Overview

Gender

male

Dr. Hernandez is a nationally prominent development psychologist and the Director of the Early Childhood Research and Practice Collaborative at NORC at the University of Chicago, where he also serves as Principal Research Scientist. Dr. Hernandez's research focuses on how children develop literacy, mathematics, and science skills and how best to develop and evaluate programs that improve educational outcomes for early learners. Dr. Hernandez oversees large‐scale projects including experimental and quasi‐experimental studies, mixed-methods research, psychometric analyses for assessment and survey development, and program evaluation. He earned his B.A. in Biology and Psychology, M.A. in Social Sciences, and Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology all from the University of Chicago.