Mary Beth Bruder

Mary Beth Bruder, Ph.D., has been in the early childhood intervention field since 1976. She began her career as an early childhood intervention public school teacher in VT, where she worked with Head Start and an inclusive childcare program. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Oregon in Developmental Disabilities in 1983. Since 1986, Dr. Bruder has been at the University of CT School of Medicine where she is a professor in Public Health Sciences, Pediatrics, and Educational Psychology. She currently directs the University of Connecticut A.J. Pappanikou Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service. During her career, Dr. Bruder has directed multiple federal and state research, demonstration, training, and technical assistance projects. Dr. Bruder is the editor of Infants and Young Children: An Interdisciplinary Journal in Early Childhood Intervention, and she chairs the International Society of Early Childhood Intervention, and the Association of University Centers on Disabilities Early Childhood Special Interest Group. She is most proud of her 4 daughters, adopted from orphanages in China, who continue to teach her resilience.