Kara Farmer-Primeaux

Ms. Farmer-Primeaux has nearly ten years of experience working in evaluative research in the areas of early childhood and education. She has previously worked as a speech language pathologist in the public school system. Her research interests include early language and literacy development, multicultural issues, and the use of qualitative methods to learn more about the social world of human communication and development. Farmer-Primeaux is involved in the implementation of an early childhood quality monitoring program in various early childhood settings across Louisiana. Her work involves supervising the administration of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS), which is used to evaluate the effectiveness of teacher-child interactions in toddler and preschool classrooms. She also trains individuals to become certified observers using the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) tool. She works on various community projects evaluating local efforts to promote literacy for young children.

Ph.D. in Applied Language and Speech Sciences
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, Louisiana - Currently pursuing

M.S. in Speech Language Pathology
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, Louisiana – 2007

B.A. in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, Louisiana – 2005

Her research interests include early care environments and children’s language and literacy development.