Janean E Guya Dilworth-Bart

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Janean E’guya Dilworth-Bart

Human Development and Family Studies

University of Wisconsin

4132 Nancy Nicholas Hall, 1300 Linden Drive

Madison, WI 53706

608-262-9770

Professional Experience

Primary Positions

2015 - currentChair, Department of Human Development and Family Studies

School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2013 –currentAssociate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2004-2013 Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies

School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Affiliations

2017Member, Steering Committee

Center for Child and Family Wellbeing, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2014 Affiliate

Center for Child and Family Wellbeing, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2006-present Faculty Affiliate

Developmental Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2006-2010 Investigator

Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin- Madison

2005-2007 Affiliated Investigator

Comprehensive Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI

Formal Education

2001-2003 Postdoctoral Fellow

Prevention Research Center, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Advisor: Mark T. Greenberg, PhD

2001 PhD in Psychology (Clinical Emphasis)

Graduate Psychology Department, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ

Dissertation title: Perceived social support, coping behavior, and internalizing/externalizing among urban elementary school students Advisor: Maurice J. Elias, PhD

2000-2001 Clinical Psychology Internship Training

Village for Families and Children, Hartford, CT, (APA-approved) Training Director: Anne Pidano, PhD

1998 MS in Psychology (Clinical Emphasis)

Graduate Psychology Department, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ

Thesis title: Gender and ethnic differences in reported focal stressor and subsequent coping strategy among middle school students

Advisor: Maurice J. Elias, PhD

1995 BA, Magna Cum Laude

Hampton University, Hampton, VA

Major: Psychology

Honors and Awards

2017 Wade and Bev Fetzer Fund for Excellence

2017 - 2018Fellow, Big Ten Academic Alliance-Academic Leadership Program (BTAA-ALP)

2009 Faculty Diversity Award

University of Wisconsin System Institute on Race and Ethnicity

2006 Honorary Member, Phi Upsilon Omicron, National Honor Society in Family and Consumer Sciences, Nu Chapter

University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

2003-2004 Anna Julia Cooper Fellow

Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Research

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

1.Dilworth-Bart, J.,Poehlmann-Tynan, J.,Taub, A.,Liesen, C.,Yim, S. & Bolt, D. (2018). Effortful control and executive function as indices of emerging self-regulation in young children born preterm.Early Childhood Research Quarterly,42, 193-204.

2.# Wei, Q., Dilworth-Bart, J., & Miller, K. (2016). Who they are, what they think, and what they do: Mothers’ possible selves, academic socialization, and preacademic competence. Early Child Development and Care, 1-17.

3.Miller, K., Hilgendorf, A., & Dilworth-Bart, J. (2014). Cultural capital and the development of homeschool connections in early childhood. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 15(4), 329-345.

4.Miller, K., & Dilworth-Bart, J. (2013). Mothers’ school-related identities and possible selves for their children. Early Child Development and Care. 10.1080/03004430.2013.792257

5.*Dilworth-Bart, J. (2012). Does executive function mediate SES and home quality associations with academic readiness? Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 27(3), 416-425. doi: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2012.02.002

6.*Poehlmann, J., Schwichtenberg, A.J., Hahn, E., #Miller, K., Dilworth-Bart, J., Kaplan, D., & #Maleck, S. (2012). Compliance, opposition, and behavior problems in toddlers born preterm or low birthweight. Infant Mental Health Journal, 33(1), 34-44. doi: 10.1002/imhj.20335

7.*Dilworth-Bart, J., #Miller, K., & #Hane, A. (2012). Maternal play behaviors, child negativity, and preterm or low birthweight toddlers’ visual-spatial outcomes: Testing a differential susceptibility hypothesis. Infant Behavior and Development, 35(2), 312-322. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2011.11.001

8.*#Miller, K., Dilworth-Bart, J., & #Hane, A. (2011). Maternal recollections of schooling and children’s school preparation. The School Community Journal, 21(2), 161-184.

9.*Dilworth-Bart, J., Poehlmann, J., #Miller, K., & #Hilgendorf, A. (2011). Do mothers’ play behaviors moderate the associations between socioeconomic status and 24-month neurocognitive outcomes? Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 36(3), 289-300. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsq064PMid:20656763

10.*Dilworth-Bart, J., Poehlmann, J., #Hilgendorf, A., #Miller, K., & #Lambert, H. (2010). Maternal scaffolding and preterm toddlers’ visual-spatial processing and emerging working-memory. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 35(2), 209-220. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsp048PMid:19505998

11.*Poehlmann, J., #Schwichtenberg, A., Bolt, D., & Dilworth-Bart, J. (2009). Predictors of depressive symptom trajectories in mothers of infants born preterm or low birthweight. Journal of Family Psychology, 23(5), 690-704. doi:10.1037/a0016117PMid:19803605 PMCid:2791691

