Shauna L. Tominey

Shauna L. Tominey, Ph.D., is an associate professor in Human Development and Family Sciences at Oregon State University, where she also serves as a parenting education specialist. She holds undergraduate degrees in music and psychology from the University of Washington, an M.S. in family studies and human services from Kansas State University, and a Ph.D. in human development and family sciences from Oregon State University. Previously, she directed early childhood programming and teacher education at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.

Tominey researches and develops programs that promote children’s social-emotional skills and self-regulation. She is the author of Creating Compassionate Kids: Essential Conversations to Have with Young Children and co-author, with Elisabeth C. O’Bryon, of 45 Strategies That Support Young Dual Language Learners; she also co-authored Stop, Think, Act: Integrating Self-Regulation in the Early Childhood Classroom with Megan McClelland.