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Lindsay Clements
Lindsay is a researcher and Ph.D student in Boston College's Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology department where she studies early childhood development. As a member of the national ‘DREME’ research team, she focuses on the role that parents and teachers play in early math and executive function learning. In 2012, she earned her Ed.M in Mind, Brain, and Education from Harvard University. Lindsay has worked and taught in both public and private schools and, most recently, she spent three years at Punahou School in Honolulu where she created and led the middle school learning support program. In her spare time, Lindsay enjoys walking around Boston finding delicious foods and friendly dogs.
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