Rebecca White
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Phone: 480-965-0511
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Fax: 480.965-6779
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CWDN 133 TEMPE, AZ 85287-3701
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Mail code: 7203Campus: Tempe
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Rebecca M. B. White (she/they) is professor of family and human development in the Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University (ASU). White trained in general studies (New River Community College), human services (Old Dominion University), Public Health (University of Arizona), and family and human development (ASU). White’s program of research examines Mexican-origin Latino/a/x adolescents’ development within cultural, neighborhood, and family contexts. Broadly, White aspires to engage in meaningful scholarship (research, mentoring, teaching, and service) geared toward promoting positive development among diverse youths, families, and neighborhoods. In terms of research, they are a William T. Grant Foundation Scholar and have published research in Developmental Psychology, Journal of Marriage and Family, and Child Development. White has engaged in mentoring emerging scholars, including those in SRCD’s Frances Degen Horowitz Millennium Scholars Program and SRA’s Undergraduate Scholars Program. White has served on multiple editorial boards (Child Development Perspectives, Developmental Psychology, Child Development) and, regularly, as a conference abstract reviewer for SRCD’s and SRA’s Biennial Meetings. Finally, as a former secretary of the Latinx Caucus they worked to promote high-quality research with Latinx children, youth, and families.
- Ph.D. Family and Human Development, Arizona State University 2008
- M.P.H. Community Health Practice, University of Arizona 2003
- B.S. Human Services Counseling, Old Dominion University 2000
- A.A.S. General Studies, New River Community College 2000
Professor White is an expert in youth development, particularly in how socio-emotional and socio-cognitive development unfolds across time and in the context of exposures to both proximal (e.g., family, community) and more distal (e.g., national policy) factors. Her work also supports methodological advances, helping to define the characteristics and features of higher-quality scientific inquiry, especially with populations who have been underserved by the psychological and developmental sciences. With over 80 publications and national and international recognition for her contributions to advancing the science of child development, her scholarship documents the contextual challenges and opportunities today’s U.S. youth face and how such factors combine to promote or inhibit their adjustment and mental health.
Zhao, C., White, R. M. B., Kho, C., & Roche, K. M. (2024). Changes in Latinx parenting behaviors during adolescence: Variation by neighborhood characteristics. Journal of Family Psychology, 38(8), 1119 – 1130. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/fam0001268
Carlo, G., White R. M. B., Curlee, A., Tein, J.-Y., Partovi, R., Knight, G. P., & Gonzales, N. A. (2024). Change in prosocial behaviors following adversity exposure among U.S. Mexican youth. Frontiers in Developmental Psychology, 2, 1 – 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdpys.2024.1393252
Roche, K. M., White, R. M. B., Partovi, R., Vaquera, E., & Little, T. D. (2024). US immigration policy stressors and Latinx youth mental health. JAMA Pediatrics, 178 (7), 669 – 677. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.1153
Pasco, M. C., &White R. M. B. (2024). A mixed methods comparison of adolescents’ and researchers’ observations of neighborhood characteristics in Latinx neighborhoods. American Journal of Community Psychology, 73(3-4), 526 – 540. http://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12742
Curlee, A., Tein, J.-Y., White, R. M. B., Carlo, G., Gonzales, N. A., & Knight, G. P. (2024). U.S. Mexican-origin young adults’ mental health relative to interpersonal stressor transitions from childhood to adolescence. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 30 (1), 177 – 186. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000563
Saavedra, J. A., Matriano, R., Yoo, H. C., & White, R. M. B. (2023). Familial critical consciousness socialization: How key family theories can expand racial-ethnic socialization research among Asian American families. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 15 (4), 727 – 747. https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12536
Witherspoon, D. P., White, R. M. B., Bámaca, M. Y., Browning, C. R., Leech, T. G. J., Leventhal, T., Matthews, S. A., Pinchak, N., Roy, A. L., Sugie, N., & Winkler, E. N. (2023). Place based developmental research: Conceptual, methodological, and empirical advances in the study of development in context. Monographs of the Society for Research on Child Development, 88(3), 7 – 130. https://doi.org/10.1111/mono.12472
[note: Witherspoon & White equally contributed to leading the Monograph; remaining authors are members of the PLACE Development Working group and are listed alphabetically.]
Baldwin, M. B., White, R. M. B., & Marcus, S. C. (2023). Employer-provided and self-initiated job accommodations for workers with serious mental illness. The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 26 (4), 137 – 147.
