Erin Margaretta Phelps

Background

Phelps, Erin Margaretta was born on January 23, 1951 in Waynesville, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Richard Clayton and Ellen Margaretta (Beasley) Phelps.

Education

Bachelor with honors, Rutgers University, 1973; Master of Education, Harvard University, 1974; Doctor of Education, Harvard University, 1981.

Career

Consultant, Project Zero, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1979-1983; lecturer Graduate School Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1979-1984; senior research associate, technical director, Murray Research Center of Radcliffe College, Cambridge, since 1981; lecturer Ext. School, Harvard University, since 1991. Lecturer social science Harvard University Extension School, since 1991.

Presenter in field.

Achievements

• Erin Margaretta Phelps has been listed as a noteworthy Psychologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Arlington (Massachusetts) Town Meeting, since 1988. Treasurer Arlington Ednl. Enrichment Fund, 1991-1992.

Chairman North Union Street Playground committee, 1990-1992. Parent representative advisory board Lesley Ellis School, since 1990. Parent representative, chairman budget committee Radcliffe Child Care Center, 1986-1988.

Member Society for Research in Child Development, American Ednl. Research Association, National Organization for Women, American Psychological Association, American Statistical Association Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocation: sewing.

Connections

Married Richard Allen McElroy, August 8, 1982.

Father:

Richard Clayton Phelps

Mother:

Ellen Margaretta (Beasley) Phelps

Spouse:

Richard Allen McElroy