Johanna Bernard

I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the SEE-Partnerships lab at the University of Virginia.

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My research focuses on how educational and broader social policies for young children can have sustained effects on skill development. My current work includes looking at treatment contrast of a state pre-k program; a cross-sector project that aims to make connections between service participation in early childhood and academic outcomes in early elementary school; examining the cost-effectiveness of parenting programs in humanitarian contexts; and examining the longitudinal effects of a literacy curriculum.

I have a Ph.D. in Education Policy from the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. While at Penn, I was a Pre-doctoral Fellow with the Institute of Education Sciences, as well as a 2024-2025 AERA-NSF Dissertation Fellow.

 

I hold an M.Ed. in Child Studies from Vanderbilt University, and additionally have a B.A. in Psychology from Bowdoin College.

 

I'm based in Washington, DC. Contact me at jb3vj@virginia.edu. And please, call me "Hanna".