Lieny Jeon, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Advanced Studies in Education at Johns Hopkins School of Education. She also serves as the Director of Early Childhood Initiatives at Baltimore Education Research Consortium (BERC) and leads BERC’s Early Childhood Data Collaborative. She received her PhD degree in Human Development and Family Science with a minor in Quantitative Method at Ohio State University. She completed her post-doctoral training in the Department of Defense Child Development Virtual Laboratory School. Her research focuses on early care and education, family characteristics and neighborhood disadvantage that impact children’s lives. She is passionate about early childhood educators’ social and emotional well-being and workforce development, and the way it impacts young children’s development. She also examines how early care and education buffers challenging home and neighborhood environments, and maximizes at-risk children’s development. Her research has been published in national and international peer-reviewed journals, and featured in the New York Times. She was selected as an AERA-SRCD early career fellow in early education and development in 2017.
Fun fact: As a baseball lover, my dream is to complete all MLB ballparks tour. Fifteen stadiums out of thirty have been completed!
Encouraging note: Every day, you are making a difference in many lives. You deserve to be happy!