Kho, C., White, R. M. B., Zhao, C., Knight, G. P., & Roche, K. M. (2023). Familism values and psychological adjustment of Latinx adolescents in an emerging immigrant community: A five wave longitudinal study. Developmental Psychology, 59(7) 1315 – 1326. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001554
White, R. M. B., Baldwin, M. L., Cang, X. (2023). Workers’ perspectives on workplace disclosure of serious mental illness and their employers’ responses. Qualitative Health Research, 33 (6), 481 – 495. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323231160108
Kho, C., White, R. M. B., Knight, G., Zhao, C., & Roche, K. (2023). Parental warmth and developmental changes in familism values: Latinx adolescents in an emerging immigrant community. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 33(1), 202 – 215. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12798
Zhao, C., White, R. M. B., & Roche, K. (2022). Familism values, family assistance, and prosocial behaviors among U.S. Latinx adolescents. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 42(7), 914-936. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F02724316221078831
Meléndez Guevara, A. M., White, R. M. B., Lindstrom-Johnson, S., Nair, R. L., & Roche, K. (2022). School racial-ethnic discrimination, rule-breaking behaviors and the mediating role of trauma among Latinx adolescents: Considerations for school mental health practice. Psychology in the Schools, 59(10), 2005-2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.22562
Seaton, E. K., White, R. M. B., Pasco, M. C., & Sheehan, C. (2022). The associations among racial discrimination, pubertal timing, neighborhoods and mental health among U.S. Mexican boys. American Psychologist, 77(5), 678 – 690. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/amp0000977
[note: Seaton & White contributed equally and are listed alphabetically; remaining authors are listed in order of descending contribution]
Zhao, C., & White, R. M. B. (2022). The impact of discrimination on parent-adolescent relationships in U.S. Mexican families. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39(7), 2045 – 2068. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075221074396
West, K. B., Hale, M. E., Roche, K. M., White, R. M. B., & Suveg, C. (2022). Predictors of latent class trajectories of depressive symptoms in Latina mothers. Journal of Family Psychology, 36(4), 545 – 554. https://doi.apa.org/doi/10.1037/fam0000957
Nair, R. L., White, R. M. B., Roche, K. M., & Zhao, C. (2022). Discrimination in Latinx families’ linked lives: Examining the roles of family process and youth worries. Journal of Family Psychology, 36(4), 523 – 533. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000959
White, R. M. B., Kho, C., & Nair, R. L. (2022). U.S. Mexican adolescent well-being in the context of neighborhood white concentration. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 32(2), 470 – 486. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12711
Atkin, A. L., Jackson, K., White, R. M. B., & Tran, A. (2022). A qualitative examination of familial racial-ethnic socialization experiences among Multiracial American emerging adults. Journal of Family Psychology, 36(2), 179 – 190. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/fam0000918
Atkin, A. L., & Yoo, H. C., White, R. M. B., Tran, A. G. T. T., & Jackson, K. F. (2022). Validation of the Multiracial Youth Socialization (MY-Soc) Scale among racially diverse Multiracial emerging adults. Journal of Family Psychology, 36(1), 13 – 22. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/fam0000879
White, R. M. B., Witherspoon, D. P., Wei, W., Zhao, C., Pasco, M. C., Maereg, T., & PLACE Development Working Group (2021). Adolescent development in context: A decade review of neighborhood and activity space research. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 31 (4), 944 – 965. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12623
Safa, M. D., White, R. M. B., & Knight, G. P. (2021). The influence of ethnic-racial identity developmental processes on bicultural competence development. Child Development, 92 (6), e1211 – e1227. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13632
West, K. B., Roche, K. M., White, R. M. B., & Suveg, C. (2021). Predictors of latent class trajectories of internalizing symptoms in Latinx adolescents. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 49, 1593 – 1605. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-021-00854-5
Curci, S. G., Luecken, L. J., Perez, M., & White, R. M. B. (2021). Prenatal neighborhood ethnocultural context and the mental health of mothers and children in low-income Mexican American families. Child Development, 92 (5), 1785 – 1800. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13570
Streit, C. Carlo, G., Knight, G. P., & White, R. M. B., & Maiya, S. (2021). Relations among parenting, culture, and prosocial behaviors in U.S. Mexican youth: An integrative socialization approach. Child Development, 92 (4), p. e383-e397. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13550
