Chris Cipriano
Christina Cipriano, Ph.D. (she/her), is an assistant professor at the Yale Child Study Center and Director of Research at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence (YCEI) in the Yale School of Medicine.
Dr. Cipriano’s research focuses on the systematic examination of social and emotional learning (SEL) in the promotion of pathways to optimal developmental outcomes for marginalized student and teacher populations. Dr. Cipriano is recognized as a national expert in SEL and is the PI and Director of numerous major grants supporting the development and validation of SEL assessments, classroom observation practices, and SEL evaluation and efficacy trials. Dr. Cipriano received her Ph.D. in Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology from Boston College, her Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and undergraduate degree from Hofstra University. Chris is a Jack Kent Cooke Scholar and the mother of four beautiful children who inspire her each day to take the moon and make it shine for everyone. You can follow her @drchriscip
