Susanne Denham, Ph.D.
Dr. Susanne Denham is an applied developmental psychologist with particular expertise in the social and emotional development of children; she received her doctorate from the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Dr. Denham has used 11 years of hands-on experience as a school psychologist to aid her research, which focuses on the role of emotional competence in children's social and academic functioning, its assessment, and the role that parents and teachers play in fostering it. She has been funded by the Institute for Education Sciences, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (in partnership with Head Start and the Administration for Children and Families), the W.T. Grant Foundation, the John Templeton Foundation, and the National Science Foundation. She has served on numerous editorial boards, and is past co-editor of the journal Social Development, as well as current editor of Early Education Development.