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Lynn Worden
Assistant Professor,
Undergraduate Coordinator,
Early Childhood Student Teacher Coordinator,
Department of Human Development
and Family Studies
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Office: 107 Alison Hall South, Newark, DE 19716
Phone: (302) 831-1922; Email:
worden@udel.edu
Vita
Education:
Ph.D. in Family Studies, 2002, University of Delaware
M.S. in Lifespan Development, 1986, University of Delaware
B.A. in Psychology and German, 1983, Cornell University
Courses taught:
IFST 431: Field Experience: Birth - Preschool
IFST 432: Field Experience: Preschool - Kindergarten
IFST 433: Field Experience: Kindergarten - Grade 2
IFST 480: Student Teaching Seminar
EDUC 400 Student Teacher
Research interests:
Social interactions of children in inclusive preschools
Children's understanding of and responses to death
Interests and activities:
After receiving my M.S. in the HDFS department, I worked with children in hospitals as a child life therapist, at Head Start as a Family Service Worker, in Scotland as a volunteer with children with disabilities, and as a toddler teacher and parent educator in a center for adolescent parents. Since completing my doctorate in the IFS department in 2002, I have spent much of my time supporting, advising and supervising teacher candidates and student teachers in the Early Childhood Education major. I enjoy working with seniors as they take what they have learned and prepare to enter the teaching field or to go on to graduate school. My research has looked at the interactions of children with and without disabilities in early childhood classrooms. I am also completing some research on how young children understand and cope with death and loss.
Currently, I serve as the Undergraduate Coordinator for the HDFS department. In this role, I advise and support students in both the Early Childhood Education and Human Services majors. I also meet with prospective students, both those in high school and those thinking of transferring into one of the HDFS department's majors.
