Dr. Jennifer Mata-McMahon Ed.D.

Dr. Jennifer Mata-McMahon Ed.D.

Professor · Tenured

Department of Education School of Public Policy

College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

She/Her/Hers/Herself

About

Early Childhood Educator, with more than 25 years of experience in the field.

Research interests

Children's spirituality, bilingual education, teacher preparation, early childhood education, meditation, and mindfulness.

Teaching interests

Curriculum design, teaching methods, child development, socio-emotional development, moral development, spiritual development, second language acquisition, methods for working with Multilingual students, language development, assessment, and observation in ECE.

Education

  • EDD, Early Childhood EducationTeachers College, Columbia University (2010)
    Children’s Spirituality as Experienced and Expressed in a Kindergarten Classroom
  • Other, Early Childhood EducationTeachers College, Columbia University (1999)
  • MA, Early Childhood EducationTeachers College, Columbia University (1998)
  • BA, Educational Leadership and AdministrationUniversidad Metropolitana (1996)
    Propuesta de un Programa de Actividades que Facilite la Construcción de una Conciencia Ambientalista en niños de tres a seis años