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Janean E’guya Dilworth-Bart

Human Development and Family Studies University of Wisconsin

4132 Nancy Nicholas Hall, 1300 Linden Drive Madison, WI 53706

608-262-9770 jedilworth@wisc.edu

Professional Experience Primary Positions 2015 - current Chair, Department of Human Development and Family Studies

School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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

2004-2013 Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies

School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Affiliations 2017 Member, Steering Committee

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

2014 Affiliate Center for Child and Family Wellbeing, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2006-present Faculty Affiliate

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

2006-2010 Investigator

Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin- Madison 2005-2007 Affiliated Investigator

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

Formal Education

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2001-2003 Postdoctoral Fellow

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

2001 PhD in Psychology (Clinical Emphasis)

Graduate Psychology Department, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ Dissertation title: Perceived social support, coping behavior, and internalizing/externalizing among urban elementary school students Advisor: Maurice J. Elias, PhD

2000-2001 Clinical Psychology Internship Training

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

1998 MS in Psychology (Clinical Emphasis) Graduate Psychology Department, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ Thesis title: Gender and ethnic differences in reported focal stressor and subsequent coping strategy among middle school students Advisor: Maurice J. Elias, PhD

1995 BA, Magna Cum Laude Hampton University, Hampton, VA Major: Psychology

Honors and Awards 2017 Wade and Bev Fetzer Fund for Excellence

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

2009 Faculty Diversity Award University of Wisconsin System Institute on Race and Ethnicity

2006 Honorary Member, Phi Upsilon Omicron, National Honor Society in Family and

Consumer Sciences, Nu Chapter University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

2003-2004 Anna Julia Cooper Fellow

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

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Research

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

1. Dilworth-Bart, J., Poehlmann-Tynan, J., Taub, A., Liesen, C., Yim, S. & Bolt, D. (2018). Effortful control and executive function as indices of emerging self-regulation in young children born preterm. Early Childhood Research Quarterly,42, 193-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2017.09.007

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. *#Miller, K., Dilworth-Bart, J., & #Hane, A. (2011). Maternal recollections of schooling and children’s school preparation. The School Community Journal, 21(2), 161-184. http://www.families schools.org/CJindex.htm

9. *Dilworth-Bart, J., Poehlmann, J., #Miller, K., & #Hilgendorf, A. (2011). Do mothers’ play behaviors moderate the associations between socioeconomic status and 24-month neurocognitive outcomes? Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 36(3), 289-300. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsq064 PMid:20656763

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10. *Dilworth-Bart, J., Poehlmann, J., #Hilgendorf, A., #Miller, K., & #Lambert, H. (2010). Maternal scaffolding and preterm toddlers’ visual-spatial processing and emerging working-memory. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 35(2), 209-220. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsp048 PMid:19505998

11. *Poehlmann, J., #Schwichtenberg, A., Bolt, D., & Dilworth-Bart, J. (2009). Predictors of depressive symptom trajectories in mothers of infants born preterm or low birthweight. Journal of Family Psychology, 23(5), 690-704. doi:10.1037/a0016117 PMid:19803605 PMCid:2791691

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

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

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

15. *Dilworth, J., Greenberg, M., & Kusché, C. (2004). Early neuropsychological correlates of later clock drawing and clock copying abilities. Child Neuropsychology, 10(1), 24-35. doi:10.1076/chin.10.1.24.26242 PMid:14977513

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

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

Manuscripts in Preparation

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

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

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

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

* Peer-reviewed; # Student co-author Research Funding

Current FundingIntramural

UW2020 WARF Discovery Initiative- Role: PI- Amount: $247, 427- Period: 7/1/2017 – 6/30/2019- Cumulative Risks, Early Development, and Emerging Academic TrajectoriEs (CREATE)

Extramural

National Institutes of Health/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development - 1R03HD086382-01A1- Role: PI- Amount: $100,000- Period: 7/1/2017 – 6/30/2019- African-American Father and Coparenting Quality Influences on School Readiness

Spencer Foundation- Role: PI- Amount: $49,891- Period: 7/1/2016 – 6/30/2018- African-American Father Perspectives on Academic Socialization and School Readiness

Pending Funding

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA-G2017-STAR-D2)- Role: Consultant- Amount:- Period:- Southeast Wisconsin Interdisciplinary Study on Children’s Health, Environmental Exposure,

and Social Environment (SWISCHEESE).

