Senior Research Fellow
5937 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
Oregon State University (PhD in Human Development & Family Sciences, 2008)
University of Michigan (M.A. in Early Childhood Education, 2001)
Denison University (B.A. in Sociology/Anthropology and Psychology, 1999)
Dr. Shannon B. Wanless is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology in Education at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research focuses on the most effective ways to measure and influence social-emotional and self-regulatory development of children in classroom contexts. Specifically,she has worked on cross-cultural measurement development as a Fulbright Scholar in Taiwan and has investigated predictors of the implementation of interventions to support social-emotional and self-regulatory skills. Dr. Wanless was a post-doctoral research fellow at the Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) at the University of Virginia, earned a PhD in Human Development and Family Sciences from Oregon State University, an M.A. in Early Childhood Education from the University of Michigan, and was a Head Start teacher.
Wanless, S.B., McClelland, M.M., Acock, A.C, Ponitz, C.C., Son, S-H., Lan, X., Morrison, F.J. Chen, J-L., Chen, F-M, Lee, K, Sung, M., Su, L. (2011). Measuring behavioral regulation in four societies. Psychological Assessment, 23 (2), 364-378.
Wanless, S. B., McClelland, M. M., & Tominey, S.L., Acock, A.C. (2011). The influence of demographic risk factors on children’s behavioral regulation in prekindergarten and kindergarten. Early Education and Development, 22 (3), 461-488.
Wanless, S. B., McClelland, M. M., Acock, A. C., Chen, F-M., Chen, J-L. (2011). Behavioral regulation and early academic achievement in Taiwanese preschoolers. Early Education and Development, 22 (1), 1-28.
Wanless, S.B., Rosenkoetter, S.E., & McClelland, M.M. (2008). Paternal depression and infant cognitive development: Implications for research and intervention. Infants and Young Children, 21 (2), 134-141.
McClelland, M. M., Cameron, C. E., Wanless, S. B., & Murray, A. (2007). Executive function, self-regulation, and social-emotional competence: Links to school readiness. In O. N. Saracho & B. Spodek (Eds.), Contemporary Perspectives on Research in Social Learning in Early Childhood Education. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Rosenkoetter, S. E., & Wanless, S. B. (2006). Relationships: At the heart of early language and literacy. In S. E. Rosenkoetter & J. Knapp-Philo (Eds.), Learning to read the world. Washington, D.C.: Zero to Three Press.
