Professor Susan L. Recchia
Associate Professor of Education and Coordinator, Program in Early Childhood Special Education Faculty Director, Rita Gold Early Childhood Center
Educational Background
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz (Psychology); M.A., California State University, Northridge (Educational Psychology, Early Childhood Education); Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles (Educational Psychology, Developmental Studies)
Master's Thesis: "Assessing Parent and Infant Development in a Program for Handicapped Infants: An Analysis of Issues and Instruments"
Doctoral Dissertation: "How Visually Impaired Toddlers and their Mothers Respond to Ambiguous Stimuli"
Scholarly Interests
Social and emotional development of young children. Adult-child relationships across contexts. Infants and preschoolers with special needs. Early childhood professional development.
Selected Publications
"Becoming an infant caregiver: Three profiles of personal and professional growth"(Journal of Research in Childhood Education).
"Caregiver perceptions and child-caregiver interactions in a newly-inclusive infant child care center" (Early Childhood Education Journal).
"Social communication and response to ambiguous stimuli in toddlers with visual impairments" (Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology).
"Establishing intersubjective experience: Developmental challenges for young children with congenital blindness and autism and their caregivers" (Blindness and Psychological Development in Young Children).
"Play and concept development in infants with severe visual impairments: A constructivist view" Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness).