University of Miami - Psychology
Social Science Research Analyst at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Government Administration
Tracy
Carter Clopêt, Ph.D.
Los Angeles, California
Developmental psychologist who thrives in a collaborative and interdisciplinary environment, and possesses a strong commitment toward conducting high-quality research, with a focus on the evaluation and improvement of programs and policies targeting children’s well-being, particularly children from at-risk backgrounds.
Instructor - Psychology of Child and Adolescent Development
Full responsibility for course (including lecturing, grading, and testing). Topics include physical,cognitive, and social emotional development from the prenatal period through emerging adulthood.
Research Assistant - Learning to Objectively Observe Kids Project
Roles include serving as senior graduate student in coordination of ongoing development efforts of a web-based mental health consultation model in Miami-Dade, training and management of research assistants for collecting assessment measures, data management and preliminary data analysis.
Science & Technology Policy Fellow
Roles included serving as a resident scholar within the Office of Child Care to support the interpretation and implementation of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014; as well as supporting policy analysis in a region of 4 States, 6 Territories and 54 Tribes in the western U.S.
Contract Social Science Research Analyst
Roles include coordinating the Child Care and Early Education Policy Research Consortium (CCEEPRC), an annual meeting that brings together researchers, policymakers and administrators to discuss relevant issues and recent findings in the early care and education field; as well as, overseeing federal research and evaluation projects in early care and education.
Research Assistant - Parenting and School Readiness Project
Roles included teaching "Parent Excellence" classes, coordinating and managing data collection through individual phone interviews, database setup and data cleaning.
Research Scholar
Two-year grant to fund dissertation work in Head Start
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Developmental and Child Psychology
Dissertation: Profiles of Classroom Engagement in Head Start Children: Associations with Academic Readiness
Master of Science (M.S.)
Developmental and Child Psychology
Thesis: A Multi-Method, Multi-Source Measurement of Peer Social Competence and its Relationship to Academic Readiness for Head Start Children
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Majors: Psychology & German; Minor: Biology
Instructor - Psychology of Child and Adolescent Development
Full responsibility for course (including lecturing, grading, and testing). Topics include physical,cognitive, and social emotional development from the prenatal period through emerging adulthood.
Research Assistant - Learning to Objectively Observe Kids Project
Roles include serving as senior graduate student in coordination of ongoing development efforts of a web-based mental health consultation model in Miami-Dade, training and management of research assistants for collecting assessment measures, data management and preliminary data analysis.