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Robert Pianta, Ph.D.
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Co-Investigator
Project Leadership
Email: rcp4p@virginia.edu
Phone: 434-924-3332
434-243-5483
Fax: 434-243-5480
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350 Old Ivy Way, Suite 100
Charlottesville, VA 22903 |
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400270
Ruffner Hall
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4270 |
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Research Interests:
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| Dr. Pianta is a professor of Clinical and School Psychology and holds the Novartis US Foundation Chair in Education. A former special education teacher, he is a developmental, school, and clinical child psychologist whose work focuses on how chidren's experiences at home and in school affect their development. He is particularly interested in how relationships with teachers and parents, as well as classroom quality, can help improve outcomes for at-risk children and youth. |
Education: |
Ph.D., University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 1986.
M.A., University of Connecticut, 1978.
B.S., University of Connecticut, 1977. |
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| A former special education teacher, Bob's research focuses on investigating the effects of schooling on children's social and academic outcomes and on improving school and classroom experiences through teachers' professional development. He has been involved in developing observational assessments of classrooms and observationally-based systems for professional development. Bob has been a principal investigator on several major research and training grants and is also Editor of the Journal of School Psychology. He is the author of more than two hundred journal articles, chapters, and books in the areas of early childhood development, transition to school, school readiness, and parent-child and teacher-child relationships, and he consults regularly with Federal agencies, Foundations, and universities. |
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