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Brenda Boyd

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Assistant Professor

 

Education

• Ph.D. Child and Family Development University of Georgia
• M.S. Human Development and Family Studies Colorado State University
• B.S. Child and Family Studies Oregon State University
  

 

Courses Taught

• HD 201 Child Development (prenatal through early childhood)
• HD 202 Middle Childhood and Adolescence
• HD 302 Parent-child Relationships
• HD 342 Curriculum for Young Children's Programs
• HD 410 Public Policy Issues Impacting Families and Individuals
• HD 420 Theories of Human Development
• HD 464 Administration of Child Care Programs
• HD 482 Child assessment
• HD 510 Graduate Proseminar*
• HD 511 Theories and Substance of Human Development*
• HD 560 Seminar in Child Development*
• HD 562 Administration and Leadership in Early Childhood programs*
  (* Graduate courses)
  

 

Interest Areas

• Early childhood care and education
• Issues of the child care work force
• Play as a developmental process for young children
  

 

Current Research

• Child care staff retention and turnover
• Outcomes assessment in early childhood education
  

 

Select Publications

Boyd, B.J. & Wandschneider, M.R. (2005).  Washington State Child Care Career and Wage Ladder pilot project evaluation study:  Final report.  Washington State University:  Department of Human Development.

Boyd, B. J. (2000). Celebrating 70 years of laboratory preschool at Washington State University. National Organization of Child Development Laboratory Schools Bulletin, 35, 1-4.

Boyd, B. J. (1999). Developmentally appropriate practices. In C. Smith (Ed), The encyclopedia of parenting (pp. 124-125). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.

Boyd, B. J. (1999). Goodness of fit model. In C. Smith (Ed), The encyclopedia of parenting (pp. 204-205). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.

Boyd, B.J. (1999). Teacher response to superhero play: To ban or not to ban? In E.N. Junn & C.J. Boyatiz (eds.), Annual Editions 1999-2000: Child Growth and Development (pp. 102-107). Guilford, CT: Dushkin/McGraw-Hill.

Boyd, B. J. (1999). Transition to parenthood. In C. Smith (Ed), The encyclopedia of parenting (pp. 455-456). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.

Boyd, B. J. (1999). Natural and logical consequences. In C. Smith (Ed), The encyclopedia of parenting (pp. 88-89). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.

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