1 Rebekah Levine Coley, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae Chair & Professor Counseling, Developmental & Educational Psychology Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 617.552.6018 (phone) 617.552.1981 (fax) [email protected]EDUCATION Postdoctoral Training, Demography and Public Policy, University of Chicago, 1995-1997 Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, University of Michigan, 1995 B.A., Psychology, Brandeis University, 1989 PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS 2000- Professor, Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology, Lynch School of Education, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA Assistant Professor, 2000-2005 Associate Professor with Tenure, 2005-2011 Full Professor, 2011- current 2021- Director, Boston College Institute for Early Childhood Policy 2017- Department Chair, Counseling, Developmental & Educational Psychology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 2015-2016 Faculty Research Mentor, Lynch School of Education, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 2013-2014 Visiting Scholar in Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 2013-2014 Senior Researcher, Mathematica Policy Research, Cambridge, MA 2007-2008 Senior Fulbright Scholar and Senior Visiting Fellow, Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 1998-2000 Research Associate, Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Program, and
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2014-2018 Co-Chair, Social Policy Committee, Society for Research on Adolescence 2013-2021 Member (3013-2015); Co-Chair (2015-2021), Science and Social Policy
Committee, Society for Research in Child Development
2013- Steering Committee, Child Care and Early Education Policy Research Consortium
2011-2021 Steering Committee Member, University-Based Child and Family Policy
Consortium, and Liason with SRCD Policy and Communications Committee
2000-2002 Member, School of Education Research Support Committee
2000-2002 Member, Parent Advisory Committee, Boston College Children’s Center
AWARDS AND HONORS
2019 Mavis Hetherington Award for Excellence in Applied Developmental Science,
American Psychological Association
2007 Fulbright Senior Scholar Award
2005- Research Affiliate, National Poverty Center, Ford School of Public Policy,
University of Michigan
2004 Co-recipient, Social Policy Award, Society for Research in Adolescence
1997-2002 Research Affiliate, Joint Center for Poverty Research, Northwestern
University/University of Chicago
1995-1997 NICHD Postdoctoral Training Fellowship, University of Chicago
1995 Rackham Dissertation Fellowship, University of Michigan
1991-1993 NICHD Predoctoral Training Fellowship, University of Michigan
PUBLICATIONS: JOURNAL ARTICLES
Coley, R. L. & Baum, C. (in press). Trends in mental health symptoms, service use, and
unmet need for services among US adults through the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Translational Behavioral Medicine.
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Coley, R. L., Kruzik, C., Ghiani, M., Carey, N., Hawkins, S. S., & Baum, C. F. (2021).
Recreational marijuana legalization and adolescent use of marijuana, tobacco, and alcohol. Journal of Adolescent Health, 69, 41-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.10.019
Coley, R. L., Spielvogel, B., Kruzik, C., Miller, P., Betancur, L., & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2021).
Explaining income disparities in young children’s development: The role of community
contexts and family processes. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 55, 295-311.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2020.12.006
Hawkins, S., Kruzik, C., O’Brien, M., & Coley, R. L. (2021). Flavored tobacco product
restrictions in Massachusetts associated with reductions in adolescent cigarette and e-
Lombardi, C. M., Coley, R. L., Sims, J., & Mahalik, J. (2019). Social norms, social
connections, and sex differences in adolescent mental and behavioral health. Journal of
Child and Family Studies, 28, 91-104. DOI:10.1007/s10826-018-1253-7
Miller, P., Votruba-Drzal, E., & Coley, R. L. (2019). Poverty and academic achievement across the urban to rural landscape: Associations with community resources and stressors. RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 5(2), 106-
122. DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2019.5.2.06.
Sims, J. & Coley, R. L. (2019). Variations in links between educational success and health:
Implications for enduring health disparities. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority
Coley, R. L., Sims, J., Dearing, E., & Spielvogel, B. (2018). Locating economic risks for adolescent well-being: Poverty and affluence in families, schools, and neighborhoods. Child Development, 89, 360-369. DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12771
Coley, R. L., Spielvogel, B. & Sims, J. (2018). Are the benefits of economic resources for
socioemotional functioning shared across racial and ethnic groups? Journal of Youth and
Lombardi, C. M. & Coley, R. L. (2017). Early maternal employment and children’s academic and behavioral skills in Australia and the United Kingdom. Child Development, 88, 263-281. DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12588
Coley, R. L. & Kull, M. (2016). Cumulative, timing-specific, and interactive models of
residential mobility and children’s cognitive and psychosocial skills. Child Development,
87, 1204-1220. DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12535
Coley, R. L., Sims, J., & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2016). Family expenditures supporting children
across income and urbanicity strata. Children and Youth Services Review, 70, 129-142. DOI:
10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.09.017
Coley, R. L., Votruba-Drzal, E., Collins, M.,& Cook, K. D. (2016). Comparing public, private,
and informal preschool programs in a national sample of low-income children. Early
Childhood Research Quarterly, 36, 91-105. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2015.11.002
Elliott, M. C., Leventhal, T., Shuey, E., Lynch, A. D., & Coley, R. L. (2016). The home and the
‘hood: Associations between housing and neighborhood contexts and adolescent
functioning. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 26, 194–206.
