Ruth Anne Hammond

Ruth Anne Hammond, M.A., author of Respecting Babies: A New Look at Magda Gerber's RIE Approach (2009), is a specialist in infant/​toddler development and caregiving, and has been leading the Pacific Oaks Infant-Toddler/​Parent Program in Pasadena since 1996. She is Past President of the Board of Directors and a mentor/​teacher with Resources for Infant Educarers (RIE), having studied under its founder, Magda Gerber. Ms. Hammond also teaches in the Human Development Department of Pacific Oaks College, and currently studies affective neuroscience under Dr. Allan N. Schore of the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. In her former life as a dancer, under the name Ruth Anne McCoy, she performed in numerous musical theater productions, and holds a BFA in Dance from Southern Methodist University. She and her husband have two children and live in Los Angeles.