Safa, M. D., White, R. M. B., & Knight, G. P. (2021). A family stress model investigation of the development of bicultural competence. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 27, 320 – 331. doi: 10.1037/cdp0000424
Roche, K. R., White, R. M. B., Rivera, M. I., Safa, M. D., Newman, D., & Falusi, L. O. (2021). Recent immigration actions and news and the adjustment of U.S. Latino/a adolescents. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 27, 447 – 459. doi: 10.1037/cdp0000330
Pasco, M. C., White R. M. B., Iida, M., & Seaton, E. K. (2021). A prospective examination of neighborhood resources and parenting processes on ethnic-racial identity among Mexican-origin adolescents. Developmental Psychology, 57, 783 – 795. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/dev0001170
Pasco, M. C., White, R. M. B., & Seaton, E. K. (2021). A systematic review of neighborhood ethnic-racial compositions and cultural developmental processes and experiences in adolescence. Adolescent Research Review, 6, 229 – 246. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40894-021-00152-7
Jayawickreme, E., Infurna, F. J., Alajak, K., Blackie, L. E. R., Chopik, W. J., Chung, J. M., Dorfman, A., Fleeson, W., Forgeard, M. J. C., Frazier, P., Furr, R. M., Grossmann, I., Heller, A., Laceulle, O. M., Lucas, R. E., Luhmann, M., Luong, G., Meijer, L., McLean, K. C., Park, C. L., Roepke, A. M., al Sawaf, Z., Tennen, H., White, R. M. B., & Zonneveld, R. (2021). Post-traumatic growth as positive personality change: Challenges, opportunities, and recommendations. Journal of Personality, 89, 145 – 165. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12591
[note: Jayawickreme & Infurna are the leaders; remaining authors were listed alphabetically]
Calzada, E. J., Roche, K. M., White, R. M. B., Partovi, R., & Little T. D. (2020). Family strengths and Latinx youth externalizing behavior: Modifying impacts of an adverse immigration environment. Journal of Latinx Psychology, 8, 332-248. doi: 10.1037/lat0000162
Romero, A. J., White, R. M. B., Anguas, M. M., Curlee, A. & Rodas, J. M. (2020). Resilience of Mexican descent youth in a low-income neighborhood: Examining family and neighborhood factors. Journal of Latinx Psychology, 8, 265-279. doi: 10.1037/lat0000149
Safa, M. D., White, R. M. B., & Knight G. P. (2020). Family contextual influences on bicultural competence development among U.S. Mexican youths. Developmental Psychology, 56, 1596-1609. doi: 10.1037/dev0001022
Roche, K. R., White, R. M. B., Lambert, S. F., Schulenberg, J., Calzada, E. J., Kuperminc, G., & Little, T. D. (2020). Association of family member detention or deportation with Latino or Latina adolescents’ later risks of suicidal ideation, alcohol use, and externalizing problems. JAMA Pediatrics, 174, 478-486. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.0014
Pasco, M. C., & White, R. M. B. (2020). A mixed methods approach to examining Mexican-origin adolescents’ use of ethnic-racial labels in neighborhood contexts. Journal of Adolescent Research, 35, 489-520. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0743558419868220
Diaz McConnell, E., White, R. M. B., & Ettekal, A. (2020). Participation in organized activities among Mexican and other Latino youth in Los Angeles: Variation by mothers’ documentation status and youth’s age. Applied Developmental Science, 24, 79-96. doi: 10.1080/10888691.2018.1449652
White, R. M. B., Pasco, M. C., Korous, K. M., & Causadias, J. M. (2020). A systematic review and meta-analysis of the association of neighborhood ethnic-racial concentrations and adolescent behaviour problems in the U.S. Journal of Adolescence, 78, 73-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2019.12.005
Roche, K. M., Lambert, S. F., White, R. M. B., Calzada, E. J., Little, T. D., Kuperminc, G. P., & Schulenberg, J. E. (2019). Autonomy-related parenting processes and adolescent adjustment in Latinx immigrant families. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 48, 1161-1174. doi: 10.1007/s10964-019-01010-5
Safa, M. D., White, R. M. B., Mahrer, N. E., Knight, G. P., Gonzales, N. A., & Pasco, M. C. (2019). U. S. Mexican-origin adolescents’ bicultural competence and mental health in context. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 25, 299 – 310. doi: 10.1037/cdp0000231
Gaias, L. M., Lindstrom Johnson, S., White, R. M. B., Pettigrew, J., & Dumka, L. (2019). Positive school climate as a moderator of violence exposure for Colombian adolescents. American Journal of Community Psychology, 63, 17 – 31. doi: 10.1002/ajcp.12300
White, R. M. B., Pasco, M. C., Gonzales, N. A., Knight, G. P., & Burleson, E. (2019). U. S. Mexican parents’ use of harsh parenting in the context of neighborhood danger. Journal of Family Psychology, 33, 77 – 87. doi: 10.1037/fam0000447
