CYNTHIA OSBORNE
Transcript of CYNTHIA OSBORNE
CYNTHIA OSBORNE University of Texas at Austin
LBJ School of Public Affairs
2315 Red River St., PO Box Y, Austin, TX 78713
(512) 471-9808
www.childandfamilyresearh.org
EDUCATION
2003 Ph.D. Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School. Demography and Public Affairs
1999 M.P.P. Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government. Public Policy
1995 M.A. Claremont Graduate University. Education
1991 B.A. Claremont McKenna College. Economics and Psychology
CURRENT POSITIONS
2010 – Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin, LBJ School of Public Affairs
2015 – Director, Center for Health and Social Policy, LBJ School of Public Affairs
2011 – Director, Child and Family Research Partnership, LBJ School of Public Affairs
2014 – Policy Council Member, Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management
2014 – Director, Society for Research in Child Development’s Child Policy Consortium,
University of Texas at Austin
2013 – Chair, Responsible Fatherhood Workgroup, Fatherhood Research and Practice Network
2006 – Research Affiliate, Center for Women and Gender Studies
2005 – Research Affiliate, Population Research Center
PRIOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2010 – 2012 Director, Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality, LBJ School of Public Affairs
2005 – 2010 Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin, LBJ School of Public Affairs
2003 – 2005 Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Princeton University
2002 – 2003 Adjunct Professor, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
1994 – 1997 Teacher and Administrator, Foothill Middle School, Azusa, CA
1991 – 1994 Economic Analyst, Analysis Group, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
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EVALUATION AND CONSULTING EXPERIENCE (*ongoing)
Initiatives to Strengthen Families
2016 – 2017* Principal Investigator, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Prevention
and Early Intervention, Military Families and Veterans Pilot Prevention Program.
Examining how communities best support military families to increase protective factors
and reduce child abuse and neglect.
2015 – 2017* Principal Investigator, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Prevention
and Early Intervention. Develop a set of indicators to measure systems-level change in
collective impact initiatives.
2015 – 2016* Consultant/Evaluator, Raise Texas. Evaluation of school-based college savings program
for kindergartners and fourth graders.
2014 – 2016* Principal Investigator, Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division.
Determine the cost of raising a child in Texas to inform Texas Child Support Guidelines.
2014 – 2015* Evaluator, United Way of Greater Austin and Raise Texas. Evaluation of an employer-
based savings program, sponsored by the Corporation for Enterprise Development.
2012 – 2013 Consultant, Ending Community Homelessness Coalition. Provided statistical and sampling
guidance on the count of the homeless population in Austin, TX.
2011 – 2013 Evaluator, Texas Office of the Attorney General. Evaluation of the Child Support for
College pilot program to promote college savings among custodial parents.
2009 – 2010 Consultant, American Civil Liberties Union. Expert witness on case seeking to prevent
Arkansas from barring same-sex couple adoption.
2006 – 2013 Consultant/Evaluator, Texas Health and Human Services Commission. Evaluation of the
Raising Texas Comprehensive Children’s Initiative.
2005 – 2010 Research Advisory Group Member, Texas Health and Human Services Commission,
Twogether Texas Healthy Marriage Initiative.
Early Childhood Investments
2016 – 2018* Evaluator, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Prevention and Early
Intervention. Evaluation of the benefits of Home Visiting services based on duration of
program participation.
2016* Evaluator, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Child Care Licensing.
Determine the association between child care ratios and serious injuries.
2014 – 2015 Consultant, Pew Home Visiting Data for Performance Initiative.
2013 – 2017* Evaluator, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Prevention and Early
Intervention. Evaluation of factors influencing program retention in home visiting
programs.
2013 Consultant, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Raising Texas Initiative.
Provided information on environmental health hazards in child care centers.
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2011 – 2017* Evaluator, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Prevention and Early
Intervention. Process and outcomes evaluation of the statewide Texas Home Visiting
Program that aims to implement evidence-based home visiting programs and build early
childhood comprehensive systems in 20 Texas communities.
2011 – 2012 Consultant, Ray Marshall Center. Assessment of child care quality and quantity in Texas.
2008 – 2010 Consultant/Evaluator, The Texas Association for Infant Mental Health. Evaluation of
initiative to change child care licensing to improve services for infants and toddlers.
2006 – 2013 Consultant/Evaluator, The Texas Association for Infant Mental Health. Evaluation of
initiative to change child care licensing to improve services for infants and toddlers.
Father Involvement and Child Support
2015 – 2020* Principal Investigator, AVANCE RCT. Evaluation of the Fathers in Action/Padres Activo
Program.
2015 – 2017* Principal Investigator, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Prevention
and Early Intervention. Evaluation of the EFFECT fatherhood program aimed at increasing
father engagement and reducing child abuse and neglect.
2014 – 2019* Consultant, MDRC. Subject matter expert on the federally-funded Building Bridges and
Bonds fatherhood program evaluation.
2012 – 2014 Evaluator, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Home Visiting Program.
Evaluation of father participation in home visiting programs in Texas.
2012 – 2013 Evaluator, Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division. Evaluation of
The Help Establishing Responsive Orders and Ensuring Support for Children in Military
Families Pilot Program.
2011 – 2015* Consultant and Principal Investigator, Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support
Division. Research and recommendations to Texas on paternity establishment, child
support establishment and compliance, and father involvement.
2011 – 2016* Principal Investigator, Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division.
Provide ongoing consultation, research, and evaluation for the Texas Child Support
Division.
2011 – 2013 Principal Investigator, Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division.
Conduct statewide review of Texas Child Support Guidelines.
2011 Evaluator, Life Works Austin. Evaluation of agency involvement of fathers in programs.
Child Welfare
2015 – 2017* Principal Investigator, Texas Court Appointed Special Advocates. Evaluation of the
Collaborative Family Engagement Pilot Project to increase child permanency in child
welfare.
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2015 – 2017* Evaluator, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Child Protective Services.
Evaluation of the new field-based training program on caseworker retention, satisfaction,
productivity, and family outcomes.
2015 – 2017* Evaluator, Texas Council on Family Violence. Evaluate statewide program to reduce
family violence in the child welfare system.
2014 – 2017* Evaluator, Texas Court Appointed Special Advocates. Design and evaluate the Child
Outcomes and Volunteer Effectiveness study to determine the impact of having a court-
appointed special advocate volunteer on case outcomes for children in the Texas child
welfare system.
2013 – 2016* Evaluator, Travis County Model Family Court. Determine the cost effectiveness and
impact on case outcomes of the use of mediation in Child Protective Services cases.
Adolescent Health and Well-being
2015 – 2020* Evaluator, Engender Health. Conduct local evaluation in concert with Child Trends on the
Re:MIX teen pregnancy prevention program.
2015 – 2018* Evaluator, Healthy Futures Texas. Evaluation of a teen pregnancy prevention program at
Alamo Community College in San Antonio, TX.
2015 – 2016 Consultant, Texas Network of Youth Services. Develop an instrument to measure the
prevalence of unaccompanied homeless youth in Texas and data set.
2013 – 2015 Evaluator/Consultant, Texas Network of Youth Services. Evaluation of the Hogg
Foundation’s Transition-Age Youth Initiative in Houston, TX.
2012 – 2016* Evaluator, Personal Responsibility Education Program. Evaluation of the Making Proud
Choices! program in two Texas charter schools.
2010 – 2012 Evaluator, Texas Office of the Attorney General. Child support state evaluation of the
Parenting and Paternity Awareness collegiate program to provide information to
community college students on healthy life choices.
2009 – 2011 Evaluator, Texas Office of the Attorney General. Child support state evaluation of the No
Kidding: Straight Talk from Teen Parents program to reduce teen pregnancy.
2006 – 2011 Evaluator, Texas Office of the Attorney General. Child support state evaluation of the
Parenting and Paternity Awareness curriculum for Texas high school students.
Education and Educator Effectiveness
2014 – 2016* Evaluator, Texas Tech University. Evaluation of the federal I3 grant program for
competency-based teaching strategies.
2014 – 2015 Evaluator, The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Evaluation of the
implementation of the Freshman Seminar Courses and innovative strategies being used by
Educator Preparation Programs.
2013 Consultant, City of San Antonio and partners. Provided information on Realtor perspectives
regarding downtown San Antonio public schools.
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2010 – 2012 Principal Investigator. Texas Education Agency, Project on Educator Effectiveness and
Quality. Created statistical model to assess influence of Educator Preparation Program
graduates on student achievement in Texas.
2010 – 2011 Consultant, Texas High School Project (now Educate Texas). Evaluation of successful
turnaround schools.
2009 – 2010 Consultant, Texas High School Project (now Educate Texas). Analysis of strategic plan on
education policy.
