Wendy Wagner Robeson
Senior Research Scientist
- Ed.D., Harvard University
- wrobeson@wellesley[dot]edu \ Phone: 781-283-3499
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Focuses on child development, early care and education, and school readiness, with a focus on policy implications
Wendy Wagner Robeson, Ed.D., is a senior research scientist and director of the Work, Families, & Children Research Group at the Wellesley Centers for Women. Her work at the Centers is focused on child development (birth to age 8), child care policy, early childhood care and education, and school readiness.
Robeson’s vast body of work includes the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, which sought to determine the relationship between children's early experiences and their developmental outcomes, the Massachusetts Early Care and Education and School Readiness Study and the Ready Educators Quality Improvement Pilot.
Robeson began her career as a middle school language arts, reading, ESL and English teacher in Houston, Texas, after graduating from Boston University with a degree in education, math, and English. After finishing her master’s degree in early childhood education at the University of Houston, Robeson pursued her interest in children’s language development and psycholinguistics at Harvard Graduate School of Education and earned her doctoral degree. In addition, to her research, Robeson has taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Federal, state, and foundation grants have provided the bulk of Robeson’s funding over the years.
Society for Research in Child Development
National Association for the Education of Young Children
Boston Association for the Education of Young Children
