ADP Students’ Presentations and Publications

Prepared 6.2025

2023-2024

  • Placide, D.C., Sonnenschein, S., Sawyer, B., & King, P. (2023, August). Using a strength-based perspective to document Latinx immigrant parents’ views of kindergarten readiness. Poster presented at APA, Washington, D.C.
  • Sonnenschein, S., Placide, D., Grossman, J., & Krasniki, B. (2023, September). First and non- first-generation college students and the use of technology. Poster presented at Digital Media and Developing Minds International Scientific Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • Sonnenschein, S., Stites, M., Gursoy, H., & Krasniki, B. (2023, October). How parents socialize their elementary school age sons’ and daughters’ educational skills. Paper presented in symposium (S. Sonnenschein & M.Stites, chairs). Understanding similarities and differences in the development of boys’ and girl’s educational processes, Interests, and skills. SSHD, Philadelphia, PA.
  • French, A. M., & Sun, S. (2023, October). Anintersectional examination of family support and undergraduate STEM students’ intentions to pursue STEM careers. Symposium presentation presented at SSHD, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Schmidt, C., Gursoy, H., Sun, S., & Cheah, C.S.L. (2024, February). Longitudinal Effects of Religious Discrimination on Muslim American Adolescents’ Perceived Bicultural Integration Harmony. Invited Data Blitz at Advances in Cultural Psychology pre-conference at the Social for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Conference, San Diego, CA.
  • Schmidt, C., Fung, J., & Park, H. (2024, February). Asian American young adults’ experiences of COVID-19 Racial Discrimination and Activism Profile Membership. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.
  • Schmidt, C., Gursoy, H., Sun, S., & Cheah, C.S.L. (2024, February). Longitudinal Effects of Religious Discrimination on Muslim American Adolescents’ Perceived Bicultural Integration Harmony.Invited Data Blitz at Advances in Cultural Psychology pre-conference at Social for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Conference, San Diego, CA.
  • Kumaravelan, P., Kaur, F., & Godwin K. E. (2024, March). Brain Break Preferences Among Children.Cognitive Development Society Biennial Conference.
  • Gursoy, H., Ren, H, Aguiling, W., Balkaya-Ince, M., Cheah, C.S.L. (2024, April). How does Islamophobia relate to Muslim youth’s valuing of diversity? The mediating role of daily Muslim identity. Presented at SRA, Chicago, IL
  • Sun, S. &French, A.M. (2024, April). Race-conscious mentoring enhances the effect of research experience on science career intention for URM students. Paper presented at AERA, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Sonnenschein, S., Stites, M., Gursoy, H., & Krasniqi, B.(2024, April). Reading and mathematics in the home: Parents’ expectations and children’s engagement. Paper presented at AERA, Philadelphia. PA.
  • Sawyer, B., Sonnenschein, S., Placide, D., Reid, K., Davis-Hilton, A., Matamoros, C., & Kong, P. (2024, April). Parents’ Views About How Language and Culture Promote Dominican and Salvadoran Preschool Children’s School Readiness. Round table presented at AERA, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Aguiling, W., Ren, H., Aquino, A. K., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2024, pril). Contextualizing the Family Stress Model in Asian American Immigrant families: Moderated mediation model of avoidance of outgroups and parental warmth. Poster presented at SRA, Chicago, IL.
  • Schmidt, C., Cheah, C.S.L., Sun, S. (2024, April). The role of Chinese American Parents’ Cultural Socialization and Acculturation on Adolescents’ Perceived Harmony and Blendedness Profile Membership. Paper symposium presented at SRA, Chicago, IL.
  • Zhao, X., Cengher, M., & Li, T. (2024, May). Identifying the optimal procedures to teach two languages to children with autism spectrum disorder. Symposium presentation presented at ABAI, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Cho, H. S., Balkaya-Ince, M., Ren, H., Aquino, A. K., Zhang, B., Gu, J., Na, J. Y., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2024, April). Age-varying associations between Chinese American children and adolescents’ critical consciousness, racial discrimination, and civic engagement. Poster presented at SRA, Chicago, IL.
  • Na, J. Y., Cho, H. S., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2024, April). Korean American adolescents’ racial discrimination experiences and mental health: Moderating roles of racial-ethnic socialization and parental warmth. Paper presented at SRA, Chicago, IL.
  • R., Zhang, B., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2024, April). Parental racial-ethnic socialization facilitates civic engagement among Asian American youth through character development. Poster presented at SRA, Chicago, IL.
  • Schmidt, C., Cheah, C.S.L., & Sun, S. (2024, April). The role of Chinese American parents’ cultural socialization and acculturation on adolescents’ perceived harmony and blendedness profile membership.Paper presented in symposium, Advancing Developmental and Contextual Understanding of Youth Bicultural Experiences, SRA, Chicago, IL.
  • Gursoy, H., Schmidt, C., & Cheah., C.S.L. (2024, June). A roadmap to positive development: Person-centered and longitudinal approach in exploring Muslim youths’ identities and maternal civic socialization. Paper symposium presented at ISSBD, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Zhang, B., Cheah, C. S. L., Ren, H., & Sun, Y. (2024, June). Understanding the reciprocal relations between parental attributions, practices, and child reactive aggression. In Zhang, B & Yavuz, H. M (Chairs), Implications of parenting and child characteristics for social-emotional development in early childhood: Evidence from four cultural contexts[Paper Symposium]. Paper symposium presented at ISSBD, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Zhang, B., Cheah, C. S. L., Aquino, A. K., & Ren, H. (2024, June). From heritage culture to civic engagement: Examining mediating and moderating mechanisms supporting Chinese American adolescent’s civic actions. Paper symposium presented at ISSBD, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Sonnenschein, S., Stites, M., Yaman, K.G.A., Krasniqi, B., & Gursoy, H. (2024, June). Parents’ socialization of preschool/elementary school children’s reading and math skills in Kosovo, Turkey, and the U.S. Poster presented at ISSBD, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Placide, D.C., & Sonnenschein, S. (2024, June). The interacting role of parent academic socialization and ethnic identity on US Black college students’ academic motivation. Poster presented at ISSBD, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Stites, M., Sonnenschein, S., Singer, J., Yang, H-w., L., Gursoy, H., Kaur,,& Krasniqi, B. (2024, June). Is teaching mathematics hard? Is it harder to teach inclusive mathematics, computational thinking, and engineering? Poster presented at MCLS, Washington, D.C.
  • Sonnenschein, S., Stites, M., & Krasniqi, B. (2024, June). Math playtime: A playful approach to socializing children’s math skills at home. Poster  presented at MCLS, Washington, D.C.
  • Kumaravelan, P., Kaur, F., & Godwin K. E. (2024, June). Brain Break Preferences Among Children.Workshop presentation; Sherman Center Research Conference Series.
  • Li, T., Cengher, M., Ahmed, I., Zhao, X., (2024, May). A comparison of teaching two foreign languages simultaneously and sequentially to young adults. In A. N. Kisamore (chair), Analyses of Verbal Behavior in Complex Cases. [Symposium]. Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI)’s 50thAnnual Convention, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Sun, Y., Cheah, C. S. L., Hart, C. H., Sun, S.,& Zhang, B. (2024, June). A Cross-Lagged Moderation Examination of Maternal Psychological Control and Responsiveness on Chinese Immigrant Children’s Aggression. Paper Symposium presented at ISSBD, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Sun, Y., Cheah, C. S. L., & Hart, C. H. (2024, June). Trajectories and Predictors of Chinese American Children’s Development of Inhibitory Self-Control. Paper Symposium presented at ISSBD, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Sonnenschein, S., Stites, M., Yaman, K.G.A., Krasniqi, B., & Gursoy, H. (2024, June). Parents’ socialization of preschool/elementary school children’s reading and math skills in Kosovo, Turkey, and the U.S.. Poster presented at ISSBD, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Krasniqi, B., Sonnenschein, S., & Stites, M. (2024, June). Exploring the home science environment in early childhood. Talk presented at the Conference on Children’s Health, Welfare, Education and Rights, Prishtina, Kosovo.
  • Krasniqi, B., Sonnenschein, S., & Stites, M. (2024, June). Exploring the math academic socialization.Talk presented at Kosovo International Conference on Educational Research (KICER), Prishtina, Kosovo.
  • Stites, M., Sonnenschein, S., Singer, J., Yang, H.W., Lim, C., Vinh, M., Gursoy, H., Kaur, F., & Krasniqi, B. (2024, June). Improving Head Start

teachers sense of self-efficacy using inclusive STEM practices. Poster presented at NRCEC, Arlington, VA.

  • Stites, M., Sonnenschein, S., Singer, J., Yang, H-w., L., Gursoy, H., Kaur, F.

&  Krasniqi, B. (2024, June). Is teaching mathematics hard? Is it harder to teach inclusive mathematics, computational thinking, and engineering? Poster presented at MCLS, Washington, D.C.

  • Sonnenschein, S., Stites, M., & Krasniqi, B. (2024, June). Math playtime: A playful approach to socializing children’s math skills at home. Poster presented at MCLS, Washington, D.C.

2024-2025

  • Kaur, F., Snyder, A. E., Fisher, A. V., & Godwin, K. E. (2024). Does Book Layout Matter? Implications for Children’s Attention and Learning: Work in Progress. Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, Baltimore,

Maryland.

  • Krasniqi, B., Sonnenschein, S., Stites, M. (2025, January). Math minds at play: Insights into home activities from Kosovo and the U.S. Poster presented at BCCCD, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Grossman, J.A., Sonnenschein, S., Stites, M.L., & Krasniqi, B. (2025, February). Global perspectives on home learning. Poster to be presented at NASP. Seattle, WA. Invited virtual presentation.
  • Lim, C.L., Stites, M.L., Yang, H.W., Vinh, M., Sonnenschein, S., Krasniqi, B., Davis-Hilton, A., & Singer, J. (2025, March). Becoming Inclusive STEM Cultivators for Young Children with Disabilities. Poster presented at CEC, Baltimore, MD.
  • Stites, M.L., Sonnenschein, S., Lim, C.L., Yang, H.W., Vinh, M., Krasniqi, B., Davis-Hilton, A., & Singer, J. (2025, March). It’s More than Math: Elevating Inclusive STEM Strategies. Poster presented at CEC, Baltimore, MD.
  • Stites, M.L., Sonnenschein, S., & Krasniqi, B. (2025, April). Math can be playful: Supporting families in fostering children’s mathematical development. Workshop presented at HIPPY, Baltimore, MD.
  • Sonnenschein, S., Krasniqi, B., & Stites, M. (2025, May). Playful interactions: The nature of children’s engagement in math activities at home. Poster presented at SRCD, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Stites, M., Sonnenschein, S., & Krasniqi, B. (2025, May). A cross-national study of parental beliefs and practices in early childhood literacy and mathematics. Poster presented at SRCD, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Krasniqi, B., Sonnenschein, S., & Stites, M. (2025, May). Bedtime reading: An American tradition? Comparing reading socialization practices in the U.S., Kosovo, and Turkey. Poster presented at SRCD, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Sun, Y., Porter, C., Hart, C. H. ., Zhang, B., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2025, May). Associations Among Hostile Attribution Bias, Temperament, and Child Aggression Across Five Non-Western Cultural Contexts. Poster presented at SRCD, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Sun, Y., Cheah, C. S. L., Hart, C. H., Cho, H. S., Wu, L-W., Na, J. Y., & Deng, X. F. (2025, May). Building Bridges: Chinese and Korean Immigrant Children’s Peer Network and Social Behaviors. Poster presented at SRCD, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Zhao, X., & Cengher, M. (2025, May). Learning-to-learn: Teaching bilingualism to children with autism spectrum disorder through within-subject replication. Symposium presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Washington, DC.
  • Li, T., Imtiaz, A., Magana-Lopez, J., Cengher, M. (2025, May 24-26). An examination of one-person one-language strategy in an experimental setting. In C. Cividini-Motta (chair), Recent Research on Second Language Instruction. [Symposium]. Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI)’s 51stAnnual Convention, Washington D.C., USA.
  • Li, T. (Chair), Cariveau, T., Connolly, S., Frampton, S. (2025, May 24-26). Navigating Early Career Paths for Aspiring Clinicians and Researchers in Verbal Behavior [Panel discussion]. Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI)’s 51st Annual Convention, Washington D.C., USA.
  • Deng, X., Zhang, B., Aguiling, W., Sun, Y., Na, J.Y., & Cheah, C.S.L. (2025,

May). Maternal racial discrimination experiences impact Chinese American

preschoolers’ adjustment: Protective role of ethnic identity affirmation. Poster

presented at Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.

  • Zhang, B., Aquino, A. K., Cheah, C. S. L., Cho, H. S., Cheong, Y., Wu, L.-W., Deng, X., & Na, J. Y. (2025, May 01-03). Growth from disagreement: Unpacking Asian American parents’ and adolescents’ racial and sociopolitical conversations. [Poster presentation]. Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Minneapolis, MN
  • Krasniqi, B., Sonnenschein, S., & Stites, M. (2025, May). Exploring cultural

differences in children’s home learning environments in Kosovo, Turkey and the US. Poster presented at APS, Washington, D.C.

