Chantelle Dowsett is the Evaluation Manager for the National Maternal and Child Health Workforce Development Center. With a background in lifespan human development and population research, she has more than 20 years of experience evaluating state- and federally-funded projects focused on the effects of early childhood interventions and welfare and employment policies on low-income families. Her research in early child care and education, school readiness, and child development has been published in Developmental Psychology, Psychological Science, and Early Childhood Research Quarterly.
She has a Doctorate in Human Development and Family Sciences from the University of Texas at Austin.