White, R. M. B., Zeiders, K. H., & Safa, M. D. (2018). Neighborhood structural characteristics and Mexican-origin adolescents’ development. Development and Psychopathology, 30, 1679 – 1698. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579418001177
Knight, G. P., Safa, M. D., & White, R. M. B. (2018). Advancing the assessment of cultural orientation: A developmental and contextual framework of multiple psychological dimensions and social identities. Development and Psychopathology, 30, 1867 – 1888. doi: 10.1017/S095457941800113X
Gonzales, N. A., Knight, G. P., Gunn, H. J., Tein, J-Y., Tanaka, R., & White, R. M. B. (2018). Intergenerational gaps in Mexican American values trajectories: Associations with parent-adolescent conflict and adolescent psychopathology. Development and Psychopathology, 30, 1611 – 1627. doi: 10.1017/S0954579418001256
White, R. M. B., Nair, R. L., & Bradley, R. (2018). Theorizing the benefits and costs of adaptive culture for development. American Psychologist, 73, 727-739. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/amp0000237
Roche, K., Vaquera, E., White, R. M. B., & Rivera, M. I. (2018). Impacts of immigration actions and news and the psychological distress of U.S. Latino parents raising adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 62, 525 – 531. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.01.004
Gaias, L. M., Lindstrom Johnson, S., White, R. M. B., Pettigrew, J., & Dumka, L. (2018). Understanding school-neighborhood mesosystemic effects on adolescent development. Adolescent Research Review, 3, 301-319. doi: 10.1007/s40894-017-0077-9
Zeiders, K. H., Causadias, J. M., & White, R. M. B. (2018). The health correlates of culture: Examining the association between ethnic-racial identity and diurnal cortisol slopes. Journal of Adolescent Health, 62, 349 – 351. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.09.020
Nair, R. L., Roche, K., & White, R. M. B. (2018). Acculturation gap distress among Latino youth: Prospective links to family processes and youth depressive symptoms, alcohol use, and school performance. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47 105-120. doi: 10.1007/s10964-017-0753-x
White, R. M. B., Knight, G. P., Jensen, M., & Gonzales, N. A. (2018). Ethnic socialization in neighborhood contexts: Implications for Mexican-origin adolescents’ development of ethnic attitudes and identities. Child Development, 89, 1004 - 1021. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12772
Carlo, G., White, R. M. B., Streit, C., Knight, G. P., & Zeiders, K. H. (2018). Longitudinal relations among parenting styles, prosocial behaviors, and academic outcomes in U.S. Mexican adolescents. Child Development, 89, 577 – 592. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12761
Gonzales, N. A., Liu, Y., Jensen, M., Tein, J.-Y., White, R. M. B., & Deardorff, J. (2017). Externalizing and internalizing pathways to Mexican American adolescents’ risk-taking. Development and Psychopathology, 29, 1371-1390. doi:10.1017/S0954579417000323
Knight, G. P., Carlo, G., Streit, C., & White, R. M. B. (2017). A model of maternal and paternal ethnic socialization of Mexican-American adolescents’ self-views. Child Development, 88, 1885 – 1896. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12939
White, R. M. B., Updegraff, K. A., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Zeiders, K. H., Perez-Brena, N., & Burleson, E. (2017). Neighborhood and school ethnic structuring and cultural adaptations among Mexican-Origin adolescents. Developmental Psychology, 53, 511 – 524. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/dev0000269
White, R. M. B., Liu, Y., Gonzales, N. A., Knight, G. P., & Tein, J. (2016). Neighborhood qualification of the association between parenting and problem behavior trajectories among Mexican-origin father-adolescent dyads. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 26, 927 – 946. doi: 10.1111/jora.12245
Zeiders, K. H., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Updegraff, K. A., Jahromi, L. B., & White, R. M. B. (2016) Discrimination and acculturation stress: A longitudinal study of children’s well-being from prenatal development to 5 years of age. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 37, 557 – 564. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000321
White, R. M. B., Liu, Y., Nair, R. L., & Tein, J.-Y. (2015). Longitudinal and integrative tests of family stress model effects on Mexican origin adolescents. Developmental Psychology, 51, 649-662. doi: 10.1037/a0038993
White, R. M. B., Zeiders, K. H., Knight, G. P., Roosa, M. W., & Tein, J. Y. (2014). Mexican origin youths’ trajectories of perceived peer discrimination from middle childhood to adolescence: Variation by neighborhood ethnic concentration. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 43, 1700 – 1714.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-014-0098-7
