Valerie received her doctorate in 1996 after four years in our program. Her research was focused on cognitive development and language skills for kindergartners and preschoolers. She is employed at the Center for Applied Linguistics, one of many applied research organizations in the Washington area.. Valerie has continued to conduct and publish research with partnership graduate students.
As an undergraduate, Charlie assisted with two of Valerie's projects, teaching classification and seriation to lagging kindergartners. After earning her M.A. at Columbia, Charlie came back to GMU for her Ph.D. Charlie discovered the missing link - a new step in the development of first grade children's thinking! She is now in charge of a long term project at the National Institute of Child Health and Development.
Monica Savage Greene
Monica earned her M.A. at Howard University and completed her Ph.D. at George Mason University.She is especially interested in the interaction between parents and their children. Monica is currently employed at the Federal Office of Personnel Management.
Marinka Gadzichowski
Marinka completed a B. A. at GMU and is now a doctoral candidate in the ADP program. She participated in research with children with severe mental disabilities and supervised research with Head Start children. She was an on-site manager for the IES grant supported research with kindergarteners. Marinka has coauthored four journal articles that present her work with children with mental disabilities, and made presentations for four professional conferences.
Christina Terpenning
Christina participated in the IES grant supported research with kindergarteners. She participated in a poster presentation last spring, and has completed her master's degree.
Debbie Gallington
Debbie has a B.A. from GMU and completed her master's in education here at George Mason. She was a manager on the IES supported kindergarten project, and particpated in a poster presentation last spring.
Robin Saracina
Robin has a B.A. from GMU and also completed her master's in education here at George Mason. She was a manager on the IES supported kindergarten project, and presented a poster last spring.
Katy Addison
Katy has a B.A. from Virginia Tech and completed her master's here at GMU in 2006. She participated in the IES grant supported research with kindergarteners. She also particpated in the poster presentation last spring and is currently employed as an ABA therapist in Northern Virginia.