EARLY HEAD START FATHER STUDIES
PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS

Early Head Start Father Studies Workgroup

December 31, 2002

A number of papers have been published or presented at conferences and institutes using data from the Early Head Start Father Studies. These include:

Greenstein, B., S. McBride, H.H. Raikes, J.M. Love, and the Early Head Start Research Consortium Father Studies Workgroup. “Father Involvement in Early Head Start.” Presentation at the 12th National Training Institute of Zero to Three National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families, Nashville, TN, December 5-7, 1997.

Roggman, L. A., L. K. Boyce, and B. Benson. “What Dads Know about Babies: Relations with Attitudes, Well-being, and Social Support.” International Conference on Infant Studies, Atlanta, GA, April, 1998.

Boller, K., G. Barclay-McLaughlin, J. Summers, and the Early Head Start Research Consortium Father Studies Workgroup. “Research on Fathers and Father Figures in Early Head Start Programs.” Invited presentation at the Head Start Institute for Programs Serving Pregnant Women, Infants, Toddlers and Their Families, Washington, DC, January 1999.

Cabrera, N., K. Boller, M. Lamb, and the Early Head Start Research Consortium Father Studies Workgroup. “The Demography and Study of Low-Income Fathers.” Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM, April 1999.

Tamis-LeMonda, C., J. Shannon, R. Bradley, L. Roggman, L. Boyce, J. Summers, and Early Head Start Research Consortium Father Studies Workgroup. “Definitions of Father Involvement: A Multidimensional Conceptualization.” Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM, April 1999.

Raikes, H.H., J.M. Love, L. Mellgren, C. McAllister, B. Pan, J. Summers, and the Early Head Start Research Consortium Father Studies Workgroup. “Research Findings Related to Intervention Programs and Social Policy.” Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM, April 1999.

Love, J.M., K. Boller, H. Raikes, C. McAllister, and the Early Head Start Research Consortium Father Studies Workgroup. “Dads in Context: Early Experiences of Fatherhood, Parenting, and Program Involvement in Early Head Start.” Invited presentation at the Harvard University Urban Seminar on Fatherhood, Cambridge, MA, April 1999.

Boller, K., G. Barclay McLaughlin, N. Cabrera, J. Shears, J. Summers, and the Early Head Start Research Consortium Father Studies Workgroup. “The Role of Fathers and Father Figures in Low-Income Families.” Invited address at the American Psychological Society Meetings, Denver, CO, June 1999.

Cabrera, N., C. Tamis-LeMonda, M. Lamb, K. Boller, and the Early Head Start Research Consortium Father Studies Workgroup. “Measuring Father Involvement in Early Head Start: A Multidimensional Conceptualization.” Paper presented at the National Center for Health Statistics Meetings, Washington, DC, July 1999.

Brophy-Herb, H.E., C. Gibbons, M.A. Omar, and R. Schiffman. “Low-Income Fathers and Their Infants: Interactions during Teaching Episodes.” Infant Mental Health Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, Fall 1999, pp. 305-321.

Roggman, L.A., B. Benson, and L. Boyce. “Fathers with Infants: Knowledge and Involvement in Relation to Psychosocial Functioning and Religion.” Infant Mental Health Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, Fall 1999, pp. 257-277.

Summers, J., H. Raikes, J. Butler, P. Spicer, B. Pan, S. Shaw, M. Langager, C. McAllister, and M.K. Johnson. “Low-Income Fathers' and Mothers' Perceptions of the Father Role: A Qualitative Study in Four Early Head Start Communities.” Infant Mental Health Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, Fall 1999, pp. 291-304.

Tamis-LeMonda, C. and N. Cabrera. “Perspectives on Father Involvement: Research and Policy.” Social Policy Report, Society for Research in Child Development, 1999.

Boller, K., J. Summers, G. Barclay-McLaughlin, and the Early Head Start Research Consortium Father Studies Workgroup. “The Voices of Fathers, Mothers, and Early Head Start Staff Members.” Invited symposium at the Head Start Institute for Programs Serving Pregnant Women, Infants, Toddlers and Their Families, Washington, DC, January 2000.