White, R. M. B., Deardorff, J., Liu, Y., & Gonzales, N. A. (2013). Contextual amplification or attenuation of pubertal timing effects on mental health symptoms among Mexican American boys. Journal of Adolescent Health, 53, 692 – 698. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.07.007
Nair, R. L., White, R. M. B., Roosa, M. W., & Zeiders, K. H., (2013). Cultural stressors and mental health symptoms among Mexican Americans: A prospective study examining the impact of family and neighborhood context. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 42, 1611-1623. doi:10.1007/s10964-012-9834-z
Deardorff, J., Heining, C., Gonzales, N. A., White, R. M. B., Wong, J., & Roosa, M. W. (2013). Pubertal timing and Mexican American girls’ internalizing and externalizing symptoms: The influence of harsh parenting. Developmental Psychology, 49, 1790-1804. doi:10.1037/a0031016
White, R. M. B., Zeiders, K. H., Gonzales, N. A., Tein, J., & Roosa, M. W. (2013). Cultural values, U.S. neighborhood danger, and Mexican American parents’ parenting. Journal of Family Psychology, 27, 265 – 275. doi:10.1037/a0032888
White, R. M. B., Roosa, M. W., & Zeiders, K. H. (2012). Neighborhood and family intersections: Prospective implications for Mexican American adolescents’ mental health. Journal of Family Psychology, 26, 793 – 804. doi:10.1037/a0029426
White, R. M. B., Deardorff, J., & Gonzales, N. A. (2012). Contextual amplification or attenuation of pubertal timing effects on depressive symptoms among Mexican American girls. Journal of Adolescent Health, 50, 565 – 571. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.10.006
White, R. M. B., & Roosa, M. W. (2012). Neighborhood contexts, fathers, and Mexican American young adolescents’ internalizing symptoms. Journal of Marriage and Family, 74, 152 – 166. doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00878.x
Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Updegraff, K. A., White, R. M. B., Herzog, M., Pflieger, J., & Madden-Derdich, D. (2011). Developing and testing a measure of social support for Mexican-origin pregnant adolescents and their mother figures. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 33, 377 – 397. doi:10.1177/0739986311412930
Gonzales, N., Roosa, M. W., Coxe, S., White, R. M. B., Knight, G. P., Saenz, D., & Zeiders, K. H. (2011). Economic hardship, neighborhood context, and parenting: Prospective effects on Mexican American adolescent’s mental health. American Journal of Community Psychology, 47, 98 – 113. doi:10.1007/s10464-010-9366-1
White, R. M. B., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Knight, G. P., & Zeiders, K. H. (2011). Language measurement equivalence of the Ethnic Identity Scale with Mexican American early adolescents. Journal of Early Adolescence, 31, 817 – 852. doi:10.1177/0272431610376246
Roosa, M. W., White, R. M. B., Zeiders, K., & Tein, J. (2009) An examination of the role of perceptions in neighborhood research. Journal of Community Psychology, 37, 327 – 341. doi: 10.1002/jcop.20298
White, R. M. B., Roosa, M. W., Weaver, S. R., & Nair, R. L. (2009). Cultural and contextual influences on parenting in Mexican American families. Journal of Marriage and Family, 71, 61 – 79. doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00580.x
Roosa, M. W., Weaver, S. R., White, R. M. B., Tein, J., Knight, G. P., Gonzales, N., et al. (2009). Family and neighborhood fit or misfit and the adaptation of Mexican Americans. American Journal of Community Psychology, 44, 15 – 27. doi:10.1007/s10464-009-9246-8
Nair, R. L., White, R. M. B., Roosa, M. W., & Knight, G. P. (2009). Cross-language measurement equivalence of parenting measures for use with Mexican American populations. Journal of Family Psychology, 23, 680 - 689. doi:10.1037/a0016142
Gonzales, N. A. (18%), Berkel, C. (18%), …. White, R. M. B. (1%). Research Training in Drug Abuse Prevention (T32), National Institutes of Health ($2.3M). 7/1/2021 – 6/30/2026. T32-DA039772-06
Baldwin, M. (PI, 75%), & White, R. M. B. (Co-PI, 25%). Disclosure of Serious Mental Illness in the Workplace Administrative Supplement. NIMH, National Institutes of Health ($275K). May 2020 – December 2022. R01-MH111650
Baldwin, M. (PI, 75%) & White, R. M. B. (Co-I, 25%). Disclosure of Serious Mental Illness in the Workplace. R0-1, NIMH, National Institutes of Health ($2.1M). July 2017 – December 2022. R01-MH111650
Roche, K. M. (PI), Calzada, E. J., Lambert, S. F., Little, T. D., Schulenberg, J. E. & White, R. M. B. (Co-Is, listed alphabetically; 100% recognition on the ASU-sub award). Linking Community and Family Characteristics to Adolescent Adjustment. R0-1, NICHD, National Institutes of Health ($2.8M), October 2017 – September 2022. R01-HD090232
White, R. M. B. (PI, 40%), Tein, J.-Y. (15%), Gonzales, N. A. (25%), Knight, G. P. (5%), & Causadias, J. (15%). U.S. Mexicans’ Pathways to Character. Pathways to Character Project, John Templeton Foundation ($225K), December 2017 – November 2020.
