The Foundation for Child Development continues its tradition of developing the next generation of leaders in fields with potential to impact the well-being of children and their families. Meet our Young Scholars:
The 2011 Young Scholars (Cohort 9) are:
Maricela Correa-Chavez, Clark University, "The Cultural Organization of Learning in Mexican Immigrant Families"
Eric Dearing, Boston College, "Student Support in High-poverty Elementary Schools and the Achievement of English Language Learners "
Lenna Nepomnyaschy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, "Nonresident Father Involvement in Immigrant Families"
Andrew Edward Rasmussen, New York University, "Child Health-seeking Networks among West African Refugees"
The Young Scholars (Cohorts 1-8):
Christia Spears Brown, University of Kentucky, "Children Succeeding During Demographic Shifts: How Discrimination and Ethnic Identity Predict the Academic Attitudes and Performance of Latino Children in a White Community"
Erin Todd Bronchetti, Swarthmore College, "Public Insurance and the Health of Immigrant Children"
Charissa Cheah, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, "Social Skills of Young Children of Chinese Immigrants: The Role of Sociocultural Context, Parents' Adaptation, and Parenting"
Dylan Conger, The George Washington University, "Time to English Proficiency Among Young English Learners"
Danielle Crosby, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, "Immigrants' Access to Public Benefits and Services Post-Reform: Missed Opportunities to Invest in Young American Children?"
Robert Crosnoe, University of Texas at Austin, "The Developmental Trajectories of Immigrant Children: Education, Health, Parenting, and School Context"
Joanna Dreby, Kent State University, "The Daily Lives of Children in Mexican Immigrant Households"
Anna Gassman-Pines, Duke University, "Paternal Employment, Family Functioning and Young Child Well-Being: A Daily Diary Study of Mexican Immigrant Families"
Elena Grigorenko, Yale Child Study Center, "Risk and Protective Factors for the Development of Socio-emotional and Learning Difficulties in Children Adopted from Russia: A multi-group comparison."
Wen-Jui Han, Columbia University, "Cognitive and Socio-emotional Outcomes of Children of Immigrants"
Ariel Kalil, University of Chicago, "Parental Labor Market Experiences, Investments in Children, and the Educational, Behavioral, and Physical Health Status of Immigrant Children"
Neeraj Kaushal, Columbia University,"Welfare Reform and Health of Children in Immigrant Families"
Idolly Micere Keels, The University of Chicago, "Children's Developing Environments"
Rachel Tolbert Kimbro, Rice University, "Safe to Play? Immigrant Children's Neighborhood Environments and Opportunities for Physical Activity"
Steve Knotek, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, "The Madres Para Ninos Program"
Jin Sook Lee, University of California, Santa Barbara, "Building Language Capacity: Dual Language Development in Korean and Mexican Immigrant Children"
Tama Leventhal, Tufts University, "Neighborhood Context and Immigrant Young Children's Development"
Jin Li, Brown University, "Chinese Immigrant Children's Learning Beliefs and Related Socialization at Home"
Krista Perreira, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, "Immigrants, Parenting, and Infant/Toddler Well-being"
Iliana Reyes, University of Arizona, "Emergent Literacy and Immigrant Children: Using Parent-Child Interactions to Foster Literacy in Spanish-Speaking Children"
Eric Everett Seiber, The Ohio State University, "New Immigration Destination States - Is It Harder For Eligible Immigrant Children To Enroll In Medicaid?"
Selcuk Sirin, New York University, "Muslim Immigrant Parents Negotiating with Schools: Implications for Children"
Yuuko Uchikoshi, University of California, Davis, "Early Literacy Study of Immigrant Children"
Jennifer Van Hook, Pennsylvania State University, "Obesity Among Young Children of Immigrants"
Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal, University of Pittsburgh, "Early Education and Care Experiences and School Readiness of Children of Immigrants"
Sarah Watamura, University of Denver, "Physiologic Stress Reactivity among Mexican-Origin Families"
Hanako Yoshida, University of Houston, "Cognitive Consequence of Exposure to Multiple Languages"
Qing Zhou, University of California, Berkeley, "The Risk and Protective Factors for Mental Health Adjustment in 1st- and 2nd-generation Chinese American Immigrant Children"