Christine Emmons, PhD

Christine Emmons, Ph.D. is the Director of Program Evaluation at the School Development Program. She received her B.A. from the University of the West Indies, her M.L.S. from the University of Western Ontario and her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Connecticut in 1993. Dr. Emmons was an elementary teacher and later a librarian in her native Grenada.

As Director of Program Evaluation, Dr. Emmons is responsible for the design and management of the SDP’s research and evaluation program, particularly in the districts involved in systemic reform. Her duties include the development and review of instruments to measure the SDP implementation and outcomes. She has done extensive work in the development of the SDP School Climate Surveys and the School Implementation Questionnaire.

Dr. Emmons has co-authored chapters in International Perspectives on Contexts, Communities and Evaluated Innovative Practices, Rallying the Whole Village, Child by Child, and Comprehensive School Reform, as well as journal articles on SDP implementation and outcomes, and school climate and student outcomes.

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Christine Emmons, PhD
Director of Program Evaluation
School Development Program
Associate Research Scientist
Yale University Child Study Center

100 York Street, Suite 1A
New Haven, CT 06510
Phone: 203.737.4004
Fax: 203.737.4001
Email: christine.emmons@yale.edu