Oldham Innovative Research was established by proprietor, Dr. Erin Oldham, in January 2008. Dr. Oldham began her career doing research around attachment and resiliency among children in child care centers and family child care homes in Los Angeles and San Diego, California as she finished her Ph.D. at the University of California at Los Angeles. She moved into public policy research on child outcomes among children impacted by welfare reform at Child Trends, Inc in Washington, D.C. Moving to Maine, she worked at an Assistant Research Professor at the Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine and continued her work on early childhood and early childhood education while expanding into children with special needs, early intervention, youth development, and domestic violence. In 2001, she entered the private sector as co-founder of Glenwood Research LLC. After developing relationships with many clients and realizing that research and evaluation can have a personal touch, Dr. Oldham followed her entrepreneurial spirit and created her own women’s-based, small business known as Oldham Innovative Research. Oldham Innovative Research is staffed by three full-time employees and a cadre of part-time data collectors.

Oldham Innovative Research is best known for their work in the field of early childhood education and
social services.