  • Yang, H.w., Kaur, F., Krasniqi, B., Stites, M. (2025, October). Inclusive STEM: What does it look like in practice? Division of Early Childhood Conference, Portland, Oregon.
  • Kaur, F., Kumaravelan, P., Fisher, A. V., & Godwin, K. E. (2025, May). Attention is in the Design Details: The Impact of Book Design on Young Readers. SRCD, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  • Godwin, K.E., Moreno, A., Leroux, A., Kumaravelan, P., & Kaur, F. (2025).

Can Brain Breaks Replenish Children’s Attention and Support Learning? SRCD, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

  • Krasniqi, B., Sonnenschein, S., & Stites, M. (2025, August). What counts? Parents’ beliefs about effective math learning at home. Poster to be presented at EARLI, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.

Recent Publications and Program Evaluations

Journal Articles

·      Sonnenschein, S., Metzger, S.R., Dowling, R., & Baker, L. (2017). The relative importance of English vs. Spanish language skills for low oncome Latino English language learners’ early language and literacy development. Early Child Development and Care, 187 (3-4), 727-743. DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2016.1219854. (reprinted in: R. Evans, & O. N. Saracho (Eds). (2018) Research in Young Children’s Literacy and Language Development. NY: Routledge, ISBN: 978-1-138-09109-2

  • Seo, Y. J., Cheah, C. S. L., & Hart, C. H. (2017). Korean immigrant mothers’ praise and encouragement, acculturation, and their children’s socioemotional and behavioral difficulties. Parenting: Science and Practice, 17, 143-155.
  • Schultz, D., Groth, E., Vanderwalde, H., Shannon, K., Shuttlesworth, M., & Shanty, L. (2017). Assessment of hostile and benign intent attributions in early childhood: Can we elicit meaningfulinformation? Social Development.
  • Shen, J., & Dennis, J. M. (2017). The family context of language brokering among Latino/a young adults. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. doi: 0265407517721379.
  • Becraft, J. L., Borrero, J. C., Mendres-Smith, A.E., & Castillo, M. I.(2017). Decreasing excessive bids for attention in a simulated early education classroom. Journal of Behavioral Education, 26, 371-393. doi: 10.1007/s10864-017-9275-6
  • Hagopian, L. P., & Frank-Crawford, M. A. (2018). Classification of self-injurious behaviour across the continuum of relative environmental-biological influence. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 62(12), 1108-1103.
  • Skinner, O.D., Wood, D., McHale, S.M., & Telfer, N.A. (2018). Gendered personality qualities and African American adolescents’ academic functioning. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1-12. https://doi:10.1007/s10964-018-0919-1
  • Seo, Y. J., Cheah, C. S. L., Bayram Özdemir, S. Hart, C. H., Leung, C. Y. Y., & Sun, S. (2018). The mediating role of Korean immigrant mothers’ psychological well-being in the associations between social support and authoritarian parenting style. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27, 979-989.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-017-0936-9
  • Lieving, G. A., DeLeon, I. G., Carreau-Webster, A. B., Frank-Crawford, M. A., & Triggs, M. M. (2018).Additional free reinforcers increase persistence of problem behavior in a clinical context: A partial replication of laboratory findings.  Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 109, 253-264.
  • Frank-Crawford, M. A., Castillo, M. I., & DeLeon, I. D. (2018). Does preference rank predict substitution for the reinforcer for problem behavior? A behavioral economic analysis. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 51, 276-282.
  • Schultz, D., Jones, S. S., Pinder, W. M., Wiprovnick, A. E., Groth, E. C., Shanty, L. M., & Duggan, A. (2018). Effective home visiting training: Key principles and findings to guide training developers and evaluators. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 22, 1563‐
  • Rosser, T. C., Edgin, J. O., Capone, G.T., Hamilton, D., Allen, E. G., Dooley, K. J.,Frank-Crawford, M. A.,… Sherman, S. L. (2018). Associations between medical history, cognition, and behavior in youth with Down syndrome: A report from the Down Syndrome Cognition Project. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 123, 514-528. doi: 10.1352/1944-7558-123.6.514
  • DeLeon, I. G., Hursh, S. R., Frank-Crawford, M. A., Carreau-Webster, A. B., Miller, J. R., & Bullock, C. E. (accepted pending revision). Behavioral economics in intellectual disabilities: Demand elasticity as a function of effort, delay, and reinforcer similarity. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior.
  • Becraft, J. L., Borrero, J. C., Davis, B. J., Mendres-Smith, A.E., & Castillo, M. I. (2018). The role of signals in two variations of differential-reinforcement-of-low-ratep Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 51, 3-24.
  • Castillo, M. I., Clark, D. R., Schaller, E. A., Donaldson, J. M, Deleon, I. G., Kahng, S. (2018). Descriptive assessment of problem behavior during transitions of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 51, 99-117.
  • Zong, X., Zhang, L., & Yao, M. (2018). Parental involvement and Chinese elementary students’ achievement goals: The moderating role of parenting style. Educational Studies, 44, 341-356.
  • Shen, J. J., Cheah, C. S. L., & Yu, J. (2018). Asian American and European American emerging adults’ perceived parenting styles and self-regulation ability. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 9(2), 140-148.
  • Balkaya, M., Cheah, C. S. L., Yu, J., Hart, C. H., & Sun, S. (2018). Maternal encouragement of modest behavior, temperamental shyness, and anxious withdrawal linkages to Chinese American children’s social adjustment: A moderated mediation analysis. Social Development, 27, 876-890.
  • Vu, K. T. T., Cheah, C. S. L., Zhou, N., Leung, C. Y. Y., Li, J., & Yamamoto, Y. (2018). When European American and Chinese American mothers express warmth and control. Parenting: Science and Practice, 18, 262-280.
  • Zong, X., Zhang, L., & Yao, M. (2018). Parental involvement and Chinese elementary students’ achievement goals. The moderating role of parenting style. Educational Studies, 44, 341-356.
  • Seo, Y. J., Sun, S., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2019). Confirming the multidimensionality of psychological well-being among Korean immigrant mothers in the U.S. International Journal of Mental Health, 48, 40-61.
  • Frank-Crawford, M. A., Borrero, J. C., Newcomb, E. T., Chen, T., & Schmidt, J. D. (2019). Preference for and efficacy of accumulated and distributed response-reinforcer arrangements during skill acquisition. Journal of Behavioral Education, 28, 227-257.
  • Vu, K. T. T., Castro, K. M., Cheah. S. L., & Yu, J. (2019). Mediating and moderating processes in the association between Chinese immigrant mothers’ acculturation and parenting styles. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 10, 307-315.
  • Schultz,D., Schacht, R.L., Shanty, L., Dahlquist, L.M., Barry, R.A., Wiprovnick, A.E., Groth, E.C., Gaultney, W.M., Hunter, B.A., & DiClemente, C.C. (2019). The development and evaluation of a statewide training center for home visitors and supervisors. American Journal of Community Psychology.
  • Zong, X., Cheah, C.S.L., Yu, J., Lim, H.J., Vu, K.T.T., & Opara, N. (2019). Identify synthesis as a pathway linking parenting and emerging adults’ internalizing problems. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 28, 1029-1041.
  • Shanty, L., Dowling, R., Sonnenschein, S., & Hussey-Gardner, B. (2019).
  • Evaluation of an early language and literacy program for parents of Infants in the NICU. Journal of Neonatology Nursing, 38(4), 207-216.
  • Metzger, S.R., Sonnenschein, S., & Galindo, C. (2019). Elementary-age children’s conceptions about math utility and their home-based math engagement. Journal of Educational Research, 12, 431-449. DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2018.1547961
  • Balkaya, M., Cheah, C. S. L., & Tahseen, M. (2019). The mediating role of multiple group identities in the relations between religious discrimination and Muslim‐American adolescents’ adjustment. Journal of Social Issues, 75(2), 538–567. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12326
  • Shen, J. J., Cheah, C. S., & Leung, C. Y. (2019). The long-term socialization goals of Chinese and Korean immigrant mothers in the United States. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 1-9. doi:10.1007/s10826-019-01652-w
  • Cheah, C. S. L., Kaputsos, S., Mandalapu, V., Tran, T., Barman, S., Jung, S., Vu, K. T. T., Masterson, T. D., Zuber, R., Boot, L., & Gong, J. (2019). Neurophysiological variations in food decision-making within virtual and real environments. In the 2019 IEEE-EMBS International Conference Proceedings on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI).
  • Murphy, T.P., McCurdy, K., Jehl, B., Rowan, M., & Larrimore, K. (2019). Jealousy behaviors in early childhood: Associations with attachment and temperament. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1-7.
  • Vu, K. T. T., C. S. L., Sun, S., Zhou, N., & Xue, X. (2019). Confirmatory factor analysis of the Child Feeding Questionnaire and Asian cultural feeding among U.S. Chinese immigrant families of preschool children. Child: Care, Health & Development, 1-9. doi: 10.1111/cch.12715
  • Vu, K. T. T., Seo, Y. J., & Hussey-Gardner, B. T. (2019). Parents and early childhood professionals want a website on torticollis. Research in Pediatrics and Neonatology, 3, 278-286. doi: 10.31031/RPN.2019.03.000575
  • Channell, M. M., Hahn, L. J., Rosser, T. C., Hamilton, D., Frank-Crawford, M. A., Capone, G. T., …& Down Syndrome Cognition Project. (2019). Characteristics associated with autism spectrum disorder risk in individuals with Down syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities 49, 3543-3556. doi: 10.1007/s10803-019-04074-1
  • Cartwright, K.B., Lee, S.A., Taboada Barber, A., DeWyngaert, L.U., Lane, A.B., & Singleton, T. (2019). Contributions of executive function and cognitive intrinsic motivation to university students’ reading comprehension. Reading Research Quarterly.
  • Murphy, T. P., McCurdy, K., Jehl, B., Rowan, M., & Larrimore, K. (2019). Jealousy behaviors, in early childhood: Associations with attachment and temperament. International Journal of Behavioral Development. 1-7.
  • Ren, H., Sun, S., & Cheah, C. S. L., Sang, B., & Liu, J., (2019). Confirmatory factor analyses of the Parent Attributions Questionnaire in Asian American mothers. International Journal for the Study of Behavioral Development, 43, 185-193.
  • Ren, H., Cheah, C. S. L., Sang, B., & Liu, J. (2019). Maternal attribution and Chinese immigrant children’s social skills: The mediating role of authoritative parenting practices. Parenting: Science and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2019.1694834
  • Hagopian, L. P., Frank-Crawford, M. A., Javed, N., Fisher, A. B., Dillon, C. M., & Rooker, G. W. (2019). An augmented competing stimulus assessment. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
  • Dowling, R., Shanty, L., Sonnenschein, S., & Hussey-Gardner, B. (2020).

