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S. CLAIRE SON

(she/her/hers)

Associate Professor

Educational Psychology

Orcid identifier0000-0002-6389-3825 (opens in a new tab)⁠
  • Associate Professor
    Educational Psychology
  • University of Utah, Educational Psychology, 1721 Campus Center Drive SAEC 3220, Salt Lake City, United States

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Governor's panel on early literacy
    10 Dec 2025
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Dean’s Fellow
    1 Jul 2025
    College of Education, University of Utah
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Grant Academy Fellow
    1 Jan 2025
    College of Education, University of Utah
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) mentor award
    1 Jan 2025
    University of Utah Office of Undergraduate Research
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    Society for Research in Child Development with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2025
    Professional development initiative on representative developmental science and publication
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) mentor award
    1 Jan 2024
    University of Utah Office of Undergraduate Research
  • HONOR/AWARD
    College of Education Service Award
    1 Jan 2023
    University of Utah
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    International Literacy Association
    1 Dec 2022 - 30 Sep 2024
    Dina Feitelson Research Award committee
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    We All Belong Here, PBS Utah Scholar for Book Club in a Box (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Dec 2022 - 1 Mar 2023
    Scholar for developing Book Club in a Box
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Dina Feitelson Research Award
    1 Jul 2022
    The International Literacy Association
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Salt Lake County Library
    1 Jun 2021 - 1 Aug 2022
    advisor, storytime engagement evaluation
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Panelist, Ready! Resilient! Utah Early Childhood Mental Health Summit
    1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2021
    Panelist, Ready! Resilient! Utah Early Childhood Mental Health Summit, Presented by Governor Spencer J. Cox and First Lady Abby Cox. The Children’s Center Utah & Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, The University of Utah
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    School Readiness Board
    9 Dec 2019 - 1 Dec 2024
    Acedemic member of School Readiness Board (HB96 and HB380) appointed by the Speaker of the House, Utah Department of Workforce Services and Utah State Board of Education
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Utah Pre-Kindergarten Entry and Exit Profile (PEEP) assessment advisory committee
    1 Sep 2018 - 31 Dec 2018
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Advisory committee, Sesame Street initiatives, Sesame Workshop and PNC Grow Up Great®
    1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2017
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Top reviewer recogntion
    1 Jan 2017
    Journal - Early Education and Development
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Utah Kindergarten Entry and Exit Profile (KEEP) assessment advisory committee
    1 Sep 2016 - 31 May 2018
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Faculty Fellow Award
    1 Jan 2016
    University of Utah University Research Committee
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Utah Kids Ready to Read steering committee
    1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2018
    Utah State Library, UT.
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    A Capital City Education alliance team partner
    1 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2016
    Salt Lake City, UT
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    City Library Children's literacy program development and evaluation team
    1 Jan 2013
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Mayor’s early childhood learning and literacy action team
    1 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2016
    Salt Lake city, UT
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Distinguished Research Award in Human Development
    1 Apr 2011
    American Educational Research Association, Division E of Counseling and Human Development
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    Society for Research in Child Development, The Asian Caucus Steering Committee
    1 Apr 2011 - 1 Mar 2013
    Early Career Scholars Committee
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Education collaboration partnership, Discovery Museum
    1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2013
    Education collaboration partnership/STEM education workshop outreach, Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum, Salt Lake City, UT