Rashmita Mistry Assistant Professor Psychological Studies in Education 3302C Moore Hall (310) 825 6569 mistry@gseis.ucla.edu

Education

NICHD Carolina Consortium on Human Development Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Center for Developmental Science, 1999-2001

Ph.D., Child Development and Family Relations, University of Texas at Austin, 1999

Research Interests

Prof. Mistry is a developmental psychologist whose research focuses on the influence of contextual factors, such as poverty, parental employment, immigration status, and social policies on family dynamics (i.e., parents' mental health and parenting practices) and children's academic and social competence; children's identity development and their conceptions of and beliefs about racial/ethnic and socioeconomic inequity.

Current Academic Year Courses

Graduate Seminars:
Children's Social Development & Education
Consequences of Poverty for Children and Families
Context of Immigration and Children's Educational Experiences
Children & Youth's Understanding of Society and Social Inequality
Undergraduate Courses: Child Development & Social Policies

Recent Publications

Benner, A. D., Graham, S., & Mistry, R. S. (in press). Discerning direct and mediated effects of ecological structures and processes on adolescents? educational outcomes. Developmental Psychology.

Mistry, R. S., Biesanz, J., Chien, N., Howes, C., & Benner, A. D. (in press). Socioeconomic status, parental investments, and the cognitive and behavioral outcomes of low-income children from immigrant and native households. Early Childhood Research Quarterly.

Mistry, R. S., Lowe, E., Benner, A. D., & Chien, N. (2008) Expanding the family economic stress model: Insights from a mixed methods approach. Journal of Marriage and Family, 70, 196-209.

Brown, C. S., Mistry, R. S., & Bigler, R. S. (2007). Hurricane Katrina: Children's perceptions of racial bias, poverty, and government involvement amid a national crisis. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 7, 191-208.

Benner, A. D., & Mistry, R. S. (2007). Congruence of mother and teacher educational expectations and low-income youth?s academic competence. Journal of Educational Psychology, 99, 140-153.

Mistry, R. S., & Lowe, E. (2006). What Earnings and Income Buy: The "basics", plus "a little extra": Implications for Family and Child Well-Being. In Yoshikawa, H., Weisner, T. S., & Lowe, E. D. (Eds.), Making It Work: Low-Wage Employment, Family Life, and Child Development. (pp. 173-205). Russell Sage Foundation.

Mistry, R. S., Biesanz, J. C., Taylor, L. C, Burchinal, M., & Cox, M. J. (2004). Family income and its relation to preschool children's adjustment for families in the NICHD-Study of Early Child Care. Developmental Psychology, 40, 727-745.

Crosnoe, R., Mistry, R. S., & Elder, G. H. (2002). Economic disadvantage, family dynamics, and adolescent enrollment in higher education. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 64, 690-702.

Mistry, R. S., Vandewater, E. A., Huston, A. C., & McLoyd, V. C. (2002). Economic well-being and children's social adjustment: The role of family process in an ethnically diverse low-income sample. Child Development, 73, 935-951.