Student Spotlight: Jennifer Jaramillo
Meet Jennifer Jaramillo, an Albuquerque, NM native, and second-year doctoral student at the Anita Zucker Center. Currently, Jennifer is working on the center’s Project PREPARE initiative with Dr. Mary McLean, and has worked with Dr. Patricia Snyder, Anita Zucker...
Center welcomes colleagues from prestigious SEC Faculty Travel Program
This week the Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies will welcome two nationally recognized scholars from the 2017-18 Southeastern Conference (SEC) Faculty Travel Program as a follow-up activity to 2017’s Early Childhood National Summit. William...
Anita Zucker Center welcomes two new doctoral students
With a No. 5 national ranking in special education, 13 esteemed transdisciplinary faculty, and $23 million in funded projects and research, it’s no surprise that the Anita Zucker Center attracts some of the most promising leaders in early childhood. Among these...
Center Director Receives Mentoring Award from Division for Early Childhood
University of Florida Professor Patricia Snyder, director of the Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies, has been named the new recipient of the Division for Early Childhood Award for Mentoring. Commonly known as DEC, the organization, a...
UF Professor in Special Education Receives Top Honor for Contributions to Early Childhood Interventions
Mary McLean, a University of Florida professor of special education and early childhood studies has been awarded one of the Division for Early Childhood’s highest accolades: the Mary McEvoy Service to the Field Award. A division of the Council for Exceptional...
UF Early Childhood Researcher Investigates Tools For Teachers
Preschool children with early learning challenges benefit from being a part of the class, but they need extra support through a teaching approach known as embedded instruction. Their teachers also are in need of support to employ the approach as intended. Patricia...
UF Early Childhood Expert Named Zucker Professor in Center for Excellence
Maureen Conroy, Ph.D., an early childhood expert and professor in the University of Florida College of Education, has been named the Anita Zucker Professor in Early Childhood Studies. Conroy, who co-directs the Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood...
Professor of Pediatrics and Center Leader Honored for Lifetime Achievement
A professor emeritus of pediatrics in neonatology in the College of Medicine was honored for her lifetime achievement in research, education and leadership at the University of Florida. Marylou Behnke, M.D., who helped to create a center for excellence in early...