Professor of Early Childhood Education. Director of the Urban Child Study Center. Georgia State University.
Joined December 2017
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30 Nov 2025
How awesome! Congratulations
10 Apr 2025
🎉 Congratulations to @SoniaCabell & @Dr_Jenny_Root on their newly endowed professorships!
We are incredibly proud of their appointments and lasting impact at FSU and beyond. 🙌
Let’s celebrate these incredible professors! 👏
#FSU #FacultyExcellence #EndowedProfessorships
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13 Apr 2025
Congratulations to Madison! What an amazing @GSU_UCSC research assistant! Awesome recognition.
11 Apr 2025
Madison Wilson, whose grandfather inspired her to spread kindness to everyone, received the Lakendra Fort Kindness Award at the College of Education & Human Development's annual Honors Day Ceremony on April 1. Read on: t.gsu.edu/3Et0qw1
ALT Paul Alberto, Madison Wilson and Jacqueline Laures-Gore pose for a photo on stage at Honors Day
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27 Mar 2025
Happy March Birthdays to our amazing research staff and students!
25 Mar 2025
Join us in wishing a Happy Birthday to our UCSC Faculty and GRAs with March Birthdays! We are so thankful to have you all on our team!
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15 Mar 2025
Empowering parents and strengthening communities.
📢 Protect these life-changing opportunities! Contact Rep. Buddy Carter (GA-01) today:
📩 Take action here buddycarter.house.gov/contac….
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18 Feb 2025
Our students and staff have put together some incredibly creative and beautiful Black History Month boards at our Clarkston Center, highlighting great inventors who changed the world! ✨💡
Swipe through to see their amazing work!
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19 Feb 2025
Tomorrow night, join us for the 36th annual Benjamin E. Mays Lecture featuring guest speakers Gloria Swindler Boutte and Marvin Dunn! Get all the info on the lecture: bit.ly/MaysLecture #MaysLecture2025
ALT Benjamin E. Mays Lecture logo on a blue background
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30 Jan 2025
Congratulations! This is an incredible achievement!
29 Jan 2025
Congratulations to Elizabeth Tighe, Associate Professor of Developmental Psychology, for receiving the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). This honor recognizes her groundbreaking research in adult literacy. #TheStateWay bit.ly/40SfkV1?utm_source=&u…
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Child care is expensive for families and many early educators are underpaid. Both of these issues could be rectified with a meaningful investment in the Child Care and Parent Services (CAPS) program. Check out GEEARS’ 2025 Policy Agenda to learn more and join in our advocacy! geears.org/policy/
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24 Dec 2024
This is an important resource for supporting K-5 teachers and students.
23 Dec 2024
The What Works Clearinghouse just released a practice guide with low-intensity behavioral interventions for students in grades K–5.
Explore the guide to learn how to support students in demonstrating expected classroom behaviors: ies.ed.gov/ncee/WWC/Practice… #IESYearInReview
ALT Young students displaying a variety of emotions sit on the floor and look up at a teacher
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21 Dec 2024
Very excited for three new @gsucehd researchers to be awarded GA Deal Center grants. @GSU_UCSC @GSU_Research Our faculty JeanMarie Farrow, @chandler_bren @Isabel_Vargas22 are exceptional! 🎉
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20 Dec 2024
🚨open access article!🚨
Benita et al., investigated the relationships between teachers’ emotional exhaustion and students’ comprehension. Results showed emotional exhaustion was related to lower reading comprehension performance and more!
Read here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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2 Dec 2024
Celebrating Atlanta’s Early Childhood Literacy Champions with mayor @andreforatlanta and @AtlSpeechSchool thanks to the @AtlRotary. Proud of this partnership! @gsucehd
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13 Nov 2024
I work with amazing colleagues doing really interesting research!
12 Nov 2024
Dr. King recently co-authored an article which highlights the importance of mathematical language and print knowledge in predicting and understanding how early numeracy skills develop. Link to the article below!
Dr. King: @KingYemimah
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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7 Nov 2024
Amazed by all the awesome work @eastersealsnga is doing to support you children and their families, Particularly those with special needs. 🙏🥳@GSU_UCSC
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24 Oct 2024
Learning and advocating literacy for students in APS students! Thanks @GEEARS and the Atlanta Junior League and @AtlSpeechSchool and @aps_OEL for hosting this Thanks for hosting this important conversation. @gsucehd @GSU_UCSC
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19 Oct 2024
Great opportunity to obtain funding to support technology and education innovation!
18 Oct 2024
The #ToolsCompetition prize purse has now increased to over $2.3 million! Submit an abstract for your innovative #edtech idea by Oct 25. tools-competition.org/25-ove….
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1 Oct 2024
Can’t wait to read this! Thank you for sharing.
30 Sep 2024
This article discusses comprehension as skill myth, shares a more accurate and complex model of comprehension, highlights the role of knowledge and what it does for comprehension, and provides implications for instruction and assessment. bit.ly/4epqSTZ
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1 Oct 2024
Very excited to see the outcomes of this study. Congratulations to Drs. Kim @YongSukKim19, Piasta, and Kelsey. This is needed research!
30 Sep 2024
With a new #IESfunded #NCER award, @YoungSukKim19 @UCIEducation & her colleagues Shayne Piasta @OhioState & Benjamin Kelcey @uofcincy will examine the effect of LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) on teacher & student outcomes: ies.ed.gov/funding/grantsear…
ALT National Center for Education Research: Congratulations Grantee!
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