Shannon Stark Guss, Ph.D, is a Senior Research Associate at the Marsico Institute for Early Learning at the University of Denver. She holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, with a specialization in Research, Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics and a cognate focus in Human Development and Family Sciences. Her work currently focuses on the development of game-based math learning and assessment systems for children from birth to age 8 and knowledge building in early STEM. Her research interests span early childhood learning and development, children from birth to age 5 and the adults in their lives.