From Neurons to Neighborhoods: An Update: Workshop Summary (2012)
Chapter: Appendix A: Original Committee Membership and Charge
Original Committee Membership and Charge
COMMITTEE ON INTEGRATING THE SCIENCE
OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D. (Chair), Julius B. Richmond FAMRI Professor in Child Health and Development, Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University
Greg J. Duncan, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Education, Department of Education, University of California, Irvine
Felton J. (Tony) Earls, M.D., Professor of Human Behavior and Development, Department of Society, Human Development and Health, School of Public Health, Harvard University
Robert N. Emde, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Emeritus, School of Public Health, University of Colorado
Yolanda Garcia, M.A., M.S., Director, E3 Institute Advancing Excellence in Early Education, WestEd, San Jose, California
Susan Gelman, Ph.D., Frederick G.L. Huetwell Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan
Susan J. Goldin-Meadow, Ph.D., Beardsley Ruml Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Psychology, The University of Chicago
William T. Greenough, Ph.D., Swanlund Professor and Director, Center for Advanced Study, Department of Psychology and Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Megan Gunnar, Ph.D., Professor of Child Development, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota
Michael J. Guralnick, Ph.D., Director, Center on Human Development and Disability, University of Washington
Alicia F. Lieberman, Ph.D., Irving B. Harris Endowed Chair in Infant Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco
Betsy Lozoff, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Michigan
Ruth W. Massinga, M.S., Former President and CEO, Casey Family Programs, Seattle
Stephen W. Raudenbush, Ed.D., Lewis-Sebring Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Sociology, The University of Chicago
Ross Allen Thompson, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis
Deborah L. Vietz, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York
COMMITTEE CHARGE
The Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development was established by the Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council to update scientific knowledge about the nature of early development and the role of early experiences, to disentangle such knowledge from erroneous popular beliefs or misunderstandings, and to discuss the implications of this knowledge base for early childhood policy, practice, professional development, and research.
