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Kathleen Gallagher

Kathleen Gallagher, Ph.D.

kgallagher@nebraska.edu Title: Director Department:Research and Evaluation College/Organization: Buffett Early Childhood Institute Campus: University of Nebraska
Personal Website Research Nebraska Page
Research Type:
  • Applied
  • Translational Science
Age Group:
  • Infant
  • Toddlers
  • Preschool/Pre-kindergarten
  • K-3
Population Focus
  • Children/Students
  • Parents/Families
  • Children with Disabilities
  • ECE Practitioners/Teachers
  • ECE Supervisors/Administrators
  • Professional Development Providers/Trainers
  • Policymakers
  • Higher Education Faculty
  • Healthcare/Mental Health Providers
  • Special Education Systems/Services
  • Court/Child Welfare
Research Keywords
  • Families
  • Workforce
  • Social-emotional
  • Wellbeing
  • Systems
Research Questions
  • What infrastructures and processes are needed to support communities' early childhood systems?
  • How can individual and systemic supports enhance early childhood professionals' wellbeing?
  • How can we enhance families' capacity to support their young children's social-emotinal wellbeing?
Research Approach
  • Qualitative methods
  • Quantitative methods
  • Mixed methods
Designs & Methods
  • Case Studies
  • Experimental
  • Interventions
  • Multi-variate analysis
  • Observational Approaches
  • Quasi-Experimental
  • Program Evaluation
Research Tools
  • Direct Child Assessments
  • Document Reviews
  • Interviews/Focus
  • Observational Assessments
  • Surveys/Questionnaires
  • Video Footage