Amanda Wiehe Lopes, Ph.D. has over 25 years of experience as an early educator, program administrator, consultant, and trainer. She has been a teacher and curriculum consultant at organizations across the U.S. including the New York State Theatre Institute and Seattle Children’s Theater. Through scholarship and teaching, Amanda investigates creative approaches to early learning through curriculum design, pedagogy, and leadership. She has a B.A. in Theatre Arts from the University of Puget Sound, M.S.Ed in Early Childhood Education from the College of Saint Rose, and Ph.D. in Early Childhood Education and Care from University of Massachusetts Boston. Amanda currently teaches courses focused on curriculum and leadership at University of Massachusetts Boston and University of Maryland Baltimore County. In her current role as Learning and Quality Improvement Manager at University of Massachusetts Boston’s Institute for Early Education Leadership and Innovation, Amanda uses her fierce imagination to design innovative approaches to professional learning in ECE to improve program quality, mobilize leadership from within the field, and inform research.
