About me
I am a Distinguished Professor of Special Education and Early Childhood Studies, an affiliate Professor of Pediatrics, the David Lawrence Jr. Endowed Chair in Early Childhood Studies, and Director of the Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies at the University of Florida. Over my professional career, I have been an early intervention provider, preschool teacher, director of early intervention and inclusive early childhood programs, higher education faculty member, and researcher. Current projects focus on working with diverse stakeholders to develop, validate, implement, and examine effective and equitable professional learning, including practice-based coaching, to enhance practitioners' and familial caregivers' implementation of evidence-informed embedded learning, social-emotional, and other recommended practices to support desired outcomes.
