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Roberta Michnick Golinkoff holds the Unidel H. Rodney Sharp Chair in the School of Education at the University of Delaware and is also a member of the Departments of Psychology and Linguistics and Cognitive Science. An award-winning author of 12 books and over 150 professional articles on early childhood and infant development, she founded and directs the Infant Language Project, which investigates the acquisition of native languages in infants and toddlers. Among her current projects is the creation of a computerized language assessment for preschoolers that is dialect and culture free, a project to teach vocabulary to disadvantaged preschoolers, and research on the conceptual underpinnings of language. In addition to her research on language acquisition, Dr. Golinkoff is also an expert on the importance of play and playful learning for children's learning and education. She is also studying how preschoolers learn about space and geometric forms with an eye to contributing to the improvement of STEM teaching in the United States. Her research has been supported by funding from national agencies, including the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the Institute of Education Sciences. Dr. Golinkoff served as an Associate Editor of Child Development, one of the premier research journals in her field, and serves on many advisory boards for organizations devoted to children's well being and education. Dr. Golinkoff is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Society.
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