Introduction
The Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Dissertation Grants program is designed to build research capacity in and knowledge of effective early childhood interventions with low-income children and families. The grant program does this by providing support for dissertation research conducted by graduate students working in partnership with local Head Start or Early Head Start programs.
The immediate goals of the grant program are to:
- build capacity in the early care and education field by supporting high-quality dissertation research and student-faculty collaboration and mentorship;
- conduct rigorous research that has the capacity to inform Head Start/Early Head Start programs, policies, and practices;
- support active communication, collaboration, and partnerships between researchers and Head Start/Early Head Start programs; and
- foster the exchange of current research, ideas, and information among research, policy, and practice communities.
The FY2020 Head Start Dissertation grantees are:
|
Graduate Student |
Project Title |
University |
Principal Investigator/ Faculty Mentor |
|
Dominique Levert |
Ensuring Young Children Have a Head Start: Transition Practices that Link Early Childhood Education Settings |
Lehigh University |
Dr. Patricia Manz |
|
Elly Miles |
Enhancing Head Start Outcomes via Improved Referral Decisions for Family Support Programs: Leveraging Administrative Data and Capturing Family and Practitioner Voice |
University of Denver |
Dr. Sarah Watamura |
|
Laura Jimenez Parra |
Family Child Care: Characteristics, Relationships and Parent and Child Outcomes |
University of Maryland |
Dr. Brenda Jones Harden |
|
Elica B. Sharifnia |
Science in Head Start Classrooms Examining the Relation between Teachers Attitudes and Beliefs, Classroom Practice, and Children's School Readiness |
University of Miami |
Dr. Daryl B. Greenfield |
|
H. Callie Silver |
Illinois Head Start/Early Head Start Program Responses to COVID-19 |
University of Illinois |
Dr. Katherine Zinsser |
|
Craig K. Van Pay |
Outcomes Related to Disparities in the Preschool Language Experiences of English Monolinguals and Dual Language Learners in Head Start |
Iowa State University of Science and Technology |
Dr. Ji Young Choi |