Garfield, C. F., Duncan, G., Gutina, A., Rutsohn J., McDade, T., Adam E., Coley R. L., &
Chase-Lansdale, P. L. (2016). Adolescent reproductive knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs and
future fatherhood. Journal of Adolescent Health, 58, 497-503
Coley, R. L., Kull, M., & Carrano, J. (2014). Parental spanking endorsement and children’s
internalizing and externalizing behaviors in African American and Hispanic families.
Journal of Family Psychology, 28, 22-31.
Coley, R. L., Kull, M., Leventhal, T., & Lynch, A. D. (2014). Profiles of housing and
neighborhood contexts among low-income families: Links with children’s well-being.
Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research, 16, 41-64.
Coley, R. L. & Lombardi, C. M (2014). Low-income women’s employment experiences and their financial, personal, and family well-being. Journal of Family Psychology, 28, 88-97.
Coley, R. L., Votruba-Drzal, E., Collins, M. A., & Miller, P. (2014). Selection into early
education and care settings: Differences by developmental status. Early Childhood Research
Quarterly, 29, 319-332.
Garfield, C. F., Duncan, G., Rutsohn J., McDade, T., Adam E., Coley R. L., & Chase-Lansdale,
P. L. (2014). A longitudinal study of paternal mental health during transition to fatherhood
Kull, M. & Coley, R. L. (2014). Housing costs and child functioning: Processes through
investments and financial strains. Child and Youth Services Review, 39, 25-38.
Lombardi, C. M. & Coley, R. L. (2014). Early maternal employment and children’s school readiness in contemporary families. Developmental Psychology, 50, 2071-2084.
Miller, P., Votruba-Drzal, E., & Coley, R. L. (2014). Immigrant families’ use of early
childcare: Predictors of care type. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 4, 484-498.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2014.05.011
Coley, R. L., Leventhal, T., Lynch, A. D., & Kull, M. (2013). Relations between housing
characteristics and the well-being of low-income children and adolescents. Developmental
Psychology, 49, 1775-1789.
Coley, R. L., & Lombardi, C. M. (2013). Does maternal employment following childbirth
support or inhibit low-income children’s long-term development? Child Development, 84,
178-197.
Coley, R. L., Lombardi, C. M., Sims, J., & Votrbua-Drzal, E. (2013). Early education and care
experiences and cognitive skills development: A comparative perspective between Australian and American children. Family Matters, 93, 36-49.
Coley, R. L., Lombardi, C. M., Lynch, A. D., Mahalik, J., Sims, J. (2013). Sexual partner
accumulation from adolescence through early adulthood: The role of family, peer, and
school social norms. Journal of Adolescent Health, 53, 91-97.
Coley, R. L., Votruba-Drzal, E., Miller, P., & Koury, A. (2013). Timing, type, and extent of
child care and children’s behavioral functioning in kindergarten. Developmental
Psychology, 49, 1859-1873.
Jaffee, S., Lombardi, C.M. & Coley, R.L. (2013). Using complementary methods to test whether
marriage limits men’s antisocial behavior. Development and Psychopathology, 25, 65-77.
Lombardi, C. M. & Coley, R. L. (2013). Low-income mothers’ employment experiences:
prospective links with young children’s development. Family Relations, 62, 514-528.
Mahalik, J. R., Coley, R. L., Lombardi, C. M., Markowitz, A., Lynch, A. D., & Jaffee, S. R.
(2013). Gender divergence in health risk behaviors from early adolescence through early
adulthood. Health Psychology, 32(6), 685-694.