12.*Dilworth-Bart, J., #Khurshid, A., & Vandell, D. (2007). Do maternal stress and home environment mediate the relation between early income-to-need and 54-month attention? Infant and Child Development, 16, 525-552. doi:10.1002/icd.528

13.*Dilworth-Bart, J., & Moore, C. (2006). Mercy, Mercy Me: Social injustice and the prevention of environmental pollutant exposures among ethnic minority and poor children. Child Development, 77(2), 247-265.doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00868.xPMid:16611170

14.*#Riggs, N., #Jahromi, L., #Peters-Razza, R., Dilworth-Bart, J., & Mueller, U. (2006). The role of executive function in the promotion of social-emotional and behavioral development. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. 27(4), 300-309. doi:10.1016/j.appdev.2006.04.002

15.*Dilworth, J., Greenberg, M., & Kusché, C. (2004). Early neuropsychological correlates of later clock drawing and clock copying abilities. Child Neuropsychology, 10(1), 24-35.

doi:10.1076/chin.10.1.24.26242PMid:14977513

16.*Elias, M., & Dilworth, J. (2003). Ecological/development theory, context-based best practice, and school-based action research: Cornerstones of school psychology training and policy. Journal of School Psychology, 41(4), 292-297. doi:10.1016/S0022-4405(03)00050-5

17.*Dilworth, J., #Mokrue, K., & Elias, M. (2002). The efficacy of a video based teamwork-building series with urban elementary school students: A pilot investigation. Journal of School Psychology, 40(4), 329-346. doi:10.1016/S0022-4405(02)00102-4

Manuscripts in Preparation

18.# Taub, A. & Dilworth-Bart, J. (in preparation). How does childcare quality moderate the relationship between poverty-related family processes and child well-being?

19.#Liesen, C. & Dilworth-Bart, J. (in preparation). Maternal and home environment associations with executive function.

20.Dilworth-Bart, J., #Wallace, B., & #Olaiya, O-I. (in preparation). Black fatherhood from prenatal to five: An integrative review.

21.Dilworth-Bart, J., #Taub, A., Christensen, K., Coons, M., & #Wallace, B. (in preparation). Statewide analysis of lifespan associations between childhood blood lead and court involvement.

* Peer-reviewed; # Student co-author

Research Funding

Current Funding

Intramural

UW2020 WARF Discovery Initiative

-Role: PI

-Amount: $247, 427

-Period: 7/1/2017 – 6/30/2019

-Cumulative Risks, Early Development, and Emerging Academic TrajectoriEs (CREATE)

Extramural

National Institutes of Health/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

- 1R03HD086382-01A1

-Role: PI

-Amount: $100,000

-Period: 7/1/2017 – 6/30/2019

-African-American Father and Coparenting Quality Influences on School Readiness

Spencer Foundation

-Role: PI

-Amount: $49,891

-Period: 7/1/2016 – 6/30/2018

-African-American Father Perspectives on Academic Socialization and School Readiness

Pending Funding

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA-G2017-STAR-D2)

-Role: Consultant

-Amount:

-Period:

-Southeast Wisconsin Interdisciplinary Study on Children’s Health, Environmental Exposure, and Social Environment (SWISCHEESE).

Completed Funding

Extramural

National Institutes of Health/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

-2P01HD039667-06 (Vernon-Feagans, Principal Investigator)

-Role: Consultant

-Subaward Amount: $20,000

-Period: 2/1/2001-6/30/2012

-This program project examines the impacts of biological, cognitive, socioeconomic, and family factors on the developmental outcomes of young children living in rural areas.

National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities -5P60MD000506-03 (Johnson-Powell, Principal Investigator)

-Role: Investigator

-Subaward Amount: $42,652

-Period: 5/1/2006-4/30/2007

-This grant supplemented funds awarded by National Institute on Child Health and Human Development (Poehlmann, PI) and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. It provided additional funds to support a graduate student PA and undergraduate hourly worker to work on ongoing research.

National Institutes of Health/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

-R01 HD044163-01A1 (Poehlmann, Principal Investigator)

-Role: Fellow

-Amount: $267,137 (total)

-Period: 2/1/2006-8/31/2010

-Research supplement to promote diversity in health-related research. The parent grant investigated early social and physiological processes involved in the development of self-regulation and its relation to infant-mother attachment and cognitive development in high-risk infants.

Intramural

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Fall Competition

-Role: Principal Investigator

-Amount: $11,555

-Period: 7/1/2005-8/31/2005

-This study examined maternal/home influences on 162 African-American poor, near poverty, and not impoverished children’s self-regulation development and if these early child and home characteristics influence achievement in grade 2.

