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Sharon Wolf
Associate Professor, Human Development & Quantitative Methods Division, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania

Sharon Wolf is an applied developmental psychologist interested in how young children’s social environments—specifically their families and schools—shape their development, and the role interventions play in promoting child development and reducing inequalities. Her research informs interventions and tests the effectiveness of theoretically informed policy solutions designed to promote early childhood development and learning through randomized field experiments. She was a Jacobs Foundation Research Fellow 2018-2020.

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Contributions by Sharon

How can educators address inequality in the classroom?

Eddie Brummelman, Nienke van Atteveldt, Sharon Wolf, Jellie Sierksma / 8 May 2025
Articles Learning & Education Equity Diversity
A teacher helps a group of young students with their schoolwork at a classroom table.

Helping parents engage in their children’s education

Annie Brookman-Byrne / 17 January 2025
Interviews Development Education systems
A child learns using a chalkboard.

How can parents be supported to become more involved in their children’s learning?

Zoe Bozzolan-Kenworthy / 22 February 2024
Interviews Learning & Education Parenting and childcare Learning environments
Adults pass a booklet between each other.

Can remote interventions effectively support parents?

Autumn Brown, Sharon Wolf, Elisabetta Aurino, Murphy Richard Edro, Edward Tsinigo / 20 January 2022
Articles Society Covid-19
Photo by JoshuaWoroniecki from Pixabay

Parental involvement in children’s schooling

Aisha Schnellmann / 19 March 2021
Interviews Development Parenting and childcare
Sharon Wolf

Food insecurity and its consequences for children’s development

Elisabetta Aurino and Sharon Wolf / 20 April 2020
Articles Development Covid-19
Yenkassa, flickr.com, CC-BY 2.0

The perils and promises of listening to parents

Sharon Wolf / 15 June 2018
Articles Development Parenting and childcare
Skitterphoto, Pixabay.com, CC0 1.0

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