Miller, P., Votruba-Drzal, E., & Coley, R. L. (2013). 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, 35, 1342
2018 Review Panel Member, Family Context & Process, Society for Research on Child
Development
2016 Co-chair, Society for Research on Child Development, Panel 17 School
Readiness/Childcare
2015 Grant Review Panel Member, National Institutes of Child Health and Human
Development, Special Emphasis Panel
2014 Grant Review Panel Member, National Institutes of Child Health and Human
Development, Special Emphasis Panel
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2014 Review Panel Member, Parenting at Risk Conference, Society for Research on
Child Development
2011 Review Panel Chair, Adolescent Sexual Behavior and Risk Taking, Population
Association of America meetings
2011 Grant Review Panel Member, National Institutes of Child Health and Human
Development, Population Sciences Subcommittee
2011 Grant Review Panel Member, National Institutes of Child Health and Human
Development, Special Emphasis Panel
2010 Review Panel Member, Social Policy, 2010 Society for Research in Child
Development meetings
2010 Grant Review Panel Member, National Institutes of Child Health and Human
Development, Special Emphasis Panel
2009 Ad-hoc Reviewer, National Science Foundation, Developmental and Learning
Sciences Division
2009 Grant Review Panel Member, National Institutes of Health Population Sciences
Subcommittee
2009 National Center for Marriage Research Grant Reviews
2007 Grant Review Panel Member, National Institutes of Health Biobehavioral and
Behavioral Sciences Subcommittee
2007 Grant Review Panel Member, National Institutes of Health Population Research
Program
2006 Grant Review Panel Member, National Institutes of Health Biobehavioral and
Behavioral Sciences Subcommittee
2006 Grant Review Panel Member, National Institutes of Health Population Research
Program, Special Emphasis Panel
2006 Expert Advisor Panel, RAND and ACYF, Healthy Marriage Precursors:
Relationship Development among Low-Income Youth and Young Adults
2005 Grant Review Panel Member, National Institutes of Health Population Research
Program
2004 Review Panel Member, Adolescence: Social, Emotional, and Personality
Processes, 2005 Society for Research in Child Development meetings
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2003 Grant Review Panel Member, National Institutes of Health Population Research
Infrastructure Program
2002 Review Panel Member, Public Policy, 2003 Society for Research in Child
Development meetings
2001 Review Panel Member, Applied Research, Program Evaluation, and Public
Policy, 2002 Society for Research on Adolescence meetings
1999 Technical Review Panel Member, National Household Education Survey
1998 Review Panel Co-Chair, Men’s Investments, Population Association of America
meetings
AD HOC REVIEWING
American Journal of Sociology, American Psychologist, Applied Developmental Science,
Archives of General Psychiatry, Ashgate Publishing, Cambridge University Press, Child
Development, Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, Developmental Psychology,
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Evaluation and Program Planning, Family
Relations, Fathering, Foundation for Child Development , Journal of Adolescent Health,
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Journal of Family Psychology, Journal of Health and
Social Behavior, Journal of Marriage and Family, Journal of Research on Adolescence,
National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Parenting: Science and Practice,
Pediatrics, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Russel Sage Foundation, Smith Richardson
Foundation, Social Service Review, Spencer Foundation, Violence Against Women, W. T. Grant
Foundation
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
Population Association of America
Society for Research on Adolescence
Society for Research in Child Development
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2019 Discussant, Educational and family contexts of residentially mobile children,
symposium at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child
Development, Baltimore, MD.
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2019 Moderator, Mixing methods when studying early education: Addressing
advantages and tensions from research questions to dissemination,
symposium at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child
Development, Baltimore, MD.
2019 Co-organizer, The Edward Zigler SRCD Biennial Policy Preconference:
Racial Disparities in Child and Maternal Health Outcomes: Implications for
Policy, Practice, and Research, Baltimore, MD.
2019 Symposium Chair, Inequities in Children's Educational Success: Individual,
Family, School, and Community Drivers. Biennial meetings of the
International Convention of Psychological Science, Paris, France.
2017 Co-organizer, The Edward Zigler SRCD Biennial Policy Preconference: Social
and Emotional Learning: Promise and Challenges, Austin, TX.
2016 Symposium Chair, Economic Disparities in Youth Functioning, Biennial meetings
of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD.
2015 Co-organizer, The Edward Zigler SRCD Biennial Policy Preconference:
Restoring Opportunity for Children in the Face of Income and Educational
Inequality, Philadelphia, PA.
2015 Symposium Chair, Understanding Effects of Residential, School, and Neighborhood
Instability on Children and Youth, Biennial meetings of the Society for
Research on Child Development, Philadelphia, PA.
