Office Directory
Mona Thornton
Professor of Education
Department: Department of Education
Office: Newby Education 114
SWU P.O. Box: 1942
Email: Send an Email
Phone: 864-644-5353
Dr. Mona Thornton has worked in higher education for 37 years, including 15 years as a department chair and six years as a director of teacher education. In addition to founding a child development laboratory school at one university and serving as the director for 26 years, Thornton worked at three other university laboratory schools and directed an early development program for a university hospital.
Thornton received a gubernatorial appointment to the Virginia Council on Child Day Care and Early Childhood Programs and served for six years; was a Fulbright-Hayes Scholar in Zimbabwe; served as a Consulting Editor for "Young Children," the professional journal for the National Association for the Education of Young Children(NAEYC) and is currently a peer reviewer for the NAEYC/CAEP SPA (specialty professional association) process.
Education
- Doctor of Education, Early Childhood Education; University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Dissertation – A Behavioral Assessment of Racial Attitudes
in White Preschool Children - Guidance and Counseling (18 hours); Howard University
- Master of Science, Child Development; Howard University
Thesis – Language Development in Preschool Children - Bachelor of Science, Child Development; Howard University
Areas of Specialty/Interest
- Early Childhood Education
- Child Development
- Child-rearing practices of high achievers
- African-American Males in Early Childhood/Elementary Education