Witherspoon, D. P. (50%), & White, R. M. B. (Co-PI, 50%). Place-based Research to Understand Youth Development: Integrating Culturally-Informed and Dynamic Models. National Science Foundation ($35K). July 2018 – June 2020 (award 1748399)
White, R. M. B. (PI, 100%). A New Look at Neighborhood Ethnic Concentration: Implications for Mexican Origin Adolescents’ Cultural Adaptation and Adjustment. William T. Grant Foundation ($350K), July 2014 – June 2021. Award ID# 182878.
White, R. M. B. (PI, 100%). Mentoring and Career Development Fellowship: Integrating Knowledge on Residential Segregation across Neighborhoods and Groups. William T. Grant Foundation ($60K), July 2016 – June 2019.
White, R. M. B. (PI, 100%). Bridging the La Familia Longitudinal Follow-up. Sanford School Seed Grant Funding ($25K), July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016.
White, R. M. B. (PI, 100%). Undergraduate Research on Latino Neighborhoods. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 2015 Undergraduate Summer Enrichment Program ($2.7K), May 2015 – August 2015.
White, R. M. B. (PI, 100%). The Success in Latino Neighborhoods Project. The Latino Resilience Enterprise and the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics ($1K), April 2012 – May 2013.
Courses
2025 Spring
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| FAS 592 | Research |
2024 Fall
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| AFR 370 | Family Ethnic & Cultural Diver |
| FAS 370 | Family Ethnic & Cultural Diver |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| FAS 792 | Research |
| FAS 799 | Dissertation |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| FAS 361 | Applied Research Methods |
| SOC 391 | Applied Research Methods |
| FAS 792 | Research |
| FAS 799 | Dissertation |
2023 Summer
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| FAS 784 | Internship |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| FAS 592 | Research |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| FAS 792 | Research |
| FAS 799 | Dissertation |
2022 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| FAS 792 | Research |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| FAS 361 | Research Methods |
| SOC 391 | Research Methods |
| CDE 592 | Research |
| FAS 792 | Research |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| FAS 792 | Research |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| FAS 531 | Theoretical Issues Family |
| FAS 390 | Supervised Research Experience |
2020 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| FAS 792 | Research |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| FAS 390 | Supervised Research Experience |
| FAS 592 | Research |
- White, R. M. B. Parenting in the Context of Socioeconomic Disadvantage in Mexican American Families Across Developmental Periods. SRCD Special Topics Meeting: New Conceptualizations in the Study of Parenting-at-Risk (Nov 2014).
- White, R. M. B., Updegraff, K. A., Umana-Taylor, A. J., Zeiders, K. H., Perez-Brena, N., & Burleson, E. Mexican-origin Youth’s Cultural Trajectories in Community and Family Contexts. National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference (Nov 2014).
- White, R. M. B., Liu, Y., Nair, R. L., & Tein, J.-Y. Culturally Distinguished and Contextually Relevant Family Stress Model Effects. Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting (Mar 2014).
- White, R. M. B., & Zeiders, K. H. Z. Cultural Values and Youth Adjustment: Longitudinal Examinations of Mediating Processes and Moderating Factors. Soceity for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting (Mar 2014).
- White, R. M. B., Zeiders, K. H., Nair, R. L., Roosa, M. W., Knight, G. P., Tein, J.-Y., & Gonzales, N. A. Exploring the Enclave Paradox: Neighborhood Ethnic Concentration and Mexican American Adolescent Trajectories of Discrimination. Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting (Feb 2014).
- White, R. M. B., Liu, Y., Nair, R. L., Tein, J.-Y., Gonzales, N. A., Knight, G. P., & Roosa, M. W. Neighborhood, Economic, and Mexican American Family Intersections. National Council on Family Relations (Nov 2013).
- White, R. M. B. A Culturally Distinguished and Contextually Relevant Look at Mexican Origin Fathers’ Stress and Parenting. National council on Family Relations' Men in Families Focus Group Meeting (Nov 2013).
- White, R. M. B., Deardorff, J., Liu, Y., & Gonzales, N. A. Contextual Amplification or Attenuation of Pubertal Timing Effects on Mental Health Symptoms among Mexican American Boys. Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development (Apr 2013).
