PA 5431 Early childhood and public policy will be taught in Spring 2017 by Dr. Momo Hayakawa and Nicole Smerillo, MPP.
Dr. Momo Hayakawa is a Research Associate with Twin Cities PBS, where she directs research related to the development of a new superhero cartoon and K-2nd STEM curriculum that integrates science content aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Prior to Twin Cities PBS, she was the Project Manager of the Child-Parent Center Expansion program, implementing and evaluating the Prek-3 educational intervention. She earned her Ph.D. in Child Development from the University of Minnesota.
Nicole Smerillo has a MPP from the Humphrey School and a certificate from the early childhood policy program. She is currently a Senior Research Analyst with HCRC, also pursuing her PhD in Education Policy and Leadership in OLPD at the UMN. Her research involves short and long term impacts of high quality PreK-3rd grade programs.