With the start of the 2024-2025 academic year, the University of Delaware College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) is pleased to announce new leadership in the college, its departments and centers.

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On August 16, 2024, Rena Hallam, professor in CEHD’s Department of Human Development Family Sciences (HDFS) and former director of CEHD’s Delaware Institute for Excellence in Early Childhood (DIEEC), began her one-year term as interim dean of CEHD. Hallam is also co-director of research for the National Early Care and Education Workforce Center.

Hallam is an accomplished researcher in the field of early childhood and was a skilled director of CEHD’s largest research and service center. Her research focuses on strategies for improving the quality of both center-based and family childcare environments with an emphasis on the design and implementation of state systems and policies. She has led multiple state and federal research and outreach initiatives in areas related to the early childhood workforce, professional development and home-based care.

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