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Peer Reviewed Journals
Forthcoming Fomby, Paula and Cynthia Osborne. Family Instability, Multipartner Fertility, and
Children’s Externalizing Behavior in Middle Childhood. Journal of Marriage and Family.
2016 Von Hippel, Paul, Laura Bellows, Cynthia Osborne, Jane Lincove, and Nicholas Mills.
Teacher Quality Differences Between Teacher Preparation Programs: How Big? How
Reliable? Which Programs Are Different? Economics of Education Review, 53, 31 – 45.
2015 Lincove, Jane, Cynthia Osborne, Nicholas Mills, and Laura Bellows. Teacher Preparation
for Profit or Prestige: Analysis of a Diverse Market for Teacher Preparation. Journal of
Teacher Education, 66, 1 – 20.
2015 Osborne, Cynthia and Nora Ankrum. Understanding Today’s Changing Families. Family
Court Review, 53, 221 – 232.
2014 Osborne, Cynthia and Daniel Dillon. Dads on the Dotted Line: A Look at the In-Hospital
Paternity Establishment Process. Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy
for Children at Risk, 5 (2), Article 10.
2014 Osborne, Cynthia, Kaeley Bobbitt, Jill Boelter, and Tracy Kwang. Early Lessons Learned
from Building Local Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems in Texas. Journal of Applied
Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk. 5 (1), Article 7.
2014 Lincove, Jane, Cynthia Osborne, Amanda Dillon, and Nicolas Mills. The Politics and
Statistics of Value-added Modeling for Accountability of Teacher Preparation Programs.
Journal of Teacher Education, 65, 24 – 38.
2012 Osborne, Cynthia, Lawrence Berger, and Katherine Magnuson. Family Structure
Transitions and Changes in Maternal Resources and Well-being. Demography, 49, 23 – 47.
2011 Cooper, Carey, Cynthia Osborne, Audrey Beck, and Sara McLanahan. Partnership
Instability, School Readiness, and Gender Disparities. Sociology of Education, 84, 246 – 259.
2010 Fomby, Paula and Cynthia Osborne. The Influence of Union Instability and Union Quality
on Children’s Aggressive Behavior. Social Science Review, 72, 181 – 204.
2009 Osborne, Cynthia and Lawrence Berger. Parental Substance Abuse and Child Well-Being:
A Consideration of Parents’ Gender and Coresidence. Journal of Family Issues, 30,
341 – 370.
2008 Berger, Lawrence, Marcia Carlson, Sharon Bostezck, and Cynthia Osborne. Parenting
Practices of Resident Fathers: The Role of Marital and Biological Ties. Journal of Marriage
and Family, 70, 625 – 639.
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2007 Osborne, Cynthia, Wendy Manning, and Pamela Smock. Married and Cohabiting Parents’
Relationship Stability: A Focus on Race and Ethnicity. Journal of Marriage and Family, 69,
1345 – 1366.
2007 Osborne, Cynthia, and Sara McLanahan. Partnership Instability and Child Well-being.
Journal of Marriage and Family, 69, 1065 – 1083.
2007 Osborne, Cynthia and Jean Knab. Work, Welfare, and Young Children’s Health and
Behavior in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. Children and Youth Services
Review, 29 (6), 762 – 781.
2007 Slack, K., K. Magnuson, L. Berger, J. Yoo, R. Coley, R. Dunifon, A. Dworsky, A. Kalil, J.
Knab, B. Lohman, and Cynthia Osborne. Family Economic Well-Being Following the
1996 Welfare Reform: Trend Data from 5 Non-Experimental Panel Studies. Children and
Youth Services Review, 29 (6), 698 – 720.
2005 Osborne, Cynthia. Marriage Following the Birth of a Child Among Cohabiting and
Visiting Parents. Journal of Marriage and Family, 67, 14 – 26.
Book Chapters
2015
Osborne, Cynthia. LBJ’s Legacy in Contemporary Social Welfare Policy: Have We Come
Full Circle? LBJ’s Neglected Legacy; Reshaping Domestic Policy and Government.
N. Glickman, L. Lynn, and R. Wilson (eds.), Austin, TX: University of Texas Press.
2009 Knab, Jean, Irv Garfinkel, Sara McLanahan, Emily Moiduddin, and Cynthia Osborne.
The Effects of Welfare and Child Support Policies on the Incidence of Marriage Following
a Nonmarital Birth (pp. 290 – 307). Welfare Reform and its Long-Term Consequences for
America's Poor, James P. Ziliak (ed.), Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Other Publications
2016 Osborne, Cynthia, Daniel Dillion, Jen Winter Craver, and Isabel Hovey. Making Good on
Fatherhood: A Review of the Fatherhood Research (Report R0070116). Available online at
http://www.frpn.org/asset/making-good-fatherhood-review-the-fatherhood-research.
2015 Osborne, Cynthia. Book review of Ain’t No Trust. Social Service Review. 89, 214 – 219.
2014 Osborne, Cynthia. Framing the Future of Responsible Fatherhood Evaluation Research for
the Fatherhood Research and Practice Network. Available online at
www.frpn.org/sites/default/files/responsible%20fatherhood%20report_FINAl_June14_0.pdf.
2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Further Comments On the Papers by Marks and Regnerus. Social
Science Research, 41:779 – 783 (Commentary).
MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS AND WORKING PAPERS
Manuscripts Under Review
2016 Osborne, Cynthia. Home Visiting Programs: Lessons Learned from Evidence-Based Policy
Making. Behavioral Science and Policy.
2016 Osborne, Cynthia and Nora Ankrum. Mom I’m Pregnant: A Teen Perspective on the
Pregnancy Reveal – Who, When, and How.
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Manuscripts in Progress and Working Papers
2015 Elizabeth Cozzolino and Cynthia Osborne. Scarcity, Spending Rules, and Mothers’
Reported Child Support Expenditures.
2015 Osborne, Cynthia, Kaeley Bobbitt, Ni Yan, and Arya Ansari. From Randomized Controlled
Trials to Community-Level Change: What Should Be Expected When Taking Home
Visiting Programs to Scale? Child and Family Research Partnership Working paper
W15007.
2015 Bobbitt, Kaeley and Cynthia Osborne. Reality Check: Can the Effects of Home Visiting
Programs found in RCTs be Replicated in the Real World? Child and Family Research
Partnership Working paper W15006.
2015 Osborne, Cynthia, Jen Winter Craver, Anna Lipton Galbraith, and Ruy Manrique-Betanzos.
Engaging Fathers: Expanding the Scope of Evidence-Based Home Visiting Programs.
2015 Osborne, Cynthia, Daniel Dillon, and Holly Sexton. Exploring the Role of Fathers' Birth
Presence in Mothers' Mental Health Outcomes.
2015 Osborne, Cynthia, Allison Dublin, Kaeley Bobbitt, and Ruy Manrique-Betanzos. Retaining
High-Risk Families in Evidence-Based Home Visiting Programs.
2015 Osborne, Cynthia and Daniel Dillon. Showing up is Half the Battle: Predicting
Mothers’ Pregnancy Complications Among Unmarried Parents. Child and Family Research
Partnership Working paper W14004.
2014 Osborne, Cynthia and Daniel Dillon. When Father Doesn’t Bother: Conditioning the Failure
to Establish Paternity In-Hospital on Fathers’ Presence at the Birth. Child and Family
Research Partnership Working paper W14002.
2009 Osborne, Cynthia and Nina Palmo. Do Children Benefit if Their Unmarried Parents Marry?
A Focus on Young Children’s Behavior. Working paper.
2009 Osborne, Cynthia. Changing Families, Changing Risks? Cumulative Risk Factors and
Family Instability Among Urban Children. Working paper.
2009 Osborne, Cynthia. Is Marriage Protective for All Children at Birth? A Cumulative
Risk Perspective. National Poverty Center, University of Michigan. Center for Research on
Child Wellbeing, Princeton University Working paper 2007–09–FF.
2008 Osborne, Cynthia. Cumulative Risks at Birth and Subsequent Child Health and Behavior:
Are the Effects the Same for All Children?
2008 Osborne, Cynthia. Maternal Stress and Mothering Behaviors in Stable and Unstable
Families. Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Princeton University Working paper
2003–08–FF.
2006 Osborne, Cynthia, Sara McLanahan, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn. Young Children’s
Behavioral Problems in Married and Cohabiting Families. Center for Research on Child
Wellbeing, Princeton University Working paper 2003–08–FF.
2006 Osborne, Cynthia. The Relationship between Family Structure and Mothering Behaviors
Within Race and Ethnic Groups. Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Princeton
University Working paper 2004–06–FF.
