Research Scientist
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Samantha Daley is a research scientist at CAST, where she investigates the relationship between emotions and cognitive performance of students, particularly those with learning disabilities. In addition to this work, she has contributed to projects funded by the US Department of Education’s Institute for Educational Sciences and the National Science Foundation to incorporate universal design for learning (UDL) in middle- and high-school science curriculum.
Before joining CAST, Dr. Daley was a clinical fellow in the Learning Disabilities Program at Children’s Hospital, Boston, an instructor in the Language & Literacy Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a learning disabilities specialist working with high school and college students.
Samantha Daley holds a doctorate in Human Development and Psychology from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She has published her work in Mind, Brain, and Education, for which she was co-editor of a special section, and the Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability.
