Her research focuses on the most effective ways to measure and influence social-emotional and self-regulatory development of children from preschool classrooms to university teacher preparation programs. She has worked on cross-cultural research as a Fulbright Scholar and has investigated teachers' readiness to implement new social-emotional learning interventions. Dr. Wanless was a post-doctoral research fellow at the Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) at the University of Virginia, earned a PhD in Human Development and Family Sciences from Oregon State University, an M.A. in Early Childhood Education from the University of Michigan, and was a Head Start teacher. Website: www.theseedlab.pitt.edu/index.html Nancy Markowitz