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

Jasmine Ernst

Barbrina Ertle

Colleen Oppenzato

Julie Sarama

Natalie Schock

Marjorie Schaeffer

Laura Meza

Ellen Joseph

Renqiuwen Wu

Susan Bush-Mecenas

Holland Banse

Cristina Carrazza

Allison Haack

Nydia Prishker

Allison Bock

Seon-Hye Moon

Christine Roberts

Claudia Kruzik

Yixiao Dong

Xia Li

Kelley Durkin

Sarah Lukowski

Taylor Praus-Singh

Colleen Uscianowski Maas

Emily Prager

Jessica Huancacuri

Leslie Villaverde

Jamie N. Hoddinott

Fujiuju Chang

Julie Kim

Alana Foley

Sara Schnitzer

Megan Farrell

Megan Farrell

Crystal Day-Hess

Sonia Ibarra

Marisa Simoni

Abigail Do

Michelle Hurst

Ariadne Nelson

Jenny Yun-Chen Chan

Fernanda Ahumada

Brandon McMillan

Victoria (Mia) Almeda

Nicholas Johnson

Aleis Pugia

Alisha Wackerle-Hollman

Sarah Pan

Megan Onesti

Abigail Stein

Verónica Mesalles

Shannon Stark Guss

Rachel Kasul

Luke Rainey

Angela Chan Turrou

Kelly McMahon

Hyunwoo Yang

Bethany Elston

Julia Ratchford

Christina Mulcahy

Talia Berkowitz

Andrea Bühler-Wassmann

Sergio M. Ozoria

Paola Montúfar

Katie (Anna) Roland

Kristin Whyte

Myra Luna-Lucero

Sihua Adrienne Hu

Macarena Kruger

Stone Dawson

Lindsay Clements

Madhuvanti Anantharajan

Sarah Eason

Margaret Caspe

Yilin (Elaine) Liu

Yilin (Elaine) Liu

Juliet Lee

Viviana Kawas

Staff

Graciela Borsato

Managing Director and Senior Researcher

Monica Arpino

Communications and Events

Kimberley Kim

Finance Administrator