Meeting Co-Chairs

For the second year in a row, IES has enlisted three Principal Investigators with projects funded under the National Center for Education Research, the National Center for Special Education Research, and the Small Business Innovation Research program to help refine and implement this year’s meeting vision and structure. The 2016 PI Meeting Co-Chairs - Roberta Golinkoff (University of Delaware), Kathleen Lane (University of Kansas), and Grace Wardhana (Kiko Labs) - have channeled their passion for research and dissemination to help select the theme, plan sessions, and identify speakers for this meeting. Their insights and feedback have been invaluable in helping IES plan an engaging, informative, and effective meeting. We are grateful for their contribution.

Kara Carpenter

Co-Founder

Teachley, LLC

Bio

Kara’s math curriculum design work draws upon her 10 plus years’ experience teaching students ranging in age from 3-years-old into adulthood. Kara first became interested in early childhood mathematics instruction as a second grade teacher in San Francisco, developing math curriculum with the Berkeley Mathematics Professional Development Institute before moving to New York and becoming a research fellow at Teachers College, Columbia University, co-managing a $1.4M grant developing early childhood math software. Her training in Cognitive Studies in Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, focused on children's strategy development in mathematics. Kara has been the PI on two IES SBIR grants.

Kara Carpenter

Co-Founder

Jorge E. Gonzalez

Associate Professor

College of Education, University of Houston

Bio

Jorge’s research focuses on the importance of adult-child social interactions for exploring the processes by which teachers and families pass along skills, knowledge, and values of literacy. His research examines the causes and correlates of early reading difficulties in young disadvantaged or ELL children, and instructional programming that accelerates vocabulary and background knowledge for these children. He is the PI on several IES NCER research grants spanning multiple IES program topic areas and research goals.

Jorge E. Gonzalez

Associate Professor

Patricia Snyder

Director

Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies; David Lawrence Jr. Endowed Chair in Early Childhood Studies; Professor, School of Special Education, School Psychology, and Early Childhood Studies and Affiliate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Florida

Bio

Pat’s research focuses on early prevention and intervention strategies for young children with or at risk for disabilities from birth to age 5. She studies the developmental impacts of early experiences and learning, social-emotional foundations of early learning, and how families and practitioners can support young children’s development and learning through embedded instruction. She has special interests in topics related to implementation science, including early childhood systems building and policy, interdisciplinary professional development, and applying evidence-informed early prevention and intervention strategies in homes, preschools, and other community settings. Pat has been the PI on several IES NCSER grants spanning multiple research goals and program areas.

Patricia Snyder

Director