HONORARY CHAIR
CHAIRS
Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek, Ph.D.
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Ph.D.
COMMITTEE
Lawrence Aber, Ph.D.
Nancy C. Andreasen M.D., Ph.D.
Patricia Bauer, Ph.D.
Laura Berk, Ph.D.
Clancy Blair
Elena Bodrova, Ph.D.
Stuart L. Brown, MD
Virginia Casper Ph.D.
Adele Diamond, Ph.D.
David Dickinson
Susan Engel
David Elkind, Ph.D.
Martha Farah, Ph.D.
Kurt Fischer
Ellen Galinsky
Herbert P. Ginsburg
Alison Gopnik, Ph.D.
Susan Levine, Ph.D.
Angeline Lillard, Ph.D.
James Davis
Lilian G. Katz, Ph.D.
Patricia K. Kuhl, Ph.D.
Lynn S. Liben, Ph.D.
Samuel J. Meisels, Ph.D.
Nora S. Newcombe, Ph.D.
Peter A. Ornstein, Ph.D.
Anthony D. Pellegrini, Ph.D.
Laura Petitto Ph.D.
Mitchel Resnick, Ph.D.
Jack P. Shonkoff, MD
Dorothy G. Singer
Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D.
Paula A. Tallal, Ph.D.
Catherine Tamis-LeMonda
Christopher W. Tyler, Ph.D.
Ellen Winner, Ph.D.
Virginia Casper, Ph.D., is faculty member and Interim Dean of the Graduate School of Education at Bank Street College in New York City. She is a developmental psychologist by training and a teacher educator by trade, having worked with young children and families across a variety of settings in New York City and abroad. Her research has focused on issues of attachment, gender and parent-teacher relationships.
Dr. Casper is the co-author of Gay Parents/Straight Schools: Building Communication and Trust and Introduction to Early Childhood Education: Learning Together, both of which highlight the importance of a multifaceted and flexible approach in addressing the unique needs of students at home and at school.