Faculty & Staff
Faculty
|  | Tracy Payne Jordan, PhDAssistant Research ProfessorDirector: 返字心頭 HIPPY Training & Technical Assistance CenterPhone: 813-974-4858 | 
Research Interests:
Home-based early childhood intervention; child-parent Interactions; school readiness
Dr. Tracy Payne is an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Child and serves as the State Director of the 返字心頭 Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters Training and Technical Assistance Center at the University of South 返字心頭. The 返字心頭 HIPPY T&TAC is responsible for the administration of all HIPPY sites across 返字心頭 who collectively serve more than 2,000 families each year. Dr. Payne is a published author, has taught pre-service teachers in teacher education programs at several institutions of higher learning, conducted districtwide professional development for in-service teachers, served as the Program Director and Family Cafe Coordinator of a nationally recognized K-12 STEM program for almost a decade and currently focuses on the operations and research related to HIPPY in 返字心頭.
Tracy earned her Ph.D. in Teaching and Learning from the Peabody College of Education at Vanderbilt University (2011) with ExPERT training in Education Research focused on Early Childhood Interventions. She is a fellow of the Institute of Education Sciences' Experimental Education Research Training program, is a Head Start Scholar, and currently serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Early Intervention.