Completed Funding

Extramural

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

- 2P01HD039667-06 (Vernon-Feagans, Principal Investigator) - Role: Consultant - Subaward Amount: $20,000 - Period: 2/1/2001-6/30/2012 - This program project examines the impacts of biological, cognitive, socioeconomic, and family

factors on the developmental outcomes of young children living in rural areas. National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Minority Health and Health

Disparities - 5P60MD000506-03 (Johnson-Powell, Principal Investigator) - Role: Investigator - Subaward Amount: $42,652 - Period: 5/1/2006-4/30/2007 - This grant supplemented funds awarded by National Institute on Child Health and Human

Development (Poehlmann, PI) and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. It provided additional funds to support a graduate student PA and undergraduate hourly worker to work on ongoing research.

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

- R01 HD044163-01A1 (Poehlmann, Principal Investigator) - Role: Fellow - Amount: $267,137 (total) - Period: 2/1/2006-8/31/2010 - Research supplement to promote diversity in health-related research. The parent grant

investigated early social and physiological processes involved in the development of self-regulation and its relation to infant-mother attachment and cognitive development in high-risk infants.

Intramural Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Fall Competition

- Role: Principal Investigator - Amount: $11,555 - Period: 7/1/2005-8/31/2005 - This study examined maternal/home influences on 162 African-American poor, near poverty,

and not impoverished children’s self-regulation development and if these early child and home characteristics influence achievement in grade 2.

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Fall Competition

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- Role: Principal Investigator - Amount: $13,646 (total) - Period: 7/1/2006-6/30/2007 - This research examined the impact of parental attention scaffolding and child negative

emotionality at 16-months postterm on precursors of executive function, visual-spatial reasoning, and nonverbal comprehension abilities assessed at 24-months postterm.

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Fall Competition

- Role: Principal Investigator - Amount: $26,368 (total) - Period: 7/1/2008-6/30/2009 - The goals of the project were to (1) identify maternal and home environment factors that impact

children’s early neurocognitive development among high- and lower-risk cohorts and (2) determine the extent to which individual differences in neurocognitive skills exist among at-risk children, and the extent to which these differences are attributable to home environment, maternal characteristics, and parenting behaviors.

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Fall Competition

- Role: Principal Investigator - Amount: $33,701 (total) - Period: 7/1/2009-6/30/2010 - The purpose of this proposal was to (1) examine the extent to which mothers’ reported school

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

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Fall Competition

- Role: Principal Investigator - Amount: $41,338 (total) - Period: 7/1/2010-6/30/2012 - This award provided grant insurance for a submitted NIH proposal. Its purpose was to examine

the extent to which the executive function advantage observed among bilingual children is similarly observable among children who code-switch between African-American English and Standard American English.

Selected Research Presentations (2001-2016) National Conference Presentations (Peer-Reviewed)

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

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

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

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

+# Taub, A., #Liesen, C., & Dilworth-Bart, J. (2014, Spring). Interactions between parenting quality and

childcare quality on the school readiness of low-income children. Poster for the Strengthening Connections among Child and Family Research, Policy, and Practice conference of the Society for Research in Child Development, Alexandria, VA.

+Dilworth-Bart, J., Poehlmann, J., #Yim, S., Bolt, D., & #Taub, A. (2013, April). Effortful control and

executive function as indices of emerging self-regulation in young children born at high neonatal risk. Poster for the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.

+#LeMahieu, R., #Taub, A., & Dilworth-Bart, J. (2013, April). Experimental investigation of the

effectiveness of electronic readers versus traditional books in developing pre-literacy skills. Poster for the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.

+Dilworth-Bart, J., & Miller, K. (2012, June). Do maternal play behaviors and child negativity interact

to influence preterm or low birthweight toddlers’ visual-spatial processing and working memory? Poster presented at the 18th Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies, Minneapolis, MN.

+#Miller, K., & Dilworth-Bart, J. (2012, April). Photo elicitation and the exploration of school readiness

in low income families. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

+#Miller, K., & Dilworth-Bart, J. (2012, April). Parental perspective on the transition to school for low-

income families. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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

+#Miller, K., #Hilgendorf, A., & Dilworth-Bart, J. (2011, April). Early beginnings: Cultural capital and

the development of home-school connections in early childhood. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

+#Miller, K., Dilworth-Bart, J., & #Hane, A. (2010, August). Mothers’ diversity-related socialization

practices in children’s school preparation. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Diego, CA.

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

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

+Dilworth-Bart, J., Poehlmann, J., #Miller, K., #Hane, A., & #Wyman, M. (2009, August). The impact of

maternal scaffolding and child negative emotionality on 24-month neurocognitive skills. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association.

