Racial, ethnic, and cultural influences on youth development and family functioning; Racial socialization processes, racial identity development; Prevention of youth problem behavior and promotion of resilience; Culturally relevant and evidenced-based approaches to parenting; Intervention development and community dissemination in diverse cultural contexts
My research focuses on risk and resilience among children and families that live in poverty or are involved in child protective services.
My program of research is directed toward understanding mechanisms of change in cognitive development and is directly influenced by my experiences as an elementary school teacher. I am interested in the socialization of cognitive and affective functioning in young children.
Development of cardiometabolic risk across the lifespan
My area of research is teacher preparation, professional development and high quality early education settings.
Dr. Coleman’s research focuses on young children with autism. She is interested in communication interventions, parent coaching, and personnel preparation.
children’s social attitudes, their reasoning about social and cultural groups, food preferences and eating behavior, and early health concepts.
origins and outcomes of parenting, particularly in response to child negative emotions; emotional development in the family; inter generational transmission of parenting
I study risk and protective factors for low-income and ethnic minority children including school readiness, family engagement in education and ECE utilization by Hispanic families.