Robyn Kelton


Robyn Kelton
  • Graduate Student
She/her/hers

Education

B.A. in Psychology, University of Kansas, 2005
M.A. in Psychology, National Louis University, 2012
Advanced Certificate in Organizational Psychology, National Louis University

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