Joy Lorenzo Kennedy
About
Joy Lorenzo Kennedy, a senior research scientist at EDC, co-leads the U.S. Virgin Islands Partnership to Strengthen the Early Childhood Workforce.
Kennedy brings expertise in early language and literacy development, particularly among multilingual children from systemically underserved communities, as well as behavioral economics strategies to promote family engagement. She has almost 20 years of experience working to understand the mechanisms underlying program interventions and evaluating their effectiveness in improving child and caregiver trajectories. She designs and leads applied research, particularly quantitative and mixed methods evaluations.
Kennedy’s work relies on culturally relevant approaches to bring a strengths-based lens to bear on changing systemic barriers to educational access and attainment.
Kennedy holds a PhD in Developmental Psychology from New York University.
Email: jlkennedy@edc.org