Dr. Laura Brock received her Ph.D. in the Interdisciplinary Risk and Prevention in the Education Sciences program after a four-year fellowship with the Institute of Education Sciences training program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. Her research interests emphasize the development of executive function and classroom social processes. Laura is a research scientist at the Center of Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning at the University of Virginia. Outside of the lab, she enjoys time with her husband, Andrew, preschooler, Benjamin, and baby Maggie. Laura can be contacted at llb3w (at) virginia (dot) edu.

Dr. Tim Curby received his PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education in May 2008. He is now an assistant professor of applied developmental psychology at George Mason University. Tim’s work focuses on the effects of the classroom environment on children’s behavior and development. Specifically, he focuses on the interactions that teachers have with children as a mechanism for children’s learning. Tim is also interested in developing and understanding observational measures of the classroom environment. You can now reach Tim at tcurby (at) gmu (dot) edu.

Dr. Lauren Decker received her PhD in the Interdisciplinary Risk and Prevention in the Education Sciences program from the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education in May 2008. She is now a Researcher with Edvance Research Inc. which currently runs the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL)– Southwest. Lauren currently conducts work on a variety of topics for REL Southwest and other clients, including issues related to district wide intervention systems and the alignment of college readiness standards in mathematics. Lauren can be contacted at ldecker (at) edvanceresearch (dot) com.

Lori Nathanson received her Phd in the Risk and Prevention Program in Education Sciences. She worked as a project coordinator for the Early Learning Study during her first years of graduate school. She has strong interests in educational measurement as well as the translation of research to policy.

Photos courtesy of Dan Addison, UVa Public Affairs.