Dr. Kaitlin K. Moran is an associate professor of Teacher Education. Her research is rooted in community engagement and social justice work, focusing specifically on improving outcomes for young children and families in minoritized urban communities via high-quality early care, early intervention systems, and teacher advocacy. She has published articles in journals including Urban Education, Journal of Early Intervention, and Topics in Early Childhood Education. She also co-authored the book Connecting Equity, Literacy, and Language: Pathways Toward Advocacy-Focused Teaching (Lazar et al., 2024). Dr. Moran teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on child development, early childhood education, educational psychology, language and culture, and the student teaching experience. Before arriving at Saint Joseph's in 2016, Dr. Moran was an affiliate professor of education at Temple University from 2010 to 2016. During that time, she also worked as a researcher for The School District of Philadelphia, focusing on early childhood programs and programming, and served as a K-3 literacy coach. Dr. Moran began her career in early education classrooms, teaching bilingual Pre-K, Head Start, kindergarten, and remedial first grade in the inner cities of Chicago and Philadelphia. Dr. Moran received her B.A. in Spanish and Political Science from the University of Notre Dame, her M.S.Ed. in Early Childhood Education with a Special Education endorsement from Dominican University, and her Ph.D. in Urban Education from Temple University.
