Our Research
Community Learning Environment Impact on Children’s Development
This study investigates how caregiver–child interactions and play experiences in informal learning spaces (e.g., Children’s Museum Houston) support young children’s social-emotional learning and the development of agency.
Intersectionality and Early Social-Emotional Learning: National Data Analysis
This study investigates how children’s race/ethnicity, language skills, and socioeconomic background intersect to shape their early social-emotional learning (SEL).
Artificial Intelligent in Early Childhood Education.
We created and tested a new training module that helps future early childhood teachers understand AI while learning how to make their classrooms more inclusive and culturally responsive.