Talking, reading, singing, and rhyming: Tips for fostering early literacy

at home. NAEYC YC, 75(3), 79-83.

  • Ren, H., He, X., Bian, X., Shang, X., & Liu, J. (2020). The protective roles of exercise and maintenance of daily living routines for Chinese adolescents during the COVID-19 quarantine period. Journal of Adolescent Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.09.026
  • Balkaya-Ince, M., Cheah, C. S. L., Kiang, L., & Tahseen, M. (2020). Exploring daily mediating pathways of religious identity in the associations between maternal religious socialization and Muslim American adolescents’ civic engagement. Developmental Psychology, 56(8), 1446–1457. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000856
  • Mendres-Smith, A. E., Borrero, J. C., Castillo, M. I., Davis, B. J., Becraft, J. L., & Hussey-Gardner, B. (2020). Tummy time without the tears: The impact of parent positioning and play. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
  • Seo, Y. J., Cheah, C. S. L., & Cho, H. S. (2020). The gender ideology of “Wise Mother and Good Wife” and Korean immigrant women’s adjustment in the U.S. Nursing Inquiry, 27, e12357. https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.12357
  • Cheah, C. S. L., Barman, S., Vu. K. T. T., Jung, S., Mandalapu, V., Masterson, T., Zuber, R., Boot, L., & Gong, J. (2020). Validation of a virtual reality buffet environment to assess food selection processes among emerging adults. Appetite, 153, 1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2020.104741
  • Cheah, C. S. L., Wang, C., Ren, H., Zong, X., Cho, H. S., & Xue, X., (2020). COVID-19 racism and mental health in Chinese American families. Pediatrics, Nov 146 (5).
  • Ren, H., Cheah, C. S. L., Tahseen, M., & Zhou, N. (2021). A person-centered examination of acculturation and psychological functioning among Chinese and Korean immigrant mothers in the United States. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 27, 95-106. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000430
  • Crowley, D. M., Scott, J. T., Long, E. C., Green, L., Israel, A., Supplee, L., Jordan, E., Oliver, K., Guillot-Wright, S., Gay, B., Storace, R., Torres-Mackie, N., Murphy, Y., Donnay, S., Reardanz, J., Smith, R., McGuire, K., Baker, E., Antonopoulos, A., … Giray, C. (2021). Lawmakers’ use of scientific evidence can be improved. PNAS, 118(9), e2012955118.
  • Stites, M., Sonnenschein, S., Dowling, R., & Gay, B. (2021).

Mathematics learning opportunities in preschool: Where does the classroom library fit in? Special issue of Early Education and Development.