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2005 Osborne, Cynthia. A New Look at Unmarried Families: Diversity in Human Capital,
Attitudes, and Relationship Quality based on Living Arrangement and Marriage
Expectations. Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Princeton University Working paper.
2004 Osborne, Cynthia. Diversity Among Unmarried Parents: Human Capital, Attitudes, and
Relationship Quality. Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Princeton University
Working paper 2002–01–FF.
2002 Osborne, Cynthia. Diversity Among Unmarried Parents: Human Capital, Attitudes, and
Relationship Quality. Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Princeton University
Working paper 2002–01–FF.
PROFESSIONAL REPORTS (most reports are available online at childandfamilyresearch.org)
Family Supports
2016 Osborne, Cynthia, Kaeley Bobbitt, Jen Winter Craver, Abby Lane, and Molly McManus. The
Military Families and Veterans Prevention Program Evaluation Plan. Prepared for the Texas
Department of Family Protectives Services, Prevention and Early Intervention. April.
23 pages.
2016 Osborne, Cynthia, Kaeley Bobbitt, and Carlos Herrera. An Estimation Model of the Cost of
Raising Children in Texas: Cost Models across Family Structure and Households. Prepared
for the Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division. April. 58 pages.
2016 Osborne, Cynthia. Saving Made Simple: An Evaluation of the Employer-Based Automatic
Savings Program. Child and Family Research Partnership Brief B.022.0316. March. 15
pages.
2015 Osborne, Cynthia, Daniel Dillon, and Ruy Manrique-Betanzos. Workplace Savings
Evaluation Report. Prepared for the Center for Public Policy Priorities. September. 39 pages.
2015 Osborne, Cynthia, Kaeley Bobbitt, Kyle Bradbury, Allison Dubin, and Abby Lane. Texas
Home Visiting Program: Supporting Early Childhood Systems-Level Change in Texas
Communities. Prepared for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. June.
24 pages.
2015 Osborne, Cynthia, Kaeley Bobbitt, and Carlos Herrera. An Estimation Model of the Cost of
Raising Children in Texas: Cost Models across Family Structure and Households. Prepared
for the Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division. June. 26 pages.
2014 Osborne, Cynthia. An Estimation Model of the Cost of Raising Children in Texas Interim
Report. September. 19 pages.
2014 Osborne, Cynthia. An Estimation Model of the Cost of Raising Children in Texas Preliminary
Analysis. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division.
April. 18 pages.
2013 Osborne, Cynthia, Laura Bellows, and Daniel Dillon. Seeding the College Final Report: An
Evaluation of the Child Support for College Asset-Building Initiative. Prepared for the Texas
Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division. December. 166 pages.
2013 Osborne, Cynthia, Daniel Dillon, and Laura Bellows. Seeding the College Dream: The Child
Support for College Asset-Building Initiative. Child and Family Research Partnership Brief
B.012.1113. November. 3 pages.
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2013 Osborne, Cynthia, Daniel Dillon, and Laura Bellows. Seeding the College Dream: An
Evaluation of the Child Support for College Asset-Building Initiative. Prepared for the Texas
Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division. R.005.1213. October. 41 pages.
2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Demographic and Economic Changes in Texas Families. Child and Family
Research Partnership Brief B.008.1212. December. 4 pages.
2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Child Support for College Challenges to Recruitment and Implementation
and Preliminary Findings. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child
Support Division. November. 96 pages.
2012 Osborne, Cynthia and Christine Gendron. Child Support for College: Child Support and
Asset Building. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support
Division. R.001.0812. August. 12 pages.
2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Child Support for College Preliminary Analysis Plan. Prepared for the
Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division. July. 23 pages.
2008 Osborne, Cynthia. Lessons Learned from the Mothers: Focus Group Results from the
Fort Worth, Texas Healthy Marriage Program. Prepared for the Texas Health and Human
Services Commission.
2008 Harris, Glenn, Rappleyea, Diaz-Loving, Hawkins, Daire, Cynthia Osborne, and Huston.
Twogether in Texas: Baseline Report on Marriage in the Lone Star State. Prepared for the
Texas Health and Human Services Commission.
Early Childhood Investments
2015 Osborne, Cynthia, Kaeley Bobbitt, Kyle Bradbury, Allison Dubin, Anna Lipton Galbraith,
and Abby Lane. The Texas Home Visiting Program: Taking Home Visiting Programs to
Scale in Texas: Variation in Implementation and Outcomes. Prepared for the Texas Health
and Human Services Commission. June. 51 pages.
2015 Osborne, Cynthia, Anna Lipton Galbraith, Kaeley Bobbitt, Allison Dubin, and Kyle
Bradbury. MIECHV FY2011 Competitive (D89) Development Grant Final Report. Grant
#D89MC23159. Prepared for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health
Resources and Services Administration and the Texas Health and Human Services
Commission. May. 42 pages.
2015 Osborne, Cynthia, Kaeley Bobbitt, Allison Dubin, and Kyle Bradbury. Texas Home Visiting
Program: Implementation and Operations Guide. Prepared for the Texas Health and Human
Services Commission. April. 41 pages.
2015 Osborne, Cynthia, Kaeley Bobbitt, Allison Dubin, Holly Sexton, Jen Winter Craver, Abby
Lane, Molly McManus, and David Thompson. Texas Home Visiting Program: Program
Implementation Evaluation: Progress, Challenges, and Lessons Learned through Year Four.
Prepared for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. September. 94 pages.
2014 Osborne, Cynthia. Texas Home Visiting Program: Father Participation and Retention
Evaluation. Prepared for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. September.
13 pages.
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2014 Osborne, Cynthia, Kaeley Bobbitt, Kyle Bradbury, Anna Lipton Galbraith, and Allison
Dubin. Taking Home Visiting Programs to Scale in Texas: Implementation Challenges and
Resiliency. Prepared for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. September.
101 pages.
2014 Osborne, Cynthia, Kaeley Bobbitt, Laura Bellows, and Anna Lipton Galbraith. Program
Implementation Evaluation Interim Report: Variation in Service Delivery and Family
Outcomes across the Texas Home Visiting Program. Prepared for the Texas Health and
Human Services Commission. March. 67 pages.
2014 Osborne, Cynthia, Laura Bellows, Kaeley Bobbitt, Jill Boelter, and Anna Lipton Galbraith.
Texas Home Visiting Program: Improving the Retention of Families through Father
Participation. Prepared for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. January.
43 pages.
2013 Osborne, Cynthia, Laura Bellows, Kaeley Bobbitt, Jill Boelter, Amanda Dillon, and
Anna Lipton Galbraith. Observations and Early Findings from the Evaluation of the First
Year of the Texas Home Visiting Program. Prepared for the Texas Health and Human
Services Commission. September. 101 pages.
2013 Osborne, Cynthia and Robert Brill. Environmental Health Hazards in Child Care Centers:
Recommendations. Prepared for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Office
of Early Childhood Coordination. August.
2013 Osborne, Cynthia. Final Evaluation of the Raising Texas Initiative. Prepared for the Texas
Health and Human Services Commission, Office of Early Childhood Coordination. August.
2013 Osborne, Cynthia, Tracy Kwang, Laura Bellows, and Amanda Dillon. Texas Home Visiting
Program Evaluation: Evaluation Progress Report: September 2011 to March 2013. Prepared
for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. March. 150 pages.
2012 Osborne, Cynthia, Tracy Kwang, Laura Bellows, and Amanda Dillon. Texas Home Visiting
Program Evaluation: Evaluation Progress Report: September 2011 to September 2012.
Prepared for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. December. 71 pages.
2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Texas Home Visiting Program (THVP): Evaluation Plan. Prepared for the
Texas Health and Human Services Commission. December. 46 pages.
2010 Osborne, Cynthia. Developmental Screening in Texas: Challenges and Opportunities.
Prepared for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Office of Early Childhood
Coordination. August. 9 pages.
2010 Osborne, Cynthia. Gap Analysis on State Services for Texas Children. Prepared for the
Texas Health and Human Services Commission Office of Early Childhood Coordination.
June.
2010 Osborne, Cynthia. Developmental Guide Distribution Survey Summary. Prepared for the
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Office of Early Childhood Coordination.
May.
2009 Osborne, Cynthia. Developmental Guide Distribution Summary. Prepared for the Texas
Health and Human Services Commission, Office of Early Childhood Coordination.
December.
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2008 Osborne, Cynthia and Jane Lincove. Final Evaluation Report on the Raising Texas Early
Childhood Comprehensive Systems Initiative. Prepared for the Texas Health and Human
Services Commission. Office of Early Childhood Coordination.
2007 Osborne, Cynthia and Jane Lincove. Final Evaluation Report on the Texas Early Childhood
Comprehensive Systems Initiative. Prepared for the Texas Health and Human Services
Commission, Office of Early Childhood Coordination.
