
Dr Erin Dysart
- Position: Research Fellow
- Areas of expertise: Early Years; parental engagement; speech, language and communication; literacy; maths; evaluation; place-based research; randomised controlled trials
- Email: E.L.Dysart@leeds.ac.uk
- Location: 1.16 Hillary Place
- Website: LinkedIn | ORCID
Profile
I joined the school of education in November 2023 as a Research Fellow specialising in evaluation research. Prior to that i worked in the Department of Education at the University of York as a Research Associate managing evaluation trials. Primerially i work on large research trials focused on raising attainment of children from disadvantaged backgrounds. I also work on evaluations of place-based interventions which consider wider systems change. I work across a number of specialisums inclusing speech, language and communication, literacy, maths and also childrens mental health from the early years, primary, and secondary through to post-16.
Research interests
I have a particular interest in Early Years, professional development, speech,language and communication and place-based research. I and the Principal Investigator of evaluations of place-based research; Early Talk for York, Bristol Early Language and the Marigold Project, and I am currently Principle investigator of the Efficacy Trial of Peer-to-Peer Coaching and the Pilot Trial of Pan, Do, Review, both Funded by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF). Alongside this i am also Co-Investigator on a number of Efficacy Trials including Concept Cat, Communication Friendly Settings and Writing Roots (funded by the EEF).
Qualifications
- PhD, University of Hull
- MSc, University of York
- BA (Hons), University of Bradford