  • Sonnenschein, S., Stites, M., & Dowling, R. (2021). Learning at home: What preschool parents do and what they want to learn from their children’s teachers. Journal of Early Childhood Research, 32(1), 66-81.Recommended and abstracted in https://www.mathsthroughstories.org/research-articles
  • Gay, B., Sonnenschein, S., Baker, L., & Sun, S. (2021). Poverty, parent involvement, and children’s reading skills: Testing the compensatory effect of the amount of classroom reading instruction. Early Education and Development.
  • Diamant-Cohen, B., Sonnenschein, S., Dowling, R., Shanty, L, Hoge, P., Henschel, B., & Hussey-Gardner, B. (2021). Make way for Goslings: The Importance of collaboration. Children’s Voice, Special Issue on University -&
  • Ren, H., Cheah, C., & Liu, J. (2021). The Cost and Benefit of Fear Induction
    Parenting on Children’s Health during the COVID-19 Outbreak.
    Developmental Psychology, 57(10), 1667–1680.
  • Cheah, C. S. L., Gursoy, H., & Balkaya-Ince, M. (2021). Parenting and Social Identity Contributors to Character Development in Muslim American Adolescents. International Journal of Intercultural Relations.81,68-78,
  • Cho, H. S., Cheah, C. S. L., Vu, K. T. T., Selçuk, B., Yavuz, H. M., Şen, H. H., & Park, S. Y. (2021). Culturally shared and unique meanings and expressions of maternal control across four cultures. Developmental Psychology, 57(2), 284–301.
  • Zong, X., Cho, H. S., Cheah, C. S. L., Vu, K. T. T., Selçuk, B, C.S.L., & Ren, H. (2021). Chinese American adolescents’ experiences of COVID-19 related racial discrimination and anxiety Person-center and intersectional approaches. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 27(4), 559-568.
  • Zong, X. & Cheah, C. S. L. (2021). Multiple dimensions of religiosity, self-regulation, and psychological adjustment among emerging adults. Current Psychology. Advance online publication.
  • Gao, D., Hart, C. H., Cheah, C. S. L., Balkaya-Ince, M., Vu, K T.T., & Liu, J. (in press). Chinese American children’s temperamental shyness and responses to peer victimization as moderated by maternal praise. Journal of Family Psychology, 35(5), 680–690.
  • Crowley, D. M., Scott, J. T., Oliver, K., Long, E. C., Green, L., Israel, A., Supplee, L., Jordan, E., Guillot-Wright, S., Gay, B., Storace, R., Torres-Mackie, N., Murphy, Y., Donnay, S., Reardanz, J., Smith, R., Baker, E., McGuire, K., Antonopoulos, A., … Giray, C. (2021). Lawmakers’ use of scientific evidence can be improved: Randomized controlled trial of the 116th US Congress. PNAS, 118(9), e2012955118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2012955118
  • Long, E. C., Smith, R. L., Scott, J. T., Gay, B., Giray, C., Storace, R., Guillot-Wright, S., & Crowley, D. M. (2021). A new measure to understand the role of science in US Congress: Lessons learned from the Legislative Use of Research Survey (LURS). Evidence & Policy.
  • DiClemente, C. C., Wiprovnick, A., Moran, S., Groth, E., Schacht, R., Schultz, D., Aquino, A. K., & Jehl, B. (2021). Cross agency training to promote integrated care for substance exposed newborns. Journal of Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, & Substance Dependence, 7(1), 1-9.
  • Godwin, K. E, & Kaur, F. (2021). The Decorated Learning Environment: Simply Noise or an Opportunity for Incidental Learning? Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (2087-2093).
  • Sun, S., Else-Quest, N. M., Hodges, L., French, A. M.,& Dowling, R. (2021). The effects of ALEKS on mathematics learning in k-12 and higher education: A meta-analysis. Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 13(3), 182-196.
  • Crowley, D. M., Scott, J. T., Long, E. C., Green, L., Giray, C., Gay, B., Israel, A., Storace, R., McCauley, M., & Donovan, M. (in press). Cultivating researcher-policymaker partnerships: A randomized controlled trial of a model for supporting public psychologists. American Psychologist.
  • Stites, M.L., Sonnenschein, S., & Galczyk, S.H. (2021). Preschool parents’ views of distance learning during COVID-19. Early Education and Development,32(7), 923-939.
  • Stites, M.L., Sonnenschein, S., Chen, Y., Imai-Matsumura, K., & Gürsoy, H. (2021). Facilitating preschool children’s mathematics development in China, Japan, and the United States: Is the classroom library considered? Education Sciences, 11, 792.
  • Cheah, C. S. L., Zong, X., Cho, H. S., Ren, H., Wang, S., , X., & Wang, C. (2021). Chinese American adolescents’ experiences of COVID-19 racial discrimination: Risk and protective factors for internalizing difficulties. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 27(4), 559-568.
  • Iruka I. U., Durden T. R., Gardner-Neblett N., Ibekwe-Okafor N., Sansbury A., & Telfer N. A. (2021). Attending to the adversity of racism against young Black children. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 8,175-182.
  • Aquino, A. K., & Schultz, D. A. (2022). ‘Our work is to be there’: understanding Latinx immigrant family, friend, and neighbour childcare providers’ motivations, needs, and experiences. Early Child Development and Care, 1-15. DOI: 1080/03004430.2021.2025052
  • Sun, Y., Lam, C. B., & Chung, K. K. H. (2022). Being hopeful and mindful during adversity: A longitudinal study on college students’ adjustment during COVID-19. Mindfulness. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-022- 01892-w (2020).
  • Sonnenschein, S., Gursoy, H., & Stites, M. (2022). Elementary school children’s home learning environments: Mathematics, reading, science, written language. Education Sciences, 11, 303-318.
  • Shawler, L. A., Clayborne, J. C., & O’Connor, J. T. (2022). A competing stimuli intervention package to treat automatically reinforced destructive behavior. Clinical Case Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/15346501221099218
  • Stites, M., Gursoy, H., Cosqun, A.A., & Sonnenschein, S. (2022). Preschool classroom libraries in Turkey: Are they used to support early mathematics skills? Education Sciences, 11.
  • Borrero, J. C., Rosenblum, A. K., Castillo, M. I., Spann, M. W., & Borrero, C. S. (2022). Do children who exhibit food selectivity prefer to save the best (bite) for last? Behavioral Interventions, 37(2), 529-544.
  • Kaur, F., Fitzsimmons, C. J., Iwai, Y., Taber, J.M., Thompson, C. A., & Godwin, K.E. (2022). Inhibition and fraction arithmetic: Insights from heat-map strategy reports. Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.
  • Ren, H., Cheah, C. S. L., Zong, X., Wang, S., Cho, H. S., Wang, C., & Xue, X.(2022). Age-varying associations between Chinese American parents’ racial–ethnic socialization and children’s difficulties during the COVID-19
    Asian American Journal of Psychology, 13(4), 351–
    363.
  • Zong, X., Cheah, C. S. L., & Ren, H. (2022). Chinese American adolescents’ experiences of COVID-19-related racial discrimination and anxiety: Person-centered and intersectional approaches. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 32(2), 451-469. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12696
  • Xue, X., Cheah, C. S. L., Hart, C. H. (2022). Risk and protective processes linking racial discrimination and Chinese American mothers’ psychologically controlling parenting. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000545
  • Ren, H., Cheah, C. S. L., Zong, X., Wang, S., Cho, H. S., Wang, C., & Xue, X. (2022). Age-varying associations between Chinese American parents’ racial-ethnic socialization and children’s difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic. Asian American Journal of Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/aap0000278
