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Crista Marchesseault, MAT, MA

Director of Communications
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Vice Chair for Communications, Child Study Center

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Director of Communications

Vice Chair for Communications, Child Study Center

Biography

As Director of Communications for the Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) and Department of Child Psychiatry, Crista guides departmental strategic communications, oversees related projects, and facilitates dissemination of the center's varied and complex research, clinical, and educational work. Crista serves as the department's vice chair for communications and a member of the YCSC strategy and stewardship team, meeting regularly with the department chair and other vice chairs. Crista also works to develop and sustain relationships and connectivity within and across the YCSC community. Prior to her current role, she served as a program manager and operations director for Minding the Baby™ (MTB) for 11 years, leading a variety of initiatives surrounding implementation, research, and training in the basic tenets of the MTB clinical model. Since she began working at Yale in 2002, she has served as a research associate, project director, chair of the YCSC web and social media committee, and member of the YCSC branding and networking committee. Crista holds a Bachelor of Science in Organizational Communications from Northeastern University; a Master of Arts in Teaching from Sacred Heart University; and a Master of Arts in Child Development from Tufts University, where she sharpened her expertise in developmental literacy and served as a home visitor for a school-based home visiting program with families of Kindergarteners in Somerville, Massachusetts. In addition to her work in teaching and academic research, Crista’s professional background includes work in public relations, nonprofit management, web development, professional editing, grant facilitation, marketing, and job training.

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Departments & Organizations

Education & Training

MA
Tufts University, Child Development (2002)
MAT
Sacred Heart University, Elementary Education (2000)
BA
Northeastern University, Organizational Communications (1998)

Research

Research at a Glance

Publications Timeline

A big-picture view of Crista Marchesseault's research output by year.
9Publications
10Citations

Publications

2022

2017

2014

  • Slade, A., Sadler, L., Webb, D., Simpson, T., Marchesseault, C., Finch, B., Price, R., Fitzpatrick, S., de Dios Kenn, C., Ezepchick, J.C., & Mayes, L. (2014). Minding the Baby® Treatment Manual. Yale University, New Haven, CT.
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research

2009

  • Guddemi, M., & Marchesseault, C. (2009, September). The Goldilocks Dilemma: When is the “right time” to start Kindergarten? SEEN, 11.2, 76-79. Available: www.seenmagazine.us/ articles/article-detail/articleid/50/the-goldilocks-dilemma.aspx.
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research

2006

  • Marchesseault, C., Oliviera, P., Flis, D., & Gustafson, M. (2007). 2006 Survey of Connecticut’s NAEYC Accredited Programs: A Technical Report Regarding Education Qualifications. Hamden, CT: The Connecticut Accreditation Facilitation Project.
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research

2005

  • Gilliam, W. S., & Marchesseault, C. M. (2005). From capitols to classrooms, policies to practice: State-funded prekindergarten at the classroom level. Part 1: Who’s teaching our youngest students? Teacher education and training, experience, compensation and benefits, and assistant teachers. New Haven, CT: Yale University Child Study Center.
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research

2002

  • Gilliam, W. S., & Marchesseault, C. M. (2002, November 22). Expulsion from prekindergarten: The potential role of teacher depression. Paper presented at the annual conference of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, New York.
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research

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