Haley Woodside-Jiron is Associate Professor in the College of Education and Social Services at the University of Vermont. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on the neuroscience of education, how chronic stress and trauma affect learning and development, and school change. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in child development, brain research and learning theory, and critical literacy. Dr. Woodside-Jiron currently Chairs the Social Emotional Learning Special Interest Group for the American Education Research Association and has published in a variety of journals including Educational Researcher, Equity & Excellence in Education, International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, and Reading Research Quarterly.