  • Zong, X., Ingoglia, S., Lo Coco, A., Tan, J.-P., Inguglia, C., Liga, F., Cheah, C. S. L. (2022). Evaluating the filial behavior scale across three cultural groups using exploratory Structural Equation Modeling. International Journal of Psychology, 58(1), 42–51. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12880
  • Vu, K. T. T., Cheah, C. S. L., & Halberstadt, A. (2022). Culture moderates bidirectional associations between Chinese immigrant mothers’ socialization and children’s anger and sadness during disappointment. Social Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12619
  • Sonnenschein,S., Stites, M.L., Gursoy,H., & Khorsandian, J. (2023). Elementary-school students’ use of digital devices at home to support learning pre- and post-COVID-19. Education Sciences, 13,
  • Godwin, K.E., Kaur, F., & Sonnenschein, S. (2023). Teaching and learning during a global pandemic: Perspectives from elementary school teachers and parents. Education Sciences, 13(4), 426.
  • Schmidt, C., Cho, H.S., & Cheah, C.S.L. (2023). To be in harmony: Chinese American adolescents’ and parents’ bicultural integration during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 54(4), 475-489.
  • French, A. M., Else-Quest, N. M., Asher, M., Thoman, D. B., Smith, J. L., Hyde, J. S., & Harackiewicz, J. M. (2023). An intersectional application of expectancy-value theory in an undergraduate chemistry course.Psychology of Women Quarterly, 47(3), 299-319. https://doi.org/10.1177/03616843231153390
  • Else-Quest, N. M.,French, A. M., & Telfer, N. A. (2023). The intersectionality imperative: Calling in stigma and health research. Stigma and Health, 8(3), 269-278. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/sah0000397
  • Ren, L., Wang, S., & Mang, L. (2023). Developmental implications of preschool children’s affective experiences during organized activities. Early Child Development and Care, 193(5), 631-646.
  • Wang, S., Cheah, C.S.L., Zong, X.& Ren, H. (2023). Parental stress and
    Chinese American preschoolers’ adjustment: The mediating role of
    Behavioral. Sciences. 13, 562. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13070562
  • Ren, H., Hart, C. H., Cheah, C. S. L., Porter C. L., Nelson, D. A., Yavuz-Müren, M., … & Zhou, N. (2023). Parenting Measurement, Normativeness, and Associations with Child Outcomes: Comparing Evidence from Four Non-Western Cultures. Developmental Science.e1ss88. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13388
  • Ren, H.,Cheah, C. S. L., Cho, H. S., & Aquino, A. K. (2023). Cascading effects of Chinese American parents’ COVID-19 racial discrimination and racial socialization on adolescents’ adjustment. Child Development, 00, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14037
  • Sun, Y., Cheah, C. S. L., & Hart, C. H. (2023). Parent-child relationship buffers the impact of maternal psychological control on aggression in temperamentally surgent children. Social Development, 00, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12722
  • Luo, R., Song, L., Davis-Hilton, A., & Surrain, S. (2023) Parental beliefs and knowledge about dual language learning and education (KnDLLE) predict children’s Spanish and English experiences at home. Early Childhood Education Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-023-01594-5
  • Godwin, K.E., Thompson, C. A., Kaur, F., Iwai, Y., Fitzsimmons, C. J., & Taber, J. M. (2023). Attending to What’s Important: What Heat Maps May Reveal About Attention, Inhibitory Control, and Fraction Arithmetic Performance. Frontiers Psychology, 14.
  • Cho, H. S., Gürsoy, H., Cheah, C. S. L., Zong, X., & Ren, H. (2024). To maintain or conceal one’s cultural identity? Chinese American parents’ ethnic–racial socialization during COVID-19. Journal of Family Psychology, 38(1), 26–37. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fam0001169
  • Kumaravelan, P., Leroux, A., & Godwin, K. E. (2024). Brain Breaks: Teacher Usage And Child Preference. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 46. Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0zc1349p
  • Sun, Y., Cheah, C. S. L., Seo, Y. J., Aquino, A. K., Gursoy, H., & Wu, L.-W. (2024). All in the family: The complementary protective roles of spousal and other family support for Chinese immigrant mothers’ life satisfaction over time. Journal of Family Psychology. Advance online. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001212
  • Balkaya-Ince, M., Cheah, C.S.L., Amer, M. & Gursoy, H. (2024). Time-varying and gender differences in maternal religious socialization and its implications on Muslim American adolescents’ religious identity. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality.
  • Sun, Y., Lam, C. B., Cheung, R. Y. M. (2024). Child surgency and child aggression: The moderating effect of positive parenting and family income. Child and Youth Service Review. 158, 107884. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107484
  • Gürsoy, H., Cheah, C. S. L., & Balkaya-Ince, M., (2004). What helps Muslim American youth to thrive? The role of maternal promotion of volitional functioning and religiosity in their civic engagement. Youth and Society. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X241261985
  • Sun, Y., Cheah, C. S. L., Hart, C. H., Sun, S., Zhang, B., & Yu, J. (2025) Chinese American maternal authoritative parenting moderates the associations between maternal psychological control and child aggression. International Journal of Behavioral Development. Online first publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254251327374
  • Zhang, B., Cheah, C. S. L., & Ren, H. (2025). Considering children’s characteristics in Chinese American mothers’ attributions, psychological well-being, and parenting practices. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101817
  • Zhang, B., Cheah, C. S. L., & Ren, H. (in press). Becoming civically engaged adolescents: Individual and parenting mechanisms in Chinese American families. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology.
  • Clayborne, J.,Cengher, M., Shawler, L., & Frampton, R. (accepted) Stimulus equivalence and transfer of function in practice: teaching categorization skills to children with autism. Behavioral Interventions.
  • Aquini, A.K., Cheah, C.S.L., Zhang, B., Cho, H.S., & Sun, Y. (in press). Competency matters: Chinese American parents’ racial Socialization and adolescents’ well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Asian American Journal of Psychology.
  • Hyseni Duraku, Z., Hoxha, L., & Krasniqi, B. (in press). Motivation, attitudes, and beliefs of public vs. private early childhood education teachers in Kosovo toward science and continuing education. On the Horizon: The International Journal of Learning Futures.
  • Stites, M.L. , Sonnenschein, S. Aram, D., Meoded Karabanov, G. ,López Escribano, C., Shtereva,K., Krasniqi, B., & Gursoy, H. (in press). Home literacy and mathematics in Bulgaria, Israel, Spain, and the U.S.: How do preschool parents socialize academic readiness? Early Childhood Educational Journal.
  • Li, T., Cengher, M., Cortez, M. D., & Miguel, C. F. (in press). A comparison of sequential and simultaneous tact instruction in children with autism: A pilot study. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior.  
  • Berlin, L., Owen, J., & Kaur, F. (2024). Introducing the Social Policy Report Editorial Board and this Special Issue. Social Policy Report, 37(1), 3-4.