2014 Symposium Chair, Child Care Quality and Child Outcomes, annual meetings of
the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Albuquerque,
NM.
2014 Symposium Organizer, Differential Effects of Economic Insecurity on Children
Across Rural, Suburban, and Urban Communities , annual meetings of the
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Albuquerque, NM.
2012 Symposium Organizer, Child Care Policies and Children’s School Readiness:
Lessons from Diverse Populations, annual meetings of the Association for
Public Policy Analysis and Management, Baltimore, MD.
2012 Symposium Chair, Social Service Use and Implications among Immigrant
Families, annual meetings of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and
Management, Baltimore, MD.
2012 Symposium Organizer and Chair, Adolescent Sexual Behavior and Risk Taking,
annual meetings of the Population Association of America, San Francisco,
CA.
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2012 Symposium Organizer, Sexual Risk Behaviors and Outcomes in Developing
Nations, annual meetings of the Population Association of America, San
Francisco, CA.
2010 Symposium Chair, Eary care and education in the U.S. and Australia: Enhancing
the development of at-risk children, annual meetings of the Association for
Public Policy Analysis and Management, Boston, MA.
2010 Symposium Chair, Impact of at-scale early childhood programs on children’s
behavioral and academic school readiness, annual meetings of the
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Boston, MA.
2010 Conference Co-Leader, A policy framework for parenting, University of New
South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
2009 Discussant, Income and services as pathways to child well-being, symposium at
12th Annual Welfare Research & Evaluation Conference,Washington, DC.
2009 Symposium Chair, Parsing parental knowledge: What produces, affects, and
responds to parental knowledge in families with adolescents? biennial
meetings of the Society for Research on Child Development, Denver, CO.
2008 Workshop Instructor, Welfare, children, and families: A three-city study, ICPSR
Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
2008 Workshop Leader, Methodological and pragmatic issues in longitudinal research
with low income families and children, invited workshop, School of Social
Work and Human Services, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia.
2008 Workshop Participant and Project Advisor, How are welfare-to-work and
workplace reforms affecting young people and children at risk in Australia?
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
2007 Workshop Presenter, Welfare, children, and families: A three-city study, biennial
meetings of the Society for Research on Child Development, Boston, MA.
2006 Discussant, Innovative Approaches to Studying the Daily Experiences of Low-
Income Urban Youth Across Home, School, and Neighborhood Contexts,
symposium at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research on
Adolescence, San Francisco, CA.
2006 Symposium Organizer, Transactional Relations Between Adolescents and
Parents: Who Influences Whom? Biennial meetings of the Society for
Research on Adolescence, San Francisco, CA.
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2005 Discussant, Understanding the effects of child care on the development of
children from low-income families: Policy lessons from a cross-disciplinary
approach, symposium at the annual meetings of the Association for Public
Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, D.C.
2005 Discussant, Impact of father involvement on children’s developmental
trajectories: New findings panel, symposium at the National Fatherhood
Forum, University College, MD.
2005 Discussant, Understanding child care effects on the development of children from
low-income families: Cross-disciplinary methods and lessons, symposium at
the biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Child Development,
Atlanta, GA.
2004 Symposium Organizer, Maternal employment dynamics and adolescent well-
being in low income and single-parent families. Biennial meetings of the
Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD.
2003 Symposium Chair, Nonmaternal care use and quality: For whom is childcare
most important? Biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Child
Development, Tampa, FL.
2003 Symposium Organizer, Family processes as mediators of welfare and employment
effects on children and adolescents: A multimethod view. Biennial meetings of
the Society for Research on Child Development, Tampa, FL.
2002 Symposium Organizer, Multiple components of low-income families’ child care,
Annual meetings of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and
Management, Dallas, TX.
2002 Symposium Chair, Youth and families in poverty: Understanding welfare reform,
Biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, New Orleans,
LA.
2002 Symposium Chair, Out-of-school activities and adolescent adjustment across
diverse samples, Biennial meetings of the Society for Research on
Adolescence, New Orleans, LA.
2001 Discussant, Understanding and measuring family strengths and functioning:
Implications for “family focused” policies, symposium at the meetings of the
Association for Public Policy, Analysis & Management, Washington D.C.
2001 Discussant, Welfare reform’s impacts on children: Findings from the Project on
State-Level Child Outcomes, symposium at the meetings of the Association
for Public Policy, Analysis & Management, Washington D.C.
