Diane Horm

Dr. Diane M. Horm is the George Kaiser Family Foundation Endowed Chair of Early Childhood Education and Founding Director of the Early Childhood Education Institute at the University of Oklahoma at Tulsa. Prior to her 2006 OU appointment, she held faculty and administrative positions at the University of Rhode Island including Associate Dean of the College of Human Sciences, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, and Director of the URI Child Development Centers. 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 with colleagues from Georgetown and Harvard Universities to investigate children’s development from Pre-K through Grade 3.  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 degree in Developmental Psychology.