Diane M. Horm, Ph.D., is the George Kaiser Family Foundation Endowed Chair of Early Childhood Education and Founding Director of the Early Childhood Education Institute (ECEI) at the University of Oklahoma at Tulsa. Through the ECEI, Horm is currently leading several applied research initiatives in early childhood education including program evaluation research in collaboration with Tulsa’s Educare programs and a large, multi-year study will colleagues from Georgetown and McGill Universities to investigate children’s development from Pre-K through Grade 4. Horm has a Ph.D. in Child Development with a specialization in Early Childhood Education, a Post-Master’s Specialization in School Psychology, and a Master’s in Developmental Psychology.
One fun fact: Diane owns and drives a 1978 MGB convertible as a fun hobby. Her daily driver is a Mini Cooper.
Encouraging note: Early childhood teachers have the most important career of all. Research demonstrates that early childhood teachers, through their sensitive and responsive interactions and their intentional developmentally effective activities, shape children’s development in the short- and long-term. Few, if any, careers can make the same claim