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Fall Competition

-Role: Principal Investigator

-Amount: $13,646 (total)

-Period: 7/1/2006-6/30/2007

-This research examined the impact of parental attention scaffolding and child negative emotionality at 16-months postterm on precursors of executive function, visual-spatial reasoning, and nonverbal comprehension abilities assessed at 24-months postterm.

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Fall Competition

-Role: Principal Investigator

-Amount: $26,368 (total)

-Period: 7/1/2008-6/30/2009

-The goals of the project were to (1) identify maternal and home environment factors that impact children’s early neurocognitive development among high- and lower-risk cohorts and (2) determine the extent to which individual differences in neurocognitive skills exist among at-risk children, and the extent to which these differences are attributable to home environment, maternal characteristics, and parenting behaviors.

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Fall Competition

-Role: Principal Investigator

-Amount: $33,701 (total)

-Period: 7/1/2009-6/30/2010

-The purpose of this proposal was to (1) examine the extent to which mothers’ reported school experiences predict their observed and reported academic socialization with their preschool-aged children; and (2) examine the extent to which these academic socialization interactions relate to children’s cognitive and socioemotional school readiness.

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Fall Competition

-Role: Principal Investigator

-Amount: $41,338 (total)

-Period: 7/1/2010-6/30/2012

-This award provided grant insurance for a submitted NIH proposal. Its purpose was to examine the extent to which the executive function advantage observed among bilingual children is similarly observable among children who code-switch between African-American English and Standard American English.

Selected Research Presentations (2001-2016)

National Conference Presentations (Peer-Reviewed)

+#Liesen, C. & Dilworth-Bart, J. (2017, Spring). Early childhood context and children’s EF. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX.

+#Taub, A., Liesen, C., & Dilworth-Bart, J. (2017, Spring). Lucky or Learning? Rethinking the Children’s Gambling Task. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX.

+# Yim, S.,.Taub, A., & Dilworth-Bart, J. (2015, Fall). Family income and children’s behavior problems in school: The moderating role of family structure. Poster to be presented at the 77th Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations, Vancouver, BC.

+#Taub, A. & Dilworth-Bart, J. (2015, Spring). Modeling the pathway from family income to children’s school readiness: A replication analysis. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA.

+#Taub, A., #Liesen, C., & Dilworth-Bart, J. (2014, Spring). Interactions between parenting quality and childcare quality on the school readiness of low-income children. Poster for the Strengthening Connections among Child and Family Research, Policy, and Practice conference of the Society for Research in Child Development, Alexandria, VA.

+Dilworth-Bart, J., Poehlmann, J., #Yim, S., Bolt, D., & #Taub, A. (2013, April). Effortful control and executive function as indices of emerging self-regulation in young children born at high neonatal risk. Poster for the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.

+#LeMahieu, R., #Taub, A., & Dilworth-Bart, J. (2013, April). Experimental investigation of the effectiveness of electronic readers versus traditional books in developing pre-literacy skills. Poster for the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.

+Dilworth-Bart, J., & Miller, K. (2012, June). Do maternal play behaviors and child negativity interact to influence preterm or low birthweight toddlers’ visual-spatial processing and working memory? Poster presented at the 18th Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies, Minneapolis, MN.

+#Miller, K., & Dilworth-Bart, J. (2012, April). Photo elicitation and the exploration of school readiness in lowincome families. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

+#Miller, K., & Dilworth-Bart, J. (2012, April). Parental perspective on the transition to school for low-income families. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

+#Miller, K., & Dilworth-Bart, J. (2011, April). School identities: Mothers’ past selves as students and possible selves for their children. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

+#Miller, K., #Hilgendorf, A., & Dilworth-Bart, J. (2011, April). Early beginnings: Cultural capital and the development of home-school connections in early childhood. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

+#Miller, K., Dilworth-Bart, J., & #Hane, A. (2010, August). Mothers’ diversity-related socialization practices in children’s school preparation. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Diego, CA.

+Miller, K., Dilworth-Bart, J., #Meng, C., & #Robinson, A. (2010, April). Preparing children for school:

Mothers’ thoughts on academic socialization and preschool reliance. Paper presented for roundtable discussion at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.

+Dilworth-Bart, J., Poehlmann, J., #Miller, K., #Hane, A., & #Wyman, M. (2009, August). The impact of maternal scaffolding and child negative emotionality on 24-month neurocognitive skills. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association.

+#Miller, K., Dilworth-Bart, J., #Heilbrunn, L., & #Hane, A. (2009, August). Themes from maternal recollections of schooling and children’s school preparation. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

+Dilworth-Bart, J. (2009, April). Low-income and ethnic minority children's lead burdens: An intergenerational problem in need of a multipronged solution. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.

