Rebekah Levine Coley

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Campion Hall
Room 239A

617.552.6018

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

EDUCATION

Ph.D. University of Michigan

EXPERTISE/INTERESTS

Urban families; father-child relationships; poverty; childcare; federal welfare policy and its influence on the development of children and adolescents

HONORS/PUBLICATIONS/PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Coley, R. L., Morris, J., Hernandez, D. (2004). Out-of-school care and problem behavior trajectories among low-income adolescents: Individual, family, and neighborhood characteristics as added risks. Child Develo pment, 75, 639-657.

Lohman, B. J., Pittman, L. D., Coley, R. L., & Chase-Lansdale, P. L. (2004). Welfare history, sanctions, and developmental outcomes among low-income children and youth. Social Service Review, 78, 41-73.

Votruba-Drzal, E., Coley, R. L., & Chase-Lansdale, P. L. (2004). Child care and low-income children's development: Direct and moderated effects. Child Development, 75, 1-17.

Chase-Lansdale, P. L.,Moffitt, R. A., Lohman, B. J., Cherlin, A. J., Coley, R. L., Pittman, L. D., et al. (2003).  Welfare reform and child well-being: Response. Science, 301, 1325-1326.

Coley, R.L. (2003).  Daughter-father relationships and adolescent psychosocial functioning in low-income African-American families.  Journal of Marriage and Family, 65, 867-875.

Coley, R. L. (2002). What mothers teach, what daughters learn: Gender mistrust and self sufficiency among low-income women. In A. C. Crouter and A. Booth (Eds.), Just living together: Implications of cohabitation on families, children, and social policy. Mahway, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Chase-Lansdale, P. L., Coley, R. L., Lohman, B. J., & Pittman, L. D. (2002). Welfare reform: What about the children? Policy Brief 01-05. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

Coley, R. L. (2001). (In)visible men: Emerging research on low-income, unmarried, and minority fathers. American Psychologist, 56, 743-753.

Coley, R. L., Chase-Lansdale, P. L., & Li-Grining, C. (2001). Child care in the era of welfare reform: Quality, choices, and preferences. Policy Brief 01-04. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

Coley, R. L., Kuta, A. M., & Chase-Lansdale, P. L. (2000). An insider view: Knowledge and opinions of welfare from African American girls in poverty. Journal of Social Issues, 56(4), 709-727.

Coley, R. L., & Chase-Lansdale, P. L. (2000). Welfare receipt, financial strain, and African-American adolescent functioning. Social Service Review, 380-404.

Coley, R. L. (1999). Nonmaternal care and supervision: Prevalence and effects of child care arrangements on child well-being. In L. W. Hoffman & L. M. Youngblade (Eds.), Mothers at work: Effects on children’s well-being (pp. 256-277). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Coley, R. L. & Chase-Lansdale, P. L. (1999). Stability and change in paternal involvement among urban African American fathers. Journal of Family Psychology, 13(3), 1-20.

Chase-Lansdale, P. L., Gordon, R. A., Coley, R. L., Wakschlag, L. S., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (1999). Young African-American multigenerational families in poverty: The contexts, exchanges, and processes of their lives. In E. M Hetherington (Ed.), Coping with divorce, single parenting, and remarriage: A risk and resiliency perspective (pp. 165-192). Mahway, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Kuo, F. E., Sullivan, W. C., Coley, R. L., & Brunson, L. (1999). Fertile ground for community: Inner-city neighborhood common spaces. American Journal of Community Psychology, 26(6), 823-851.

Coley, R. L. (1998). Children’s socialization experiences and functioning in single-mother households: The importance of fathers and other men. Child Development, 69, 219-230.

Coley, R. L. & Chase-Lansdale, P. L. (1998). Adolescent pregnancy and parenting: Recent evidence and future directions. American Psychologist, 53, 152-166.

Coley, R. L., Kuo, F. K, & Sullivan, W. C. (1997). Where does community grow? The social context created by nature in urban public housing. Environment and Behavior, 29, 468-494.

Coley, R. L. & Hoffman, L. W. (1996). Relations of parental supervision and monitoring to children's functioning in various contexts: Moderating effects of families and neighborhoods. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 17, 51-68.