Development and Research in Early Mathematics Education (DREME) brings together scholars and researchers from a variety of disciplines in a collaborative effort to promote young children’s early math development. Based at Stanford University, the initiative focuses on math from birth through age 8, with an emphasis on the preschool years.

Since 2014, DREME members and affiliates from 12 universities across the U.S. have conducted basic and applied research and developed innovative tools that address high-priority early math topics. The goal is to inform and motivate other researchers, educators, policy makers, and the public around young children’s math development.

Network Members

Deborah Stipek

Professor Emerita
DREME Network Faculty Director,
Stanford University

Amy Claessens

Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Douglas Clements

Professor, University of Denver

Cynthia Coburn

Professor, Northwestern University

Eric Dearing

Professor, Boston College

Dale C. Farran

Emerita Professor, Vanderbilt University

Megan Franke

Professor, University of California, Los Angeles

Herbert Ginsburg

Professor, Columbia University

Susan Levine

Professor, University of Chicago

Michèle Mazzocco

Professor, University of Minnesota

Gigliana Melzi

Professor, New York University

Linda M. Platas

Associate Professor, San Francisco State University

Network Affiliates

Yixiao Dong

Stone Dawson

Bethany Elston

Jamie N. Hoddinott

Colleen Oppenzato

Susan Bush-Mecenas

Sara Schnitzer

Allison Bock

Abigail Stein

Cristina Carrazza

Marisa Simoni

Allison Haack

Alana Foley

Barbrina Ertle

Crystal Day-Hess

Natalie Schock

Colleen Uscianowski Maas

Kristin Whyte

Sarah Pan

Fujiuju Chang

Leslie Villaverde

Marjorie Schaeffer

Talia Berkowitz

Julie Sarama

Megan Farrell

Megan Farrell

Sergio M. Ozoria

Andrea Bühler-Wassmann

Christine Roberts

Sarah Eason

Rachel Kasul

Madhuvanti Anantharajan

Angela Chan Turrou

Aleis Pugia

Megan Onesti

Ellen Joseph

Xia Li

Christina Mulcahy

Sarah Lukowski

Margaret Caspe

Sonia Ibarra

Claudia Kruzik

Ariadne Nelson

Laura Meza

Fernanda Ahumada

Michelle Hurst

Macarena Kruger

Jenny Yun-Chen Chan

Jasmine Ernst

Alisha Wackerle-Hollman

Taylor Praus-Singh

Abigail Do

Viviana Kawas

Shannon Stark Guss

Nydia Prishker

Katie (Anna) Roland

Seon-Hye Moon

Nicholas Johnson

Luke Rainey

Sihua Adrienne Hu

Yilin (Elaine) Liu

Yilin (Elaine) Liu

Holland Banse

Paola Montúfar

Hyunwoo Yang

Juliet Lee

Lindsay Clements

Jessica Huancacuri

Brandon McMillan

Julia Ratchford

Renqiuwen Wu

Julie Kim

Victoria (Mia) Almeda

Kelley Durkin

Kelly McMahon

Verónica Mesalles

Emily Prager

Myra Luna-Lucero

Staff

Graciela Borsato

Managing Director and Senior Researcher

Ijeoma Alozie

Communications Assistant

Monica Arpino

Communications and Events

Kimberley Kim

Finance Administrator