Katie Gilmore is a Senior Research Manager at the EASEL Lab where her work supports several projects designed to strengthen the links between research and practice in the field of social and emotional learning, including leading the lab’s work on the Navigating SEL guide. She currently supports the team remotely from Los Angeles, CA where she lives with her husband, infant son, and large cat. Prior to joining the EASEL Lab in 2015, Katie was an AmeriCorps tutor/mentor and grant writer at City Year, a nonprofit that partners with public schools to help students stay in school and on track to graduate. Her research interests include curriculum development and the effective promotion of social, emotional, and ethical development in early childhood and K-12 settings. Katie has an Ed.M. in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard University and a B.A. from Tufts University.