Session 55: Immigration and Child Development

Thursday, March 29 3:30 PM - 5:15 PM Odets 4th floor

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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