Cabrera, N.J., C.S. Tamis-LeMonda, R.H. Bradley, S. Hofferth, and M.E. Lamb. “Fatherhood in the Twenty-First Century.” Child Development, vol. 71, no. 1, January/February 2000, pp. 127-136.

Raikes, H. and the Early Head Start Research Consortium Father Studies Workgroup. “Father Involvement in Early Head Start: Listening to the Voices of Fathers, Mothers, and Program Staff.” Invited presentation at the annual meeting of the National Head Start Association, Washington, DC, April 2000.

Barclay-McLaughlin, G. and the Early Head Start Research Consortium Father Studies Workgroup. “Father Involvement in Early Head Start: Listening to the Voices of Fathers, Mothers, and Program Staff.” Invited presentation at the National Family Resource Coalition Meetings, Chicago, IL, April 2000.

“Fathers and Early Child Development: Lessons Learned from Fathers’ Stories.” Symposium at Head Start’s Fifth National Research Conference, Washington, DC, June 2000.

“24 Months of Fatherhood: Low-Income Men and Their Toddlers.” Symposium at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Brighton, England, July 2000.

Cabrera, N., L. Roggman, and R. Bradley, and the Early Head Start Research Consortium Father Studies Workgroup. “The Early Head Start Father Studies: How Low-Income Men are Involved in Their Children’s Lives.” Seminar on Involving Low Income Fathers in the Lives of their Young Children: USA and UK Policy, Research & Practice, London, England, July 2000.

Raikes, H., K. Boller, W. van Kammen, J.M. Love, J. Summers, D. Laible, B. Wilcox, G. Barclay-McLaughlin, C. McAllister, and the Early Head Start Research Consortium Father Studies Workgroup. “Father Involvement in Early Head Start: Promising Practices, Challenges, and Stages of Program Activities.” Seminar on Involving Low Income Fathers in the Lives of their Young Children: USA and UK Policy, Research & Practice, London, England, July 2000.

Boller, K., C. McAllister, W. van Kammen, and the Early Head Start Research Consortium Father Studies Workgroup. “Fathers in Early Head Start: Patterns of Program and Family Involvement.” Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN, April 2001.

Tamis-LeMonda, C., N. Cabrera, J. Summers, C. Vogel, K. Coolahan, and the Early Head Start Research Consortium Father Studies Workgroup. “The Nature and Determinants of Father Involvement in Low-Income Families.” Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN, April 2001.

Love, J.M., E.E. Kisker, C.M. Ross, P.Z. Schochet, J. Brooks-Gunn, K. Boller, D. Paulsell, A.S. Fuligni, and L.J. Berlin. “Building Their Futures: How Early Head Start Programs Are Enhancing the Lives of Infants and Toddlers in Low-Income Families. Volume I: Technical Report.” Washington, DC: Administration on Children, Youth and Families, 2001.

Love, J.M., R. Cohen, H. Raikes, K. Tvedt, and K. Boller. “Research Mini Plenary: Early Head Start Parenting Outcomes at 24 Months and Their Implications for Programs.” Invited session at the Sixth Annual Head Start and Child Care Birth to Three Institute, Washington, DC, January 2002.

Cabrera, N., J. Brooks-Gunn, K. Moore, J. West, and K. Boller. “Bridging Research and Policy: Including Fathers of Young Children in National Studies.” In Handbook of Father Involvement: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, edited by C. Tamis-LeMonda and N. Cabrera. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum, forthcoming 2002.

Cabrera, N., K. Moore, J. West, J. Bronte-Tinkew, T. Halle, J. Brooks-Gunn, N. Reichman, J. Teitler, K. Ellingsen, C. W. Nord, and K. Boller. “The DADS Initiative: Measuring Father Involvement in Large-Scale Surveys.” In Measuring Father Involvement, edited by R. Day and M. Lamb. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum, forthcoming 2002.

Fitzgerald, H.E. (Chair). “Challenges to Father Involvement in Research: Insights Gained From the Early Head Start National Evaluation.” Invited symposium at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Toronto, April 2002.

Cabrera, N. (Chair). “Studies of Fathers and Their Infants.” Poster workshop at the World Association of Infant Mental Health 8th World Congress, Amsterdam, July 2002.