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2000 Discussant, Young people’s political behaviour at the turn of the century:
Patterns and contexts, symposium at Adolescents into Citizens: Integrating
Young People into Political Life, Zurich, Switzerland
1998 Symposium Organizer, Understanding welfare reform: What researchers
need to know, Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on
Adolescence, San Diego, CA
1998 Symposium Chair, Correlates and consequences of adolescent parenting and
welfare use: Implications for welfare reform and adolescent well-being,
Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA
1998 Symposium Chair, Men’s investments in children and child outcomes, Annual
Meetings of the Population Association of America, Chicago, IL
1997 Symposium Chair, Fathering in urban families: The role of men in the lives of
minority children and adolescents, Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research
in Child Development, Washington, D.C.
INVITED PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Coley, R. L. (October, 2019). Invited keynote, Education: The way out, or out of reach?
Brisbane, Australia.
Coley, R. L. (October, 2019). Invited presentation, Putting young children on a path to success:
Mechanisms transmitting income inequality. Brisbane, Australia.
Coley, R. L. (October, 2019). Invited presentation, Translating research to policy and practice.
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Coley, R. L. (March, 2019). Invited participant, Meet the Editors, Biennial Meetings of the
Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.
Coley, R. L. (December, 2018). Invited presentation, Classroom composition and skill
development. University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Coley, R. L. (December, 2018). Invited presentation, Community and family processes which
drive economic disparities in children’s school readiness skills. University of Oslo, Oslo,
Norway.
Coley, R. L. (July, 2018). Invited keynote, Economic inequality and children’s academic
success. Hubei Province Psychology Conference, Wuhan, China.
Coley, R. L. (July, 2018). Invited presentation, How peers and teachers affect children’s
learning in preschool. Hubei Province Psychology Conference, Wuhan, China.
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Coley, R. L. (July, 2018). Invited presentation, Early childhood education and care. Central
China Normal University, Wuhan, China.
Coley, R. L. (July, 2018). Invited presentation, Parenting and adolescent development. Central
China Normal University, Wuhan, China.
Coley, R. L. (October, 2017). Invited keynote, The geography of opportunity for children’s
educational success. International Life Course Conference, ARC Centre of Excellence for
Children and Families over the Life Course, Brighton Beach, Australia.
Coley, R. L. (October, 2017). Invited presentation, Repercussions of increased
economic inequality and segregation on American children and youth. Social Policy
Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Coley, R. L. (September, 2017). Invited presentation, The geography of opportunity for
educational success. The Geography of Opportunity Annual Poverty Research and Policy
Forum, Washington, DC.
Coley, R. L. (March, 2017). Invited plenary, Community processes supporting children’s
development and economic mobility. Federal Reserve System Community Development
Research Conference: Strong Foundations: The Economic Futures of Kids and
Communities, Washington, DC.
Coley, R. L. (March, 2017). Invited presentation, Using data to inform policy development.
Nelson Chair Roundtable on Networking Community-Based Programs: Shared
Leadershipii, Shared Outcomes. Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA.
Coley, R. L. (December, 2015). Peer effects on children and teachers in preschool classrooms.
Annual grantee meeting of the Child Care Policy Research Consortium, Washington, DC.
Coley, R. L. (October, 2015). Socioeconomic disparities in youth educational and employment
success: How school and neighborhood processes sustain inequality. Invited presentation,
International Life Course Conference, ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families
over the Life Course, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Coley, R. L. (October, 2015). Health and families. Invited presentation, International Life
Course Workshop, ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life
Course, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Coley, R. L. (May, 2015). Healthy housing anad community contexts for healthy child
development. Invited presentation, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Coley, R. L. (December, 2014). Childhood health disparities driven by housing and
neighborhood contexts. Invited presentation, Symposium on Global Public Health: Policy;
Disparity; Disease, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA.
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Coley, R. L. (October, 2014) New horizons in early childhood education research and policy.
Invited presentation, Annual Lynch School Fall Symposium, Boston College, Chestnut Hill,
MA.
Coley, R. L. (October, 2014). Housing as a social determinant of children's health and well-being. Invited presentation, How Housing Matters conference, National Building Museum, Washington, D.C.
Coley, R. L. (September, 2014). Contrasting different models of preschool programs for
low-income children. Invited presentation, REL-NEI Early Childhood Education Research
Alliance, Boston, MA.
Coley, R. L. (July, 2014). Research insights into housing quality and healthy child development.
