Affiliated Faculty
We are privileged to work with amazing faculty and staff within the Morgridge College of Education who provide particularly specialties that advance our mission to improve learning experiences for young children.
These faculty are particularly adept at supporting our work to ensure all children receive high-quality early experiences by preparing educators and interventionists, supporting system coherence to unify disparate areas of the early childhood community, and provide innovative guidance across early learning, inclusion, social-emotional supports, and family engagement.
Faculty
Rashida Banerjee, PhD
Rashida Banerjee, PhD, is a Professor for the Department of Teaching and Learning Sciences at the University of Denver. Her research areas are effective community, family, and professional partnerships, appropriate assessment of young children, especially issues around diversity, inclusive intervention for young children, and interdisciplinary special education workforce development. Dr. Banerjee has published articles, book chapters, books, received grants, and presented at numerous national and international conferences on these topics. Her research and funded projects focus on preparing well-qualified early childhood, and early childhood special educators and promoting family partnerships.
Dr. Banerjee has served on the Board of national organizations such as the Division for Early Childhood and Divisions for International Special Education Services of the Council for Exceptional Children. She served on the DEC Recommended Practices Committee responsible for ensuring the development and use of evidence-based practices in early childhood. Dr. Banerjee has served as the Editor for Journal for International Special Needs Education and associate editor for Young Exceptional Children. She currently serves as the associate editor for the Topics in Early Childhood Special Education. She is a recipient of the International Ford Foundation Fellowship Program.