Illustration by Sara Tyson

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at peabody.vanderbilt.edu

Bonnie Arant Ertelt, Editor

Donna Pritchett, Art Director

Michael Smeltzer, Designer

Nelson Bryan, Class Notes Editor

Contributors: Kurt Brobeck, Brent Meredith, Lisa Robbins, David Salisbury, Jennifer Wetzel

Camilla Persson Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development

Jennifer Zehnder, Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Relations

©2012 Vanderbilt University

The Peabody Reflector is published biannually by Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of education and human development in cooperation with the Vanderbilt Office of DAR Communications. The magazine is mailed free of charge to all Peabody alumni, parents of current Peabody students, and to friends of Peabody who make an annual gift of $25 or more to the college. Correspondence, including letters to the editor and Class Notes submissions, should be mailed to: The Peabody Reflector, Office of DAR Communications, PMB 407703, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37240-7703 or by email to reflector@vanderbilt.edu.

Illustration by Roger Chouinard

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Bonnie Arant Ertelt, Editor

Donna Pritchett, Art Director

Michael Smeltzer, Designer

Nelson Bryan, Class Notes Editor

Contributors: Joanne Lamphere Beckham, Kurt Brobeck, Katharyn Castro, Kara Furlong, Max Gertz, Jennifer Johnston, Melanie Moran, Jim Patterson, Lisa Robbins, Cindy Thomsen

Web Edition Design and Development: Jeff Kirkwood, Devin McWhorter

Camilla Persson Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development

Timothy Caboni, Associate Dean for External Relations and Professional Education

Jennifer Zehnder, Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Relations

©2011 Vanderbilt University

Cover illustration by Roger Chouinard.

The Peabody Reflector is published biannually by Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of education and human development in cooperation with the Vanderbilt Office of DAR Communications. The magazine is mailed free of charge to all Peabody alumni, parents of current Peabody students, and to friends of Peabody who make an annual gift of $25 or more to the College. Correspondence, including letters to the editor and Class Notes submissions, should be mailed to: The Peabody Reflector, Office of DAR Communications, PMB 407703, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37240-7703 or by email to reflector@vanderbilt.edu.

Illustration by Elizabeth Rosen

Visit Peabody College’s Web site at http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/

Bonnie Arant Ertelt, Editor

Donna Pritchett, Art Director

Michael Smeltzer, Designer

Nelson Bryan, Class Notes Editor

Contributors: Kurt Brobeck, Sue Erickson, Kara Furlong, Stacy Gardner, Jennifer Johnston, Camilla Meek, Melanie Moran, Jan Read, Rob Simbeck, Cindy Thomsen, Tom Ward

Web Edition Design and Development: Jeff Kirkwood, Devin McWhorter

Camilla Persson Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development

Timothy Caboni, Associate Dean for External Relations and Professional Education

Jennifer Zehnder, Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Relations

©2010 Vanderbilt University

On the cover: Illustration by Elizabeth Rosen

The Peabody Reflector is published biannually by Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of education and human development in cooperation with the Vanderbilt Office of DAR Communications. The magazine is mailed free of charge to all Peabody alumni, parents of current Peabody students, and to friends of Peabody who make an annual gift of $25 or more to the College. Correspondence, including letters to the editor and Class Notes submissions, should be mailed to: The Peabody Reflector, Office of DAR Communications, PMB 407703, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37240-7703 or by email to reflector@vanderbilt.edu.

Illustration by Amanda Warren

Visit Peabody College’s Web site at http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/

Bonnie Arant Ertelt, Editor

Donna Pritchett, Art Director

Michael Smeltzer, Designer

Lew Harris, Assistant Editor

Nelson Bryan, Class Notes Editor

Contributors: Kurt Brobeck, Lisa DuBois, James Hogge, Camilla Meek, Melanie Moran, Elizabeth Older, Jan Read, Cindy Thomsen

Web Edition Design and Development: Lacy Tite

Camilla Persson Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development

Timothy Caboni, Associate Dean for External Relations and Professional Education

©2010 Vanderbilt University

On the cover: Illustration by Amanda Warren

The Peabody Reflector is published biannually by Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of education and human development in cooperation with the Vanderbilt Office of DAR Communications. The magazine is mailed free of charge to all Peabody alumni, parents of current Peabody students, and to friends of Peabody who make an annual gift of $25 or more to the College. Correspondence, including letters to the editor and Class Notes submissions, should be mailed to: The Peabody Reflector, Office of DAR Communications, PMB 407703, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37240-7703 or by email to reflector@vanderbilt.edu.

Bonnie Arant Ertelt, Editor
Donna Pritchett, Art Director
Amy Blackman, Designer
Lew Harris, Assistant Editor
Nelson Bryan, Class Notes Editor
Lacy Tite, Web Edition Design & Development

Contributors: Kurt Brobeck, GayNelle Doll, Jennie Edwards, Kara Furlong, Jennifer Johnston, Liz Latt, Camilla Meek, Melanie Moran, Jim Patterson, Jan Read and Cindy Thomsen

Camilla Persson Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development

Timothy Caboni, Associate Dean for External Relations and Professional Education

Kerry McCartney, Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Relations

©2009 Vanderbilt University

On the cover: Children in Project Lift Off, a pre-kindergarten summer camp developed by Peabody professors in partnership with the Downtown YMCA of Middle Tennessee, have fun while boosting their language and literacy skills for kindergarten in the fall. Read more about Peabody’s pre-K research (p. 14) and Project Lift Off (p. 16) in this issue. Photo by John Russell; artwork by Ruby Blackman and Phoebe and Isabelle Robertson.

The Peabody Reflector is published biannually by Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of education and human development in cooperation with the Vanderbilt Office of DAR Communications. The magazine is mailed free of charge to all Peabody alumni, parents of current Peabody students, and to friends of Peabody who make an annual gift of $25 or more to the College. Correspondence, including letters to the editor and Class Notes submissions, should be mailed to: The Peabody Reflector, Office of DAR Communications, PMB 407703, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37240-7703 or by email to reflector@vanderbilt.edu.

Bonnie Arant Ertelt, Editor

Donna Pritchett, Art Director

Michael Smeltzer, Designer

Lew Harris, Assistant Editor

Nelson Bryan, Class Notes Editor

Lacy Tite, Web Edition Design and Development

Contributors: Geordie Brackin, Kurt Brobeck, Xiu Cravens, Jennie Edwards, Jennifer Johnston, Melanie Moran, Ann Marie Deer Owens, Jim Patterson, Jan Read, Sharon Shields, Ned Andrew Solomon, Courtney Taylor, J. Luke Webb

Camilla Persson Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development

Timothy Caboni, Associate Dean for External Relations and Professional Education

Kerry McCartney, Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Relations

©2009 Vanderbilt University

On the cover: A mural painted in 2003 by youth from the Preston Taylor YMCA Boys and Girls Club at the McKissack Family Resource Center in Nashville, Tenn. Photo by John Russell. For more about the mural, see p. 18.

The Peabody Reflector is published biannually by Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of education and human development in cooperation with the Vanderbilt Office of DAR Communications. The magazine is mailed free of charge to all Peabody alumni, parents of current Peabody students, and to friends of Peabody who make an annual gift of $25 or more to the College. Correspondence, including letters to the editor and Class Notes submissions, should be mailed to: The Peabody Reflector, Office of DAR Communications, PMB 407703, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37240-7703 or by email to reflector@vanderbilt.edu.