Invited presentation, MacArthur Foundation Roundtable, Boston, MA.
Coley, R. L. (March, 2014). Mixed methods in the study of social settings for positive youth
development. Invited presentation, W. T. Grant Foundation meeting, Los Angeles, CA.
Coley, R. L. (October, 2013). Early education and care and children's skills: Comparing Australia and the U.S. Invited presentation, Mathematica Policy Research, Princeton, NJ.
Coley, R. L. (October, 2013). International perspectives on early education and care and children's skills. Invited presentation, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA.
Coley, R. L. (October, 2012). Grant seeking: Tips and tribulations. Invited faculty workshop,
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA.
Coley, R. L. (July, 2012). Lessons learned from Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City
Study. Invited address, Fragile Families workshop, University of Queensland, Brisbane,
Australia.
Coley, R. L. (June, 2012). Getting the Whole Picture: Using Mixed-Methods in Developmental
and Intervention Research. Invited address, Head Start Conference, Washington, DC.
Coley, R.L. (March, 2012). Career paths in Applied Developmental Psychology. Invited
presentation to the Northeastern University Psychology Club, Boston, MA.
Coley, R. L. (July, 2010). Lessons learned from different approaches to studying family
processes and child outcomes. Invited address, Science of Research on Families
Workshop, The National Academies, Washington, DC.
Coley, R. L. (June, 2010). Parenting practices and adolescent risk behaviors. Invited address,
MDRC, New York, NY.
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Katz, I., & Coley, R. L. (April, 2010). A policy framework for parenting. Invited address,
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Canberra,
Australia.
Coley, R. L. (November, 2009). Fathers, discipline, and preschoolers. Invited address, Boston
Fathers & Family Network, Boston, MA.
Coley, R. L. (May, 2009). Early childhood education and care as a resource for low-income
children and mothers. Invited address, Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies,
University of Chicago.
Coley, R. L. (November, 2008). Adolescent sexual risk behaviors: Understanding the role of
families. Invited address, School of Nursing, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA.
Chase-Lansdale, P. L., Cherlin, A. J., Guttmannova, K., Ribar, D. C., Fomby, P., & Coley, R. L.
(August, 2008). U.S. welfare reform: Implications for the long-term development of
children, adolescents, and young adults. Invited address, MacArthur Foundation Network
on the Family and the Economy, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
Coley, R. L. (June, 2008). Welfare to work policies: Implications for child and family well-
being. Invited address, Institute of Early Childhood, Macquarie University, Sydney,
Australia.
Coley, R. L. (May, 2008). Early childhood education and care as a resource for low-income
children and mothers. Invited address, Children and Families Research Centre, Macquarie
University, Sydney, Australia.
Coley, R. L. (April, 2008). Parenting practices and youth risk behaviors: Protection or
reaction? Invited address, School of Social Science, University of Queensland, St. Lucia,
Australia.
Coley, R. L. (April, 2008). Welfare reform in the U.S.: How welfare to work has affected
children and families. Invited address, School of Social Work and Human Services,
University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia.
Chase-Lansdale, P. L., Cherlin, A. J., Guttmannova, K., Ribar, D. C., Fomby, P., & Coley, R. L.
(April, 2008). Welfare reform: Implications for the long-term development of children,
adolescents, and young adults. Invited address, Department of Social Welfare, UCLA, Los
Angeles, CA.
Chase-Lansdale, P. L., Cherlin, A. J., Guttmannova, K., Ribar, D. C., Fomby, P., & Coley, R. L.
(April, 2008). Welfare reform: Implications for the long-term development of children,
adolescents, and young adults. Invited address, MDRC, New York, NY.
Coley, R. L. (March, 2008). Parenting practices and youth risk behaviors: Protection or
reaction? Invited address, Department of Psychology, University of New South Wales,
Sydney, Australia.
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Coley, R. L. (February, 2008). Early childhood education and care controversies and questions
in the U.S. Invited address, Building an International Research Collaboration in Early
Childhood Education and Care Workshop, Sydney, Australia.
Coley, R. L. (July, 2007). Welfare reform in the U.S.: How welfare to work has affected children
and families. Invited address to the Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, Australia.
Coley, R. L. (June, 2007). Policy implications from research with urban noncustodial fathers
and adolescents. Invited address to the Massachusetts State Legislators, Boston, MA.
Coley, R. L. (June, 2007). Urban noncustodial fathers: A preventive force against teen
delinquency. Invited address to Fathers and Families, Dorchester, MA.
