Graduate Students
Jody S. Nicholson
Program: Developmental
Research Interest:
For the past 3 years, Nicholson has been conducting interviews for a descriptive study on fathers over the first 2 years of their children's lives. She is specifically interested in how fathers perceive their parenting role. She is also beginning an intervention study to reduce lead exposure in children.
Recent Publications:
Borkowski, J. G., Turner, L. S., & Nicholson, J. S. (2004). Executive functioning: Toward a research agenda for enhancing higher-level cognitive skills. Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology (online), 4,188-198.
Smith, L. E., Nicholson, J. S., & Schatz, J. N. (2006). Preventing early developmental delay. In J. G. Borkowski & C. M. Weaver (Eds.), The culture of prevention: Using science and art to promote healthy development. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes.
Nicholson, J. S. & Farris, J. R. (in press). Children’s uncertain futures: Socioemotional delays and psychopathologies. In J. G. Borkowski, J. R. Farris, T. L. Whitman, S. S. Carothers, K. Weed, & D. A. Keogh (Eds.), Risk and resilience: Adolescent mothers and their children grow up. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Burke-LeFever, J. E., Nicholson, J. S. & Noria, C. W. (in press). Children’s uncertain futures: Problems in school. In J. G. Borkowski, J. R. Farris, T. L. Whitman, S. S. Carothers, K. Weed, & D. A. Keogh (Eds.), Risk and resilience: Adolescent mothers and their children grow up. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Undergraduate Institution: University of Texas at Austin
Contact Information
Email: Nicholson.22@nd.edu