Tamara Turski

Tamara Turski is a Ph.D. in Education student specializing in the Learning Sciences in the School of Education at the University of Delaware. Her research interests include STEM learning for preschool and kindergarten classrooms and how parents can support children in STEM education.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education, with a minor in Special Education from the University of Delaware.

Education

• B.S.Ed., Early Childhood Education, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 2019–2021
• A.A., Early Childhood Education, Birth to 2nd Grade, Delaware Technical Community College, 2016–2018

Professional Experience

• Graduate Research Assistant, Jordan Fractions Lab, School of Education, University of Delaware, 2021–present
• Graduate Research Assistant, Developmental and Aging Neuroscience Education Laboratory, School of Education, University of Delaware, 2019–2021
• Preschool Teacher, Children First Preschool, Hockessin, DE, 2018–2021

Honors and Awards

• Undergraduate First Place Poster Award, Delaware Neuroscience Symposium, 2021
• Undergraduate Second Place Poster Award, Steele Symposium, College of Education and Human Development, University of Delaware, 2021
• Strategic Plan Poster Winner, Society for Research in Child Development, 2021

Publications

• Turski, T., & Del Tufo, S.N. (under review). Relational Uncertainty: Parents’ perceptions of their adopted children’s academic success change over time. Early Childhood Research Quarterly.