Thursday, March 29 / 3:30 PM - 5:15 PM   •   Odets

Session 55:
Immigration and Child Development

Chair: Donald J. Hernandez, University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY)
Discussant: Wen-Jui Han, Columbia University

  1. Minority Language Status, Generation, and the Educational Performance of Immigrant Children • Rachel E. Durham, Pennsylvania State University ; George Farkas, Pennsylvania State University

  2. Where Do Trajectories Diverge? Nativity and Ethnic Differences in Home Environment and Very Early Cognitive Development • Jennifer E. Glick, Arizona State University ; Littisha Scott, Arizona State University

  3. Impact of Parental Involvement on the Gap in Kindergarten Math Scores between Children of Immigrants and Children of Natives • Claudia Lahaie, McGill University

  4. Global Nutrition Patterns and Overweight among Young Children of U.S. Immigrants: Why Nutrition Assimilation Pathways Vary across Groups • Jennifer Van Hook, Bowling Green State University ; Kelly Balistreri, Bowling Green State University

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