Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest: Play-based learning; childhood engineering skills; early social-cognitive development
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Concordia University
Ph.D., M.S., Purdue University
B.A., SUNY at Geneseo
Selected Publications:
- Executive function and spatial skills in children’s block play: A cross-cultural comparison, Early Education and Development, 1-19, 2024. Co-authored with Y. Bayoun, N. Howe, & K.A. Dunfield.
- An observational study of children’s problem solving during play with friends, Journal of Cognition and Development, 23(4), 503-523, 2022. Co-authored with J. Perlman, N. Howe, A. A. Mishra, G. B. DeHart, H. Hertik, & J. Buckley.
- Engineering play with blocks as an informal learning context for executive function and planning, Journal of Engineering Education, 110(4), 803-818, 2021. Co-authored with J. Elicker, C. D. Evich, A. A. Mishra, N. Howe, && A. E. Weil.
- Engineering play, mathematics, and spatial skills in children with and without disabilities, Early Education and Development, 32(1), 49-65, 2021. Co-authored with J. Elicker, A. M. Kellerman, S. L. Christ, A. A. Mishra, & N. Howe.
- Learning engineering through block play: STEM in preschool, Young Children, 75(2), 24-29, 2020. Co-authored with J. Elicker & B. A. Beaulieu.
- Engineering peer play: A new perspective on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) early childhood education. In A. Ridgway, G. Quiñones, & L. Li (Eds.), Peer Play and Relationships in Early Childhood: International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development, Vol. 30 (pp. 61-75), 2020. Co-authored with J. Elicker.
- Preschoolers’ engineering play behaviors: Differences in gender and play context, Children, Youth and Environments, 25(3), 1-21, 2015. Co-authored with J. Elicker, J. Y. Choi, T. Anderson & S. Brophy.