Education
Ed.D., Human Development and Psychology, Harvard University, Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA.
Ed.M., Human Development & Psychology, Language & Literacy, Technology in Education, Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA.
M.A., Developmental Psychology, Language Acquisition & Development, Boston University, Boston, MA.
B.S., Human Development, Cognitive Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Country Experience
Ghana, Iran, Kosovo, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda, and the West Bank.
Languages
English (native), Albanian (basic)
Professional Experience
2017 – Present Senior Technical Lead, Kosovo ASSET, FHI 360, Washington, DC
2016 – Present Senior Technical Lead, Malawi DREAMS, FHI 360, Washington, DC
2015 – 2017 Director, Technical Leadership & Learning, FHI 360, Washington, DC
2010 – 2016 Senior Program Director, Kosovo Basic Education Program, FHI 360, Washington, DC
2010 – 2015 Director, Technology, Innovation, & Education, FHI 360, Washington, DC
2015 Senior Technical Lead, Iran Human Rights & Story Writing MOOC, FHI 360, Washington, DC
2008 – 2010 Director, National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NDC/NICHCY), FHI 360 (formerly AED), Washington, DC
2004 – 2008 Director of Research, National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY), FHI 360 (formerly AED), Washington, DC
1998 – 2004 Education and Technology Consultant, Mathsoft Engineering & Education, Inc., Cambridge, MA
2000 – 2003 Doctoral Researcher, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1997 – 1999 Lecturer, Graduate College of Education, Department of Leadership in Education, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
1996 – 1999 Teaching Fellow, Teacher Education Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1997 – 1998 Education Consultant, Fresh Pond Education, Cambridge, MA
1997 – 1998 Information Technology Consultant, Civil Rights Project, Inc., Boston, MA
1992 – 1996 Researcher, Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT
1989 – 1996 Psycho-Educational Evaluator, Yale Center for the Study of Learning and Attention, New Haven, CT
1995 Researcher, Developmental Evaluation Center, Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
1994 – 1995 Researcher, MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, Cambridge, MA
1991 Researcher, Boston University Child Language Project, Boston, MA
1990 – 1991 Teaching Fellow, Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA
1990 – 1991 Researcher, Boston University Center for Health and Advanced Policy Studies, Boston, MA
1989 – 1991 Research Coordinator, Wesleyan University Infant Development Lab, Middletown, CT
1989 Researcher, Yale University Infant Language Lab, New Haven, CT
1987 – 1988 Researcher, Cornell University Eleanor J. Gibson Infant Research Center, Ithaca, NY