+#Miller, K., Dilworth-Bart, J., #Heilbrunn, L., & #Hane, A. (2009, August). Themes from maternal

recollections of schooling and children’s school preparation. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

+Dilworth-Bart, J. (2009, April). Low-income and ethnic minority children's lead burdens: An

intergenerational problem in need of a multipronged solution. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.

+Dilworth-Bart, J., #Miller, K., & #Hane, A. (2009, August). Maternal and home predictors of

neurocognitive performance and school readiness. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

+Dilworth-Bart, J., Poehlmann, J., #Hilgendorf, A., & #Miller, K. (2008, August). Does maternal

scaffolding moderate the relations between early risk and 36-month socioemotional and neurocognitive outcomes? Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

+Poehlmann, J., #Schwichtenberg, A.J.M., #Hahn, E., #Miller, K., Dilworth-Bart, J., & Kaplan, D. (2008,

August). Maternal depressive symptoms and toddler outcomes in children born preterm. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

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

+Dilworth-Bart, J., & #Cummings, M. (2006, May). Does executive attention mediate the early academic

achievement gap? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, San Antonio, TX.

Dilworth-Bart, J. (2006, April). Accepting leadership to reduce Black children’s blood lead levels. Paper

presented at the Brothers of the Academy Think Tank Institute, Atlanta, GA.

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

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

+Dilworth-Bart, J., & #Khurshid, A. (2005b, April). Self-regulation influences on children’s 54-month

cognitive school readiness and first grade achievement. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.

#Mitchell, K., & Dilworth, J. (2003, June). Social competence and social support: 2nd and 3rd graders in

urban blight. Poster presented at the 9th biennial meeting of the Society for Community Research and Action, Las Vegas, NM.

Dilworth, J., Snell, J., & Conduct Problems Prevention Group. (2003, May). Longitudinal prediction of

social and emotional learning and academic outcome from early microsystem risk factors. Poster presented at the 11th annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, DC.

# Student co-author

Additional Research Training 2006 National Institute on Drug Abuse Research Development Seminar Series, Part 2, Bethesda, MD 2006 Understanding the Development of Young Children from an Ecological Perspective, Inter-University

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

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

Teaching

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Graduate Courses HDFS 761: Childhood and the Family HDFS 766: Professional Development Seminar HDFS 766: Cognitive and Social Development in Context Inter-HE 793: Research Methods HDFS 999: Independent Study

Undergraduate Courses HDFS 299: Independent Study HDFS 425: Research Methods in Human Development and Family Studies HDFS 461: Social and Emotional Development of the Young Child HDFS 501: Children and Environmental RiskHDFS 662: Advanced Study of the Young Child PSY 691: Undergraduate Thesis PSY 692: Undergraduate Thesis PSY 699: Independent Study

Invited Lectures Summer 2017 Badger Beginnings Mock Lecture

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

Spring 2015 ES/SS101, Forum on the Environment “What is it about young children that places them at risk for exposure to pollutants?”

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

Spring 2013 CSD 900, Professional Seminar Series “Tuning in to the Jangles of ‘Self-Regulation’ in Early Childhood” Spring 2012 LA 740, Research Methods in Landscape Architecture “Evaluation Research”

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

“Social injustice and the prevention of environmental pollutant exposures”

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Fall 2008 HDFS 663, Developmental and Family Assessment “Neuropsychological Assessment” Spring 2006, 2007, ES/SS101, Forum on the Environment 2010, 2011 “Social injustice and the prevention of environmental pollutant exposures” Fall 2006 HDFS 662, Advanced Study of the Young Child “Developmental ecological influences on early executive function development” Spring 2006 HDFS 362, Development of the Young Child, video-course “Social injustice and the prevention of environmental pollutant exposures” Spring 2004 Developmental Brownbag Series, Department of Psychology “Perceived social support, self-concept, and teacher rated social competence”

Teaching Grants 2014 $1000. Blend@UW Course Design Program. DoIT Academic Technology. 2013 $5000. UW-Madison Campus-Wide Faculty Course Development Grant on “Expanding

Interdisciplinary Course Content on Population Health, RWJF Health & Society Scholars Program.

2005 $500. Quiz Image Adaptation Award. Division of Information Technology (DoIT), University

of Wisconsin, Madison.

