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CURRICULUM VITAE
Elizabeth votruba-drzal
MAILING ADDRESS
Department of Psychology
University of Pittsburgh
4123 Sennott Square
210 South Bouquet Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
PHONE AND EMAIL
Office: (412) 624-8365
Home: (412) 404-7210
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POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Ph.D. 2004
Human Development and Social Policy
Dissertation Advisor: P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale
Dissertation Title: Starting School on Unequal Grounds: Environmental Origins of Economic Disparities in School Readiness and Early Academic Achievement
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI B.A. 1996
James Madison College/ Honors College
Social Relations, with High Honors
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology 2011 - present
Assistant Professor 2005 - 2011
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Secondary Appointments -Learning Sciences and Policy,
Psychology in Education, School of Education
Research Affiliate, National Poverty Center, Ann Arbor, MI 2009 – present
Faculty Affiliate, Center on Race and Social Problems, 2005 - present
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Outreach and Coalition Services Coordinator, 1997 – 1998
Child Watch, Children’s Defense Fund, Washington, DC
Legislative Correspondent / Internship Coordinator, 1996 – 1997
Office of U.S. Senator Carl Levin, Washington, DC
Intern, Family Income Division, Children’s Defense Fund 1996
Washington, DC
HONORS, AWARDS, AND FELLOWSHIPS
Young Scholars Fellowship, 2010 – 2012
Foundation for Child Development
Honorable Mention Dissertation Award 2004
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
Co-Recipient of Social Policy Award Best Journal Article 2004
Society for Research in Adolescence
Dissertation Year Fellowship 2003
Spencer Foundation
Dissertation Year Fellowship 2003
Northwestern University
Graduate Fellowship 2001 - 2003
Joint Centers for Poverty Research
Northwestern University & University of Chicago
Graduate Fellowship 1999 - 2000
Institute for Policy Research
Northwestern University
Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi 1996
Michigan State University
MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW
* denotes publication with a student co-author
1. *Hyde, L.W., Byrd, A.L., Votruba-Drzal, E., Hariri, A.R., & Manuck, S.B. Amygdala reactivity and negative emotionality: Divergent correlates of antisocial personality and psychopathy traits in a community sample.
2. Castle, M. & Votruba-Drzal, E. Classroom misbehavior as a context for learning during early elementary school.
3. *Votruba-Drzal, E., Levine-Coley, R., Collins, M. & Miller, P. Attending preschool promotes school readiness skills in children from immigrant families.
4. *Miller, P., Votruba-Drzal, E., Coley, R., & Koury, A. Patterns and predictors of infant and toddler child care use in immigrant families.
5. *Shelleby, E., Votruba-Drzal, E., Shaw, D., Dishion, T.J., & Wilson, M. Income, Depression, Household Chaos, and Children’s Behavioral Functioning.
6. Johnson, A., & Votruba-Drzal, E. Understanding Predictors of Center-Based Early Care and Education Use among Low-Income Children of Immigrants
7. Bachman, H. J., Castle, M., & Votruba-Drzal, E. Parental academic socialization and children’s motivation and engagement in elementary school.
8. *Davis, S., Votruba-Drzal, E., & Silk, J. S. Trajectories of internalizing disorders from early childhood to adolescence: Associations with temperament and parenting.
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
1. *Koury, A.S. & Votruba-Drzal, E. (accepted) School readiness of children of immigrants: Contributions of early environments. Journal of Educational Psychology
2. *Miller, P., Votruba-Drzal, E., & Coley, R. L. (accepted). Predictors of early care and education type among preschool-aged children in immigrant families: The role of region of origin and characteristics of the immigrant experience. Children and Youth Services Review.
3. Duncan, G.J., Magnuson, K.A., & Votruba-Drzal, E. (accepted). Boosting family income to promote child development. Future of Children.
4. *Votruba-Drzal, E., Levine- Coley, R., Koury, A.S., & Miller, P. (in press). Center-based child care and cognitive skills development: Importance of timing and household resources. Journal of Educational Psychology.
5. Coley, R.L., Lombardi, C.M., Sims, J., & Votruba-Drzal, E. (in press). Early education and care experiences and cognitive skills development. Family Matters.
6. *Coley, R.L., Votruba-Drzal, E., Miller, P., & Koury, A. (in press). Timing, Extent, and Type of Child Care and Children’s Behavior Problems and Learning Behaviors in Kindergarten, Developmental Psychology.
7. *Miller, P. & Votruba-Drzal, E. (in press). Family Income and Early Achievement Across the Urban to Rural Continuum, Developmental Psychology.
8. *Miller, P. & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2013). Early academic skills and childhood experiences across the urban-rural continuum. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 28, 234 - 248.
9. Tang, S., Coley, R.L. & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2012) Low-income families’ selection of child care for their young children. Children and Youth Services Review, 34, 2002–2011.
