A5048914856- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Career Development and Diversity
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Science Education and Pedagogy
- Higher Education Research Studies
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Service-Learning and Community Engagement
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
- Sustainability in Higher Education
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- School Choice and Performance
- Communication in Education and Healthcare
- Statistics Education and Methodologies
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Educational methodologies and cognitive development
- Educational Research and Science Teaching
Iowa State University
2023-2024
University of Pittsburgh
2017-2022
Significance The Science Education Alliance–Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary program is an inclusive Research Community with centralized programmatic scientific support, in which broad student engagement authentic science linked to increased accessibility research experiences for students; persistence of these students science, technology, engineering, mathematics; productivity faculty alike.
Identifying as a “science person” is predictive of science success, but the mechanisms involved are not well-understood. We hypothesized that identity predicts success because it fosters sense belonging in classrooms. Thus, should be particularly important for first-generation and racial-minority students, who may harbor doubts about science. Two field studies college Introductory Biology classes ( Ns = 368, 639) supported these hypotheses. A strong predicted higher grades, minority...
In diverse classrooms, stereotypes are often “in the air,” which can interfere with learning and performance among stigmatized students. Two studies designed to foster equity in college science classrooms ( Ns = 1,215 607) tested an intervention establish social norms that make irrelevant classroom. At beginning of term, assigned ecological-belonging engaged discussion peers around message academic adversity is normative students generally overcome such adversity. Compared business-as-usual...
In contrast to the extensive research on socioeconomic gaps in reading and math achievement, little attention has been given disparities science skills, particularly during early years of schooling. This emphasis later may be problematic because large emerge years, thus it is crucial document size achievement begin unpacking range factors that contribute these disparities. Additionally, know which components status are more strongly linked children’s skills so resources can effectively...
Past research has examined parental support for math during early childhood using parent-report surveys and observational measures of talk. However, since most studies only present findings from one these methods, the construct (parental math) method are inextricably linked, we know little about whether methods provide similar or unique information children’s exposure to concepts. This study directly addresses mono-operation bias operating in past by collecting comparing multiple number...
Abstract Prior research has documented elevations in levels of internalizing and externalizing behaviors among children lower income families comparison to more advantaged peers. However, most studies focus on behavior problems at a single point time or within short developmental period. Associations between dynamics trajectories over are less understood. To address this, the current study uses data from National Longitudinal Study Youth ( N = 7,476; 50.8% male) examine how (annual...
Small differences in course sequencing may have broad effects on undergraduate science learning. In the current research, we developed an analytical approach for assessing questions about using educational data sets, and applied it to Psychology major. This study examined relationships between student achievement (grades) psychology courses taken before after methodological courses. We used a longitudinal institutional dataset involving thousands of students across seven cohorts, control...
The current study investigated the prevalence and outcomes related to Head Start (HS) children’s dual enrollment in state-funded prekindergarten (state Pre-K) using a secondary analysis of statewide integrated administrative dataset (N = 2,986). It also explored whether program partnership between HS local school district (within same geographic service area) was associated with higher Pre-K. Findings showed that over half children attending additionally participated Such enrollment, which...
Longitudinal links between childhood family income and adult outcomes are well documented. However, research on volatility young is limited. This study utilizes data from the NLSY ( N = 6,410) to examine how relate socioeconomic mental/behavioral health in emerging adulthood. Results show that lower was associated with behavioral outcomes. Higher increased depression teen parenthood during Additional analyses examining trajectories of illustrated children families unstable (i.e., frequent...
Identifying as a “science person” is predictive of science success, but the mechanisms involved are not well-understood. We hypothesized that identity predicts success because it fosters sense belonging in classrooms. Thus, should be particularly important for first-generation and racial-minority students, who may harbor doubts about science. Two field studies college Introductory Biology classes (Ns=368; 639) supported these hypotheses. A strong predicted higher grades, minority students....
With growing public investment in early childhood services, families enrolled Head Start (HS) have increasing opportunities to participate other care and education (ECE) programs. Using integrated administrative data from across Iowa's service systems, we examined the prevalence predictors of HS children's multiple concurrent ECE utilization year before entering kindergarten, focusing on state pre-K child subsidy (CCS). Results showed that 61 % children participating additionally utilized...