Amanda Sullivan

Dr. Amanda Sullivan is a researcher, educator, and author who focuses on the positive impact of playful exposure to hands-on science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) during the formative early childhood years. Amanda received her Master's and Ph.D. in Child Development from the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study & Human Development at Tufts University. She received her Bachelor's degree from Bennington College, where she studied Psychology and Drama. Amanda has over a decade of experience teaching early childhood and elementary school STEAM, robotics, coding, engineering, drama, film production, and more. She is happily married to her college sweetheart and mother to two young children who inspire the work she does in playful STEAM education.