-CH Campus Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8040 Phone: (919) 962-7373 Fax: (919) 962-7328 Email: gallaghe@mail.fpg.unc.edu	Areas of Expertise: Education of exceptional children Policy studies in early childhood Education of gifted students

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Carollee Howes, Ph.D. Professor, UCLA Department of Education Graduate School of Education & Information Studies
Contact Info: c/o UCLA Department of Education 3032A Moore Hall PO Box951521 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1521 Phone: (310) 825-8336 Email: howes@gseis.ucla.edu	Areas of Expertise: Development of peer social interaction skills & friendships Long-term effects of infant & toddler child care

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Marcia Kraft-Sayre, LCSW Faculty, UVA School of Education-Human Services
Contact Info: c/o UVA PO Box 800784 Charlottesville, VA 22904-0784 Phone: (804) 982-2848 Fax: (804) 243-5480 Email: mek6d@virginia.edu	Areas of Expertise: Kindergarten transitions Family/school relationships Children & families at risk

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Robert C. Pianta, Ph.D. Co-director, NCEDL transition studies Faculty, UVA School of Education-Human Services
Contact Info: c/o University of Virginia Ruffner Hall PO Box 400267 Charlottesville, VA 22904-4267 Phone: (804) 243-5481 Fax: (804) 243-5480 Email: rcp4p@virginia.edu	Areas of Expertise: Transitions Assessment and intervention for relationships between teachers and children Observational methods for assessing classroom environments Assessment of young children; social development Education of children in poverty

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Sharon Ritchie, Ph.D. Academic administration, UCLA
Contact Info: c/o UCLA Department of Education 2140 Moore Hall PO Box 951521 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1521 Phone: (310) 825-6872 Email: ritchie@gseis.ucla.edu

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Pam Winton, Ph.D. Scientist, FPG Child Development Center Research professor, UNC-CH School of Education
Contact Info: FPG Child Development Institute CB #8185, UNC-CH Campus Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8185 Phone: (919) 966-7180 Fax: (919) 843-5784 Email: pam_winton@unc.edu	Areas of Expertise: Personnel preparation in early childhood intervention Family-professional collaboration Disabilty & inclusion Interdisciplinary collaboration Systems change

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