Cybele Raver, PhD

Professor of Applied Psychology, New York University

Dr. Cybele Raver directs New York University's Institute of Human Development and Social Change. Her research focuses on young children and families facing economic hardship. She examines the mechanisms that support children's positive outcomes in the policy contexts of welfare reform and early intervention. Raver and her research team currently conduct the Chicago School Readiness Project (CSRP), a federally-funded RCT intervention. The Chicago School Readiness Project tests the impact of comprehensive teacher training and mental health consultation services on Head Start classroom processes, on young children's self-regulation, and on their academic achievement later on in kindergarten and first grade.

Raver serves as a co-investigator on several other large RCT preschool intervention studies, and she regularly advises local and federal government agencies and foundations on promoting school readiness among low-income children. She has received a William T. Grant Faculty Scholar award as well as support from the Spencer Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Science Foundation.