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 2021 Head Start Dissertation grant recipients are:
|
Graduate Student |
Project Title |
University |
Principal Investigator/ Faculty Mentor |
|
Yeminah A. King |
The Factor Structure of Parents’ Math-Related Talk and Its Relation to Children’s Early Academic Skills |
Purdue University |
Dr. David Purpura |
|
Lok-Wah Li |
Chinese Heritage Families’ Childrearing Beliefs and Practices for Learning in a Shared Caregiving Context |
Tufts University |
Dr. Christine McWayne |
|
Sarah F. Pedonti |
Features of Disability Coordination and Literacy and Language Skills of Children in Migrant and Seasonal Head Start |
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Dr. Harriet Able, Dr. Kathryn Leech |
|
Melissa Pierce |
Preschool Intervention for Embodied Storytelling (PIES): Using Drama to Enhance Language Skills at Story Time |
Arizona State University |
Dr. Maria Adelaida Restrepo |
|
Tonya Thomas |
Culturally Responsive Practices and Child Outcomes in Early Head Start Classrooms |
University of Oklahoma |
Dr. Kyong Ah Kwon |
|
Wendy S. Wei |
A Bioecological Approach to Understanding the Predictors and Consequences of Absenteeism in Head Start |
Harvard Graduate School of Education |
Dr. Dana Charles McCoy |