Sharon Wolf

Sharon Wolf
Associate Professor, Human Development & Quantitative Methods Division, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania

Sharon Wolf is an applied developmental psychologist interested in how young children’s social environments—specifically their families and schools—shape their development, and the role interventions play in promoting child development and reducing inequalities. Her research informs interventions and tests the effectiveness of theoretically informed policy solutions designed to promote early childhood development and learning through randomized field experiments. She was a Jacobs Foundation Research Fellow 2018-2020.


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