Janean Dilworth-Bart

Biography

Janean Dilworth-Bart’s scholarship revolves around how early developmental contexts help or hinder children’s development into competent, productive members of society. She addresses this broad issue by focusing on how parents and co-parents engage with children, especially in the Black community, and how multiple environmental pollutants and social risks impact young people’s school readiness,  achievement, and court involvement. Research areas:  African-American/Black families, Fathers and Fatherhood, Environmental Health, Early Childhood