She received undergraduate degrees in Economics and Psychology at U.C. Davis and her Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology at U.C. San Diego. Dr. Glynn has published extensively in the field of maternal-child health with a particular interest in the perinatal period. Her research focuses on questions such as: Why do women give birth to babies that are born early or small?; How does fetal experience shape the health and development of infants and children?; Does the prenatal period represent a critical period of neurological development, not only for the fetus, but for the mother, too?