2006
Osborne, Cynthia and Jane Lincove. Final Evaluation Report on the Texas Early Childhood
Comprehensive Systems Initiative. Prepared for the Texas Health and Human Services
Commission, Office of Early Childhood Coordination.
Father Involvement and Child Support
2016 2016 Texas Fatherhood Summit: Building the Evidence Base for Fatherhood Programs,
A Post Summit Assessment. Child and Family Research Partnership Brief B.021.0316.
March. 16 pages.
2016 Osborne, Cynthia, Daniel Dillon, Jen Winter Craver, and Isabel Hovey. Making Good on
Fatherhood: A Review of the Fatherhood Research. Prepared for the Texas Department of
Family Protective Services, Prevention and Early Intervention. January. 93 pages.
2015 Osborne, Cynthia. The Fatherhood EFFECT Program’s Preliminary Evaluation Plan.
Prepared for the Texas Department of Family Protective Services, Prevention and Early
Intervention. November. 17 pages.
2015 Osborne, Cynthia, Nora Ankrum, Daniel Dillon, and Holly Sexton. Paternity Uncertainty:
A Look at Recessions and the Role of Doubt in Parents’ Paternity Decisions. Prepared
for the Texas Office of the Attorney General. August. 37 pages.
2015 Osborne, Cynthia and Daniel Dillon. Child Support Unpacked: Examining the Factors
Associated with Order Establishment and Compliance in the Texas Child Support System.
Child and Family Research Partnership Brief B.018.0615. June. 16 pages.
2015 Osborne, Cynthia and Daniel Dillon. Mapping the Paternity Establishment Decision:
Regional variation in unmarried fathers’ birth attendance and paternity establishment. Child
and Family Research Partnership Brief B.017.0615. June.
2014 Osborne, Cynthia and Daniel Dillon. On the Front Lines of Paternity Establishment:
Perspectives of Parents and Birth Registrars. Child and Family Research Partnership Brief
B.014.1214. December. 7 pages.
2014 Osborne, Cynthia and Daniel Dillon. To Be There, or Not to Be There: How Fathers’
Presence at the Birth Shapes the Paternity Establishment Decision. Child and Family
Research Partnership Brief B.007.0914. September. 5 pages.
2014 Osborne, Cynthia and Daniel Dillon. Relationship Violence and Paternity Establishment:
Mapping the Policy Implications. Child and Family Research Partnership Brief B.011.1014.
August. 6 pages.
2014 Osborne, Cynthia. In-Hospital Paternity Establishment: A Study of Staff, Parents, and Policy.
Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division. June.
222 pages.
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2014 Osborne, Cynthia, Rob Brill, and Daniel Dillon. Acknowledgment of Paternity. Non-marital
Birth and Registration Study: The Context of In-Hospital Paternity Establishment. Prepared
for the Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division R.006.0714. May. 40
pages.
2014 Osborne, Cynthia and Daniel Dillon. How Unmarried Fathers Support Their Children: A
Study of Unmarried Parents. Child and Family Research Partnership Brief B.006.0314.
March. 6 pages.
2014 Osborne, Cynthia and Daniel Dillon. Fathers in the First Few Months: A Study of Unmarried
Fathers and their Children. Child and Family Research Partnership Brief B.005.0214.
February. 4 pages.
2014 Osborne, Cynthia and Daniel Dillon. Why Parents Establish Paternity? Child and Family
Research Partnership Brief B.004.0114. January.
2014 Osborne, Cynthia and Daniel Dillon. Who Establishes Paternity? Child and Family Research
Partnership Brief B.003.0114. January. 6 pages.
2013 Osborne, Cynthia. In-Hospital Acknowledgment of Paternity: A Portrait of Father
Involvement and Support in the First Three Years After a Nonmarital Birth. Prepared for the
Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division. October. 225 pages.
2013 Osborne, Cynthia and Daniel Dillon. In-Hospital Signing of Acknowledgment of Paternity.
A Portrait of Father Involvement and Support in the First Three Years After a Non-marital
Birth. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division.
R.003.1013 September. 217 pages.
2013 Osborne, Cynthia. Help Establishing Responsive Orders and Ensuring Support for Children
in Military Families Project. HEROES Final Report. Prepared for the Texas Office of the
Attorney General, Child Support Division R.002.1013. September. 40 pages.
2013 Osborne, Cynthia. Child Support Guidelines Review. Review of Texas Child Support
Guidelines: Final Report and Recommendations. Prepared for the Texas Office of the
Attorney General, Child Support Division. January. 313 pages.
2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Texas Home Visiting Program Evaluation Plan. Prepared for the Texas
Health and Human Services Commission. December. 46 pages.
2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Review of Texas Child Support Guidelines Interim Report: Stakeholder
Views on Child Support Guidelines. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General,
Child Support Division. November. 105 pages.
2012 Osborne, Cynthia and Jill Boelter. Child Support Guidelines Review. Review of U.S.
States’ Child Support Guidelines. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General,
Child Support Division. September. 65 pages.
2012 Osborne, Cynthia, Amanda Dillon, Jessica Gomez, and Piper King. Help Establishing
Responsive Orders and Ensuring Support for Children in Military Families Evaluation of the
HEROES Project: Initial Evaluation Report. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney
General, Child Support Division. September. 55 pages.
2012 Osborne, Cynthia and Jill Boelter. Child Support Guidelines Review. Cost of Raising a
Child in Texas. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support
Division. September. 51 pages.
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2012 Osborne, Cynthia and Jill Boelter. Child Support Guidelines Review. Interactions of Child
Support Payments with Other Public Support Programs. Prepared for the Texas Office of the
Attorney General, Child Support Division. September. 75 pages.
2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Review of Texas Child Support Guidelines Interim Report: Interactions of
Child Support Payments with Other Public Support. Prepared for the Texas Office of the
Attorney General, Child Support Division. September. 75 pages.
2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Review of Texas Child Support Guidelines Interim Report: Cost of
Raising a Child in Texas. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child
Support Division. September. 56 pages.
2012 Osborne, Cynthia. In-Hospital Signing of Acknowledgement of Paternity Preliminary
Analysis Plan. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division.
August. 41 pages.
2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Review of Texas Child Support Guidelines Preliminary Analysis Plan.
Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division. August. 36
pages.
2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Introduction to Paternity Establishment. Child and Family Research
Partnership Snapshot. August. 2 pages
2012 Osborne, Cynthia. In-Hospital Signing of Acknowledgement of Paternity. Literature Review
of Acknowledgement of Paternity and Child Support. Prepared for the Texas Office of the
Attorney General, Child Support Division. August. 17 pages.
Child Welfare
2016 Osborne, Cynthia, Allison Dubin, and Alexis McLauchlan. Determining the Effectiveness of
CASA on Child Outcomes Evaluation Plan. Prepared for the Texas Court Appointed Special
Advocates. April. 44 pages.
2016 Osborne, Cynthia and Allison Dubin. Project S.A.F.E. Evaluation Study Determining Best
Practices for Collaboration. Prepared for the Texas Council on Family Violence. February.
16 pages.
Adolescent Health and Well-being
2016 Osborne, Cynthia. Making Proud Choices Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program Evaluation
Plan. Prepared for Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas. April.
2011 Osborne, Cynthia. No Kidding: Straight Talk From Teen Parents Data Summary Report
2009 – 2011. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General. July.
2011 Osborne, Cynthia. No Kidding: Straight Talk From Teen Parents Data Summary Report:
Austin Youth Launch 2009 – 2011. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General.
July.
2011 Osborne, Cynthia. No Kidding: Straight Talk From Teen Parents Data Summary Report:
El Paso Child Crisis Center 2009 – 2011. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney
General. July.
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2011 Osborne, Cynthia. No Kidding: Straight Talk From Teen Parents Data Summary Report:
Houston DePelchin Children's Center 2009 – 2011. Prepared for the Texas Office of the
Attorney General. July.
2010 Osborne, Cynthia. Evaluation of the Parenting and Paternity Awareness Curriculum: Final
Report. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General. July.
2009 Osborne, Cynthia. Evaluation of the Parenting and Paternity Awareness Curriculum: First
Year Report. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General. October.
2009 Osborne, Cynthia. Evaluation of the Parenting and Paternity Awareness Curriculum: Interim
Report on the Findings from Student Focus Groups. Prepared for the Texas Office of the
Attorney General. January.
2007 Osborne, Cynthia. Assessing the Implementation and Effectiveness of the Parenting and
Paternity Awareness Curriculum. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General.
May.
Education and Educator Effectiveness
2012 Osborne, Cynthia with the PEEQ research team. The Technical Report: Education
Preparation Programs’ Influence on Student Achievement in Texas. Prepared for the Texas
Education Agency. June. 313 pages. Available online at http://www.utexas.edu/projects/peeq/.
