Pia Rebello Britto, Ph.D.

Associate Research Scientist

Research Interests

Pia Rebello Britto, Ph.D. is an Associate Research Scientist at the Yale Child Study Center, faculty at the Zigler Center for Social Policy and Lecturer at the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University. She is known internationally for her work in the areas of early childhood policy development and analysis and program evaluation. She is presently working with over 20 countries on developing integrated systems for early childhood using a standards approach. In addition she is also working with several individual counties on formulating national policies for the well-being of young children. Dr. Britto has been involved in several early intervention program evaluations in Africa and Asia and most recently working on a 6 country evaluation of an innovative approach to improve school readiness. Dr. Britto is known nationally for her scientific work on young children's early literacy development and more recently on understanding issues of identity development of Muslim and Arab children growing up in the United States. Dr. Britto obtained her doctoral degree in developmental psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University. She is the recipient of several national and international grants and awards in recognition for her work and has published numerous books, articles, chapters and reports and has presented extensively at conferences, meetings and work shops (academic and non-academic) both nationally and abroad.

Curriculum Vitae & Links

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Recent Publications

• Britto, P.R., Cerezo, A., & Ogbunugafor, B. (in press). National ECD policy development: Case Study from the People's Democratic Republic of Lao. International Journal of Early Childhood.
• Britto, P.R., & Gilliam, W. (2008). Crossing borders with Head Start: An analysis of international early childhood programs. Infants and Young Children, 21, 82-91.
• Britto, P.R. & Amer, M. (2007). An Exploration of Cultural Identity Patterns and the Family Context among Arab Muslim Young Adults in America. Applied Development Science, 11, 137-150.
• Britto, P.R., Engle, P., & Alderman, H. (2007). Early intervention and care giving: Evidence from the Uganda Nutrition and Child Development Program. Child Health and Education, 1, 112-133.
• Britto, P.R., Brooks-Gunn, J., & Griffin, T. (2006). Story Readers and Story Tellers: Stylistic Differences in Low Income, Young, African-American Mothers' Reading Styles. Reading Research Quarterly. 41, 68-89.
• Kagan, S.L., Britto, P.R., & Engle, P.L. (2005). What America

Contact

Campus Address
Child Study Center
230 South Frontage Road
P.O. Box 207900
New Haven, CT 06520-7900

E-mail
pia.britto@yale.edu

Office Phone
203-785-3903

Fax
203-785-7402