- White, R. M. B. Conducting Research with Mexican American Youth and Families. Latino/a Research Focus Group at the National Council on Family Relations Annual Meeting (Nov 2012).
- White, R. M. B., Zeiders, K. H., Gonzales, N. A., Tein, J-Y., Roosa, M. W., & Knight, G. P. A Person-Centered Approach to Socialization among Mexican American Families. 74th National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference (Nov 2012).
- White, R. M. B., Gonzales, N. A., Roosa, M. W., & Knight, G. P. Neighborhood Context and Mexican American Adolescents’ Mental Health and Risk of Drug and Alcohol Use. 12th Annual International Conference of the National Hispanic Science Network (Sep 2012).
- White, R. M. B., Roosa, M. W., Zeiders, K. H., Gonzales, N. G., Knight, G. P., & Tein, J-Y. Neighborhood Risk, Parenting and Adolescent Internalizing: The protective role of Mexican American mothers’ cultural beliefs. Paper presented at the 14th Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Can (Mar 2012).
- Tein, J-Y, Knight, G. P., Roosa, M. W., Zeiders, K. H., White, R. M. B., & Millsap, R. Testing Measurement Equivalence and Stability in Longitudinal Data. the Society for Research in Child Development Special Topics Meeting: Developmental Methodology (Feb 2012).
- White, R. M. B., Zeiders, K. H., Gonzales, N. A., Tein, J., & Roosa, M. W. Neighborhood Variability of Mexican Origin Parents' Parenting Styles. 73rd National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference (Nov 2011).
- White, R. M. B., Deardorff, J., Gonzales, N. A., Roosa, M. W., Knight, G. P., & Tein, J. Early Puberty and Mexican American Girls' Depressive Symptoms: the Influence of Neighborhood Context. Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development (Apr 2011).
- Deardorff, J., Cham, H., Gonzales, N. A., White, R. M. B., Tein, J., Wong, J, Roosa, M. W., & Knight, G. P. Early Puberty and Mexican American Girls' Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms: The Influence of Parenting Behaviors. Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development (Apr 2011).
- Roosa, M. W., Zeiders, K. H., White, R. M. B., Nair, R. L., Vargas, D. A., Gonzales, N. A., Knight, G. P., & Tein, J. Trajectories of Discrimination from Late Childhood to Early Adolescence in Mexican American Youth. Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development (Apr 2011).
- White, R. M. B. & Gonzales, N. A. Longitudinal Examinations of Latino Adolescents' Bioecological Adjustment. Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development (Mar 2011).
- Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Updegraff, K. A., White, R. M. B., Herzog, M. Pflieger, J., Madden-Derdich, D. Examining the Psychometric Properties of a Measure of Social Support for Mexican-origin Teen Mothers and their Mother Figures. Annual Meeting of the National Council on Family Relations (Nov 2010).
- White, R. M. B., Roosa, M. W., Gonzales, N. A., Knight, G. P. Neighborhood Contexts, Fathering, and Mexican American Early Adolescents’ Internalizing Problems. Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence (Mar 2010).
- Gonzales, Nancy A.; White, Rebecca M. B. Exploring the Roles of Fathers in Mexican American Families. Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence (Mar 2010).
- Nair, Rajni, Roosa, Mark, Zeiders, Katharine, White, Rebecca. Cultural Stressors and Outcomes in Mexican American Families. National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference
- White, Rebecca, Roosa, Mark, Nair, R, Zeiders, K, Burrell, G, Gonzales, Nancy, Knight, George, Saenz, Delia. Variations of risk and resilience for depression among Mexican-origin parents. American Public Association Annual Conference
- Zeiders, K, Roosa, Mark, Nair, R, White, Rebecca. Mexican-Americans' Experiences with Discrimination: Examining Protective Factors. National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference
- Nair, R, Roosa, Mark, White, Rebecca, Zeiders, K., Burrell, G., Knight, George, Gonzales, Nancy, Saenz, Delia. Profiles of Risk among Mexican American Adolescents: Relations with Mental Health and Academic Outcomes. Biennial Meeting of the Society of Research on Adolescence
- White, Rebecca, Roosa, Mark, Roosa, Mark, Gonzales, Nancy, Knight, George, Saenz, Delia, Nair, R., Zeiders, K., Burrell, G. Neighborhood Contexts and Mexican American Adolescent Internalizing Disorders. Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence
- Zeiders, K, Roosa, Mark, White, Rebecca, Nair, R, Gonzales, Nancy, Knight, George, Saenz, Delia. Overweight Status and Depression: Associations among Mexican American Adolescents. Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence
- William T. Grant Foundation, Major Grants External Reviewer (2014 - Present)
- Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Ad hoc reviewer (2014 - Present)
