Diane Webster Research Specialist, FPG. Iheoma Iruka, Ph. of Nebraska and a former associate director at the FPG Child Development Institute at UNC-Chapel Hill. Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute in psychology from Temple University, M.A. Dr. Iruka was previously at the Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska and the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. Iheoma U. Iruka, PhD Equity Research Action Coalition at FPG, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Rosemarie Allen, PhD Institute for Racial Equity and Excellence Dawn A. Yazzie Georgetown University Veronica Fernandez, PhD University of Miami Evandra Catherine, PhD Children’s Equity Project, Arizona State University AUTHORS September 2020 I. U. Iruka 2 2008-2012 Investigator, FPG, UNC-CH, North Carolina 2010-2011 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, UNC-CH, North Carolina 2010-2011 Research Fellow, Institute of African American Research, UNC-CH, North Carolina Iheoma U. Iruka, Ph.D., is the Chief Research Innovation Officer and Director of The Center for Early Education Research and Evaluation at HighScope Educational Research Foundation after tenure at FPG Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the Buffett Institute at the University of Nebraska. Iheoma U. Iruka, Ph.D., is a Research Professor in the Department of Public Policy, a Fellow at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG), and the Founding Director of the Equity Research Action Coalition at FPG at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has been engaged in addressing how best to ensure excellence for young diverse learners, especially Black children, such as through development of a classroom observation measure, examination of non-traditional pedagogical approaches, public policies, and publications geared towards early education practitioners and policymakers. Dr. Iheoma Iruka Governance Committee Chair. Prior to rejoining Carolina, she served as chief research innovation officer and director of The Center for Early Education Research and Evaluation at HighScope Educational Research Foundation. Campus Box 8180, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8180 Iheoma U. Iruka, Ph.D., is the Chief Research Innovation Officer and Director of The Center for Early Education Research and Evaluation at HighScope Educational Research Foundation after tenure at FPG Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the Buffett Institute at the University of Nebraska. Iheoma U. Iruka, PhD, is founding director of the Equity Research Action Coalition at Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute and research professor in the Department of Public Policy at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Iheoma Iruka, Director Early Childhood Health & Racial Equity, FPG Institute at UNC-Chapel Hill Jennifer McConnell, Director, Brookland Academy Child Development Center . Iheoma U. Iruka, Ph.D. FPG Child Development Institute University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill AFRICAN AMERICAN BOYS: EARLY DISPARITIES A STRONG START: POSITIONING YOUNG BLACK BOYS FOR EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS ACHIEVEMENT GAP SYMPOSIUM WASHINGTON, D.C. JUNE 14, 2011 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Website Description: FPG is one of the nation's oldest and largest multidisciplinary centers devoted to the study of children and families. Dr. Iruka has served or serves on numerous national boards and committees, including the Brady Education Foundation and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committees on Supporting Parents of Young Children, and Applying Neurobiological and Socio-behavioral Sciences from Prenatal through Early Childhood Development: A Health Equity Approach. She has been engaged in addressing how best to ensure excellence for young diverse learners, especially Black children, such as through development of a classroom observation measure, examination of non-traditional pedagogical approaches, public policies, and publications geared towards early education practitioners and policymakers. Dr. Iruka was previously at the Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska and the FPG Child Development Institute. Dr. Iruka is engaged in projects and initiatives focused on how evidence-informed policies, systems, and practices in early education can support the optimal development and experiences of children from low-income and ethnic minority households, such as through family engagement and support, quality rating and improvement systems, and early care and education systems and programs. In this role, Dr. Iruka led research strategy to drive innovation in the field of early childhood education. We gratefully thank the directors of 25 local early childhood agencies who made this study possible by allowing their staff to participate as consultants. Iheoma Iruka Strives to Make Racial Equity 'the Air We Breathe' at FPG October 13, 2020 With "a sense of kinship and responsibility," Iheoma Iruka, PhD, former associate director for research at the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, is returning to FPG in a new role … Iheoma U. Iruka, Ph.D., is the Chief Research Innovation Officer and Director of The Center for Early Education Research and Evaluation at HighScope Educational Research Foundation after tenure at FPG Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the Buffett Institute at the University of Nebraska. D. Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG) at UNC. Panelists Iheoma Iruka, Ph.D., Research Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Early Childhood Health and Racial Equity Program at FPG Child Development Institute at UNC-Chapel Hill; Jen Neitzel, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Educational Equity Institute; & Ebonyse Mead, Ed.D., President of the Educational Equity Institute. Iheoma U. Iruka P. Munis This study evaluates the Adaptive Social Behavior Inventory (ASBI) for assessing preschool children's social competence across home and school settings. email: publicpolicy@unc.edu, Honors Seminar on Public Policy and Global Affairs in DC, Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Lectureship, Carolina Seminar on Innovation for the Public Good, Carolina Seminar on Educational Inequality, About the Education Policy Initiative at Carolina. Iheoma U. Iruka, Ph.D., is the Chief Research Innovation Officer and Director of The Center for Early Education Research and Evaluation at HighScope Educational Research Foundation after tenure at FPG Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the Buffett Institute at the University of Nebraska. Dr. Laura Kuhn Advanced Research Scientist, FPG. LinkedIn: IheomaIruka; Twitter: @IheomaIruka, Abernethy Hall • CB# 3435 • UNC-CH Iheoma U. Iruka, Ph.D., is a Research Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Early Childhood Health and Racial Equity Program at FPG Child Development Institute at UNC-CH. Iheoma Iruka has devoted her career to understanding bias in early-childhood education, but she has very few memories of that period in her own life. Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3435 She is the former director of research and evaluation at the Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the Univ. Iheoma Iruka, PhD, is the chief research officer for HighScope Educational Research Foundation. Gisele Crawford Research Specialist, FPG. Dr. Iheoma Iruka joined the Buffett Institute in 2014 and oversees applied research and evaluation studies involving children from birth – Grade 3 and their families. Research Scientist, FPG. Dr. Iheoma Iruka Chief Research Innovation Officer and Director of the Center for Early Education Research and Evaluation, HighScope. Iheoma U. Iruka, Ph.D., is a Research Professor in the Department of Public Policy and Director of the Early Childhood Health and Racial Equity program at FPG Child Development Institute at UNC-CH after her 3-plus years as Chief Research Innovation Officer at HighScope Educational Research Foundation. She served previously as associate director for research at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at … Dr. Iheoma U. Iruka is the former Chief Research Innovation Officer and Director of the Center for Early Education Research and Evaluation (CEERE) at HighScope Educational Research Foundation. Dr. Iruka is engaged in projects and initiatives focused on how evidence-informed policies, systems, and practices in early education can support the optimal development and experiences of children from low-income and ethnic minority households, such as through family engagement and support, quality rating and improvement systems, and early care and education systems and programs. phone: 919-962-1600 • fax: 919-962-5824 Iheoma Iruka, PhD She is the former chief research officer for HighScope Educational Research Foundation and a former director of research and evaluation at the Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska. FPG Child Development Institute 'Don’t Look Away': Iheoma Iruka Confronts Bias And Inequities In Early Childhood Head-On By Amanda Magnus & Frank Stasio • Nov 23, 2020 Dr. Iruka has a B.A. Iheoma Iruka, PhD is chief research officer for HighScope Educational Research Foundation and a former research director at FPG Child Development Institute at UNC-Chapel Hill. Associate Editor, Early Childhood Research Quarterly The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States Iheoma U. Iruka is a research professor in the department of public policy and the director of the early childhood health and racial equity program at FPG Child Development Institute. Development Institute, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Iheoma U. Iruka, FPG Child Development Institute, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Samuel L. Odom, FPG Child Development Institute, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Elizabeth P. Pungello, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Iheoma Iruka, PhD, is the chief research officer for HighScope Educational Research Foundation. ... Iheoma U. Iruka SECTION II. Iheoma U. Iruka, Ph.D., is a Research Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Early Childhood Health and Racial Equity Program at FPG Child Development Institute at UNC-CH. Information: 919.966.2622, Founding Director, Equity Research Action Coalition, © 2020 Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, Early Care and Education & Pre-K Education, Early Learning Context in Rural and Urban Nebraska, Exploring the Link Between Culturally Responsive Practices and Black and Latinx Student Outcomes, Iheoma Iruka Strives to Make Racial Equity 'the Air We Breathe' at FPG, Start With Equity: 14 Priorities to Dismantle Systemic Racism in Early Care and Education, Don't Look Away: Embracing Anti-Bias Classrooms, Adaptive Parenting Among Low‐Income Black Mothers and Toddlers' Regulation of Distress, Profiles of Academic/Socioemotional Competence: Associations With Parenting, Home, Child Care, and Neighborhood. Iheoma U. Iruka, Ph.D., is a Research Professor in the Department of Public Policy and Fellow at FPG Child Development Institute at UNC-CH after her 3-plus years as Chief Research Innovation Officer and Director of The Center for Early Education Research and Evaluation at … Email: iiruka@highscope.org PRINCIPAL FIELDS OF INTEREST o Ethnic, minority and immigrant children development, learning, and academic excellence Dr. Iruka has served or serves on numerous national boards and committees, including the Brady Education Foundation and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committees on Supporting Parents of Young Children, and Applying Neurobiological and Socio-behavioral Sciences from Prenatal through Early Childhood Development: A Health Equity Approach. Iruka was born in Texas, but her parents moved back to Nigeria when she was 3. Episode 10: Supporting Leadership Diversity and Anti-Racism in Education Change. She stayed there until after second grade when she and two of her sisters moved to Boston with her mother, and the family was split between Nigeria and the U.S. Organization Structure: Academic … Prior to rejoining Carolina, she served as Chief Research Innovation Officer and Director of The Center for Early Education Research and Evaluation at HighScope Educational Research Foundation. in psychology from Boston University, and Ph.D. in applied developmental psychology from the University of Miami, Florida. Based on presentations made at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute's 50th anniversary symposium, this essential reference looks back on the Institute's trailblazing history, analyzes contemporary issues in child development, and recommends critical new research directions. Karen Taylor, Carla Fenson & Iheoma Iruka. Iheoma U. Iruka, PhD, is founding director of the Equity Research Action Coalition at Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute and research professor in the Department of Public Policy at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Books and Toddlers in Child Care: Under What Conditions Are Children Most Engaged. LinkedIn: Iheoma-Iruka Twitter: @IheomaIruka PRINCIPAL FIELDS OF INTEREST o Ethnic, minority and immigrant children development, learning, and academic excellence ... 2013-2014 Associate Director, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), North Carolina Today at noon EST, FPG's Iheoma Iruka will speak with Frank Stasio on WUNC's The State of Things -- if you can't tune in then, it will re-air at 8pm EST tonight. Design & Layout: Gina Harrison & Gina Walker, FPG Publications Office Acknowledgments. Iheoma U. 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