CURRICULUM VITAE. Ursula Y. Johnson, Ph.D.

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Ursula Y. Johnson, Ph.D. DATE: February 18, 2015 PRESENT TITLE: ADDRESS: Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics The University of Texas Medical School at Houston Department of Pediatrics Children s Learning Institute 7000 Fannin, Suite 2353 Houston, TX (713) Phone (713) Fax BIRTHDATE: May 24, 1979 CITIZENSHIP: U.S.A. EDUCATION AND TRAINING /2001 University of Houston B.S. Houston, TX Psychology 03/ /2005 Houston Baptist University M.A. Houston, Texas Psychology 08/ /2011 University of North Texas Ph.D. Denton, Texas Educational Psychology 06/ /2013 Fellowship in Developmental Psychology University of Texas Medical School Children s Learning Institute, Houston, Texas ACADEMIC APPOINMENTS: 07/2013 Present Assistant Professor, Division of Developmental Pediatrics University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX. 06/ /2013 Research Coordinator II/ Post-Doctoral Fellow, Division of Developmental Pediatrics University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX. Revised Date: 04/15/13

2 08/ /2011 Statistical Consultant, College of Information, Research and Analysis Lab, 08/ /2010 Teaching Assistant, College of Education, 08/ /2011 Program Evaluator, College of Education, Center for Parent Education, 06/ /2009 Research Assistant, Center for Teaching, Learning, Assessment and Redesign, 11/ /2008 Graduate Assistant Office of the President, 08/ /2008 Teaching Fellow, College of Education, 08/ /2007 Research Coordinator I, Division of Developmental Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX. 08/ /2005 Research Assistant, Division of Developmental Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: Memberships in Professional Organizations Regional: Southwest Educational Research Association National: American Educational Research Association Divisions: Family, School, Community Partnerships; Early Education and Child Development; Learning and Instruction Society for Research on Child Development Division: Black Caucus 2

3 HONORS AND AWARDS Ranger/Ryan Scholarship, Ranger Co Cum Laude, University of Houston, Houston, TX Dean s List, University of Houston, Houston, TX Graduate Academic Achievement Scholarship 2009 North Texas/District of Columbia Intern Scholarship 2009 Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship Alternate, Rotary Foundation Graduate Student Travel Support Award, College of Education SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY: Volunteer with Dallas CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) Member, Texas Infant & Toddler Early Learning Guidelines Steering Committee 2012 Present Member, Research & Evaluation Advisory Group Children at Risk GRANT SUPPORT Current Federally Funded Grant Support 07/ /2018 Co-Investigator and Project Director Development of the Texas Kindergarten Entry Assessment, $807,439, U.S. Dept. of Education via subcontract with Texas Education Agency (S. Landry PI) 07/ /2018 Co-Investigator Internet Implementation of Empirically-Supported Interventions that can be Remotely Delivered in Authentic Preschool Programs for Mothers and Teachers: Evaluation of Direct Child and Teacher Outcomes, $1,020,044 IES (S. Landry PI) Current State, Foundation and Local Grant Support 09/ /2016 Principal Investigator Redesign of Beginning Education: Early Childcare at Home, $60,000, Baxter Trust 3

4 Past Grant Support Principal Investigator: Susan Landry, Ph.D. Role: Assessor ( ) Medical Complications and parenting: Preterm Development $6,300,000, NIH R01HD Principal Investigator: Susan Landry, Ph.D. Role: Home Visitor ( ) Joint Attention and Preterm Infant Competence $3,400,000, NIH R01HD Principal Investigator: Susan Landry, Ph.D. Role: Home Visitor ( ) Acres Homes Quality Child Care, $400,000, Episcopal Health Charities Principal Investigator: Susan Landry, Ph.D. Role: Assessor ( ) Model Pre-Kindergarten Classroom, $430,000, Bank of America Principal Investigator: Susan Landry, Ph.D. Role: Assessor Evaluation of Pre-Kindergarten Curricula in Head Start and Public School Settings, $1,794,104 IES R305J020014, Principal Investigator: Susan Landry, Ph.D. Role: Training Consultant ( ) Classroom Literacy Interventions and Outcomes Study $2,800,000, Westat, IES Principal Investigator: Susan Landry, Ph.D. Role: Site Coordinator ( ) Medical Complications and parenting: Preterm Development $564,300 NIH R01HD Principal Investigator: Susan Landry, Ph.D. Role: Classroom Mentor ( ) Preschool Curriculum: Outcomes & Developmental Processes $10,300,000 NIH P01HD Principal Investigator: Ursula Johnson, Ph.D. $15,000 Harlem s Children Zone 4