Book Chapters

  • Sonnenschein, S., & Dowling, R. (2016). Language comprehension. In E. Stocks (Ed.), Foundations of Psychology. Gale.
  • Cheah, C.S.L., Zhou, N., Leung, C.Y.Y., & Vu, K.T.T. (2018). Why and how U.S. Chinese immigrant mothers engage in parenting control and the role of their acculturation. In S.S. Chuang, & C. Costigan (Eds.), Parental roles and relationships in immigrant families: An international approach. Springer Science+Business Media.
  • Sonnenschein, S., Galindo, C., Simons, C.L., Metzger, S.R., Thompson, J.A., & Chung, M. (2018). How do children learn mathematics? Chinese and Latina immigrant perspectives. In S.S. Chuang, & C.L. Costigan (Eds.), Parental roles and relationships in immigrant families: An international approach (pp.111-128). New York, NY: Springer Science+Business Media.
  • Else-Quest, N. M., & Hamilton, V. (2018).  Measurement and analysis of nation-level gender equity in the psychology of women.  In C. B. Travis & J. W. White (Eds.), Handbook of the Psychology of Women. American Psychological Association.
  • Sonnenschein, S., Metzger, S., & Gay, B. (2018). Concerted cultivation

 among low-Income Black and Latino families. In Sonnenschein, S., & Sawyer, B. E. (Eds.). Academic Socialization of Young Black and Latino Children: Building on Family Strengths (pp.39-60). Springer.

  • Baker, L., & DeWyngaert, L. (2018). Academic socialization in the homes of Black and Latino preschool children: Research findings and future directions. In Sonnenschein, S., & Sawyer, B. E. (Eds.) Academic socialization of young Black and Latino children: Building on family strengths (pp.233-255). Springer.
  • Sonnenschein, S., & Dowling, R. (2019). Parents’ socialization of their young children’s interest in math. In O. Saracho (Ed.), Contemporary perspectives on research on motivation in early childhood education(pp. 75-100). Information Age Publishing.
  • Sonnenschein, S., & Gay, B. (2019). Parent involvement and equity in mathematics. In C. Xenofontos (Ed.), Equity in mathematics education: Addressing a changing world (pp.159-178). Information Age Publishing.
  • Godwin, K. E., & Kaur, F. (2020). Investigation of attentional decay: Implications for instruction. In Denison., M. Mack., Y. Xu, & B.C. Armstrong (Eds.), Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (2931-2936). Cognitive Science Society.
  • Hong, Y., & Schmidt, C. (2021, September 29).Multiculturalism and cultural assimilation. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology. Oxford University Press. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.288
  • Xu, Y., Cheah, C. S. L. & Hart, C. H. H., & Seo, Y. J. (2021). From shyness to social anxiety: Understanding solitude in the context of immigration.  In R. J. Coplan, J. C. Bowker, & L. J. Nelson (Eds.). The handbook of solitude: Psychological perspectives on social isolation, social withdrawal and being along, 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons.
  • Sonnenschein, S., Stites, M. L., & Galczyk, S.H. (2022). Teaching preschool during COVID-19: Insights from the field. In Saracho, O.N. (Ed.), Contemporary Perspectives on Research on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Early Childhood Education (pp.35-53). Information Age Publishing.
  • Sonnenschein, S., Stites, M.L., Grossman, J.A., & Galczyk, S. (2022). “It Just doesn’t work”: Parents’ views about distance learning for young children with special needs. In J. Pattnaik and M.R. Jalongo (Eds.). The Impact of COVID-19 on Early Childhood Education and Care: International Perspectives, Challenges, and Responses (pp.253-274). Springer Nature.
  • Carlos, G., Cheah, C. S. L., Conejo Bolaños, L. D., & Cho, H. S. (2022). The social development of immigrant children: A focus on Asian and Latinx children in the U.S.  K. Smith & C. H. Hart (Eds.), Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development, 3rd Ed. Wiley-Blackwell Publishers.
  • Cengher, M., Zhao, X., Li, T. (in press). A practical guide to functional assessment and treatment for severe problem behavior. In J. Jessel, & P. Sturmey (Eds.), Descriptive assessments: observation of behavior and the accompanying contingencies.
  • Stites, M., Yang, H., Lim, C., Sonnenschein, S., Vinh, M., Singer, J., Krasniqi, B., Davis-Hilton, A., Kaur, F. & Lippert, M. (in press). Rightful presence in early childhood STEM: Honoring disability culture through professional development. In K. Terrell (Ed.), STEM education and culturally sustaining pedagogies: Research, practices, and critical reflections. IGI Global.

