APRIL 2020
Foundation for Child Development: Foundation News

Announcing Our 2020 Young Scholars 

We are thrilled to announce our 2020 Young Scholar awardees as the 16th cohort of our Young Scholars Program (YSP). YSP supports scholarship for early career researchers whose implementation research is policy- and practice-relevant and focused on strengthening the early care and education workforce.

Congratulations to our newest cohort of Young Scholars! 

Vanessa Rodriguez, Ed.D.


Assistant Professor
Department of Population Health 
New York University School of Medicine 
 

Project Title: Using Mixed Methods to Explore Teacher Social and Emotional Learning, its Relationship to Classroom Practice, and the Implementation of Pre-K Professional Development

Bonnie Solomon, Ph.D.


Research Scientist
Education Research Program
Child Trends

Project Title: Examining Implementation of a Statewide Ban on Suspension and Expulsion in Early Childhood: Implications for ECE Workforce Supports
 

Angie Zapata, Ph.D.


Associate Professor
Department of Learning, Teaching and Curriculum
University of Missouri-Columbia

Project Title: Teacher and Researcher Collaborative Inquiry as Ongoing Professional Development: Improving Early Childhood Experiences In Racially, Linguistically, and Ethnically Complex Missouri Classrooms
 
Meet the Young Scholars
The Foundation would like to extend a special thank you to our YSP Advisory Committee for sharing their time and expertise.
Young Scholars Program Advisory Committee Members:

LaRue Allen, Ph.D.
, Committee Chair, Raymond and Rosalee Weiss Professor of Applied Psychology and Chair of the Department of Applied Psychology, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University

Mark Appelbaum, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego

Linda Espinosa, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Early Childhood Education, University of Missouri-Columbia

Tamara Halle, Ph.D., Co-Director, Early Childhood Research, Child Trends

JoAnn Hsueh, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Family Well-Being and Children’s Development Policy, MDRC

Milagros Nores, Ph.D., Co-Director for Research, National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER)

Iliana Reyes, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies, College of Education, University of Arizona 
Meet the Young Scholars
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