Angela Love joined the faculty in August 2008 as an assistant professor in early childhood education. Before coming to Auburn University, Love was a tenured professor at Queens College, City University of New York, and served as its liaison to the Lincoln Center Institute. Love earned her doctorate in educational psychology at Georgia State University. She taught pre-kindergarten through first grade in New Orleans while completing her master's degree in early childhood education at Tulane University. Love earned her bachelor's degree in theatre at Eckerd College (Fla.). Her research interests include early literacy engagement and interaction between adults and children, early self-regulated learning, inquiry learning through content areas and the arts, and teachers' beliefs that guide their decisions in curriculum. In addition to being published in such periodicals as the Journal of Educational Research and the Journal of Genetic Psychology, she co-authored a chapter in a book published by Lawrence Elbaum Associates on authentic educational reform.

Ph.D.	Georgia State University, 2001	Educational Psychology
M.A.	Tulane University, 1992	Early Childhood Education
B.A.	Eckerd College, 1978	Children's Theatre

2008-Present		Auburn University
2001-2008		Queens College, Assistant Professor
1993-2001		Georgia State University, Graduate Teaching Assistant and Graduate Research Assistant
1991-1993		New Orleans Public School, Kindergarten Teacher
1989-1992		Newcomb Nursery School, New Orleans, Louisiana, Lead Teacher
1986-1989		Louisiana State University, Pediatric Ophthalmology Research Associate
1980-1985		Other teaching experience, Pre-K Teacher: Harrisonburg, Virginia; Mobile, Alabama