Patricia Snyder

Snyder earned her Bachelor of Science at the State University of New York at Geneseo in 1977, followed by her Master of Education at Millersville University of Pennsylvania.[1]

Snyder completed her pre-doctoral fellowship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before joining the faculty at Louisiana State University (LSU) in 1984.[2] She eventually left LSU in 2005 to direct the Center for Child Development at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.[3] She also served as editor of the Journal of Early Intervention from 2002 until 2007 and later Associate Editor for Topics in Early Childhood Special Education.[4]

In 2007, Snyder was encouraged to leave Vanderbilt by David Lawrence, who appointed her the David Lawrence Jr. Endowed Chair in Early Childhood Studies at the University of Florida (UF).[5] Upon her arrival at UF, Snyder began working towards founding the Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies, which eventually opened in 2010.[6] As a result of founding the center, Snyder was the recipient of the Mary McEvoy Service to the Field Award from the international Division for Early Childhood.[7] While serving as director, Snyder, Brian Reichow, and Cinda Clark earned a contract with the Florida Early Steps program to evaluate and develop better professional development practices. The professional development included using practice-based, evidence-based caregiver coaching model and evidenced-based home visiting practices.[8]

A few years later, Snyder was named an affiliate faculty member of the College of Medicine's Institute for Child Health Policy.[9] She also received the Division for Early Childhood Award for Mentoring (DEC) from the Council for Exceptional Children.[10] On June 27, 2019, Snyder became the seventh College of Education professor to be appointed a Distinguished Professor in UF's history.[11]

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