Cynthia García Coll Explained

Cynthia García Coll
Fields:Developmental Psychology
Alma Mater:Harvard University (Ph.D.)University of Florida (M.A.)University of Puerto Rico (B.A.)
Known For:Research in minority development
Awards:Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society, Cultural and Contextual Contributions to Child Development Award

Cynthia García Coll is an American developmental psychologist, and the former editor-in-chief of Child Development. She is currently an adjunct professor in the Pediatrics Department at the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus.[1] She has authored more than a hundred publications, including several books. In 2020, she received the Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society.

Career

García Coll is a former editor-in-chief of Child Development,[2] [3] and former editor of Developmental Psychology.[4] She earned her Ph.D. from Harvard University,[5] and until 2018, was the Associate Director of the Institutional Center for Scientific Research at Carlos Albizu University, located in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[6] She was also a Professor in the Clinical Psychology program at Albizu. Prior to moving back to Puerto Rico, where she grew up, García Coll was a professor of education, psychology, and pediatrics at Brown University for 30 years.[7] She is now the Charles Pitts Robinson and John Palmer Barstow Professor Emerita at Brown University, as well as an adjunct professor in the Pediatric Department at University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus.

García Coll is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, and served as past president of the Society for the Study of Human Development.[8] She was a member of the MacArthur Foundation Network "Successful Pathways Through Middle Childhood" from 1994–2002.[9] In 2009, she received the Cultural and Contextual Contributions to Child Development Award from the Society for Research in Child Development.[10] and in 2020, the Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society from the American Psychological Association.

García Coll has researched a number of topics, including the resilience of children born to teen mothers and of immigrant children.[9] She has also explored the immigrant paradox, which shows that first-generation immigrant children and adolescents tend to be better adjusted academically and behaviorally than later assimilated generations.[11] García Coll has found that immigrant Hispanic children living in homes where Spanish is spoken are better adjusted than similar immigrant children living in homes where Spanish is not spoken. Her work has also shown that access to social welfare and policies aimed at the inclusion of immigrants have a positive effect on immigrant children's academic success.[12] The graduation rate of children with at least one immigrant parent was 5.3% higher in US states where immigrant families could receive benefits through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, which provides Federal subsidies to low-income families.[13] In 1996, after previously noting that studies concerning the development of minorities had been done poorly,[14] García Coll introduced her Integrative Model for the Study of Developmental Competencies in Minority Children.[15] The model differed from other developmental frameworks of the time by centering experiences of social position, racism and segregation and considering their interactions. The Integrative Model has been very influential and is still cited today. [16] Further influential work from García Coll includes her papers detailing the differences in home environments of American children of differing age, ethnicity, and poverty status and how these may relate to later behavioral development. She suggested that there is great variance in children's experiences across different ethnicities and levels of income,[17] and loose associations between these factors and a problematic behavioral outcome.[18] This illustrates the complexity in researching and understanding behavior development. As of early 2023, the most recent work from García Coll has explored the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child development.[19]

Personal life

García Coll resides in Puerto Rico, outside of the capital San Juan.[20] She has three children, three step-grandchildren and two granddaughters.

Selected works

García Coll has authored more than a hundred publications, including a number of books.[21] [22] [23]

Articles

Books

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: September 2020 . Great Leaders in Developmental Psychology: Cynthia García Coll, PhD . May 1, 2023 . APA Divisions.
  2. "Journals Ranked by Impact: Psychology, Educational". 2016 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2017.
  3. "Journals Ranked by Impact: Psychology, Developmental". 2016 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2017.
  4. Web site: Pflager . Dorothy . 2022-05-02 . Dr. Cynthia García Coll: Frameworks, Perspectives, & Relevance for Today . 2023-05-01 . Foundation For Child Development . en-US.
  5. https://www.srcd.org/meetings/biennial-meeting/invited-salon-garcia-coll 2017 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development Program
  6. Web site: May 1, 2023 . Dr. Cynthia Garcia Coll . May 1, 2023 . Linkedin.
  7. Coll, G. (17 October 2017). "My Turn: Cynthia Garcia Coll: Deeper causes of Puerto Rico disaster" Providence Journal.
  8. Web site: Presidents of SSHD . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190319183004/http://support.sshdonline.org/presidents-of-sshd/ . 19 March 2019 . 19 November 2018 . Society for the Study of Human Development . en-US.
  9. White-Ajmani, M. (March 2010). Champions of Psychology: Cynthia García Coll. Observer. Published by Association for Psychological Science.
  10. Society for Research in Child Development, Senior Distinguished Contributions Award History
  11. Kelleher Figueroa, M. (20 October 2011). "Exploring the ‘Immigrant Paradox’: Q & A with Cynthia García Coll " Education Writers Association Latino Ed Beat Blog.
  12. Filindra . Alexandra . Blanding . David . García Coll . Cynthia . The Power of Context: State-Level Policies and Politics and the Educational Performance of the Children of Immigrants in the United States . . September 2011 . 81 . 3 . 407–438 . 10.17763/haer.81.3.n306607254h11281 .
  13. Filindra, A., Wichowsky, A., & Condon, M. (22 August 2016). 20 years on, here's how welfare reform held back immigrants' children – in some states. Washington Post
  14. Coll . Cynthia T. Garcia . 1990 . Developmental Outcome of Minority Infants: A Process-Oriented Look into Our Beginnings . Child Development . 61 . 2 . 270–289 . 10.2307/1131094 . 1131094 . 2188805 . 0009-3920.
  15. Coll . Cynthia García . Lamberty . Gontran . Jenkins . Renee . McAdoo . Harriet Pipes . Crnic . Keith . Wasik . Barbara Hanna . García . Heidie Vázquez . 1996 . An Integrative Model for the Study of Developmental Competencies in Minority Children . Child Development . 67 . 5 . 1891–1914 . 10.2307/1131600 . 1131600 . 9022222 . 0009-3920.
  16. Web site: An integrative model for the study of developmental competencies in minority children . 2023-05-02 . scholar.google.com.
  17. Bradley . Robert H. . Corwyn . Robert F. . Burchinal . Margaret . McAdoo . Harriette Pipes . Garcia Coll . Cynthia . 2001 . The Home Environments of Children in the United States Part II: Relations with Behavioral Development through Age Thirteen . Child Development . en . 72 . 6 . 1868–1886 . 10.1111/1467-8624.t01-1-00383 . 11768150 . 0009-3920.
  18. Bradley . Robert H. . Corwyn . Robert F. . Burchinal . Margaret . McAdoo . Harriette Pipes . Garcia Coll . Cynthia . 2001 . The Home Environments of Children in the United States Part II: Relations with Behavioral Development through Age Thirteen . Child Development . en . 72 . 6 . 1868–1886 . 10.1111/1467-8624.t01-1-00383 . 11768150 . 0009-3920.
  19. Web site: cynthia garcia coll . 2023-05-04 . scholar.google.com.
  20. News: Santhanam . Laura . For kids in Puerto Rico, 'we don't know all the damage they have endured' from Hurricane Maria . 28 November 2018 . . 21 September 2018.
  21. Web site: García Coll, Cynthia T. Overview . . 21 November 2018.
  22. News: Cynthia García Coll . 21 November 2018 . Google Scholar.
  23. Web site: Curriculum Vitae Cynthia García Coll . research.brown.edu via yumpu.com . 21 November 2018.

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