Deborah
Lowe Vandell
Professor Vandell has been a Chair of the Department of Education,
University of California, Irvine since 2005. Before joinging
the UCIrvine, she was a member of the Department of Educational
Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1989-2005) and
the Program in Psychology and Human Development, University
of Texas-Dallas (1976-1989). Vandell is a member of the Committee
on Family Work Policies of the National Research Council. She
has served on the Maternal and Child Health Research Committee
at the National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development.
She has been an Associate Editor for the journal Child Development
and has served on the editorial boards of Child Development,
Developmental Psychology, Journal of Educational Psychology,
Contemporary Psychology, and Journal of Family Issues. Professor
Vandell is the principal investigator for several large multi-site
studies. The NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
is a national collaborative study examining child care, school,
and family issues regarding children's development. The After-School
Experiences Study, which focuses on the after-school, evening,
and weekend experiences of middle-school youth, is part of the
national evaluation of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers.
Her study of Promising Practices in After-School Programs is
examining associations between program quality and developmental
outcomes for children and youth. Dr. Vandell offers courses
in theories of human development, developmental research methodologies,
social and personality development, and issues in child care
research.
RESEARCH
STATEMENT
"My research focuses on how children's
experiences in their families and in alternate care settings
influence development. Much of my current research examines
how variations in quality and quantity of child-care, including
after-school care, contribute to children's social, emotional,
and cognitive development. A second major research interest
pertains to children's social relationships. Over the past
20 years, I have examined the connections between children's
relationships with their mothers, fathers, siblings, peers
and teachers. I am currently studying the impact of parent-child
and sibling relationships on children's peer social competence."
REPRESENTATIVE
PUBLICATIONS
Children's Social Relationships
Vandell, D. L. (2000). Parents, peer groups,
and other socializing influences. Developmental
Psychology, 36(6), 699-710.
*NICHD Early Child Care Research Network
(2000). Factors associated with fathers' caregiving activities
and sensitivity with young children. Journal
of Family Psychology, 14(2), 200-219.
Early Child Care
Vandell, D. L., Booth, C., Clark-Stewart,
K. A., McCartney, K. A., & Owen, M. T. (2003). Variations
in granparent care during the first three years. Journal
of Marriage and the Family, 65(2), 375-381.
Vandell, D. L., & Pierce, K. M. (2003).
Child care quality and children's success at school. In A.
Reynolds and M. Wang (Eds.) Early
Childhood Learning: Programs for a New Century (pp.
115-139). New York: Child Welfare League.
*NICHD Early Child Care Research Network
(2002). Early child care and children's development prior
to school entry. American Educational
Research Journal, 39(1), 133-164.
*NICHD Early Child Care Research Network
(2000). Characteristics and quality of child care for toddlers
and preschoolers. Applied Developmental
Science, 4(3), 116-135.
After-School Programs / Out-of-School
Time
*NICHD Early Child Care Research Network
(2004). Are child developmental outcomes related to before-
and after-school care arrangement? Child
Development, 75.
Vandell, D. L., & Pierce, K. M. (2002).
After-school programs and structured activities that support
children's development. In R. Garner (Ed.), Hanging
out: Community-based after-school programs for children
(pp.167-178). Westport CT: Greenwood.
Pierce, K. M., Hamm, J. V., & Vandell,
D. L. (1999). Experiences in after-school programs and children's
adjustment in first-grade classrooms. Child
Development, 70(3), 756-767.
Posner, J. K., & Vandell, D. L. (1999).
After-school activities and the development of low-income
urban children: A longitudinal study. Developmental
Psychology, 35(3), 868-879.
Neighborhoods as a Developmental Context
Shumow, L., Vandell, D. L., & Posner,
J. K. (1999). Risk and resilience in the urban neighborhood:
Predictors of academic performance among low-income elementary
school children. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly,
45(2), 309-331.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Professor Deborah Lowe Vandell
Chair, Department of Education
University of California, Irvine
2001 Berkeley Place
Irvine, CA 92697-5500
Phone: (949)824-7840
Fax: (949)824-2965
Email: dvandell@uci.edu
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