Coley, R. L. (March, 2007). Youth risk behaviors and family contexts. Invited address, Graduate
School of Education, Harvard University.
Coley, R. L. (February, 2007). Youth risk behaviors and family contexts. Invited address, School
of Public Health, Harvard University.
Coley, R. L. (October, 2006). Fathering and youth risk behaviors. Invited address, Lynch
School of Education, Boston College.
Coley, R. L. (October, 2006). Family processes and youth risk behaviors: A two-way street.
practices: A nationally representative description. In Early care and education
collaboration research: Innovative methodological approaches and findings poster
symposium at the National Research Conference on Early Childhood 2020: Arlington, VA.
(Conference Cancelled)
Teixeira, S., Spielvogel, B., Hwang, D., & Coley, R. L. (January, 2020). Participatory photo mapping (PPM) to understand youths' experiences in a public housing neighborhood preparing for redevelopment. Paper presented at the Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC.
Coley, R. L., O’Brien, M. & Spielvogel, B. (March, 2019). Socioeconomic disparities in
adolescent mental health problems: Secular trends form 1989 through 2016. Paper
presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development,
Baltimore, MD.
Coley, R. L., Hawkins, S., Ghiani, M., Kruzik, C., & Baum C. (March, 2019). The role of
shifting marijuana policies in adolescent substance use. Poster presented at the Biennial
Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.
Coley, R. L., Speilvogel, B., Kruzik, C., Miller, P., Votruba-Drzal, E., & Betancur, L. (March,
2019). Family and community drivers of economic disparities in school readiness skills.
Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child
Development, Baltimore, MD.
Sims, J. & Coley, R. L. (March, 2019). Examining economic risks in adolescents’ families,
schools, and neighborhoods: Implications for mental and behavioral health. Paper
presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development,
Baltimore, MD.
Coley, R. L., Kruzik, C. & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2019, March). Why do SES achievement gaps
grow faster during summer versus school months? Paper presented at the International
Convention of Psychological Science, Paris, France.
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Coley, R. L., O’Brien, M. & Spielvogel, B. (2019, March). Growing disparities in adolescent
depressive symptoms: The role of socioeconomic disparities. Poster presented at the
International Convention of Psychological Science, Paris, France.
Miller, P., Votruba-Drzal, E., Coley, R. L., & Spielvogel, B. (2018, October). Using national
survey data, administrative data, and GIS to determine community boundaries across cities,
suburbs, and rural areas. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development
Conference on the Use of Secondary and Open Source Data in Developmental
Science, Phoenix, AZ.
Coley, R. L., Votruba-Drzal, E., Miller, P., & Spielvogel, B. (2018, October). Community
characteristics help explain income gaps in achievement. Paper presented at the Society for
Research in Child Development Conference on the Use of Secondary and Open Source Data
in Developmental Science, Phoenix, AZ.
Cook, K. D. & Coley, R. L. (2018, June). Transitioning across systems: Head Start directors’ views of coordination efforts with elementary schools to enhance low-income children’s success in kindergarten. Poster presentated at the Annual Meeting
of the National Research Conference on Early Childhood, Arlington, VA.
Cook, K. D. & Coley, R. L. (2018, June). Head Start and elementary schools: A look at
coordination across systems in a national sample. Poster presentated at the Annual Meeting
of the National Research Conference on Early Childhood, Arlington, VA.
Cook, K. D. & Coley, R. L. (2018, April). Transitioning across systems: Head Start & elementary school coordination efforts to enhance children’s success in kindergarten.
Paper presentated at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
Votruba-Drzal, E., Miller, P., & Coley, R. L. (January, 2018). Leveraging administrative data to
identify community characteristics that explain differences in low-income children’s
achievement across urbanicity. Paper presented at Using Administrative Data for Science
and Policy, Russell Sage Foundation, New York, NY.
Coley, R.L., Spielvogel, B., & Kruzik, C. (2017, April). Classroom composition effects on
children and teachers in preschool programs. Paper presentated at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX.
Miller, P., Votruba-Drzal, E., & Coley, R. L. (2017, April). Neighborhood factors explain
income gaps in achievement. Paper presentated at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for
Research in Child Development, Austin, TX.
Miller, P., Votruba-Drzal, E., & Coley, R. L. (2017, April). Urbanicity gaps in achievement
explained by community factors. Paper presentated at the Biennial Meeting of the Society
Coley, R.L., Cook, K. D., & Spielvogel, B. (2016, June). The role of peer skills in pre-k
classrooms. Paper presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management International Conference on Inequalities: Addressing the growing challenge
for policymakers worldwide. London, UK.
