Advisory Council

Members of the Research Connections Advisory Council represent the breadth of the field of child care and early education research, policy, and practice. Together, they offer a wide range of expertise in support of Research Connections.

The Research Connections Steering Committee regularly seeks the Advisory Council's input and review for plans to build the collection of research reports, add to the archive of research data sets, develop syntheses to address research and policy questions, and create collaborative opportunities to bring researchers and policy makers together. Council members are listed below.

Gina Adams
Senior Research Associate
Urban Institute

Ann Collins
Senior Associate
Abt Associates, Inc.

Ellen Frede, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President
Early Learning, Research and Training
Acelero Learning

Marilou Hyson, Ph.D.
Consultant, Early Childhood Development and Education;
Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania

Liz Kelley
Director, Office of Child Care
Maryland State Department of Education

Michael Lopez, Ph.D.
Executive Director
National Center for Latino Child & Family Research

Jana Martella
Co-Director
Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes
Education Development Center, Inc.

Robert McDonald
Associate Dean for Library Technologies
Indiana University

Kathy Modigliani
Director
The Family Child Care Project

Janice M. Molnar, Ph.D.
Deputy Commissioner
New York State Office of Children and Family Services

Helen Raikes, Ph.D.
Professor
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Sharon Landesman Ramey, Ph.D.
Professor
Virginia Tech Carilion

Rod Southwick
Consultant Early Education and Care

Lisa Stein, Ph.D.
Professor
Atlantic Cape Community College

Jack Tweedie, Ph.D.
Director, Children and Families Program
National Council of State Legislatures

Albert Wat
Senior Policy Analyst, Education Division National Governors Association
Center for Best Practices

Bobbie Weber, Ph.D.
Coordinator
Oregon Child Care Research Partnership
Oregon State University

Jerry West, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow
Mathematica Policy Research

Martha Zaslow, Ph.D.
Director, Office for Policy and Communications,
Society for Research in Child Development;
Senior Scholar, Child Trends

Research Connections is supported by grant #90YE0104 from the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents are solely the responsibility of the National Center for Children in Poverty and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, the Administration for Children and Families, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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