Marisa Schlieber

Marisa Schlieber, Ph.D., is an interdisciplinary researcher with over a decade of experience conducting community engaged and policy-relevant research focused on early care and education. She is committed to amplifying the voices and lived experiences of early educators, including home-based child care providers, in addition to bridging the gap between research, policy, and practice. Marisa joined the Herr Research Center as an Associate Director of Home-Based Child Care Research and Assistant Research Professor in 2024. In these roles, she designs and conducts research with a focus on home-based child care research and policy.

Prior to joining the Erikson Institute, Marisa was a Senior Research and Policy Associate at the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) at UC Berkeley, where she led studies examining early educator work environments in center- and home-based settings. Through this work, she engaged directly with providers and early educators, as well as local and state agencies, and translated research findings to inform practice and policy. Before joining CSCCE, she was an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Southern Utah University.

Marisa has co-authored papers, briefs, and reports examining factors that influence early learning, including characteristics of ECE programs, early educator work environments, and educator well-being. She holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology with a concentration in Applied Cognition and Development from the University of Georgia.