10. Sayette, M.A., Dimoff, J.D., Levine, J.M., Moreland, R.L. & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2012). The Effects of Alcohol and Dosage-Set on Risk-Seeking Behavior in Groups and Individuals. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 26, 194 - 200.
11. *Ciccocioppo, M.M., Frieze, I.H., & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2011). Nonsexual and sexual exclusivity perceptions and ideals in college students’ dating relationships. Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy, 10, 246 -261.
12. *Maldonado-Carreño, C. & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2011). Teacher-Child relationships and the development of academic and social skills during elementary school: A within and between child analysis. Child Development, 601 - 616.
13. Coley, R.L., Ribar, D., & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2011). Do children’s behavior problems limit poor women’s labor market success? Journal of Marriage and Family, 73, 33 – 45.
14. *Li-Grining, C.P., Votruba-Drzal, E., Maldonado-Carreño, C. & Haas, K. (2010). Children’s early approaches to learning and academic trajectories through fifth grade. Developmental Psychology, 66, 1062 - 1077.
15. Ginaros, P.J., Manuck, S.B., Sheu, L.K., Kuan, D.H., Votruba-Drzal, E., Craig, A.E., & Hariri, A. R. (2010). Parental education predicts corticostriatal functionality in adulthood. Cerebral Cortex, 21, 896 - 910.
16. *Votruba-Drzal, E., Coley, R.L., Maldonado-Carreño, C., Li-Grining, C., & Chase-Lansdale, P.L. (2010). Child care and the development of behavior problems among economically disadvantaged children in middle childhood. Child Development, 81, 1460 - 1475.
17. *El Nokali, N.E., Bachman, H. J., & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2010) Parent involvement and children’s academic and social development in elementary school. Child Development, 988 - 1005.
18. Coley, R., Votruba-Drzal, E. Schindler, H. (2009) Fathers’ and mothers’ parenting predicting and responding to adolescent sexual risk behaviors. Child Development, 80, 808 - 827.
19. Petersen, K.L., Marsland, A.L., Flory, J., Votruba-Drzal, E. Muldoon, M.F., & Manuck,
S.B. (2008) Community socioeconomic status is associated with circulating interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein. Psychosomatic Medicine, 70, 646 - 652.
20. Coley, R., Votruba-Drzal, E., Schindler, H. (2008) Trajectories of parenting process, and adolescent substance use: Reciprocal effects. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 36, 613 - 625.
21. *Votruba-Drzal, E., Li-Grining, C.P., & Maldonado-Carreño, C. (2008) A developmental perspective on full-day vs. part-day kindergarten and children’s academic trajectories through fifth grade. Child Development, 79, 957 – 978.
22. Coley, R. Lohman, B., Votruba-Drzal, E., Pittman, L.D. & Chase-Lansdale, P.L. (2007) Maternal functioning, time and money: The world of work and welfare. Children and Youth Services Review, 29 721 - 741.
23. Coley, R., Bachman, H.J., Votruba-Drzal, E., Lohman, B.J., Li-Grining, C.P. (2007). Maternal welfare and employment experiences and adolescent well-being: Do mothers’ human capital characteristics matter? Children and Youth Services Review, 29, 193 – 215.
24. Votruba-Drzal, E. (2006). Economic disparities in middle childhood development: Does income matter? Developmental Psychology, 1154 - 1167.
25. Li-Grining, C. P., Votruba-Drzal, E., Bachman, H. J., & Chase-Lansdale, P.L. (2006). Are certain preschoolers at risk in the era of welfare reform? The moderating role of children's temperament. Children and Youth Services Review, 28, 1102-1123.
26. Votruba-Drzal, E., Coley, R. L., & Chase-Lansdale, P. L. (2004). Child care and low-income children’s development: Direct and moderated effects. Child Development, 75, 296 – 312.
27. Votruba-Drzal, E. (2003). Income changes and cognitive stimulation in young children’s home learning environments. Journal of Marriage and Family, 65, 341 - 355.
28. Chase-Lansdale, P. L., Moffitt, R., Lohman, B., Cherlin, A., Coley, R. L., Pittman, L., Roff, J., & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2003). Welfare reform and child well-being": Response. Science, 301, 1325-1326.
29. Chase-Lansdale, P. L., Moffitt, R., Lohman, B., Cherlin, A., Coley, R. L., Pittman, L., Roff, J., & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2003). Mothers’ transitions from welfare to work and the well-being of preschoolers and adolescents. Science, 299, 1548 - 1552.
BOOK CHAPTERS
30. Duncan, G.J., Magnuson, K.A., & Votruba-Drzal, E. (invited). Socioeconomic status and child development. In M.H. Bornstein, T. Leventhal, & R. Lerner (Eds.), Handbook of Child Psychology, Seventh Edition, Volume Three: Ecological Settings and Processes. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
31. Magnuson, K.A. & Votruba-Drzal E. (2009). Enduring influences of childhood poverty. In S. Danziger & M. Cancian (Eds.). Changing Poverty Changing Policies. (pp. 153 – 179) New York, NY: Russell Sage.
