蘑菇短视频

Biography

Dr. Pedonti earned her degree in Child Development from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2008 and M.Ed. in Human Development from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2009. She taught in public early childhood programs and worked in Head Start for 10 years before earning her Ph.D. from UNC-Chapel Hill in Applied Developmental Sciences and Special Education.

Education

• Ph D, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• MA, Harvard University

Teaching Interests

Teaching Reading to Children with Disabilities (BKSE 427)<br>STEM in the Early Years (BK 420)<br>Interagency Planning (BKSE 412)<br>Family Collaborative Planning (BKSE 411)

Research Interests

My research focuses on access to early care and education, as well as the emergent language, literacy, and STEM knowledge/skills of children enrolled in those settings, such as children in poverty (Head Start/Early Head Start), children with disabilities, rural children, and multilingual learners, as well as children at the intersection of those identities. As part of my interest in supporting these populations, I have previously investigated Head Start, Early Head Start (and migrant and seasonal Head Start), family child care homes, and other types of center-based early care and education. I am especially interested in designing interventions that can support diverse caregivers to provide inquiry-rich language input, interventions that take place in authentic natural settings, such as the outdoors, and in cross-disciplinary and cross-sector research that can support young children and families.