Robyn Kelton
- Graduate Student
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Education —
Research —
Advisor: Andrea Greenhoot, PhD
Research Lab: Memory and Development Lap
My research interests include child development, cognitive development, memory, autobiographical memory, and early childhood education.
Selected Publications —
Shin, T., Burkhardt, C., Kelton, R., Crowl, A., Funk, R., & Shrader, S., (2022) Implementing a flipped classroom model based on cognitive science of learning strategies and evaluating the impact on students’ performance and experience in a pharmacotherapy course. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning.
Shengkai, S., Follmer Greenhoot, A., & Kelton, R. (2016). When parents know little about what happened: Parent-guided conversations, stress, and young children’s eyewitness memory. Journal of Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 34(1).
Talan, T. N., Bloom, P. J., & Kelton, R. (2014). Building the leadership capacity of early childhood directors: An evaluation of a leadership development model. Early Childhood Research and Practice, 16(1).
Kelton, R., Bloom, P. J., & Talan, T. N. (2013) Alternative pathways as equal measures of quality: An evaluation of Illinois’ quality ratings system for family child care. Early Childhood Research and Practice, 15(2).
Bloom, P. J., Jackson, S., Talan, T. N., & Kelton, R. (2013). Taking Charge of Change: A 20-year review of empowering early childhood administrators through leadership training. Wheeling, IL: McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership, National Louis University.
Fowler, S., Bloom, P. J., Talan, T., Beneke, S., & Kelton, R. (2008). Who’s caring for the kids? The status of the early childhood workforce in Illinois-2008. Wheeling, IL: The McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership, National Louis University.
Awards & Honors —
Psychology Department’s Nominee, University Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, 2019
Exchange Leader, Exchange Early Childhood Leadership Initiative, 2018
Doris Sheets Fellowship Award, University of Kansas, 2018
Memberships —
Raising Illinois Cross-System Supports Policy Workgroup - Workgroup Member, current
Kansas Child Care Systems Improvement Team - Committee Member, 2020-Present, System Navigation Subcommittee
Illinois Early Learning Council Quality Committee - ExceleRate Committee Member, 2020-2021, Family Child Care Workgroup Subcommittee Member, 2020-2021