Ann P. Daunic, Ph.D., is an Emeritus Scholar in the School of Special Education, School Psychology, and Early Childhood Studies at UF. Her research for the past 20 years has focused on cognitive-behavioral approaches to the prevention of emotional and behavioral disorders, with a current interest in strengthening executive function and language-based self-regulation among children and adolescents. She was Principal Investigator of Project SELF, a research and development grant from the Institute of Education Sciences to develop and evaluate a social-emotional learning and literacy curriculum for primary grade students at risk for developing emotional and behavioral disorders and is currently PI on an IES funded efficacy study of that intervention.  She is also Co-PI on Project I Control, funded by IES to study a theoretically based curriculum to improve self-regulatory functions of middle school students with EBD. She has worked with colleagues on numerous other federally funded grants over the years, primarily concerned with social problem solving and conflict resolution and the relation between language and behavior in young children. Prior doctoral work in experimental psychology and more recently in special education, an abiding interest in human behavior, academic counseling experience at the high school and college levels, and a dissertation focus on culturally responsive teaching have contributed to her continued investment in research that is relevant to improving the lives of children at risk.