Coley, R.L., Sims, J., Dearing, E. & Spielvogel, B. (2016, June). Locating economic risks for
health outcomes: Family, school, and neighborhood economic contexts. Paper presentated
at the the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management International
conference on Inequalities: Addressing the growing challenge for policymakers worldwide.
London, UK.
Thomson, D., Dearing, E., & Coley, R. L.(2016, May). The role of cumulative risk exposure in
associations between early childhood poverty and long-term child outcome. Paper
presented at the American Psychological Society’s Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.
Sims, J. & Coley, R.L. (2016, April). Hidden costs of academic success: Longitudinal relations
between adolescent academic performance and adult health. Paper presented at the 2016
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Washington, D.C.
Sims, J. & Coley, R.L. (2016, March). Academic achievement in adolescence and markers of
immune inflammation in adulthood: Implications for enduring health inequities? Poster
presented at the 2016 Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting. Baltimore,
MD.
Coley, R. L., Votruba-Drzal, E., Lynch, A., & Thomson, D. (2016, March). The intergenerational
transmission of socioeconomic advantage through school and community contexts. Paper
presented at the 2016 Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting. Baltimore, MD.
Henry, D., Sims, J., Coley, R. L., & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2016, March). How do race and
socioeconomic status intersect to shape family investments in youth? Paper presented at the
2016 Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting. Baltimore, MD.
Sims, J., Coley, R.L., Dearing, E., & Spielvogel, B. (2016, March). Economic risks for
problematic psychosocial functioning: Poverty vs. wealth at the family, school, and
neighborhood levels. Paper presented at the 2016 Society for Research on Adolescence
Biennial Meeting. Baltimore, MD.
Coley, R. L., Kull, M., Cook, K. D. (November, 2015). Peer effects in pre-K classrooms:
Implications for targeted vs. universal pre-K programs. Paper presented at the annual
meetings of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Miami, FL.
Kull, M. & Coley, R. L. (May, 2015). Early physical health conditions and school readiness
skills in a prospective birth cohort of U.S. children. Paper presented at the Population
Coley, R. L. & Lynch, A. D. (March, 2015). The intersection of poverty and place: Economic
disparities in youth educational outcomes across the urban-rural continuum. Paper presented
at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA.
Coley, R. L., Kull, M. A., & Lynch, A. D. (March, 2015). Residential mobility and children’s
cognitive and behavioral skills. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for
Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA.
Coley, R. L. & Sims, J. (November, 2014). Family ependitures supporting poor children’s
success across rural, suburban, and urban communities. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Albuquerque, NM.
Coley, R. L., Votruba-Drzal, E., Lynch, A. D. (October, 2014). Economic disparities in positive
youth outcomes across urban, suburban, and rural contexts in the U.S. Paper presented at
the SRCD Positive Youth Development in the Context of Economic Recession special meeting, Prague, Czech Republic.
Coley, R. L., Votruba-Drzal, E., Collins, M., Cook, K. D., & Miller, P. (July, 2014). Contrasting
different models of preschool programs for low-income children. Paper presented at the
Annual Head Start Research Conference, Washington, D.C.
Coley, R. L., Lynch, A. D., & Kull, M. A. (May, 2014). Early exposure to environmental chaos
and children’s physical and mental health . Paper presented at the Population Association of
America meetings, Boston, MA.
Coley, R. L.,Sims, J., & Carrano, J. (May, 2014). Genetic and environmental risks for alcohol
use and misuse. Paper presented at the Population Association of America meetings,
Boston, MA.
Kull, M. A., Coley, R. L., & Lynch, A. D. (May, 2014). The roles of instability and housing in
low-income families’ residential mobility. Poster presented at the Population Association of
America meetings, Boston, MA.
Elliott, M., Leventhal, T. Shuey, E. A., Doyle A. L., & Coley, R. L. (2013, November). The
home and the 'hood: Associations between housing and neighborhood contexts and
adolescent functioning. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for
Public Policy and Management, Washington, DC.
Coley, R. L., Carrano, J., Sims, J., Lynch, A., Lombardi, C., & Mahalik, J. (September, 2013).
Genetic and environmental risks for patterns of alcohol use from adolescence through early
adulthood. Paper presented at the 14th congress of the European Society for Biomedical