Co-chairs
Executive Director – Schoenbaum Family Center and Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy, EHE Distinguished Professor – Department of Educational Studies
College of Education and Human Ecology – The Ohio State University
Board of Governors Professor, Senior Co-Director – National Institute for Early Education Research
Graduate School of Education – Rutgers University
Steering Committee Members
Principal Investigator and Director – Illinois Early Childhood Asset Map (IECAM)
Department of Special Education – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Associate Professor
School of Public and Environmental Affairs – Indiana University
Assistant Professor – Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Director – DEN Lab
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences – University of Iowa
Executive Director – Center for Early Childhood Education & Intervention, Clinical Professor – Human Development
College of Education – University of Maryland
Professor – Educational Studies
Marsal Family School of Education and (by courtesy) Ford School of Public Policy – University of Michigan
Assistant Professor – Special Education
College of Education – Michigan State University
Professor – Public Affairs, Co-Director – Human Capital Research Collaborative
Humphrey School of Public Affairs – University of Minnesota
Director – Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, and Schools, George Holmes University Professor – School Psychology
College of Education and Human Sciences – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Evan Pugh University Professor – Department of Psychology, Director – Child Study Center
College of the Liberal Arts – The Pennsylvania State University
Associate Professor – Human Development and Social Policy
School of Education and Social Policy – Northwestern University
Associate Professor
Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work – University of Wisconsin-Madison
Professor – Department of Human Development and Family Science, Director – Center for Early Learning
College of Health and Human Sciences – Purdue University
Members
Members are approved by a vote of the Steering Committee for renewable, two-year terms.
Dr. Fashina Aladé, Michigan State University — Google Scholar Profile
Dr. Arya Ansari, The Ohio State University
Dr. Benjamin Bayly, The Pennsylvania State University — Google Scholar Profile
Dr. Ji-Young Choi, The Ohio State University — Google Scholar Profile
Dr. Jimena Cosso, University of Maryland — Google Scholar Profile
Dr. Rebecca Dore, The Ohio State University — Google Scholar Profile
Dr. Sarah Eason, Purdue University — Google Scholar Profile
Dr. Alexandra Figueras-Daniel, Rutgers University
Dr. Soo-Young Hong, University of Nebraska-Lincoln — Google Scholar Profile
Dr. Manuel Jimenez, Rutgers University
Dr. Lisa Knoche, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Dr. Allison Friedman-Krauss, Rutgers University — Google Scholar Profile
Dr. Cammie McBride, Purdue University
Dr. Milagros Nores, Rutgers University — Google Scholar Profile
Dr. Suh-Ruu Ou, University of Minnesota — Google Scholar Profile
Dr. Carlomagno Panlilio, The Pennsylvania State University — Google Scholar Profile
Dr. Arthur Reynolds, University of Minnesota
Dr. Megan Roberts, Northwestern University
Dr. Rachel Schachter, University of Illinois Chicago — Google Scholar Profile
Dr. Douglas Teti, The Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Sandra Waxman, Northwestern University
Dr. Jennifer Savage Williams, The Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Tanya Wright, University of Michigan — Google Scholar Profile
Coordinator
Strategic Coordinator – Crane Center for Early Childhood Education
College of Education and Human Ecology – The Ohio State University
American Family Insurance Dreams Foundation believes that equity in education — including early education and care — can be a pivotal lever to break cycles of generational poverty for students and their families. Early education and care are leading priorities in our Equity in Education investment strategy. We invest in equity-centered innovation focused on a strong and diverse educator pipeline, research and coalition-building, direct family and community services, and business/funder roundtables.