2012 Osborne, Cynthia with the PEEQ research team. The Texas Report: Education Preparation
Programs’ Influence on Student Achievement in Texas. Prepared for the Texas Education
Agency. June. 189 pages. Available online at http://www.utexas.edu/projects/peeq/.
2012 Osborne, Cynthia with the PEEQ research team. Summary Version of: The Texas Report:
Education Preparation Programs’ Influence on Student Achievement in Texas. Prepared
for the Texas Education Agency. June. 31 pages. Available online at
http://www.utexas.edu/projects/peeq/.
2012 Osborne, Cynthia with the PEEQ research team. The Texas Report: Education Preparation
Programs’ Influence on Student Achievement in Texas, Preliminary Report. Prepared for the
Texas Education Agency. April. 176 pages.
2012 Osborne, Cynthia with the PEEQ research team. Rating Systems for Teacher Evaluations
and Educator Preparation Program Accountability. Prepared for the Texas Education Agency.
January. 15 pages. Available online at http://www.utexas.edu/projects/peeq/.
2012 Osborne, Cynthia with the PEEQ research team. Who Do New Texas Teachers Teach?
Prepared for the Texas Education Agency. January. 8 pages. Available online at
http://www.utexas.edu/projects/peeq/.
2012 Osborne, Cynthia with the PEEQ research team. Reviews of Educator Accountability,
Systems in 21 US Sites. Prepared for the Texas Education Agency. January. Available online
at http://www.utexas.edu/projects/peeq/.
2011 Osborne, Cynthia. Texas High School Report: High School Reforms that Worked.
Co-authored by students in the Policy Research Project. 47 pages.
2011 Osborne, Cynthia. Texas High School Site Report: W. Charles Akins High School.
Co-authored by students in the Policy Research Project. 27 pages.
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2011 Osborne, Cynthia. Texas High School Site Report: Stephen F. Austin High School.
Co-authored by students in the Policy Research Project. 27 pages.
2011 Osborne, Cynthia. Texas High School Site Report: Dunbar High School. Co-authored by
students in the Policy Research Project. 27 pages.
2011 Osborne, Cynthia. Texas High School Site Report: North Side High School. Co-authored by
students in the Policy Research Project. 27 pages.
2010 Osborne, Cynthia. Teacher Effectiveness. Co-authored by students in the Policy Research
Project.
2010 Osborne, Cynthia. Education Leadership. Co-authored by students in the Policy Research
Project.
2010 Osborne, Cynthia. Performance Management. Co-authored by students in the Policy
Research Project.
2010 Osborne, Cynthia. Learning Systems. Co-authored by students in the Policy Research
Project.
2010 Osborne, Cynthia. Fruitvale T-STEM Academy: A Case Study. Co-authored by students
in the Policy Research Project.
2010 Osborne, Cynthia. Performance Pay in Houston ISD: A Case Study. Co-authored by students
in the Policy Research Project.
2010 Osborne, Cynthia. Round Rock ISD’s Data Driven Decision Making: Case Study.
Co-authored by students in the Policy Research Project.
2010 Osborne, Cynthia. Texas Principal Preparation Program Analysis: Key Stakeholder
Responses to SB 174. Co-authored by students in the Policy Research Project.
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 2010 - PRESENT (*INVITED)
2016 Osborne, Cynthia. Challenges for Children in Our Changing American Families. First3Years
Advocacy Award and Conference. May, Austin TX
2016 Osborne, Cynthia and Nora Ankrum. It’s Positive: The Pregnancy Reveal in Their Own
Voices. The Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Annual Symposium. April, Austin,
TX
2016* Osborne, Cynthia. Your Role in Measuring Systemic Change. Texas Health and Human
Services Commission Community Impact Conference. February, Dallas, TX
2016* Osborne, Cynthia. 20 Years Later… The Evolution of Voluntary Acknowledgment of
Paternity. National Child Support Enforcement Association. February, Washington, DC
2016* Osborne, Cynthia. Child Support and the Social Safety Net. National Child Support
Enforcement Association. February, Washington, DC
2016 Osborne, Cynthia. Paternity Establishment and the Importance of Fathers’ Birth Attendance.
Texas Fatherhood Summit: Building the Evidence Base for Fatherhood Programs. February,
Austin, TX (Organized and co-hosted)
2016 Osborne, Cynthia, Daniel Dillon, and Holly Sexton. Exploring the Role of Fathers' Birth
Presence in Mothers' Mental Health Outcomes. Society for Social Work and Research 20th
Annual Conference. January, Washington, DC
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2015* Osborne, Cynthia. Evaluating CASA in Texas: Child Outcomes and Volunteer
Effectiveness. Texas CASA Conference. November, San Marcos, TX
2015 Osborne, Cynthia, Daniel Dillon, and Holly Sexton. Exploring the Role of Fathers' Birth
Presence in Mothers' Mental Health Outcomes. Association of Public Policy Analysis and
Management. November, Miami, FL
2015 Osborne, Cynthia and Allison Dubin. Challenges of Serving and Retaining High-Risk
Families in Evidence-Based Home Visiting Programs. Association of Public Policy Analysis
and Management. November, Miami, FL
2015 Osborne, Cynthia, Anna Lipton Galbraith, and Kyle Bradbury. Engaging Fathers: Expanding
the Scope of Evidence-Based Home Visiting Programs. Association of Public Policy
Analysis and Management. November, Miami, FL
2015 Osborne, Cynthia. Evidence-Based Policy and Its Limits. Graduate Public Affairs Council
Brown Bag. Child and Family Research Partnership. October, Austin, TX
2015 Osborne, Cynthia. Evidence-Based Policy and Its Limits. PhD Colloquium. Child and
Family Research Partnership. October, Austin, TX
2015* Osborne, Cynthia. Understanding Families at Risk. Arkansas Access and Visitation Annual
Meeting. September, Little Rock, AR
2015* Osborne, Cynthia. Today’s Youth, Tomorrow’s Parents: A Look at the Changing American
Family and Risks for Youth. Texas Network of Youth Services 32nd Annual Conference.
August, San Antonio, TX
2015* Osborne, Cynthia. Fragile Families and Statistics on Domestic Violence. Texas WIC
Nutrition and Breastfeeding Conference. July, Austin, TX
2015 Osborne, Cynthia. Preliminary Findings: Family Retention in Texas Home Visiting. Partners
in Prevention Training Conference. June, Austin, TX
2015 Osborne, Cynthia. Texas Home Visiting Program Evaluation. Partners in Prevention
Training Conference. June, Austin, TX
2015* Osborne, Cynthia. Approaches to Parenting Time and Co-Parenting for Unmarried Parents.
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts 52nd Annual Conference. May,
New Orleans, LA
2015 Osborne, Cynthia. When Father Doesn’t Bother: Conditioning the Failure to Establish
Paternity In-Hospital on Fathers’ Presence at the Birth. Population Association of America.
April, San Diego, CA
2015 Osborne, Cynthia. Evidence-Based Policy and Its Limits. Child and
Family Research Partnership Symposium. April, Austin, TX (Organized and hosted)
2015* Osborne, Cynthia. Engaging Boys in Teen Pregnancy Prevention. The Texas Campaign to
Prevent Teen Pregnancy Annual Symposium. April, San Antonio, TX
2015* Osborne, Cynthia. Evaluation of the Evidence-Based Program Making Proud Choices! The
Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Annual Symposium. April, San Antonio, TX
2015* Osborne, Cynthia. Rising to the Challenge: How Public Administration Scholars Contribute
to the success of public managers and to the overall quality of public administration practice.
