Newsletter, September 2022 |
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New CCF Faculty Affiliate Dr. Pumpki Lei Su |
Dr. Pumpki Lei Su recently joined the faculty of the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at UT Dallas and is a new faculty affiliate of the Center for Children and Families. She will be joining other faculty affiliates in working with this year's cohort of CCF's National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduate student fellows. Dr. Su's research focuses on language development and caregiver-child interaction in children with autism spectrum disorder and bilingual children. She is particularly interested in child behaviors that lead to strong adult language input and in cultural variations in caregiver-child interactions. Dr. Su received her PhD in hearing and speech sciences from Vanderbilt University and completed her postdoc training in bilingualism at the University of Delaware. She is a certified speech-language pathologist. Welcome Dr. Su!
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Monse Hernandez
"I’m excited to make lasting meaningful connections with my peers who share the same passion for helping and taking on daily challenges that help us grow as students and future leaders."
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Sebastian Oliva
"I am most excited about meeting everyone in the REU and making an impact on the community by empowering families!"
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Janine Settle
"I am really looking forward to seeing firsthand the learning process involved in research - especially from the work we will be doing with the Play With Me families!"
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Save the Date for North Texas Giving Day! |
North Texas Giving Day, a community-wide day of giving, is approaching on Thursday September 22nd. Save the date to support the Center for Children and Families who provides developmental screenings for at-risk children, parenting knowledge, playful learning, and the latest research to advance the healthy development of children. Early giving is open now! To designate your gift to CCF, be sure to add a note to the notes section.
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Faculty affiliates of the Center are highly productive scholars whose research crosses the fields of human development ranging from parent-child relationships to social-emotional health. Recent publications include:
Brinkley, D., Caughy, M.O., Owen, M.T. (2022). Mothers' school readiness beliefs and literacy involvement and children's academic outcomes in ethnic minority families. Early Education and Development. http://doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2022.2089505
Chandler-Campbell, I.L, Ghossainy, M., Mills, C.M., & Corriveau, K.H. (2022). Is secondhand information better read or said? Factors influencing children's endorsements of text-based information. Cognitive Development, 63. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2022.101215
Schneider, J.M., Abel, A., & Maguire, M.J. (2022). Vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension account for SES-differences in how school-aged children infer word meanings from sentences. Language Learning and Development. http://doi.org/10.1080/15475441.2022.2081573
Su, P.L., Rojas, R., & Iglesias, A. (2022). Dual language profiles in Spanish-English English learners. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 65(7), 2608-2628. http://doi.org/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-21-00447
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The Fall semester has begun and the campus is alive with students, faculty, and staff back in full force. We have had many good discussions with our new REU students and they are excited to begin work in our Play With Me programs this week. We are back to a full Play With Me program schedule this Fall, operating 5 programs in Vickery Meadow, East Plano, and at UTD. Our developmental screenings continue for all children enrolled in Play With Me and for those identified by Catholic Charities of Dallas in need of an evaluation. We are supporting children, parents, and students as outlined in our mission. And, we are so glad to welcome new faculty like Dr. Su to make deeper community connections to the innovative research they are conducting. It is an exciting Fall!
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