Rebecca M. B. White is associate professor of family and human development in the Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University (ASU), where she is also co-director of the Latino Resilience Enterprise. In this role and institution she has had the very good fortune to be surrounded by wonderful colleagues, collaborators, and thinkers. She trained in family and human development and prevention science (ASU), and in Public Health (University of Arizona). White’s program of research examines Mexican-origin Latino adolescents’ development within cultural, neighborhood, and family contexts. Broadly, she aspires to engage in meaningful scholarship (research, mentoring, teaching, and service) geared toward promoting positive development among diverse youths, families, and neighborhoods. In terms of research, she is a William T. Grant Foundation Scholar and has published research in Developmental Psychology, Journal of Marriage and Family, and Child Development. She has engaged in mentoring emerging scholars, including those in SRCD’s Frances Degen Horowitz Millennium Scholars Program and SRA’s Undergraduate Scholars Program. Finally, she has served on multiple editorial boards (Developmental Psychology, Child Development) and, regularly, as a conference abstract reviewer for SRCD’s and SRA’s Biennial Meetings. Finally, as secretary of the Latino Caucus she works to promote high-quality research with Latino children, youth, and families.
Check out the Latino Resilience Enterprise @ https://thesanfordschool.asu.edu/lre
Check out the study on Gainful Employment Experiences for Persons with Serious Mental Illnesses @ https://research.wpcarey.asu.edu/smi/
Dr. White's collaborative research program focuses on Mexican origin families and youth from middle childhood to emerging adulthood. The body of work highlights endemic neighborhood stressors as critical determinants of family processes and, in turn, Mexican origin youths' adjustment (e.g., emotional and behavioral health).
More recently, she has begun to contribute to a nascent but growing body of literature on the implications of neighborhood ethnic concentration for minority youths' ethnic-based attitudes and identifications. This line of research draws on prior neighborhood work, but incorporates a culturally-informed perspective on neighborhood ethnic concentration.
See more about her current projects:
https://thesanfordschool.asu.edu/lre/success-latino-neighborhoods-project
Gaias, L. M., Lindstrom Johnson, S., White, R. M. B., Pettigrew, J., & Dumka, L. (in press). Understanding school-neighborhood mesosystemic effects on adolescent development. Adolescent Research Review.
White, R. M. B., Nair, R. L., & Bradley, R. H. (accepted). Theorizing the benefits and costs of adaptive cultures for development. American Psychologist.
Zeiders, K. H., Causadias, J. M., & White, R. M. B. (in press). The health correlates of culture: Examining the association between ethnic-racial identity and diurnal cortisol slopes. Journal of Adolescent Health.
Nair, R. L., Roche, K., & White, R. M. B. (advance online publication). Acculturation gap distress among Latino youth: Prospective links to family processes and youth depressive symptoms, alcohol use, and school performance. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. doi: 10.1007/s10964-017-0753-x
Knight, G. P., Carlo, G., Streit, C., & White, R. M. B. (advance online publication). A Model of Maternal and Paternal Ethnic Socialization of Mexican-American Adolescents’ Self-Views. Child Development. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12939
Gonzales, N. A., Liu, Y., Jensen, M., Tein, J.-Y., White, R. M. B., & Deardorff, J. (advance online publication). Externalizing and internalizing pathways to Mexican American adolescents’ risk-taking. Development and Psychopathology. doi:10.1017/S0954579417000323
White, R. M. B., Knight, G. P., Jensen, M., & Gonzales, N. A. (advance online publication). Ethnic socialization in neighborhood contexts: Implications for Mexican-origin adolescents’ development of ethnic attitudes and identities. Child Development. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12772
Carlo, G., White, R. M. B., Streit, C., Knight, G. P., & Zeiders, K. H. (advance online publication). Longitudinal relations among parenting styles, prosocial behaviors, and academic outcomes in U.S. Mexican adolescents. Child Development. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12761
White, R. M. B., Updegraff, K. A., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Zeiders, K. H., Perez-Brena, N., & Burleson, E. (2017). Neighborhood and school ethnic structuring and cultural adaptations among Mexican-Origin adolescents. Developmental Psychology, 53, 511 – 524. doi: 10.1037/dev0000269
White, R. M. B., Liu, Y., Gonzales, N. A., Knight, G. P., & Tein, J. (2016). Neighborhood qualification of the association between parenting and problem behavior trajectories among Mexican-origin father-adolescent dyads. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 26, 927 – 946. doi: 10.1111/jora.12245
Zeiders, K. H., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Updegraff, K. A., Jahromi, L. B., & White, R. M. B. (2016) Discrimination and acculturation stress: A longitudinal study of children’s well-being from prenatal development to 5 years of age. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 37, 557 – 564. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000321
White, R. M. B., Liu, Y., Nair, R. L., & Tein, J.-Y. (2015). Longitudinal and integrative tests of family stress model effects on Mexican origin adolescents. Developmental Psychology, 51, 649-662. doi: 10.1037/a0038993
White, R. M. B., Knight, G. P., & Roosa, M. W. Using culturally informed theory to study Mexican American children and families. Mexican American Children and Families: Multidisciplinary Perspectives (2015).
White, R. M. B. (PI, 40%), Tein, J.-Y. (15%), Gonzales, N. A. (25%), Knight, G. P. (5%), & Causadias, J. (15%). U.S. Mexicans’ Pathways to Character. Pathways to Character Project, John Templeton Foundation ($225K), December 2017 – November 2019.
Roche, K. M. (PI), Calzada, E. J., Lambert, S. F., Little, T. D., Schulenberg, J. E. & White, R. M. B. (Co-Is, listed alphabetically). Linking Community and Family Characteristics to Adolescent Adjustment. R0-1, NICHD, National Institutes of Health ($2.8M), October 2017 – September 2022.
Baldwin, M. (PI, 75%) & White, R. M. B. (Co-I, 25%). Disclosure of Serious Mental Illness in the Workplace. R0-1, NIMH, National Institutes of Health ($2.1M). July 2017 – June 2021.
White, R. M. B. (PI, 100%). Mentoring and Career Development Fellowship: Integrating Knowledge on Residential Segregation across Neighborhoods and Groups. William T. Grant Foundation ($60K), July 2016 – June 2018.
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FAS 531 | Theoretical Issues Family |
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FAS 531 | Theoretical Issues Family |
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FAS 361 | Research Methods |
FAS 390 | Supervised Research Experience |
SOC 391 | Research Methods |