As you may know, we are in the midst of a search for a faculty
position in Early Childhood Education in our department. Our first
candidate will be visiting the department on Feb. 10th and 11th. On
Feb. 10th we have scheduled a half hour from 11-11:30 am for the
candidate to meet with graduate students. I am writing to invite you
to attend that meeting (which will be held in the connector), as well
as the colloquium that will be held from 3-4:15 pm in the EP library
(and the reception that follows).
Christine McWayne (see bio below) will be presenting a colloquium
titled "Partnership-Based Research in Early Childhood Communities:
Investigating Strengths in Context", from 3:00 - 4:15 p.m., on
February 10th, 2009, at the Eliot Pearson Department of Child
Development.
Christine McWayne, Ph.D. is currently on the faculty in the Steinhardt
School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York
University. She is an applied developmental psychologist and a
community-based researcher whose work has centered on understanding
the individual and contextual factors associated with low-income,
urban-residing children's early school success. Prof. McWayne has a
well-funded research program, which addresses three broad questions:
(1) How do preschool children's skills operate together across
developmental domains to promote learning? (2) How do families support
their preschool children's early education and development? (3) How
might broader contexts, such as neighborhoods and interagency
collaboration also impact children's early education and development?
Prof. McWayne has a strong record of collaboration with community
organizations, beginning with her dissertation research conducted in
partnership with Head Start programs. She was the first graduate
student in Philadelphia to be invited by parents to be a Community
Representative to the Head Start Parent Policy Council (School
District of Philadelphia's 7,000 family Head Start program). In her
work at NYU, she continues her research collaborations with Head Start
programs and families through grants from the National Institutes of
Health (parent derived measures of parenting and family involvement in
education) and the Administration for Children and Families (on school
readiness among a nationally representative sample of Head Start
children).
Thanks,
Jayanthi
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