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Robyn Ridgley, Ed.D.

Associate Dean/Professor
Middle Tennessee State University

Robyn Ridgley is Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Education at Middle Tennessee State University. She joined the Early Childhood Education faculty at MTSU in 2005. She has served as the program coordinator for the Early Childhood Education program, graduate faculty member, and Chair of the Department of Elementary and Special Education.

Dr. Ridgley’s research has focused on factors impacting completion of teacher preparation programs, strategies for preparing teachers and service providers to work in early childhood fields, and early intervention services for young children with disabilities, specifically quality features of individualized family service plans and strategies for supporting quality service provision. She has taught various classes in the Early Childhood Education undergraduate program and supported the assessment core of the Assessment, Learning, and School Success doctoral program.

Prior to her work at MTSU, Dr. Ridgley was a special education teacher in an elementary school and a classroom teacher, home visitor, and administrator in an inclusive early childhood program. She has served as a research associate, project coordinator, and principal investigator on federally and stated funded direct service and research projects focused on young children.

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