Service

Service to the Profession Ad Hoc Journal Reviewer

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Child Neuropsychology, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, Child Psychiatry and Human Development, Environmental Pollution, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Science, Developmental Psychobiology, Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Family Relations, Infant Mental Health Journal, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Journal of Black Psychology, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology Journal of Family Issues, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, Journal of Marriage and the Family, Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Journal of Research on Character Education, Journal of School Psychology, Learning and Individual Differences, Merrill Palmer Quarterly, Prevention Science, Psychological Assessment

Conference Abstract Reviews

2008 American Psychological Association

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2006, 2008, 2012, 2014 Society for Research in Child Development 2005, 2006 Society for Prevention Research

Professional Memberships

Society for Research in Child Development

External Site-Reviewer20172015Service to the University of Wisconsin-Madison 2017 Member, De Novo Review Committee

2017 Reviewer, ICTR AHEAD Pilot Grant Program

2016 Member, School of Human Ecology Dean's Five Year Review Committee

2013 Reviewer, Social Sciences Subcommittee, Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowship| Holstrom Environmental Scholarships

2011-2013 Alternate, Faculty Senate Spring 2010 Senator, Faculty Senate 2008-2012 Faculty Mentor, Chancellor’s Scholarship Program 2004-2007 Senate, Faculty Senate Service to the School of Human Ecology 2017 Member, Fiscal Stewardship Committee

2016-2017 Chair, Prenatal to Five InitiativePresenter, Prenatal to Five Summit, June 2, 2017

2017 Member, PSL Executive Director Search Committee

2016 Chair, Secord Chair Faculty Search Committee

2015 Chair, Early Childhood Task Force

2015 Member, Faculty Search Committee

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2014-2015 Member, SoHE Alumni Awards Committee 2013 Member, Sustainability Task Force 2013-2014 Member, Graduate Program Self-Study Task Force 2013-2014 Member, Virtual Brand Task Force 2011-2012 Member, School of Human Ecology Futures Working Group 2008-2012 Faculty Liaison, Dean’s Preschool Committee Spring 2007 Member, Student Academic Affairs Committee 2006 Attended National McNair Scholars’ Conference, Delavan, WI Service to the Department of Human Development and Family Studies 2015-Present Chair, Department of Human Development and Family Studies

2005-2015 Member, Graduate Program Committee - 2013-2015. Chair (Sabbatical Leave, Fall 2014)- 2012-2013. Co-Chair

2013 Member, Faculty Merit Committee 2011 Chair, Accelerated Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 2009 Member, Faculty Merit Committee 2008-2009 Member, Faculty Search Committee 2006-2007 Faculty Advisor, Students for Families and Children 2005 Member, Faculty Merit Committee 2004-2005 Member, Undergraduate Program Committee

Service to the Community

2017 Member, African American Health Network, Madison, WI

2017 Member, Board of Directors

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The Playing Field, Madison, WI- Director, Abbi Kruse

2009-2010 Consultant, Caring for Self Project - Principal Investigator: Sandra Magana, Department of Social Work, University of

Wisconsin-Madison 2009–2010 Member, Madison 4K Planning Committee

- Member, Parent Outreach and Involvement Subcommittee

2009 Consultant, Precious Moments Kindergarten Preparatory School, Madison, WI - Director & Owner: Andrea Jones

2008 Consultant, United Way, Appleton, WI

- Director: Peter Kelly 2005 Consultant, Family Voices/Family-School Series, School of Human Ecology,

University of Wisconsin-Madison 2003-2004 Consultant, Better Badger Baby Bus Tour (BBBT), Wisconsin Council on Children

and Families

Community Presentations 2017 EarlyEd Talk and Workshop Leader, Visible Men: Black Fathers and Father Figures

and the Academic Socialization of Black Children. Wisconsin Early Childhood Association Annual Meeting

2017 Panel Discussant, African American Women Beyond the Stereotypes:  Mental health, resilience, and sustainability, 4W Summit, April 29University of Wisconsin-Madison

2017 Panel Discussant. Inspiring the Next Generation of Educators Office of Childcare and Family Resources, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2017 Presenter. 1800 Days Childcare Expo, Madison, WI

2016 Let the Circle Be Unbroken: Family Resilience, Black Fatherhood, and Curing the Pathology of Educational DisparitiesThird Annual Opportunities Beyond Obstacles Conference, September 13 – 14, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2015 Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

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Second Annual Opportunities Beyond Obstacles Conference, September 22 – 23, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2014 Setting the Course: The first 1000 days and beyondFirst Annual Opportunities beyond Obstacles Conference, October 7 – 8, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2007 Panel Discussant, Environmental Protection Agency Distinguished Speaker Series,

Child’s Health Disparities and the Environment, Part 1 webcast