- Sanford School Graduate Program Committee, Committee Member (2014 - Present)
- Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, Early Career Reviewer (2014 - Present)
- Developmental Review, Ad hoc reviewer (2014 - Present)
- T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics Assistant Professor Search Committee, Committee Member (2013 - Present)
- Journal of Adolescent Health, Ad hoc Reviewer (2013 - Present)
- Journal of Adolescent Health, Ad hoc Reviewer (2013 - Present)
- Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Editorial Board Member (2013 - Present)
- Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Editorial Board Member (2013 - Present)
- Latino Resilience Enterprise, Co-Director (2013 - Present)
- Latino Resilience Enterptise, Executive Director (2013 - Present)
- Social Science Research, Ad hoc Reviewer (2013 - Present)
- Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, Ad hoc Reviewer (2012 - Present)
- Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, Ad hoc Reviewer (2012 - Present)
- La Familia Project, Prevention Research Center, Executive Committee Member (2012 - Present)
- La Familia Project, Prevention Research Center, Executive Committee Member (2012 - Present)
- Prevention Research Center Training Program, Faculty (2011 - Present)
- Prevention Research Center Training Program, Faculty (2011 - Present)
- Prevention Research Center Training Program, Faculty (2011 - Present)
- Journal of Marriage and Family, Ad hoc Reviewer (2011 - Present)
- Journal of Marriage and Family, Ad hoc Reviewer (2011 - Present)
- Journal of Marriage and Family, Ad hoc Reviewer (2011 - Present)
- Journal of Marriage and Family, Ad hoc Reviewer (2011 - Present)
- Journal of Research on Adolescence, Ad hoc Reviewer (2011 - Present)
- Journal of research on Adolescence, Ad hoc Reviewer (2011 - Present)
- Journal of research on Adolescence, Ad hoc Reviewer (2011 - Present)
- Child Development Perspectives, Ad hoc Reviewer (2010 - Present)
- Child Development Perspectives, Ad hoc Reviewer (2010 - Present)
- Developmental Psychology, Ad hoc Reviewer (2010 - Present)
- Developmental Psychology, Ad hoc Reviewer (2010 - Present)
- Developmental Psychology, Ad hoc Reviewer (2010 - Present)
- Journal of Community Psychology, Ad hoc Reviewer (2009 - Present)
- Journal of Community Psychology, Ad hoc Reviewer (2009 - Present)
- Journal of Community Psychology, Ad hoc Reviewer (2009 - Present)
- Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Ad hoc Reviewer (2008 - Present)
- Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Ad hoc Reviewer (2008 - Present)
- Society for Research on Child Development, Member (2006 - Present)
- Society for Research on Child Development, Member (2006 - Present)
- Society for Research on Child Development, Member (2006 - Present)
- National Council on Family Relations, Member (2005 - Present)
- National Council on Family Relations, Member (2005 - Present)
- National Council on Family Relations, Member (2005 - Present)
- Society for Research on Adolescence, Member (2005 - Present)
- Society for Research on Adolescence, Member (2005 - Present)
- Society for Research on Adolescence, Member (2005 - Present)
- American Public Health Association, Member (2003 - Present)
- Society for Research on child Development, Senior Mentor, Frances Degen Horowitz Millennium Scholars Program (2013 - 2019)
- Developmental Psychology, Editorial Board Member (2014 - 2015)
- Society For Research in Child Development, Conference Abstract Reviewer, Parenting & Parent-Child Relationships (2014 - 2015)
- Sanford School Assistant Professor in Latino Youth & Families Search Committee, Committee Member (2013 - 2014)
- School of Social and Family Dynamics Personnel Committee, Member (2011 - 2013)
- Society for Research on Child Development, Biennial Meeting Abstract Reviewer (2012 - 2012)
- Society for Research on Child Development, Mentor, Mentor-Mentee Program Absrtract Reviewer (2012 - 2012)
- Society for Research on Adolescence 2012 Biennial Meeting, Abstract Reviewer (2011 - 2011)
Professor White is an expert in youth development, particularly in how socio-emotional and socio-cognitive development unfolds across time and in the context of exposures to both proximal (e.g., family, community) and more distal (e.g., national policy) factors. Her work also supports methodological advances, helping to define the characteristics and features of higher-quality scientific inquiry, especially with populations who have been underserved by the psychological and developmental sciences. With over 80 publications and national and international recognition for her contributions to advancing the science of child development, her scholarship documents the contextual challenges and opportunities today’s U.S. youth face and how such factors combine to promote or inhibit their adjustment and mental health.
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