Areas of Interest

• Young children’s social and emotional development.
• Early intervention research.
• Autism and developmental disabilities.

Keyword Interests.

• Early childhood education
• Teacher training
• Social and emotional learning

Current Research Topic/Field-Based Project

Project:
Teaching Pyramid — this project is examining the effects of the Teaching Pyramid, an intervention designed to help teachers address children’s challenging behavior using universal, secondary and targeted intervention strategies .

Former Experience

• Research assistant on a language mapping study at Harvard University’s Lab for Developmental Studies.
• Lead teacher in an inclusive early childhood classroom at Georgetown University’s campus early learning center.
• Counselor at a camp for children with life-threatening illnesses.

Education

• Ed.M. (2007): Human Development and Psychology, Harvard Graduate School of Education
• B.A. (2004) English, Wesleyan University