Year: 2024

Diversity Science Podcast: Alvin Thomas on the Strength and Resilience of Black Fathers

  Dr. Alvin Thomas is a a clinical psychologist whose work sits at the intersection of positive child and youth development and father involvement. In this episode, he talks with Institute for Diversity Science Chair Angela Byars-Winston about how other researchers can approach work about Black boys and men, and how focusing on the strengths and resilience …

Systems Approaches for Uncovering Mechanisms of Structural Racism Impacting Children’s Environmental Health and Development

Early Childhood Research Quarterly (2024) Authors: Devon C. Payne-Sturges, Ellis Ballard, Janean Dilworth-Bart Abstract: Current approaches to identifying the impacts of structural racism on human development focus on downstream consequences or developmental outcomes rather than the upstream processes that create and perpetuate those negative consequences. Yet, the hallmarks of complex problems like structural racism include …

Measuring Social-Emotional Development in Schoolchildren: A National-Level Analysis of ECLS-B Cohort Data

Journal of School Psychology (2024) Authors: Quentin Riser, Heather Rouse, Ji Young Choi Abstract: The present study examined the social-emotional development items assessed by kindergarten teachers in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort to determine the optimal factor structure underlying the items as well as the reliability and validity of the resulting factors. This study …

New Study Highlights Impact of Social Inequalities and Location on Wisconsin’s “Digital Divide”

Access to high-speed internet has become crucial to staying connected—to jobs, medical care, social services, and many other parts of life. A new paper by Ashley Cate, Steven Moen, and IDS Affiliate Kaiping Chen suggests that Wisconsin broadband expansion efforts can be made more effective by accounting for local conditions and needs. In their paper, …

Media as a Locus for Family Ethnic-Racial Socialization: U.S. Youth Report on Discussions and Mutual Mediation

Media Psychology (2024) Authors: Marie-Louise Mares, Anne Marie McClain, Nicole Martins, McCall Booth, and Yuchi Anthony Chen Abstract: To examine the role of media in family discussions of race and ethnicity, we surveyed a U.S. sample of 834 Asian/Asian American, Black, Hispanic, Indigenous/Native American, and White 10- to 17-year-olds. Based on social relational theory, we …

Improving Bilingual Capabilities of Language Models to Support Diverse Linguistic Practices in Education

Computation and Language (2024) Authors: Anand Syamkumar, Nora Tseng, Kaycie Barron, Shanglin Yang, Shamya Karumbaiah, Rheeya Uppal, Junjie Hu Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) offer promise in generating educational content, providing instructor feedback, and reducing teacher workload on assessments. While prior studies have focused on studying LLM-powered learning analytics, limited research has examined how effective …

Native American College Students in Counseling: Results From a Large-Scale, Multisite Effectiveness Study

Psychotherapy (2024) Authors: Isadore, K. M., Hayes, J. A., Cutter, C. J., & Beitel, M Abstract: There is a large body of research exploring therapeutic effectiveness for racially or ethnically minoritized college students. Prior literature highlights the unique mental health and academic challenges faced by Native American students in higher education; however, there is a …

Angela Byars-Winston named to In Business Magazine’s Power 100 List

IDS Chair Dr. Angela Byars-Winston was recently named to In Business Magazine’s Power 100 list. The list is made up of executive leaders from around the Madison, Wisconsin area who lead in business, government, and non-profit areas. The full list was published in the October 2024 print edition of In Business: Great Madison Area. About the …

Sexual Harassment and Hierarchical Workplace Relationships after #MeToo: Consequences for Women Subordinates

Socius (2024) Authors: Chloe Grace Hart and Heather McLaughlin Abstract: The #MeToo movement illustrated how higher-ups may abuse their power by engaging in sexual harassment and generated heightened concern about hierarchical workplace romantic relationships. In a survey experiment, the authors test whether sexual attention from a superordinate outside one’s reporting chain (desired or not) leads to …

Bridging Digital Divides in Wisconsin: An Examination of Policy Efforts and Effectiveness Over the Past Five Years

Information, Communication & Society (2024) Authors: Ashley Cate, Steven Moen, and Kaiping Chen Abstract: The digital divide, generally characterized by unequal Internet access, represents the gap between individuals who benefit from the use of digital technologies and those who do not. Many social inequalities are associated with the prevalence of the digital divide, particularly across the …