American Society for Public Administration Annual Conference. March, Chicago, IL
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2015* Osborne, Cynthia. Teen Pregnancy: The Girls and Boys of It. Women's Community Center of
Central Texas, Women’s Empowerment Conference. March, Austin, TX
2015* Osborne, Cynthia. Family Formation Trends and Parenting Time for Children of Unmarried
Parents - Why the 1997 AV Program Doesn’t Fit Today’s Families. National Access and
Visitation Coordinators Conference. February, Dallas, TX
2015* Osborne, Cynthia. Parenting Time and Domestic Violence: Building Collaborations with
State DV Coalitions. National Access and Visitation Coordinators. February,
Dallas, TX
2015* Osborne, Cynthia. Home Visiting in Texas: A Two-Generation Investment. AVANCE Peer
Networking Summit. February, San Antonio, TX
2015 Osborne, Cynthia. From RCTs to Community-Level Change: What to Expect from the
Evidence Base. Society for Social Work and Research 19th Annual Conference. January,
New Orleans, LA
2014 Osborne, Cynthia. Assessing Parenting Education. National Council on Family Relations.
November, Baltimore, MD
2014 Osborne, Cynthia. Father Involvement and Coparenting from Pregnancy to Childhood:
Effects on Maternal and Child Outcomes. Association of Public Policy Analysis and
Management. November, Albuquerque, NM
2014 Osborne, Cynthia. Why Fathers Fail to Establish Paternity: Conditioning the In-Hospital
Paternity Establishment Decision on Fathers' Presence at the Birth. Association of Public
Policy Analysis and Management. November, Albuquerque, NM
2014* Osborne, Cynthia. Voluntary Paternity Programs - Innovative Community Outreach and
Education. WICSEC Annual Training Conference. October, San Diego, CA
2014* Osborne, Cynthia. When Father Doesn't Bother: Conditioning the Failure to Establish
Paternity In-Hospital on Fathers' Presence at the Birth. University of Wisconsin Demography
Seminar. September, Madison, WI
2014* Osborne, Cynthia. Families at Risk: Challenges and Policy Options for Today’s Unmarried
Families. Thirteenth Annual Infant Health Summit. September, Fort Worth, TX
2014 Osborne, Cynthia. Using Data to Drive Decisions. Texas Annual Data Summit for the Texas
Home Visiting Program. June, Austin, TX (Organized and co-hosted)
2014 Osborne, Cynthia and Laura Bellows. Data Competencies Public Policy Students Need to
Know. Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management. April, Washington, DC
2014* Osborne, Cynthia and Jill Boelter. Mom I’m Pregnant: Parents’ Reactions to the
Announcement of a Teen’s Pregnancy and Subsequent Outcomes for the Teen Parent.
Society for Research in Human Development Biennial Meeting. March, Austin, TX
2014 Lincove, Jane, Cynthia Osborne, Laura Bellows, and Nicolas Mills. Training Teachers for
Profit or Prestige: Analysis of a Diverse Market. Association for Education Finance and
Policy Annual Meeting. March, San Antonio, TX
2014* Osborne, Cynthia. New Frontiers in Paternity Establishment. National Child Support
Enforcement Association Policy Forum. February, Washington, DC
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2014* Osborne, Cynthia. Systematically Evaluating Impacts of Policy and Operational Changes in
the IV-D Program. National Child Support Enforcement Association Policy Forum.
February, Washington, DC
2013* Osborne, Cynthia. Teen Pregnancy in Texas. Texas Home Visiting Consortium. December,
Austin, TX
2013* Osborne, Cynthia. A Portrait of Father Involvement in the First Three Years Following a
Non-marital Birth. Texas Association of Domestic Relations Office Annual Meeting. October,
Dallas, TX
2013 Osborne, Cynthia. Findings from the First Year of the Texas Home Visiting Project. Texas
Home Visiting Statewide Conference. September, Austin, TX (Organized and co-hosted)
2013 Osborne, Cynthia. Overview of Military and Veteran Families: Trends, Challenges, and
Supports. Military Families; Paternity, Child Support and Parenting Time Briefing. August,
San Antonio, TX (Organized and hosted conference)
2013* Osborne, Cynthia. Findings from the First Year of Making Proud Choices. July, Austin, TX
2013 Fomby, Paula and Cynthia Osborne. Family Instability, Multipartner Fertility, and Children’s
Externalizing Behavior in Middle Childhood. Population Association of America Annual
Meeting. April, New Orleans, LA
2013* Osborne, Cynthia. Home Visitation Workshop-Get Connected: Network and Advocacy for
the 83rd Legislative Session. January, San Antonio, TX
2012 Osborne, Cynthia, Paul von Hippel, Jane Lincove, and Nicolas Mills. Size and Reliability of
Teacher Training Effects in Texas. The Association for Public Policy Analysis and
Management. November, Baltimore, MD
2012* Osborne, Cynthia. Understanding Today’s Low-Income Families. Texas Association of
Domestic Relations Office. October, El Paso, TX
2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: A New Accountability
System for Texas Educator Preparation Programs. LBJ School of Public Affairs Doctoral
Seminar. September, Austin, TX
2012* Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality. State Board for Educator
Certification. August, Austin, TX
2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality. Statistical Advisory Group
Meeting. July, Austin, TX
2012* Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: Results Presented to the
Deans of Texas Educator Preparation Programs. June, McAllen, TX
2012* Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: Results Presented to the
Deans of Texas Educator Preparation Programs. May, Dallas, TX
2012* Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: Results Presented to the
Deans of Texas Educator Preparation Programs. May, Austin, TX
2012* Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: Results Presented to the
Deans of Texas Educator Preparation Programs. May, San Antonio, TX
2012* Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: Results Presented to the
Deans of Texas Educator Preparation Programs. May, Houston, TX
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2012* Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: Results Presented to the
Deans of Texas Educator Preparation Programs. April, Austin, TX
2012 Osborne, Cynthia. From Research to Reality: A Symposium on Educator Accountability.
April, Austin, TX (Organized and hosted)
2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: Stakeholder Group Meeting.
February, Austin, TX
2012* Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: Report to the State Board
for Educator Certification. February, Austin, TX
2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: Statistical Advisory Group
Meeting. January, Austin, TX
2011 Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: Stakeholder Group Meeting.
November, Austin, TX
2011* Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: A New Accountability
System for Texas Educator Preparation Programs. CSOTTE Conference of Deans of Schools
of Education. October, Corpus Christi, TX
2011* Osborne, Cynthia. Teaching Community College Students About the Rights, Responsibilities,
and Realities of Being a Young Parent. WICSEC Child Support Conference. October, Austin,
TX
2011* Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: A New Accountability
System for Texas Educator Preparation Programs. Texas A&M System, Chancellor’s
Summit on Educator Preparation. September, Austin, TX
2011* Osborne, Cynthia. Parenting and Paternity Awareness: Evaluation Findings. National
Council of State Legislators. September, Denver, CO
2011 Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: Statistical Advisory Group
Meeting. September, Austin, TX
2011* Osborne, Cynthia. How Do Teachers and Administrators Feel About Educator
Accountability? CSCOPE Conference. August, San Antonio, TX
2011* Osborne, Cynthia. Understanding Today’s Fragile Families. WIC Statewide Conference. July,
Austin, TX
2011* Osborne, Cynthia. Educator Effectiveness with a Purpose. Council of Chief State School
Officers. July, Webinar
2011* Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: A New Accountability
System for Texas Educator Preparation Programs. Texas Association of School Personnel
Administrators. July, Austin, TX
2011 Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: Stakeholder Group Meeting.
July, Austin, TX
2011* Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: A New Accountability
System for Texas Educator Preparation Programs. E3 Alliance. June, Austin, TX
2011* Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: A New Accountability
System for Texas Educator Preparation Programs. TEA Annual Educator Preparation
Program and School District Conference. June, Austin, TX
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2011* Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: A New Accountability
System for Texas Educator Preparation Programs. Texas Association for Teacher
Educators Conference. June, Austin, TX
2011* Osborne, Cynthia. Understanding Unmarried Families. iChoose Teen Summit, Keynote
speaker. June, Austin, TX
2011* Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: A New Accountability
System for Texas Educator Preparation Programs. Region XIII PDAS Coordinators
Conference. May, Austin, TX
2011* Osborne, Cynthia. Today’s Fragile Families: What Help Do They Need? WPRI
Conference on Welfare Policy. May, Milwaukee, WI
2011 Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: Statistical Advisory Group
Meeting. April, Austin, TX
2011* Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: A New Accountability
System for Texas Educator Preparation Programs. Texas Association of Colleges for
Teacher Education. February, Austin, TX
2011 Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: Stakeholder Group Meeting.
February, Austin, TX
2011* Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: A New Accountability
System for Texas Educator Preparation Programs. Region XIII PDAS Coordinators
Conference. January, Austin, TX
2011* Osborne, Cynthia. Understanding Today’s Fragile Families. National Child Support
Enforcement Association Policy Conference, Keynote speaker. January, Washington, DC
2010 Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: Stakeholder Group
Meeting. December, Austin, TX
2010* Osborne, Cynthia. Understanding Unmarried Families. NCP Choices Conference, Texas
Office of the Attorney General, Keynote speaker. August, Austin, TX
2010* Osborne, Cynthia. Understanding Unmarried Families. IV-D Associate Judges Conference,
Texas Office of the Attorney General, Keynote speaker. July, Austin, TX
2010 Osborne, Cynthia. Family Structure Transitions and Changes in Maternal Resources and
Well-being. LBJ School of Public Affairs Doctoral Seminar. April, Austin, TX
2010* Osborne, Cynthia. Understanding Unmarried Families. Family Violence Conference,
Texas Center for the Judiciary. March, Galveston, TX
2010* Osborne, Cynthia. Understanding Unmarried Families. Bringing Back the Dads, Fatherhood
Coalition of Tarrant County, Keynote speaker. March, Dallas TX
2010* Osborne, Cynthia. Findings from the Parenting and Paternity Awareness Curriculum.