32. Bell, H., Lohman, B., & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2006). Through a quantitative and qualitative lens: Looking at the differential effects of domestic violence on women’s welfare receipt and work participation. In J. Henrici (Ed.), Women and U. S. Poverty. Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press.
33. Chase-Lansdale, P.L. & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2004). Human development and the potential for change from the perspective of multiple disciplines. In P.L. Chase-Lansdale, K. Kiernan, & R.J. Friedman (Eds.), Human development across lives and generations: The potential for change. New York: Cambridge University Press (pp. 343 – 366).
INVITED TALKS/PANELIST
Votruba-Drzal, E. (May, 2012). Early Care and Education Experiences and School Readiness: The Importance of Developmental Timing and Household Resources. Population Research Center, National Opinion Research Center, Center for Human Potential and Public Policy, University of Chicago
Votruba-Drzal, E. (November, 2011). The Social and Economic Well Being of Immigrants. Invited discussant at the Fall Research conference of the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, D.C.
Votruba-Drzal, E. (October, 2011). Income and child development during the transition to school. Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development. New York University, New York, NY.
Votruba-Drzal, E. (May, 2011). Urbanicity and Income-Related Disparities in School Readiness: Are Low-Income Rural Children at Higher Risk for Low Academic Achievement at School Entry. University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research. Lexington, KY.
Votruba-Drzal, E. (February, 2011). Academic Achievement among Children of Immigrants: A Cross-Contextual Analysis. Eastern Sociological Society. Philadelphia, PA.
Votruba-Drzal, E. (November, 2010). Nonparental care experiences and the development of children in poverty. Department of Psychology, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota Colombia.
Magnuson, K.A. & Votruba-Drzal, E. (May, 2009). Enduring influences of child poverty. National Poverty Center’s Changing Poverty Conference. Madison, WI.
Votruba-Drzal, E. (December, 2008). Job loss and child development. Next Generations Meeting, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, New York, NY.
Votruba-Drzal, E. (October, 2006). 25th anniversary celebration of the program in Human Development and Social Policy Program at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Votruba-Drzal, E. (June, 2006). Child development and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. National Poverty Center’s Poverty and Child Development Data Workshop, Ann Arbor, MI.
Votruba-Drzal, E. (November, 2004 – February 2005). Economic disparities in middle childhood development: Does income matter? Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State University; Department of Psychology at the University of Denver; Developmental and Educational Psychology Department at Boston College; Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of California – Davis; Department of Public Policy at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; Department of Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh .
Votruba-Drzal, E. (November 2004). Influence of child care on low-income children’s cognitive and social trajectories: Main effects & subgroup differences. Department of Psychology at Temple University; Department of Family Science at University of Maryland.
Votruba-Drzal, E. (September, 2004). Discussant Census Bureau Research Development Grants Conference: 2003 – 2004. Joint Center for Poverty Research, Northwestern University/ University of Chicago sponsored conference at U.S. Census Bureau, Suitland, MD.
CONFERENCE SYMPOSIA (Last 5 Years)
Votruba-Drzal, E. (2013) Chair: Race, class, culture, and the black-white achievement gap. Paper symposium at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.
Votruba-Drzal, E. (2012) Chair: Social Service Use and Implications among Immigrant Families. Paper symposium at Fall Research conference of the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management, Baltimore, MD.
Votruba-Drzal, E. (2011) Chair: Growing up poor in rural America. Paper symposium at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
Votruba-Drzal, E. (2011) Chair: Behavior problems and early learning contexts. Paper symposium at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
Votruba-Drzal, E. (2009) Chair: Early achievement disparities by race/ethnicity and social class: Strengthening our understanding of process. Paper symposium at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.
Votruba-Drzal, E. (2009) Chair: Everyday child care experiences of economically disadvantaged
preschoolers: Descriptions and implications. Paper symposium at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.
Votruba-Drzal, E. (2007) Chair: Long-Term effects of early educational experiences: Evidence
From the ECLS-K. Paper symposium at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in
Child Development, Boston, MA.
Votruba-Drzal, E. (2007) Chair: Income and middle childhood development. Paper symposium
at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (Last 5 Years)
* denotes student co-author
*Bachman, H. J., Castle, M., & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2013, April). Parental academic socialization and children’s motivation and engagement in elementary school. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.
*Bachman, H.J., Votruba-Drzal, E. El Nokali, N.E. & Castle, M. H. (2013, April). Instructional practices that support math development and narrow SES achievement gaps during elementary school. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.
*Castle, M. H. & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2013, April). Parent, teacher, & peer relationships as pathways for engagement in early adolescence. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.