Joannie Busillo-Aguayo
POSITION: Assistant Professor
DEPARTMENT: Educational Psychology and Counseling
EMAIL: jaguayo@csun.edu
PHONE: 818-677-5275
WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU? I can provide guidance about a career teaching in early childhood education settings, collaborating with community-based organizations, building effective relationships with families, as well as, careers in public policy and advocacy, and leadership development in entry through advanced early childhood professionals.
ABOUT: Dr. Joannie Busillo-Aguayo has worked in both academic and nonprofit institutions designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating new community-based programs serving young children and families in low-income communities. Her research interests include identifying ways to strengthen and support families of young children, to promote campus-community collaboration, and to enhance service-learning partnerships between students and early childhood programs in the community. For 12 years, she was the assistant coordinator of the CSUN’s Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences’ Transdisciplinary Early Intervention Program, serving infants and toddlers with development challenges and their families. Dr. Busillo-Aguayo has been a member of the CSUN community since 1991, earning her bachelor’s degree in Child Development (1993) and a master’s degree from the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences/Family Relations-Child Development (1996). She earned her doctorate in 2010 from Pepperdine University’s Graduate School of Education and Psychology/Organizational Leadership.
Emily E. Russell
POSITION: Assistant Professor
DEPARTMENT:Department of Child and Adolescent Development
EMAIL: emily.thom@csun.edu
PHONE: 818-677-6824
WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU? I can provide guidance about careers in research in early language and cognitive development and developmental psychology as well as careers in education (ECE and higher levels), social work, counseling, and other related fields.
ABOUT:In my research, I investigate the factors that influence children’s word learning and vocabulary development. Recently, my work has focused on the differences in word-learning behavior between children who are learning one language and children who are learning multiple languages. I was a teaching assistant in a preschool classroom during my undergraduate training. Additionally, I worked closely with various preschools and home child care centers while conducting research during my graduate training. I truly enjoy mentoring students as they decide “what’s next” after graduating from CSUN. My former students have gone on to teaching positions at various levels, as well as graduate programs in developmental psychology, occupational therapy, social work, and more.
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