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Charis Lauren Wahman is an assistant professor of special education and a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctoral (BCBA-D). She is also affiliated faculty in School Psychology. Her research aims to understand the contextual factors that hinder or enhance children’s social and emotional development and the impact on families, including the successful adoption of evidence-based social emotional practices by early childhood teachers and their effectiveness for young children from marginalized backgrounds. Wahman has supported children, families, and professionals as a teacher, consultant and behavioral interventionist for over 20 years. Her empirical and practitioner-oriented work has been published in journals such as Remedial and Special Education, Children and Youth Services Review, Journal of Child and Family Studies, Education and Treatment of Children, Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, Behavior Analysis in Practice, Psychology in the Schools, Early Childhood Education Journal, Young Children and Young and Exceptional Children.

Website: charislaurenwahman.com
Twitter: @CharisWahman

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