Mary Louise Hemmeter

Associate Professor of Special Education

Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1991

Joined faculty in 2005

Mary Louise Hemmeter is an associate professor in the Department of Special Education at Vanderbilt University. She teaches courses, advises students, and conducts research on early childhood issues. Dr. Hemmeter’s research focuses on effective instruction, social emotional development and challenging behavior, and translating research to practice..

Currently, she is a principal investigator on the Center for the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning, and two IES-funded research projects (one focused on the efficacy of implementing the Teaching Pyramid in classrooms, and the second is investigating three different professional development models for training teachers to use embedded instruction with children with disabilities). She is a Co-Investigator on the National Center for Quality Teaching and Learning and the Center on Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation both funded by the Office of Head Start. She is a faculty member on the OSEP funded Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Interventions.

Dr. Hemmeter is a Co-Editor of the Journal of Early Intervention and serves on the editorial boards of major journals in early childhood and early childhood special education. She recently completed a five-year term on the Division for Early Childhood's Board during which time she served as President.

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