Plenary Panel at the National Child Support Enforcement Association Policy Conference
(NCSEA), January, Washington, DC
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SERVICE TO THE LBJ SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
2015 - 2016 Director, CHASP
LBJ Dean Search Committee
Assistant Graduate Advisor for the Ph.D. Program
Ph.D. Executive Committee
Chair, Ph.D. Admissions Committee
Peer Review of Teaching Committee
MPAff Social and Economic Policy Specialization Coordinator
Chair, LBJ School Ranking and Visibility Strategy Working Group
2014 – 2015 CHASP Executive Committee
Information Technology Governance Committee
LBJ Research Committee
LBJ Dean Search Committee
Assistant Graduate Advisor, Ph.D. Program
Ph.D. Program Review Committee
Ph.D. Executive Committee
Chair, Ph.D. Admissions Committee
Peer Review of Teaching Committee
2013 – 2014
Information Technology Governance Committee
LBJ Research Committee
CHASP Executive Committee
Assistant Graduate Advisor, Ph.D. Program
Ph.D. Program Review Committee
Chair, Ph.D. Comprehensive Exams Committee
Ph.D. Executive Committee
2012 – 2013 LBJ Research Committee
CHASP Executive Committee
Assistant Graduate Advisor for the Ph.D. Program
Graduate Advisor, Ph.D. Program (Interim January – August 2013)
Chair, Ph.D. Comprehensive Exams Committee
Ph.D. Executive Committee
2011 – 2012 LBJ Research Committee
CHASP Executive Committee
Assistant Graduate Advisor for the Ph.D. program
Ph.D. Comprehensive Exams Committee (Chair)
Ph.D. Executive Committee
2010 – 2011 Sid Richardson Chair Search Committee
Faculty Development and Welfare Committee
LBJ Research Committee
Faculty Council Representative
Graduate Assembly Representative
Assistant Graduate Advisor for the Ph.D. Program
Chair, Ph.D. Comprehensive Exams Committee
Ph.D. Executive Committee
CHASP Executive Committee
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2009 – 2010 Dean Search Committee
Faculty Recruitment Committee
Chair, Ph.D. Comprehensive Exams Committee
Ph.D. Executive Committee
CHASP Executive Committee
2008 – 2009 Dean Search Committee
Faculty Recruitment Committee
Chair, Ph.D. Comprehensive Exams Committee
Ph.D. Executive Committee
Strategic Opportunities Faculty Recruitment Committee
CHASP Executive Committee
2007 – 2008 Faculty Council Representative
Ph. D. Review Committee
Technology Committee
CHASP Executive Committee
2006 – 2007 Faculty Council Representative
Targets of Opportunity Committee
Sid Richardson Chair Search Committee
IRB Standing Committee
CHASP Executive Committee
2005 – 2006 Admissions Committee
Redford Award Committee
Committee to Review Teaching Load Credits
Committee to Increase Minority Recruitment
CHASP Executive Committee
SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
2010 – 2011 University Faculty Council, Elected LBJ School of Public Affairs Representative
2010 – 2011 University Technology Committee
2010 – 2011 University Graduate Assembly, Elected LBJ School of Public Affairs Representative
2010 – 2011 University Graduate Academic Affairs Committee
2009 – 2010 Committee to Develop Health and Health Policy Undergraduate Degree (Paul Woodruff,
Chair)
2008 – 2015 Faculty Panel Member and Mentor, Bridging Disciplines Program in Social Inequality,
Health, and Policy
2008 – 2011 Population Research Center Governance Committee Member, Elected
2008 – 2009 Population Research Center Faculty Recruitment Committee
2007 – 2011 Center for Women and Gender Studies Steering Committee Member, Elected
2007 – 2009 University ad hoc Committee on Salary Compression (Martha Hilley, Chair)
2006 – 2008 University Faculty Council, Elected LBJ School of Public Affairs Representative
2006 – 2008 University Faculty Council Executive Committee, Elected twice by Faculty Council
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2006 – 2009 University Faculty Advisory Committee on Budgets
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2016 Co-Host and Moderator, Transforming Healthcare Through Research Collaboration, Seton
Healthcare Family, LBJ School’s Center for Health and Social Policy, and Dell Medical
School
2016 Prevention Advisory Committee, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
2016 Chair, Policy Relevance Committee, Association for Public Policy Analysis and
Management
2016 Co-Host, Results for America Events at SXSW. March, Austin, TX
2016 Moderator, Leveraging Research Partnership to Advance City Priorities, SXSW: Results
for America. March, Austin, TX
2016 Technical Working Group, National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families
2016 Organizer and Co-Host, Texas Fatherhood Summit. February, Austin, TX
2016 Panel Moderator, The Raising of America documentary series, United Way for Greater
Austin. January, Austin, TX
2015 Discussant, How Lyndon Johnson Reshaped Domestic Policy and Government, Woodrow
Wilson International Center for Scholars, LBJ’S Neglected Legacy. October, Washington,
DC
2015 Organizer and Co-Host, The Raising of America documentary screening, Child and
Family Research Partnership. October, Austin, TX
2015 Spring Conference Committee, Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management
2014 – 2017 Policy Council Member, Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management
2014 – 2017 Steering Committee Member, SRCD Child and Family Policy Consortium
2014 Keynote Address, Child Welfare Conference, Engaging Biological Parents and Families.
October, Austin, TX
2014 Discussant, Marriage Recognition for Same Sex Couples, Child Wellbeing: Ten Years
Later. October, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
2014 Organizer and Co-Host, Texas Home Visiting Data Summit. June, Austin, TX
2014 Chair, Family Composition, Instability, and Household Measurement, Population
Association of America. May, Boston, MA
2014 Discussant, Family Structure and Household Composition Changes and their Economic
Consequences. Population Association of America. May, Boston, MA
2014 Discussant, The Role of Fathers in Adolescent Development, Society for Research on
Adolescence. March, Austin, TX
2013 – 2018 Chair, Father Engagement Working Group, Fatherhood Research and Practice Network
2013 – 2014 Developer, Paternity Establishment Survey, Survey of 800 unmarried Texas moms who
had a child in January 2013 (Surveyed at three months and one year postpartum)
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2013 Discussant, Targeting Resources: Before and After Child Protective Services’
Involvement, Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management. November,
Washington, DC
2013 Organizer and Host, Child Support for College Forum. October, Austin, TX
2013 Organizer and Host, Texas Home Visiting Program Statewide Conference. September,
Austin, TX
2013 Organizer and Host, Military Families: Paternity, Child Support and Parenting Time
Briefing. August, San Antonio, TX
2012 Chair, Assessing Bias and Precision in Non-Experimental Designs, Association of Public
Policy Analysis and Management. November, Baltimore, MD
2012 Organizer and Chair, Six Sessions on Children and Families, Population Association of
America. May, San Francisco, CA
2012 Chair, Texas Council on Family Relations. March, San Antonio, TX
2010 Chair, Child Support Payments and Policies: Determinants and Impacts, Association of
Public Policy Analysis and Management. November, Boston, MA
2010 Organizer, iChoose Teen Healthy Choices Summit. June, Austin, TX
2010 Discussant, Family Instability, Population Association of America. April, Dallas, TX
2010 Organizer, Round Table Children and Youth Sessions, American Sociological Association
2009 Moderator, Evaluation Session, No Kidding Summer Institute. June, Austin, TX
2009 Organizer and Moderator, Economic Competitiveness in a Globalized World, Strauss
Center’s Bridging the Gap: Universities Meeting Global Challenges. February, Austin,
TX
2008 Organizing Committee Member, Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. October,
San Marcos, TX
2008 Organizing Committee Member, Raising Texas and Center for Health and Social Policy,
Pre-Kindergarteners Left Behind. May, Austin, TX
2008 Chair, Family Structure, Race/Ethnicity, and Early Childhood Well-being, Population
Association of America. April, New Orleans, LA
2007 Organizer, Child Outcomes Across Policy Contexts, Association for Public Policy
Analysis and Management. November, Washington, DC
2007 Organizing Committee Member, Texas Office of the Attorney General and Center for
Health and Social Policy, First Nine Months of Fatherhood. August, Houston, TX
2007 Invited to present testimony, Texas State Affairs Committee, Prevention First Bill
Sponsored by Representative Mark Strama. Austin, TX
2006 Planning Committee Member, University of Texas at Austin Gender and Labor: What’s
Working. October, Austin TX
2004 - 2005 Program Committee Member, Eastern Sociological Association. Washington, DC
2004 Chair, Family Structure and Child Outcomes, Population Association of America, Boston,
MA
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Professional
Memberships
American Sociological Association
