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Early Childhood Development
Faculty
Younghee M. Kim
Younghee graduated from the University of Oregon with a doctoral degree in Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education in 1996. She graduated from Sogang University with a B. A. in Education, in Seoul, Korea, in 1985. Prior to coming to Southern, Younghee taught in the Early Child Education Program and the Master of Arts in Teaching program at the School of Education, Oregon State University, Corvallis during 1996-1999. Her areas of professional interest include early intervention, early childhood education, developmentally appropriate practices, authentic assessment for young children, diversity/multicultural education in pre-service program, portfolio assessment for pre-service teachers, teacher as a change agent, reflective teaching, teacher collaboration, and school and university partnerships. She has two young children who are bilingual in Korean and English.
Susan Patterson-Hamilton
Susan holds a M.A. in Human Development from Pacific Oaks College. Her experience includes working with children and families in a variety of programs over the past 25 years. She has directed two early childhood programs, Neighborhood House and Mentor Graphics Child Development Center. Currently, she is working as an Early Childhood Consultant. Susan has taught courses in Early Childhood Education at Portland Community College and Clackamas Community College. She has presented workshops at OAEYC and NAEYC.
Sheryl Cochran
Sheryl received her BA in 1984 from Sonoma State University, CA., and her MA in 1999 from Southern Oregon University. She holds an Oregon teaching license with a special education endorsement.
Sheryl has experience working with children ages 3 to 18+ in a variety of settings. As a special educator, Sheryl has worked with children who are confronted with psychological, social, and/or physiological issues that put them at risk for developmental and learning challenges. One of her challenges as well as joys as a teacher is to develop a trusting, nurturing relationship with her students so that they feel safe to take risks in their learning. She strives to support them as they discover and build on their strengths and passions. Her current professional interests include literacy development for struggling readers and writers, and social skills and diversity education in the early childhood classroom. In her spare time Sheryl plays mom to her beautiful 51/2 year old daughter, Enya, whose love of life continues to amaze her. She is teaching her how to slow down and appreciate the many gifts that children bring to the world.
