Highest Degree:
Ph.D. in Child and Family Development from Virginia Tech in 1985

Other Credentials:
Ed.S. in School Psychology from Radford University in 1983

M.S. in Experimental Psychology from Virginia Tech in 1981

Teaching interests:
Child development, specifically the development and care of preschool and early school-age children; early childhood education, specifically group programs for young children and the assessment of young children and the programs that serve young children and families.

Research interests:
Evaluation of training for early childhood educators; assessment of young children; group programs for young children, especially Head Start and other early intervention programs.

Other scholarly and/or creative work:
Completed a year as a Visiting Scholar at the National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education at the Office of Educational Research and Improvement at the U.S. Department of Education, 1998-99

Co-organizer and Co-director of the Rhode Island Early Childhood Summer Institutes, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001.

Outreach/Extension/Service:
Member of the Editorial Boards of the following journals: Research in Review Editor, Young Children, 2000-2003; Consulting Editor, Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1998-2001; Editorial Board Member, Early Education and Development, 1991-present; Grant reviewer for several competitions held by the U.S. Department of Education, 1997-present

Special Administrative or Professional Roles: Serve as the Director of the URI Child Development Centers at Kingston and Providence

Selected Publications (1995 to present):
Caruso, D. A., Horm-Wingerd, D. M., & Golas, J. (1998). Head Start teach Center: Outcome evaluation of 3 years of participatory training. Early Education and Development, 9(3), 219-237.

Diffendale, C., Horm-Wingerd, D. M., Caruso, D. A., & Nardone, V. (1998). Nurturing early childhood professionalism: The Rhode Island Early Childhood Summer Institute. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 19(1), 77-87.

Horm-Wingerd, D. M., Warford, S. D. G., & Penhallow, P. C. (1999). Making the connection through staffing: Mechanisms to increase consistency between university early childhood education courses and child development lab school practices. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 20(1), 29-39.

Groves, M. M., & Horm-Wingerd, D. M. (2000). Understanding assessment: A critical need in early childhood teacher preparation. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 21(2), 199-205.

Horm-Wingerd, D. M., Winter, P. C., & Plofchan, P. (2000). Primary level assessment for IASA Title I: A call for discussion. Washington, DC: Council of Chief State School Officers.

Horm-Wingerd, D. M., Hyson, M., & Karp, N. (2000). Introduction In U.S. Department of Education (Ed.), New Teachers for a new century: The future of early childhood professional preparation (pp. 1-13). Washington, DC: Author

Links:
http://www.uri.edu/frp