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
National Child Support Enforcement Association
National Council on Family Relations
Population Association of America
Society for Research in Child Development
Society for Social Work and Research
BOARD SERVICE
2006 – 2015 Board Member, Center for Public Policy Priorities, Austin, TX
2006 – 2009 Board Member, Child Development Center, Austin, TX
EDITORIAL AND PEER REVIEW SERVICE
2014 – 2016 Member of the Editorial Review Board, Social Service Review
2014 Reviewer, National Children’s Study
2005 – 2015 Member of Editorial Review Board, Journal of Marriage and Family
2012 Member of Special Review Panel, National Institutes of Health
2011 Member of Special Review Panel, National Institutes of Health
2010 Member of Special Review Panel, National Institutes of Health
2010 Reviewer, What Works Clearing House, U.S. Department of Education
2009 Member of Grant Review Panel, National Center on Marriage Research
2008 Member of Special Review Panel, National Institutes of Health
2008 Member of Review Panel, Twogether Texas Healthy Marriage evaluation proposal
2008 Member of Review Panel, National Institutes of Health, Health, Behavior, and Context
Subcommittee
2007 Member of Review Panel, National Institutes of Health, Health, Behavior, and Context
Subcommittee
2007 – 2011 Deputy Editor, Population Research and Policy Review
Referee Demography; Journal of Health and Social Behavior; Journal of Family Issues; Journal
of Marriage and Family; Journal of Policy Analysis and Management; Population
Studies; Social Forces; Social Sciences Research; Social Sciences Quarterly
ADVISING AND STUDENT SERVICE
2015 – Chair, Ph.D. Admissions Committee, LBJ School of Public Affairs
2008 – 2016 Member, Ph.D. Executive Committee, LBJ School of Public Affairs
2008 – 2014 Chair, Ph.D. Comprehensive Exams Committee, LBJ School of Public Affairs
2008 – 2015 Faculty Member and Mentor, Bridging Disciplines Program, Social Inequality and Health
Policy, LBJ School of Public Affairs
Cynthia Osborne
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2007 – 2015 Faculty Advisor, Social, Health, and Economic Policy Student Organization, LBJ School
of Public Affairs
RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
2016 - 2017 Department of Family and Protective Services
Prevention and Early Intervention, Military
January 1, 2016 – September 30, 2017. $322,361. Principal Investigator
2015 – 2017
Department of Family and Protective Services
Child Protective Services and Continuous Learning Model Evaluation
July 1, 2015 – August 31, 2017. $419,338. Principal Investigator
2015 – 2017 Department of Family and Protective Services
Prevention and Early Intervention, EFFECT
September 21, 2015 – August 31, 2017. $422,394. Principal Investigator
2015 – 2016 Raise Texas
College Savings Feasibility Study
October 1, 2014 – May 31, 2016. $25,646. Principal Investigator
2014 – 2016 Texas Tech University
Competency-Based Educator Preparation and School Intervention
January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2016. $225,000. Principal Investigator
2013 – 2014 Texas Network of Youth Services
Consultant on Evaluation of Transition-Aged Youth and Family Program
November 1, 2013 – May 31, 2014. Principal Investigator
2012 – 2016 Texas Office of the Attorney General, Office of Family Initiatives
Child Support Guidelines
Evaluation of the Child Support for College Project
In-Hospital Signing of Acknowledgment of Paternity Study
Estimation Model for Cost of Raising Children in Texas
ICSS/Local Rule
September 1, 2012 – August 31, 2016. $2,600,000. Principal Investigator
2012 – 2013 Texas Office of the Attorney General, Office of Family Initiatives
Evaluation of the HEROES (Help Establishing Responsive Orders and Ensuring Support)
for Children in Military Families Pilot Program
September 1, 2012 – August 31, 2013. $140,000. Principal Investigator
2012 – 2016 Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Evaluation of the Texas Home Visiting Project
April 19, 2012 – September 30, 2016. $3,345,014. Principal Investigator
2012 – 2015 Personal Responsibility Education Program
Evaluation of Making Proud Choices Curriculum
January 2012 – June 2015. Principal Investigator
2010 – 2012 Texas Education Agency, Office of Accountability
Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality
September 1, 2010 – August 31, 2012. $2,500,000. Principal Investigator
Cynthia Osborne
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2010 – 2011 Texas High School Project, Communities Foundation
Investigating Successful Turnaround Schools in Texas
September 1, 2010 – August 31, 2011. $35,000. Principal Investigator
2009 – 2011 Texas Office of the Attorney General, Office of Family Initiatives
State-wide evaluation of the No Kidding Program to Reduce Teen Pregnancy
September 1, 2009 – August 31, 2011. $150,000. Principal Investigator
2009 – 2010 Texas High School Project, Communities Foundation
Policy analysis of the Four Elements of the Texas High School Project Strategic Plan
August 1, 2009 – July 31, 2010. $25,000. Principal Investigator
2009 – 2013 Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Office of Early Childhood Coordination
Evaluation of the Raising Texas Initiative
September 1 2009 – August 31, 2011. $92,000. Principal Investigator
2009 Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Office of Early Childhood Coordination
Evaluation of the distribution of the Developmental Growth Guide to Medicaid eligible
families in Texas
June 1, 2009 – August 31, 2009. $10,000. Principal Investigator
2008 – 2011 Texas Office of the Attorney General, Office of Family Initiatives
State–wide evaluation of the Parenting and Paternity Awareness Curriculum
June 1, 2008 – August 31, 2011. $430,000. Principal Investigator
2008 – 2011 National Institutes of Health, RO1
Race/Ethnicity, Poverty, and The Connection Between Child Health and Early Education,
Crosnoe, Rob (PI), Cynthia Osborne and Shannon Cavanaugh (Co-PIs)
June 1, 2008 – May 31, 2011. $675,000. Principal Investigator
2008 Population Research Center
Grant Development Program
$10,000. Principal Investigator
2007 – 2009 National Institutes of Health
Pediatric Loan Repayment Fellowship
September 1, 2007 – August 31, 2009. $55,157 (toward student loans). Principal
Investigator
2007 – 2008 Smith Richardson Foundation, Domestic Public Policy Fellowship Program
Is Marriage Beneficial for All Children? Cumulative Risk from Birth to Age Three
May 1, 2007 – August 31, 2008. $60,000. Principal Investigator
2007 – 2008 Policy Research Institute, Individual Faculty Grant, University of Texas at Austin
Family Instability and Children’s Socio-Emotional Development at School Entry
June 1, 2007 – August 31, 2008. $15,000. Principal Investigator
2007 Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin
Mexican Origin Women’s Relationships, Cohabitation, Marriage, and Childbearing: An
In-depth Understanding of their Attitudes and Experiences (with Kristine Hopkins)
Summer 2007. $2,430. Principal Investigator
2006 – 2007 National Poverty Center, Small Grants Program on Family Structure, Family Well-being,
and Poverty, University of Michigan
Is Marriage Protective for All Children? Cumulative Risk Factors at Birth
June 1, 2006 – May 31, 2007. $15,194. Principal Investigator
Cynthia Osborne
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2006 – 2007 Policy Research Institute, Individual Faculty Grant, University of Texas at Austin
Is Marriage Protective For All Children? Cumulative Risk Factors From Birth to Age 3
May 1, 2006 – July 31, 2007. $15,000. Principal Investigator
2006 – 2007 Center for Women and Gender Studies, Faculty Fellow, University of Texas at Austin
September 1, 2006 – August 31, 2007. $2,000. Principal Investigator
2006 – 2007 Texas Office of the Attorney General, Office of Family Initiatives
Assessing the Implementation of the Parenting and Paternity Awareness Curriculum
June 1, 2006 – August 31, 2007. $40,000. Principal Investigator
2006 – 2009 Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Office of Program Coordination for
Children and Youth
Raising Texas: Comprehensive Children’s Initiative
June 1, 2006 – August 31, 2009. $95,000. Principal Investigator
ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS
2014 Academic Accolades Award, University of Texas at Austin
2009 – 2010 Most Valuable Class Award, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
2007 – 2008 Texas Exes Teaching Award, University of Texas at Austin
2007 Public Administration Educator of the Year Award, CenTex Chapter, American
Society for Public Administration
2006 – 2007 New Faculty Fellowship, Center for Women and Gender Studies, University of Texas at
Austin
2005 – 2006 Best New Professor Award, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
2005 – 2014 Stephen H. Spurr Centennial Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin
2003 – 2005 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Princeton
University
2000 – 2003 National Institutes of Health, Demography, and Training Grant, Office of Population
Research, Princeton University