5 2010 Principal Investigator: Ursula Johnson, Ph.D. O.M. Roberts Elementary School Performance Analysis Study $2,100, Jubilee Park and Community Center 2010 Principal Investigator: Ursula Johnson, Ph.D. $4,500, Dallas Early Head Start 2011 Principal Investigator: Ursula Johnson, Ph.D. $17,276, Harlem s Children Zone Principal Investigator: Susan Landry, Ph.D. Role: Training Consultant $213,500, Douglas and Maria DeVos Foundation Principal Investigator: Ursula Johnson, Ph.D. $2,627,643, DHHS - Administration for Children and Families Principal Investigator: Keith Milner, Ed.M. Role: Training Consultant $671,500, Texas Education Agency Principal Investigators: Ed Feil & Kathleen Baggett Role: Training Consultant and Houston Site Coordinator $2,921,824, NIH, R01HD Principal Investigator: Ursula Johnson, Ph.D. $6,728, University of Nebraska Medical Center 2012 Principal Investigator: Ursula Johnson, Ph.D. $18,273, Harlem s Children Zone 2012 Principal Investigator: Ursula Johnson, Ph.D. $5,380, Dallas Early Head Start 2012 Principal Investigator: Ursula Johnson, Ph.D. $24,850, Dept. of Applied Psychology, New York University 5

6 2012 Principal Investigator: Ursula Johnson, Ph.D. $8,096, Dept. of Psychology, Stanford University 2013 Principal Investigator: Ursula Johnson, Ph.D. $15,595, Dept. of Applied Psychology, New York University Teen Parent Education Program Training $4,712, Institute for Public School Initiatives (Navarro Academy) 2014 Principal Investigator: Susan Landry, Ph.D. Role: Co-Investigator $249,876, Texas Health & Human Services Commission $7,964, Literacy Coalition of Central Texas $8,467, United Way of the Wabash Valley, Inc. $26,825, Georgetown University Parent Education Program Training: PALS Curriculum Booster $9,330, Dept. of Applied Psychology, New York University $44,329, Harlem Children s Zone, Inc. ABSTRACTS 1. Johnson, U.Y., Williams, J. and Landry, S.H. Maternal responsiveness and early adolescent problem solving: A mediated-moderation model. Poster presented at the biennial meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development. Seattle, Washington. April,

7 2. Johnson, U.J. and Cullum, P. The mechanism by which parent involvement relates to achievement. Poster presented at the biennial meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development. Seattle, Washington. April, PUBLICATIONS Refereed Original Articles in Journals 1. Nievar, A. M., Jacobson, A., Chen, Q., Johnson, U.Y., & Dier, S.: Impact of HIPPY on home learning environments of Latino families. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 26: , Johnson, U.Y., Martinez-Cantu, V., Jacobson, A., & Weir, C.: The home instruction for parents of preschool youngsters program s relationship with mother and school outcomes. Early Education and Development. 23: Brown, A. & Johnson, U. Y. The impact of HIPPY participation on school readiness and parent involvement. NHSA Dialog: The Research-to-Practice Journal for the Early Childhood Field. 17: Brown, A. & Johnson, U. Y. The HIPPY early intervention program: It s impact on school readiness and parent involvement. NHSA Dialog: The Research-to-Practice Journal for the Early Childhood Field. 17: Johnson, U. Y. and Hull, D.: Parent involvement and science achievement: A crossclassified multi-level latent growth curve analysis. Journal of Educational Research. 107: Invited Articles 1. Johnson, U.Y.: Book review of Real Education: Four simple truths for bringing America s schools back to reality. Southwest Educational Research Association Newsletter. 9, Johnson, U.Y.: A step in the right direction: Development of the computerized assessment for preschool social emotional learning (CAPSEL). Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk. 3:

8 Chapters 1. Johnson, U. Y.: Advanced placement. In L. E. Sullivan (Ed.), SAGE glossary of the behavioral and social sciences. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2009, 2. Johnson, U. Y.: Behavior therapy. In L. E. Sullivan (Ed.), SAGE glossary of the behavioral and social sciences. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., Johnson, U. Y.: Civil rights act of In L. E. Sullivan (Ed.), SAGE glossary of the behavioral and social sciences. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., Johnson, U. Y.: Cognitive therapy. In L. E. Sullivan (Ed.), SAGE glossary of the behavioral and social sciences. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., Johnson, U. Y.: Defense mechanisms. In L. E. Sullivan (Ed.), SAGE glossary of the behavioral and social sciences. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., Johnson, U. Y.: Desegregation. In L. E. Sullivan (Ed.), SAGE glossary of the behavioral and social sciences. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., Johnson, U. Y.: Rational emotive behavior therapy. In L. E. Sullivan (Ed.), SAGE glossary of the behavioral and social sciences. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., OTHER PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS Invited Presentations 1. Johnson, U.Y. Mechanisms by which Parent Behaviors Mediate Child Outcomes. Presented at The Achievement Gap Initiative at Harvard University. Boston, Massachusetts. June, Johnson, U.Y. Beginning education early childcare at home (BEECH) program: Changing how family day home providers prepare infants and very young children for kindergarten. Presented at Friends of the Children s Learning Institute s Lunch & Learn. Houston, TX. October,

9 Presentations (Refereed, International/National) 1. Johnson, U.Y. Institutional predictors of Black student degree completion at selective/high-quality universities. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. San Diego, CA. April, Johnson, U.Y. Effects of a home-based school readiness curriculum. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Conference on Parent Education and Parenting. Denton, TX. February, Brown, A. and Johnson, U.Y. The impact of HIPPY participation on school readiness and parent involvement. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Childhood Education International. Phoenix, AZ. April, Johnson, U.Y. and Benavides, A. State high school math and science course graduation requirements and education and labor market outcomes. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Denver, CO. April, Johnson, U.Y. and Nievar, A. The lasting impact of a home visitation program on Latino children. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Family Relations. Minneapolis, MN. November, Johnson, U. Y. and Weir, C. Home-based school readiness curriculum. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Conference on Parent Education and Parenting. Denton, TX. February, Johnson, U.Y. Impact of Facilitation of a Responsive Parenting Program on Maternal Behaviors and Child Outcomes. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. San Francisco, CA. April, Johnson, U.Y. Examining teacher and child outcomes of an online course for homebased child care providers. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Human Development. Austin, TX. March, Johnson, U.Y. Examining caregiver and child outcomes of an online course for homebased child care providers, English and Spanish sample findings. Paper presented at the New Conceptualizations in the Study of Parenting-At-Risk special topics meeting of the Society for Research on Human Development. San Diego, CA. November,

10 Presentations (Refereed, Regional) 1. Johnson, U.Y. Understanding log-odds ratio in logistic regression. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Association. Corpus Christi, TX. February, Johnson, U.Y. Impact of a home visitation program on the family, school, and community. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Association. New Orleans, LA. February, Johnson, U.Y. Use of the parent involvement construct to explore factor analysis rotation strategies. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Association. San Antonio, TX. February, Presentations (Refereed, State/Local) 1. Johnson, U.Y. Parent-child literacy interactions and related factors. Paper presented at the Educational Research Exchange. Denton, TX. February, Johnson, U.Y. Primer on factor analysis rotation strategies. Paper presented at the Educational Research Exchange. Denton, TX. February, Johnson, U.Y. Supporting families as partners in learning. Paper presented at the annual Texas School Ready! Institute. San Antonio, TX. July, Other 1. Coffey, S., Guttentag, C., Johnson, U., Landry, S. and Zucker, T. The Texas Infant, Toddler, and Three-Year-Old Early Learning Guidelines. Technical report submitted to Texas Early Learning Council. Houston, TX. 2. Johnson, U., Coffey, S., and Landry, S. The Beginning Education: Early Childcare at Home online professional development course. Houston, TX 10