KATHLEEN A. McCARTNEY

 

Kathleen McCartney is the Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Gerald S. Lesser Professor in Early Childhood Development. She is a developmental psychologist whose research informs theoretical questions on early experience and development as well as policy questions on child care, early childhood education, poverty, and parenting.

Since 1989, she has served as a Principal Investigator on the National Institute of Child Heath and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care & Youth Development, a study of 1,350 children from birth through 16 years. The NICHD Early Child Care Research Network summarized their findings in a 2005 book, Child Care and Child Development, published by Guilford Press. In 2006, Kathleen and Deborah Phillips edited The Blackwell Handbook of Early Childhood Development. Kathleen's work has been informed by her experience as the director of the University of New Hampshire Child Study & Development Center, a laboratory school for children from birth through kindergarten.

Kathleen received her B.S. in Psychology from Tufts University, and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Psychology from Yale University. She has been named a Fellow by both the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Society.

She was elected to the Tufts University Board of Trustees in 2007.

Last updated: September 22, 2009