Program Evaluations

  • Dowling, R., & Hunter, B. (2016, May). Introduction to an Honors University. Sponsored by UMBC First Year Experience Program.
  • Sonnenschein, S., Dowling, R., & Shanty, L. (2017, January). Evaluation of The Mother Goose on the Loose Goslings program. Sponsored by PNC.
  • Metzger, S. R. (2016, May).  Final Report of Red Watch Band Program Year 1: Fall 2014-Spring 2015. Sponsored by the NCAA CHOICES Alcohol Education Grant Program and UMBC.
  • Simons, C. L. (2016). UMBC-Lakeland partnership service learning evaluation. Prepared for the Sherman Teacher-Scholars Program.
  • Metzger, S. R. (2017, July).  UMBC Recreation Services Assessment Report. Sponsored by the Department of Athletics and Recreation and the Division of Student Affairs at UMBC.
  • Sonnenschein, S., Dowling, R., & Shanty, L. (2017, January). Evaluation of The Mother Goose on the Loose Goslings program. Sponsored by PNC Grow Up Great.(reviewed in Baltimore Sun and Progeny)
  • Gay, B. (2017). The Choice Job Readiness Program: 2017 Evaluation. Prepared for the Choice Program at UMBC.
  • Sonnenschein, S., Dowling, R., Shanty, L., & Hussey-Gardner, B. (2018, January), Evaluation of year 2 of the Mother Goose on the Loose Goslings program. Sponsored by PNC (reviewed in Children’s Hospital News, March, 2018).
  • Simons, C. (2017). Participant feedback on the April, 2017 school readiness symposium “Building equity in early learning” featuring Walter Gilliam, Ph.D. Prepared for Ready at Five.
  • Simons, C. (2018). Participant feedback on the May, 2018 school readiness symposium “Supporting the whole child: Social and emotional learning” featuring Stephanie Jones, Ph.D. Prepared for Ready at Five.
  • Simons, C. (2018). Preliminary Results of the Promoting Enrichment to Advance Language Skills (PETALS) intervention: Pilot year II. Prepared for Ready At Five.
  • Simons, C. (2018). Participant feedback on the Maryland State Department of Education and Ready at Five’s 2018 family engagement summit, “Families lead the way: Transforming communities through engagement” Prepared for Ready at Five.
  • Simons, C. (2018). Participant feedback on the December, 2018 school readiness symposium “The surprising importance of early math” featuring Douglas Clements, Ph.D. Prepared for Ready at Five.
  • Simons, C. (2018). Preliminary Results of the Promoting Enrichment to Advance Language Skills (PETALS) intervention: Pilot year II. Prepared for Ready at Five.
  • Balkaya, M., Godsay, S., Holloway, B., Stolle-McAllister, K., & Maton, K. (2019). BUILD Training Program: “BUILD a bridge to STEM” summer 2018 program evaluation report. Funded by NIH.
  • Balkaya, M., Godsay, S., Holloway, B., Stolle-McAllister, K., & Maton, K. (2019). BUILD Training Program: Summer 2018 program evaluation report. Funded by NIH.
  • Balkaya, M., Godsay, S., Holloway, B., Stolle-McAllister, K., & Maton, K. (2019). BUILD Training Program 2017–2018 program evaluation report. Funded by NIH.
  • Simons, C. (2019) Report on the Ready at Five stakeholder survey & interviews. Prepared for the Ready at Five Executive Leadership Committee.
  • Simons, C. (2019). Program evaluation: Using Ready Rosie to engage families of low-income pre-k students. Prepared for Ready at Five.
  • McLoughlin, C., Zimmerman, S. & Dowling, R. (2019). The Port and SkyClimber Exhibit summative evaluation. Prepared for Port Discovery and Stakeholders
  • Dowling, R., & Zimmerman, S. (2019). Mother Goose on the Loose with professional development: Program evaluation. Prepared for Port Discovery and Stakeholders
  • Dowling, R. (2019). Program evaluation of Mother Goose on the Loose Goslings at Mount Washington Hospital. In preparation for Mt. Washington Hospital and Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund
  • Dowling, R. (2019). Evaluation of after school programming. Fall 2019: EcoKids and Blast from the Past.In preparation for Port Discovery
  • Dowling, R. (2019). Guided group participant evaluations, Fall 2019. In preparation for Port Discovery
  • Dowling, R. (2019). Market analyses of Ready at Five in Maryland. Prepared for Ready at Five.
  • Dowling, R. (2019). Participant Feedback on December 2019 School Readiness Symposium: Simple Interactions. Featuring Dr. Junlei Li and Dr. Dana Winters. In preparation for Ready at Five.
  • Gay, B. (2019). Evaluation of the Choice Program’s Job Readiness Program. Sponsored by RISE for Boys and Men of Color.
  • Sonnenschein, S., Gay, B., & Rowan, M. (2020, July). Evaluation of the 2020 “Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing” Literacy Intervention in Baltimore Metropolitan WIC Centers. Sponsored by Too Small to Fail, Clinton Foundation.

Technical Reports, Newsletters, Magazines, Blogs, and Other Reports

  • Thompson, J.A. (2016, January). The STEM Trifecta: Intellect, Interest, and Intent [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://www.childtrends.org/the-stem-trifecta-intellect-interest-and-intent/
  • Simons, C.L., & Sonnenschein, S. (2016, June). Helping parents support children’s self-regulation at home may be essential for school success. MSPA Protocol, LIV, 14.
  • Dowling, R. & Sonnenschein, S. (2016, June). Promoting vocabulary growth for English Language Learners. MSPA Protocol, LIV, 12-13.
  • Dowling, R., Gay, B., & Sonnenschein, S. (2017). Using math board games to promote early numeracy skills. MSPA Protocol, LVII, 8-9.
  • Dowling, R., Metzger, S.R.,& Sonnenschein, S. (2018). Supporting young children’s math development at home. (invited submission). MSPA Protocol.
  • Sonnenschein, S., Dowling, R., & Metzger, S.R. (2018). 5 math skills your child needs to know before kindergarten. The Conversation.

http://theconversation.com/5-math-skills-your-child-needs-to-get-ready-for-kindergarten-103194

  • Dowling, R., & Sonnenschein, S. (2018). Parents‘ views of education and

technology. Prepared for Baltimore County Public Schools.

  • Dowling, R., Gay, B., & Sonnenschein, S. (2018). Bringing science home: Helping parents support their children’s learning, MSPA Protocol, LIX(1), 16-19 Invited submission.

·      Le, L. T., Lavin, K., Aquino, A. K., Shivers, E. M., Perry, D. F., & Horen, N. M. (2018). What’s Working? A Study of the Intersection of Family, Friend, and Neighbor Networks and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development.

  • Gay, B., Dowling, R., Sonnenschein, S., & Stites, M. (2019). What parents

want. Prepared for MSDE.

  • Gay, (2018). The Child Welfare Research-to-Policy Network: Network Engagement Survey Report. Prepared for the Research-to-Policy Collaboration.
  • Gay, B. (2019). Intercountry adoption: Adoption permanency and supports [fact sheet]. Prepared for the Research-to-Policy Collaboration.
  • Zhang, L., Marks, A. K., Roberg, R., Murry, M. & Ramos, Z., Giray, C., Gay, B., Jaffe, G., Garcia-Rodriguez, I., & Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice Migrants and Displaced Persons Task Force (2020). COVID-19, immigration status, and child and family wellbeing [policy brief].Prepared for the Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice.   
  • Roberg, R., Zhang, L., Marks, A. K.,  Murry, M. &Ramos, Z., Giray, C., Gay, B., Jaffe, G., Garcia-Rodriguez, I., & Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice Migrants and Displaced Persons Task Force (2020). COVID-19’s Impact on immigrant communities: Facts at a glance [fact sheet]. Prepared for the Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice. 
  • Thompson, J.A., & Sonnenschein, S. (2020). Math on the path to STEM

fields. MSPA Protocol, LX (3),13-15.

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