She served previously as associate director for research at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at … Development Institute, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Iheoma U. Iruka, FPG Child Development Institute, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Samuel L. Odom, FPG Child Development Institute, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Elizabeth P. Pungello, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Iheoma Iruka joined the Buffett Institute in 2014 and oversees applied research and evaluation studies involving children from birth – Grade 3 and their families. Prior to rejoining Carolina, she served as chief research innovation officer and director of The Center for Early Education Research and Evaluation at HighScope Educational Research Foundation. In this role, Dr. Iruka led research strategy to drive innovation in the field of early childhood education. email: publicpolicy@unc.edu, Honors Seminar on Public Policy and Global Affairs in DC, Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Lectureship, Carolina Seminar on Innovation for the Public Good, Carolina Seminar on Educational Inequality, About the Education Policy Initiative at Carolina. Iheoma U. Iruka, Ph.D. FPG Child Development Institute University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill AFRICAN AMERICAN BOYS: EARLY DISPARITIES A STRONG START: POSITIONING YOUNG BLACK BOYS FOR EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS ACHIEVEMENT GAP SYMPOSIUM WASHINGTON, D.C. JUNE 14, 2011 Iheoma Iruka, PhD, is the chief research officer for HighScope Educational Research Foundation. Dr. Iheoma Iruka Chief Research Innovation Officer and Director of the Center for Early Education Research and Evaluation, HighScope. Iheoma U. Iruka, Ph.D., is a Research Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Early Childhood Health and Racial Equity Program at FPG Child Development Institute at UNC-CH. Associate Editor, Early Childhood Research Quarterly The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States Iheoma U. Iruka is a research professor in the department of public policy and the director of the early childhood health and racial equity program at FPG Child Development Institute. Dr. Iruka has served or serves on numerous national boards and committees, including the Brady Education Foundation and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committees on Supporting Parents of Young Children, and Applying Neurobiological and Socio-behavioral Sciences from Prenatal through Early Childhood Development: A Health Equity Approach. Books and Toddlers in Child Care: Under What Conditions Are Children Most Engaged. September 2020 I. U. Iruka 2 2008-2012 Investigator, FPG, UNC-CH, North Carolina 2010-2011 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, UNC-CH, North Carolina 2010-2011 Research Fellow, Institute of African American Research, UNC-CH, North Carolina Iheoma Iruka has devoted her career to understanding bias in early-childhood education, but she has very few memories of that period in her own life. Iheoma U. Iruka, PhD, is founding director of the Equity Research Action Coalition at Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute and research professor in the Department of Public Policy at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Panelists Iheoma Iruka, Ph.D., Research Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Early Childhood Health and Racial Equity Program at FPG Child Development Institute at UNC-Chapel Hill; Jen Neitzel, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Educational Equity Institute; & Ebonyse Mead, Ed.D., President of the Educational Equity Institute. Research Scientist, FPG. phone: 919-962-1600 • fax: 919-962-5824 FPG Child Development Institute 'Don’t Look Away': Iheoma Iruka Confronts Bias And Inequities In Early Childhood Head-On By Amanda Magnus & Frank Stasio • Nov 23, 2020 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3435 She is the former director of research and evaluation at the Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the Univ. Iheoma U. Iruka, Ph.D., is the Chief Research Innovation Officer and Director of The Center for Early Education Research and Evaluation at HighScope Educational Research Foundation after tenure at FPG Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the Buffett Institute at the University of Nebraska. Iheoma U. Iruka, PhD Equity Research Action Coalition at FPG, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Rosemarie Allen, PhD Institute for Racial Equity and Excellence Dawn A. Yazzie Georgetown University Veronica Fernandez, PhD University of Miami Evandra Catherine, PhD Children’s Equity Project, Arizona State University AUTHORS She stayed there until after second grade when she and two of her sisters moved to Boston with her mother, and the family was split between Nigeria and the U.S. Iheoma Iruka, PhD, is the chief research officer for HighScope Educational Research Foundation. Dr. Iheoma U. Iruka is the former Chief Research Innovation Officer and Director of the Center for Early Education Research and Evaluation (CEERE) at HighScope Educational Research Foundation. Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute Campus Box 8180, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8180 in psychology from Temple University, M.A. Iheoma U. Iruka, Ph.D., is a Research Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Early Childhood Health and Racial Equity Program at FPG Child Development Institute at UNC-CH. Iheoma U. Iruka, Ph.D., is the Chief Research Innovation Officer and Director of The Center for Early Education Research and Evaluation at HighScope Educational Research Foundation after tenure at FPG Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the Buffett Institute at the University of Nebraska. LinkedIn: IheomaIruka; Twitter: @IheomaIruka, Abernethy Hall • CB# 3435 • UNC-CH Iheoma U. Iruka, Ph.D., is a Research Professor in the Department of Public Policy and Director of the Early Childhood Health and Racial Equity program at FPG Child Development Institute at UNC-CH after her 3-plus years as Chief Research Innovation Officer at HighScope Educational Research Foundation. Iheoma U. Iruka, PhD, is founding director of the Equity Research Action Coalition at Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute and research professor in the Department of Public Policy at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Iheoma U. Iruka, Ph.D., is the Chief Research Innovation Officer and Director of The Center for Early Education Research and Evaluation at HighScope Educational Research Foundation after tenure at FPG Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the Buffett Institute at the University of Nebraska. Prior to rejoining Carolina, she served as Chief Research Innovation Officer and Director of The Center for Early Education Research and Evaluation at HighScope Educational Research Foundation. Dr. Iruka is engaged in projects and initiatives focused on how evidence-informed policies, systems, and practices in early education can support the optimal development and experiences of children from low-income and ethnic minority households, such as through family engagement and support, quality rating and improvement systems, and early care and education systems and programs. Iheoma Iruka Strives to Make Racial Equity 'the Air We Breathe' at FPG October 13, 2020 With "a sense of kinship and responsibility," Iheoma Iruka, PhD, former associate director for research at the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, is returning to FPG in a new role … Iruka was born in Texas, but her parents moved back to Nigeria when she was 3. in psychology from Boston University, and Ph.D. in applied developmental psychology from the University of Miami, Florida. Gisele Crawford Research Specialist, FPG. Iheoma Iruka, PhD She is the former chief research officer for HighScope Educational Research Foundation and a former director of research and evaluation at the Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska. Dr. Iruka was previously at the Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska and the FPG Child Development Institute.