Claire Vallotton
My general research interests are the early development and integration of cognitive-linguistic and social skills within the context of caregiver-child relationships and family risks. I have specific expertise in infants’ use of symbolic gestures – also known as infant signs – and uses infant signing as a method to gain insight into infants’ social and cognitive worlds and the nature of the preverbal mind. I have an active interest in translational research to improve the quality of training for the early child care and education workforce.
I received my Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Simpson Collge, and my Ph.D. in Human Development from the University of California, Davis, mentored by Larry Harper, Linda Acredolo, and Kathy Conger. Following a year as a Faculty Fellow at UC Davis, I won a research training grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to study as a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education with mentors Kurt Fischer and Catherine Ayoub. The title of my NICHD-funded study was ‘Symbol and Social Skills in Typical and At-Risk Children.’
I have been the recipient of the UC Davis Professors for the Future Fellowship and Graduate Honors Program, University of California Dissertation Year Fellowship, University of California Faculty Fellowship, the Ruth L. Kirschstein Clinical Research Service Award, the National Institutes of Health Clinical Research Fellowship, and the New Investigator Award from the World Association of Infant Mental Health.
Phone: (517) 884-0521
I received my Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Simpson Collge, and my Ph.D. in Human Development from the University of California, Davis, mentored by Larry Harper, Linda Acredolo, and Kathy Conger. Following a year as a Faculty Fellow at UC Davis, I won a research training grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to study as a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education with mentors Kurt Fischer and Catherine Ayoub. The title of my NICHD-funded study was ‘Symbol and Social Skills in Typical and At-Risk Children.’
I have been the recipient of the UC Davis Professors for the Future Fellowship and Graduate Honors Program, University of California Dissertation Year Fellowship, University of California Faculty Fellowship, the Ruth L. Kirschstein Clinical Research Service Award, the National Institutes of Health Clinical Research Fellowship, and the New Investigator Award from the World Association of Infant Mental Health.
Phone: (517) 884-0521
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