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Early Childhood Policy Centers Collaborative<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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About the ECP-CC<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

With funding and support of the national Early Childhood Policy in Institutes of Higher Education Initiative, UF’s Early Childhood Policy Centers Collaborative is a hub for training the next generation of leaders in early childhood policy, producing actionable early childhood research, furthering the development of early childhood policy as a field, and, ultimately, improving the lives of children and families.<\/p>\n


Leadership and Partner Faculty<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Principal Investigator of ECP-CC
Associate Professor and Director of the Education Policy Research Center<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_team_member name=”Erica McCray” image_url=”https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/eprc\/files\/2022\/02\/McCray_E-300×300.jpg” _builder_version=”4.16″ text_orientation=”center” custom_css_member_image=”margin:auto;” box_shadow_style_image=”preset1″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Director & Associate Professor
School of Special Education, School Psychology, and Early Childhood Studies<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_team_member name=”Herman Knopf” image_url=”https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/eprc\/files\/2022\/02\/Herman-Knopf.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ text_orientation=”center” custom_css_member_image=”margin:auto;” box_shadow_style_image=”preset1″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Senior Research Scientist
<\/strong>Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_team_member name=”Katy Chapman” image_url=”https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/eprc\/files\/2023\/05\/Katy-Chapman-300×300.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ text_orientation=”center” custom_css_member_image=”margin:auto;” box_shadow_style_image=”preset1″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Clinical Assistant Professor
<\/strong>Early Childhood Studies<\/p>\n

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Director, Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies
David Lawrence Jr. Endowed Chair in Early Childhood Studies<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_team_member name=”Maureen Conroy” image_url=”https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/eprc\/files\/2022\/02\/Maureen-Conroy-300×300.jpg” _builder_version=”4.16″ text_orientation=”center” custom_css_member_image=”margin:auto;” box_shadow_style_image=”preset1″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Co-Director, Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies,
Anita Zucker Endowed Professor in Early Childhood Studies<\/p>\n

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Master Legal Skills Professor
Director, Center on Children and Families<\/p>\n

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Partner Centers<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The Early Childhood Policy Centers Collaborative (ECP-CC) leverages existing expertise while creating new synergies between UF centers and academic departments engaged in early childhood policy research and practice. With faculty from the Education Policy Research Center, Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies, the Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, and the Law School’s Center on Children and Families, the Early Childhood Policy Centers Collaborative houses national leaders in the policy conversation around young children.<\/p>\n

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