Conference Presentations

Fisk, E., Lombardi, C. M., Cook, K. D. (2024, June). Staff perceptions of offering services to expectant families in Early Head Start. Paper presented at the National Research Conference on Early Childhood, Arlington, VA.

Cook, K. D. & Lombardi, C. M., & Fisk, E. (2024, June). Examining Early Head Start program services to support child and family needs. Paper presented at the National Research Conference on Early Childhood, Arlington, VA.

Chazan-Cohen, R. & Lombardi, C. (2023, June). Integrating comprehensive services in early education programs: A state example. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Child Care and Early Education Policy Research Consortium (CCEEPRC) Meetings.

Fisk, E. & Lombardi, C. M. (2023, March). Associations between services available to pregnant women through Early Head Start and toddlers’ socioemotional development. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, UT.

Holmes, A. K., Sims, J. P., Stokes, Y. & Lombardi, C. M. (2023, March). When all the voices work together: Lessons from community-engaged research approaches. Roundtable presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, UT.

Lombardi, C. M., Chazan Cohen, R., & Zaslow, M. (2023, March). Understanding comprehensive service referrals among families in Early Head Start. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, UT.

Roggman, L., Chazan-Cohen, R., Vallatton, C., Peterson, C., & Manz, P. (2023, March). Social justice: A key competency for all Home Visitors. Paper symposium at the National Home Visiting Summit. Virtual.

Chazan-Cohen, R. (2023, February). Embedding research in early childhood settings: The Educare model. Presentation to Strategies for Children, an advocacy organization in Massachusetts.

Chazan-Cohen, R. (2022, November). How comprehensive services in Early Head Start lead to impacts for children & families. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, DC.

Fisk, E., Lombardi, C. M., Cook, K. D., & Chazan-Cohen, R. (2022, November). (In)equities in the availability of services through Early Head Start during pregnancy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, DC.

Lombardi, C. M., Chazan-Cohen, R., & Zaslow, M. (2022, November). Understanding comprehensive services in Early Head Start for children and families with greater needs. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, DC.

Lombardi, C. M., Chazan-Cohen, R., & Zaslow, M. (2022, June). Unpacking comprehensive services in Early Head Start. Paper presented at the National Research Conference on Early Childhood, virtual.

Lombardi, C. M., Cook, K. D., & Fisk, E. (2022, June). Early experiences of ecological resources and risks: Understanding the moderating role of Early Head Start on children and families. Paper presented at the National Research Conference on Early Childhood, virtual.

Matthews, A., Lombardi, C., Chazan-Cohen, R., Brophy-Herb, H., & Torquati, J.T. (2022, June). Mindfulness and wellbeing predict pre-service teachers’ coping in the context of COVID. Poster presented at the National Research Conference on Early Childhood, virtual.

Raikes, H., Lombardi, C., Chazan-Cohen, R. Jones-Harden, B., Calderon, M., Lombardi, J. Unpacking and extending what we know about how Early Head Start works. Paper symposium presented at the 2022 National Research Conference on Early Childhood. Virtual.

Chazan-Cohen, R., Jaffee-Stafford, B., Daro, D., & Perry, D. Shifting the field: How COVID-19 changed what’s possible in Home Visiting. Paper symposium at the National Home Visiting Summit. January, 2022.

Cook, K. D., Lombardi, C. M., & Fisk, E. (2021, December). Child care characteristics during toddlerhood that explain income gaps in literacy skills in preschool: The role of daily reading to children. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Literacy Research Association, Atlanta, GA.

Chazan-Cohen, R. & EHS Comprehensive Services Workgroup (2021, April). How comprehensive services in Early Head Start Lead to impacts for children & families. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Virtual.

Chazan-Cohen, R. Responsive relationships in the ECE Workforce: Improving knowledge and care for young children. Discussant. Paper symposium presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, April, 2021. Virtual.

Dearing, E., Casey, B., Davis-Kean, P., Eason, S., Gunderson, E., Levine, S., Lombardi, C. M., Nelson, A., Ramani, G., Susperreguy, M. I. (2021, April). Synthesizing mixed evidence on associations between parent number talk and SES. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Virtual. Fisk, E. & Lombardi, C. M. (2021, April). Behavioral and math skill development over early childhood. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Virtual. Lombardi, C. M., Bronson, M., Caola, L., Pezaris, E., & Casey, B. M. (2021, April). Examining mother-daughter dyads jointly solving addition problems: A person-centered approach. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Virtual. Lombardi, C. M., Dugan, A. & Cavallari, J. M. (2021, April). Precarious work characteristics and children’s well-being: Examining mechanisms and understanding differences between families. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Virtual. Chazan-Cohen, R., Korfmacher, J. & O’Neill, K. Virtual Home Visiting: Lessons learned and where are we going? Paper symposium at the National Home Visiting Summit. February, 2021. Virtual. Jones-Harden, B., Raikes, H.H., & Chazan-Cohen, R. Impacts of Early Steps to School Success: A language-focused zero-to-three Home Visiting Program in 19 U.S. rural communities. Paper accepted to the 2020 National Research Conference on Early Childhood. Presented as a poster. Chazan-Cohen, R., Ayoub, C., Green, B., VonEnde, A., Buttitta, K., Furrer, C. & Bartlett, J.D. How Early Head Start leads to long-term benefits for children. Paper accepted to the 2020 National Research Conference on Early Childhood. Lombardi, C. M., Bullinger, L. & Gopalan, M. (2020, November). Impacts of publicly funded health insurance for adults on children’s development. Paper presented at the 2020 Society for Research in Child Development Special Topic Workshop: Addressing and Reducing Inequality through Developmental Science, Virtual. Lombardi, C. M., Dugan, A. & Cavallari, J. M. (2020, Fall). Precarious work time arrangements and children’s socioemotional development: Direct and indirect pathways through parental stress. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Work and Family Researchers Network, Virtual. Gopalan, M., Bullinger, L. & Lombardi, C. M. (2020, March). The effect of the ACA Medicaid expansions on children’s development. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Education Finance and Policy. Invited Presentations Rachel Chazan Cohen. Unpacking comprehensive services in Early Head Start. Briefing for the Coordinated Services Workgroup, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 2022 Rachel Chazan Cohen. The child and family impacts of Early Head Start explained. Congressional Briefing for the PreK and Child Care Caucus. 2022 Rachel Chazan Cohen. The promise of two-generation early childhood programs: Evidence from Early Head Start. Demography Workshop. Center for the Economics of Human Development. University of Chicago. 2020 Rachel Chazan Cohen. Successful interventions for families with infants and toddlers. Summit of the PA Early Learning Investment Commission. 2019 Rachel Chazan Cohen. Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships in the context of Educare. Plenary at the Annual meeting of the Educare Early Learning Network. Tulsa, OK. 2018