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is a Research Associate Professor and an Associate Director of the Center for Youth, Family, and Community Partnerships. She is adjunct graduate faculty in the department of Human Development and Family Studies at UNCG. Dr. Payne holds a Ph.D. in Child Development and Family Relations with certifications in Educational Administration and Supervision. Dr. Payne’s primary research initiatives focus on the influence of early care and school environments on children’s development across early and middle childhood. As well, her work focuses on both intervention and prevention-based programs which enable families to become active partners with their children’s health, child care, and education providers. In particular, her research examines significant relationships such as parent-child, family, and teacher-child relationships and how these support healthy development and school success in children. Dr. Payne is committed to work which creates a dynamic interface of research and theory, with practice and policy. She has over 25 years of experience in educational administration, research and academe. She has developed and directed model school-based programs for children, served on state and national task forces to develop standards for pre-K and after-school programs, provided professional consultation, training, protocol development, and evaluation services for various community agencies and university colleagues both nationally as well as internationally.
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Center for Youth, Family, and Community Partnerships
Address: 330 South Greene St., Suite 200, UNCG, Greensboro, NC 27401
Phone: (336) 217-9738
Fax: (336) 217-9750
Email:ccpayne@uncg.edu
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