Megan Vinh
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Biographical Statement
Megan Vinh, PhD, is a senior technical assistance specialist at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, she leads projects aimed at improving access, experiences, and outcomes for children with disabilities within the early care and education system. She currently serves as the director of the Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA) and co-director of the STEM Innovation for Inclusion in Early Education (STEMIE) Center. She specializes in program evaluation and systems change around access and equity issues, including reducing early care and education suspensions and expulsions and increasing inclusive opportunities for children with disabilities. She also served on the Division for Early Childhood (DEC) Executive Board within the presidential line and co-authored the books First Steps to Preschool Inclusion: How to Jumpstart Your Programwide Plan and Growing Together: Developing and Sustaining a Community of Practice in Early Childhood.