Heather Do is a current doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania, and former master's student in the Human Development and Education program at HGSE. Her research interests focus on the effects of home, school, and neighborhood environments on...
Curtis DeBisschop is a former research assistant at the Settings for Early Education and Development (SEED) Lab at HGSE. Prior to working at HGSE, Curtis had interned at the education nonprofit Kids First Chicago, as well as other research labs at...
Lucero Ramirez Varela is a current PhD student at New York University. She is also is a former research assistant in the Ecological Approaches to Social Emotional Learning (EASEL Lab) and the SEED Lab at HGSE. Lucero is interested in social-emotional...
Sophie Barnes is a Postdoctoral Associate at the Yale Child Study Center. She is also a graduate of HGSE's doctoral program in Human Development, Learning, and Teaching. Sophie’s research focuses on understanding the setting- and individual-level...
Jonathan Seiden is an Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of Education and Human Development. He is a former member of the SEED Lab and a graduate of HGSE's doctoral program in Education Policy and Program Evaluation. His...
Dr. Jorge Cuartas is an Assistant Professor of Applied Psychology and director of the Catalyzing Action for Resilient Ecologies (CARE) lab at New York University and Researcher at Universidad de los Andes in Colombia. Jorge’s research lies at the...
Dr. Wendy Wei is currently an Evidence and Evaluation Manager at Arnold Ventures. She is a former doctoral student in Human Development, Learning and Teaching at HSGE, and a former member of the SEED Lab. Her research interests fall at the intersection of...
Dr. Marcus Waldman is a Biostatistician at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. He is a former doctoral student in the SEED Lab and graduate of HGSE's doctoral program in quantitative policy analysis in education. His research interests...
Dr. Kathryn Gonzalez is currently working as a Researcher at Mathematica Policy Research. She is graduate of HGSE's Education Policy and Program Evaluation PhD program, and a former research assistant in the SEED lab. Her research focuses on early...
Abby Hemenway currently works as a second grade teacher in Vermont. She is particularly interested in young children’s development of self-regulation, executive function, and social-emotional skills. She earned her BA in English and Feminist, Gender, &...
