Megina Baker is a Lecturer in the Early Childhood Education Department at Boston University and a researcher on the Pedagogy of Play project at Harvard Graduate School of Education's Project Zero. She completed her PhD at Boston College, where her research focused on learning from community-nominated early childhood teachers who excel in teaching young Dual Language Learners.
Dr. Baker has more than ten years of experience teaching young children, both in the United States and in Sweden. In collaboration with the Boston Public Schools, she also co-authored an integrated, play-based curriculum for Boston's kindergartens called Focus on K2.