+Dilworth-Bart, J., #Miller, K., & #Hane, A. (2009, August). Maternal and home predictors of neurocognitive performance and school readiness. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

+Dilworth-Bart, J., Poehlmann, J., #Hilgendorf, A., & #Miller, K. (2008, August). Does maternal scaffolding moderate the relations between early risk and 36-month socioemotional and neurocognitive outcomes? Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

+Poehlmann, J., #Schwichtenberg, A.J.M., #Hahn, E., #Miller, K., Dilworth-Bart, J., & Kaplan, D. (2008, August). Maternal depressive symptoms and toddler outcomes in children born preterm. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

+Dilworth-Bart, J., Poehlmann, J., #Hilgendorf, A., & #Lambert, H. (2007, August). Maternal scaffolding and preterm toddlers’ visual-spatial processing and emerging working memory. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

+Dilworth-Bart, J., & #Cummings, M. (2006, May). Does executive attention mediate the early academic achievement gap? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, San Antonio, TX.

Dilworth-Bart, J. (2006, April). Acceptingleadership to reduce Black children’s blood lead levels. Paper presented at the Brothers of the Academy Think Tank Institute, Atlanta, GA.

+Dilworth-Bart, J., & #Khurshid, A. (2005a, April). Maternal and home influences on African-American

children’s self-regulation, school readiness, and achievement. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

+Dilworth-Bart, J., & #Khurshid, A. (2005b, April). Self-regulation influences on children’s 54-month cognitive school readiness and first grade achievement. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.

#Mitchell, K., & Dilworth, J. (2003, June). Social competence and social support: 2nd and 3rd graders in urban blight. Poster presented at the 9th biennial meeting of the Society for Community Research and Action, Las Vegas, NM.

Dilworth, J., Snell, J., & Conduct Problems Prevention Group. (2003, May). Longitudinal prediction of social and emotional learning and academic outcome from early microsystem risk factors. Poster presented at the 11th annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, DC.

# Student co-author

Additional Research Training

2006 National Institute on Drug Abuse Research Development Seminar Series, Part 2, Bethesda, MD

2006 Understanding the Development of Young Children from an Ecological Perspective, Inter-University

Consortium for Political and Social Research Summer Program in Quantitative Methods, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

2004 National Institute on Drug Abuse Research Development Seminar Series, Part 1, Bethesda, MD

Teaching

Graduate Courses

HDFS 761: Childhood and the Family

HDFS 766: Professional Development Seminar

HDFS 766: Cognitive and Social Development in Context

Inter-HE 793: Research Methods

HDFS 999: Independent Study

Undergraduate Courses

HDFS 299: Independent Study

HDFS 425: Research Methods in Human Development and Family Studies

HDFS 461: Social and Emotional Development of the Young Child

HDFS 501: Children and Environmental Risk

HDFS 662: Advanced Study of the Young Child

PSY 691: Undergraduate Thesis

PSY 692: Undergraduate Thesis

PSY 699: Independent Study

Invited Lectures

Summer 2017Badger Beginnings Mock Lecture

Spring 2017PSY 202, Introduction to Psychology, Child Development Panel

Spring 2015ES/SS101, Forum on the Environment

“What is it about young children that places them at risk for exposure to pollutants?”

Summer 2014 NUTR SCI, 421, Global Health Field Experience: “Get the lead out: A lightning introduction to lead (Pb) as an environmental health issue in Wisconsin and around the world.”

“How did we get here?”

Spring 2013 CSD 900, Professional Seminar Series

“Tuning in to the Jangles of ‘Self-Regulation’ in Early Childhood”

Spring 2012 LA 740, Research Methods in Landscape Architecture

“Evaluation Research”

Summer 2008 L&S InterDis 400, Crossing Borders: Environmental Justice at the UW-Mexico Border

“Social injustice and the prevention of environmental pollutant exposures”

Fall 2008 HDFS 663, Developmental and Family Assessment

“Neuropsychological Assessment”

Spring 2006, 2007, ES/SS101, Forum on the Environment

2010, 2011 “Social injustice and the prevention of environmental pollutant exposures”

Fall 2006 HDFS 662, Advanced Study of the Young Child

“Developmental ecological influences on early executive function development”

Spring 2006 HDFS 362, Development of the Young Child, video-course

“Social injustice and the prevention of environmental pollutant exposures”

Spring 2004 Developmental Brownbag Series, Department of Psychology

“Perceived social support, self-concept, and teacher rated social competence”

Teaching Grants

2014$1000. Blend@UW Course Design Program.DoIT Academic Technology.

2013$5000. UW-Madison Campus-Wide Faculty Course Development Grant on “Expanding Interdisciplinary Course Content on Population Health, RWJF Health & Society Scholars Program.