Mariel Sparr
Director
James Bell Associates
Bio:
Dr. Sparr has over 15 years of experience researching early childhood home visiting programs. She has contributed to implementation and evaluation of training and coaching interventions to promote family engagement; authored measures of home visiting implementation quality; collaborated with program staff and federal partners to develop conceptual models of home visiting implementation quality, home visitor professional well-being, and reflective supervision; and lead the synthesis and dissemination of home visiting research and innovations. She currently oversees a portfolio of federally funded home visiting projects. She has authored multiple reports and practitioner-friendly briefs and presentations on a variety of topics within home visiting.
