J. Lee Kreader, PhD

Director of Research Connections
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Dr. Lee Kreader is active in many of NCCP’s research efforts, primarily in collaborative projects focused on child care and early education policy. He is director of Research Connections, jointly operated by NCCP in partnership with the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research at the University of Michigan, through a cooperative agreement with the Child Care Bureau and the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  Research Connections’ easy-to-use web site (www.researchconnections.org) features a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of research in the field, aiming to improve research quality and enhance its accessibility and utility for policymakers, practitioners, and researchers.

Lee has represented NCCP on research teams working with: Abt Associates (National Study of Child Care for Low Income Families and the Evaluation of Child Care Subsidy Strategies); Bank Street College (Assessing Child Care Development Fund Investments in Child Care Quality); and Chapin Hall (Employment and TANF Outcomes for Low-Income Families Receiving Child Care Subsidies in Illinois, Maryland, and Texas). He was co-director of NCCP’s Child Care Research Partnership and part of the five-state study team for The Dynamics of Child Care Subsidy Use. He also coordinated Promoting the Well-Being of Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families: Innovative Community and State Strategies for NCCP.

Prior to joining NCCP in late 1998, Lee served as Assistant Chief and Administrator for Program Development of the Bureau of Child Care and Development, Illinois Department of Human Services. He was planner and first coordinator for Illinois’ child care resource and referral system and has directed child care programs throughout Chicago. Lee received his PhD in United States social history from the University of Chicago.