Maureen A Conroy

Maureen A. Conroy, Ph.D., is the Anita Zucker Endowed Professor in Early Childhood Studies and co-director of the Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies at the University of Florida. She began her career as a preschool special education teacher and has also worked as an early interventionist, program director, technical assistance provider, and higher-education faculty member. She earned her Ph.D. in special education from Vanderbilt University in 1986, and her research focuses on evidence-based interventions that support young children’s social-emotional development and address social, behavioral, and developmental challenges.

Conroy has authored more than 100 refereed articles, 20 book chapters, and three books. She contributed, with Kevin S. Sutherland, the chapter “Using Positive Descriptive Feedback to Improve Children’s Behavior” to Unpacking the Pyramid Model: A Practical Guide for Preschool Teachers.