Section Links

• Research Biography
• Degrees
• Key Professional Appointments
• Activities & Honors
• Grants
• Selected Publications

Research Biography

Degrees

• Ph.D., Honorary, Goteborg University, Goteborg, Sweden, 2000
• Doctor of Letters, Honorary, Whittier College, Whittier, California, 1993
• Ph.D, School Education (Psychological Studies), Stanford University, 1968
• Research Fellow, Human Development, Stanford University, 1968
• B.A., Social Science, San Francisco State College, 1964

Key Professional Appointments

• Co-Director, ERIC, Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education, University of Illinois, 2000--
• Professor Emerita, Elementary and Early Childhood Education, University of Illinois, 1999--
• Professor, Early Childhood Education, University of Illinois, 1973--
• Director, ERIC, Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education, University of Illinois, 1970-2000
• Chairman, Elementary and Early Childhood Education, University of Illinois, 1979-1981
• Associate Professor, Early Childhood Education, University of Illinois, 1970-1973
• Assistant Professor, Early Childhood Education, University of Illinois, 1968-1970

Activities & Honors

• Editor, Early Childhood Research & Practice, 1999- present
• Member, National Research Council Committee on Early Childhood Pedagogy, National Research Council, 1999-2001
• Editorial Board Member, Editorial Board,, The Children's Society UK, 1998- present
• Member, Panel for "Eager to Learn" early childhood research review, National Research Council, 1998-2000
• Appointed Member, New Standards Panel, National Center on Education and the Economy, 1997- present
• Chair, Editorial Board, International Journal of Early Years Education, 1997- present
• Editor in Chief, Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1986-1992

Grants

• Principal Investigator, Early Childhood Research & Practice: A Proposal to Fund a Transition & Expansion Year of the First Bilingual Peer-Reviewed, Internet-Only, Early Childhood Education Journal, Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2004
• Principal Investigator, The Rearview Mirror Video Project: Engaging Young Children’s Minds: A Proposal to Prepare a Video Tape for Distribution to Early Childhood Educators, U.S. Department of Education (Foundation for Child Development), 2003
• Co-Principal Investigator, Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services, Early Childhood Research Institute, U.S. Department of Education, 2002
• Principal Investigator, ERIC/EECE Subcontract with Collins Management Consulting, Inc, U.S. Department of Education (Collins Management Consulting, Inc.), 2001

Selected Publications

• Helm, J. H., & Katz, L. G. (2001). Young investigators: The project approach in the early years. New York: Teachers College Press.
• Katz, L. G. (2001). Last class notes. Kindergarten education: Theory, research and practice, 6(1), 35-40.
• Katz, L. G., & Chard, S. C. (2000). Engaging children's minds: The project approach. Second Edition. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing Corporation.
• Katz, L. G. (1998) What can we learn from Reggio Emilia? In C. Edwards, L. Gandini, & G. Forman (Eds.), The hundred languages of children: The Reggio Emilia approach: Advanced reflections (pp. 27-45). Norwood, NJ: Ablex
• Katz, L. (1995). Talks with teachers of young children: A collection. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing Corp.