Herman Knopf 

Senior Research Scientist, Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies

Herman Knopf

Phone

352-273-4287

Email

Address

PO Box 117050
Gainesville, FL 32611-7052

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About

Herman T. Knopf, PhD joined the faculty at the University of Florida in 2016 as a Research Scientist at the Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies. Immediately preceding his position at the University of Florida, Dr. Knopf served as the Director of the Yvonne & Schuyler Moore Child Development Research Center and an Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Knopf has conducted research supported by the US Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning Research and Evaluation; Florida Department of Education, Office of Early Learning; The South Carolina State Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs; the South Carolina Center for Child Care Career Development; and the South Carolina Department of Social Services, Division of Early Care and Education. Throughout his career Dr. Knopf has focused to strengthen systems to 1) coordinate efforts to leverage existing administrative data to build infrastructure to support data-informed policy decision making, 2) transform professional development for early care and education practitioners, 3) measure and support child and family access to quality child care services, and 4) facilitate transdisciplinary partnerships among practitioners, policymakers and researchers to improve outcomes for young children and their families.

Affiliations

  • Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies

Research Interests

Adult Education, Early Childhood, Early Childhood Studies, Family Engagement, Leadership Development, Policy Development, Professional Development in Early Childhood, Research / Program Evaluation, Young Children at Risk

Education

  • Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, University of Florida, 2004
  • M.Ed. in Early Childhood Education, University of Florida, 1998
  • B.A. in Special Education, University of Florida, 1997

Professional Appointments

  • Southeastern Conference Visiting Scholar, University of Florida, 2016
  • Leonard Maiden Spirit of Service Award, College of Education, University of South Carolina, 2009
  • Two Thumbs Up Award, Office of Student Disability Services, University of South Carolina, 2005

Selected Grants

Sunshine State Early Childhood Information Portal: Florida's Early Childhood Integrated Data System

Role
  • PI
Funding Agency
  • US Administration for Children and Families Preschool Development Grant B-5, Florida's Office of Early Learning
Project Period
  • 7/2020 - 6/2023
Award Amount
  • $2,474,898

Screening Early Intervention Workgroup and Tracking System

Role
  • Co-PI
Funding Agency
  • US Administration for Children and Families Preschool Development Grant B-5, Florida's Office of Early Learning
Project Period
  • 7/2020 - 12/2020
Award Amount
  • 75,000

Studying the Impact of HB1091 on Child Care Access in Hillsborough County

Role
  • PI
Funding Agency
  • Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County
Project Period
  • 3/2020 - 6/2020
Award Amount
  • $12,767

Sunshine State Early Childhood Information Portal: Florida's Early Childhood Integrated Data System

Role
  • PI
Funding Agency
  • US Administration for Children and Families Preschool Development Grant B-5, Florida's Office of Early Learning
Project Period
  • 7/2019 - 6/2020
Award Amount
  • $732,390

Measuring and Mapping Child Care Access in Alabama

Role
  • PI
Funding Agency
  • Alabama Department of Human Services, Sub-Award through the University of Alabama
Project Period
  • 10/2019 - 9/2021
Award Amount
  • $50,000

Management and Administration of South Carolina Child Care Resource and Referral Network

Role
  • PI
Funding Agency
  • South Carolina Department of Social Services
Project Period
  • 7/2016 - 6/2021
Award Amount
  • $8,543,797

Administrative Data to Inform State CCDBG Subsidy Policies

Role
  • PI
Funding Agency
  • US Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning Research and Evaluation
Project Period
  • 10/2015 - 2/2017
Award Amount
  • $148,502

SC Gateways: Preschool Initiative

Role
  • Co-PI
Funding Agency
  • SC Department of Education/USDE
Project Period
  • 10/2015 - 9/2016
Award Amount
  • $100,399

Building a Statewide System for Inclusion

Role
  • PI
Funding Agency
  • South Carolina Department of Social Services
Project Period
  • 2012 - 2017
Award Amount
  • $2,118,198

Management and Administration of South Carolina Child Care Resource and Referral Network

Role
  • PI
Funding Agency
  • South Carolina Department of Social Services
Project Period
  • 2011-2016
Award Amount
  • $6,767,842

Selected Publications

  • Parsons, A. A., Walsemann, K. M., Jones, S. J., Knopf, H., & Blake, C. E. (2016). Parental involvement: Rhetoric of inclusion in an environment of exclusion. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 47(1), 113-139. https://doi.org/10.1177/0891241616676874
  • Parsons, A. A., Walsemann, K. M, Jones, S. J., Knopf, H., & Blake, C. E. (2016). The influence of dominant obesity discourse on child health narratives: A qualitative study. Critical Public Health, 26(5), 602-614. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2016.1164298