Ann Cheryl Benjamin

Assistant Professor

Phone: 978-934-4621

Fax: 978-934-4129

Office: O'Leary Library 534

Email: Ann_Benjamin@uml.edu

Ph.D.,  Child Development, Tufts University,Concentration in Cognitive Developmental Psychology and Teacher Education.  Levels of expertise in early childhood teaching: An initial field test of a diagnostic instrument (Doctoral Dissertation, Tufts University, 1989).  Dissertation Abstracts International, 50, 3843A; M.Ed., Concentration in Curriculum Development and Multicultural Studies, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study, Tufts University; B.S. Early Childhood Education, Lesley College

Recent Professional Activities:

• Consulting Editor, Young Children, National Association for the Education of Young Children, Appointed for a three year term, September, 2004.

• Textbook Reviewer, Cole, M. & Cole, S. (2004). The Development of Children (5th ed.). New York: W.H. Freeman. December, 2003.

• Symposium Organizer and Presenter, Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), The Impact of Nonuniversal Theory on Developmental Science, 1972-2002, Tampa, FL, April, 2003.

  • Richard M. Lerner, Tufts University, Chair and Discussant

  • Ann C. Benjamin, University of Massachusetts Lowell

  • Tamar Katzir, Harvard University

  • Sydney Strauss, Tel Aviv University

  • David Henry Feldman, Tufts University, Discussant