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Erin O'Connor is a Full Professor of Education and Chief of Education at Cooper, affiliated with New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. She holds a Doctorate in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard University, alongside Masters degrees from Columbia and Fordham Universities. Her research focuses on teacher-child relationships, early childhood development, and the efficacy of social-emotional learning programs like INSIGHTS. She leads randomized control trials examining interventions for pre-kindergarten children from low-income backgrounds and co-hosts the parenting podcast 'Parenting Understood.'
Dr. O'Connor's work is funded by the Institute for Education Sciences and published in journals such as the American Educational Research Journal and Journal of Educational Psychology. She is a member of the American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, and Society for Research in Child Development.
- Education: PhD in Human Development & Psychology (Harvard), MA in Teaching (Fordham), MA in School Psychology (Columbia)
- Key Roles: Director of NYU's Early Childhood Education Program, Chief of Education at Cooper
- Research Themes: Teacher-child dynamics, social-emotional learning, intervention efficacy
Her research emphasizes the long-term impacts of early childhood interventions, such as the INSIGHTS program, on academic and behavioral outcomes. Collaborations with Cooper bridge academic research with practical parenting and educational resources.
