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Appendix A: Biosketches of Committee Members and Staff
Pages 565-578

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From page 565...
... , is Raymond and Rosalee Weiss Professor of Applied Psychology and Chair of the Department of Applied Psychology in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University. She also directs the Child and Family Policy Center, which focuses on bringing social science knowledge to policy makers and practitioners concerned with children and their families.
From page 566...
... His research focuses on the design and evaluation of programs to support urban public schools and teachers in promoting the social-emotional and academic development of children from diverse backgrounds and socioeconomic conditions. His research is conducted in collaboration with urban school districts and community-based partners and has been supported by grants from federal and private organizations including the National Institute of Mental Health, the Institute of Education Sciences, and the William T
From page 567...
... Dr. Doucet is Chair of the Haiti Working Group at the NYU Steinhardt Institute for Human Development and Social Change and an affiliated faculty member of the NYU Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
From page 568...
... His current research projects involve evaluating the Florida Corporate Tax Credit Scholarships Program, the largest schoolvoucher program in the United States; conducting a large-scale study of school accountability in Florida; identifying intergenerational effects in health and education; and examining student learning outcomes.
From page 569...
... Fleming was at the City Colleges of Chicago, the largest urban community college system in the United States, where she launched and directed a system-wide effort to overhaul its child development degree programs and earn national accreditation, as well as transform five childcare centers into functioning laboratory preschools. Dr. Fleming worked for 16 years at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG)
From page 570...
... Jacqueline Jones, Ph.D., is the President and CEO of the Foundation for Child Development. During the first term of the Obama Administration she served as Senior Advisor on Early Learning to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and as the country's first Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Early Learning in the U.S.
From page 571...
... Kostelnik began her career working with Head Start before receiving her master's and doctoral degrees in human development and family studies from the Pennsylvania State University. She was on faculty at Michigan State University for 22 years, serving first as program supervisor of the Child Development Laboratories and then as chair of the Department of Family and Child Ecology.
From page 572...
... In 2003 she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, in 2004 she was awarded the American Psychological Association's Mentoring Award, in 2011 she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, and in 2013 she was awarded the American Psychological Society's William James Lifetime Achievement Award for Basic Research.
From page 573...
... She is a noted leader in the child and family services field with a wealth of experience as a clinical psychologist, academic, and civic volunteer. She has worked closely with children and families to promote healthy child development for more than 25 years.
From page 574...
... Mr. Wat's previous experience includes Research Manager, Senior Research Associate, and State Policy Analyst for Pre-K Now, a project of The Pew Charitable Trusts' Pew Center on the States.
From page 575...
... She has also worked for projects on strengthening the use of economic evidence to inform interventions for children and families; prevention of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders among children, youth, and young adults; and depression, parenting, and child development. She was a 2007 Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellow at the National Academies.
From page 576...
... . She helps organize planning meetings and workshops that cover current issues related to children, youth, and families, and provides administrative and research support to the Board's various program committees.
From page 577...
... She was previously the Associate Director of the Institute of Human Development and Social Change at New York University where she managed a portfolio of domestic and international grants and contracts that examined child development within a changing global context. A developmental psychologist by training, Kimber has worked with numerous organizations that support children's cognitive, affective, and behavioral development in early childhood education through the high school years, including the Foundation for Child Development, W.K.


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