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

Associate Professor, New York University

Linda M. Platas

Associate Professor, San Francisco State University

Network Affiliates

Hyunwoo Yang

Marisa Simoni

Ellen Joseph

Sonia Ibarra

Megan Farrell

Megan Farrell

Angela Chan Turrou

Nydia Prishker

Nicholas Johnson

Sarah Eason

Kelly McMahon

Jessica Huancacuri

Megan Onesti

Michelle Hurst

Victoria (Mia) Almeda

Sihua Adrienne Hu

Talia Berkowitz

Natalie Schock

Colleen Oppenzato

Fujiuju Chang

Renqiuwen Wu

Bethany Elston

Taylor Praus-Singh

Macarena Kruger

Kelley Durkin

Alana Foley

Katie (Anna) Roland

Juliet Lee

Laura Meza

Madhuvanti Anantharajan

Aleis Pugia

Margaret Caspe

Colleen Uscianowski Maas

Xia Li

Paola Montúfar

Abigail Do

Seon-Hye Moon

Lindsay Clements

Rachel Kasul

Leslie Villaverde

Sara Schnitzer

Holland Banse

Jasmine Ernst

Cristina Carrazza

Stone Dawson

Marjorie Schaeffer

Yixiao Dong

Julie Sarama

Fernanda Ahumada

Sarah Pan

Sarah Lukowski

Verónica Mesalles

Julie Kim

Alisha Wackerle-Hollman

Abigail Stein

Barbrina Ertle

Luke Rainey

Andrea Bühler-Wassmann

Ariadne Nelson

Jamie N. Hoddinott

Viviana Kawas

Shannon Stark Guss

Crystal Day-Hess

Myra Luna-Lucero

Claudia Kruzik

Allison Haack

Brandon McMillan

Susan Bush-Mecenas

Jenny Yun-Chen Chan

Christine Roberts

Christina Mulcahy

Yilin (Elaine) Liu

Yilin (Elaine) Liu

Julia Ratchford

Sergio M. Ozoria

Staff

Graciela Borsato

Managing Director and Senior Researcher

Monica Arpino

Communications and Events

Kimberley Kim

Finance Administrator