Tracy Carter

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Tracy M. Carter

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Biography

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.


Experience

  • University of Miami

    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.

  • University of Miami

    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.

  • SRCD / AAAS

    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.

  • Adminstration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation

    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.

  • UNC Greensboro

    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.

  • US Department of Health and Human Services

    Research Scholar

    Two-year grant to fund dissertation work in Head Start

Education

  • University of Miami

    Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

    Developmental and Child Psychology
    Dissertation: Profiles of Classroom Engagement in Head Start Children: Associations with Academic Readiness

  • University of Miami

    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

  • University of Miami

    Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

    Majors: Psychology & German; Minor: Biology

  • University of Miami

    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.

  • University of Miami

    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.