Qing Zhou
Associate Professor of Psychology, UC Berkeley

Sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues
Co-sponsored by Department of Psychology and Institute of Human Development

Light refreshments will be served

Abstract

One out of four children in the United States is growing up in an immigrant family. One out of five children in the U.S. are dual language learners (DLLs). Children of immigrant families and DLLs are exposed to diverse cultural values and languages in early development and face developmentally unique challenges and opportunities. In this talk, Professor Zhou will discuss the ecological model for understanding risk and protective factors for psychological adjustment in children of immigrant families and language minority homes. She will share findings from the ongoing longitudinal studies on children in Chinese American and Mexican American immigrant families in the San Francisco Bay Area conducted by her team in the Family and Culture Lab. Specific research questions are: 1) How do cultural orientations and language shape parental emotion socialization and children’s socioemotional adjustment? 2) How do English and heritage language development shape children’s executive functions and parent-child relationships in immigrant families? Implications of research findings for clinical interventions and early childhood education programs serving children of immigrant families and DLLs will also be discussed.  

Bio

Dr. Qing Zhou is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Clinical Science Program in the Psychology Department at UC Berkeley. Her research focuses on cultural, family, and temperament influences on children's executive function, socio-emotional, and academic development from preschool age to adolescence. She and her collaborators have conducted longitudinal studies of Chinese children in Asia and of Chinese American and Mexican American children in the U.S.

She is a recipient of the Foundation for Child Development Young Scholars Award, and her work has been published in top journals in developmental, cultural, clinical, and educational psychology. Dr. Zhou directs the Culture and Family Study Lab at UC Berkeley. Her team is conducting a NIH-funded longitudinal study on bilingual, executive function, and socioemotional development of preschool-age dual language learners from low-income Mexican American and Chinese American families. 

This event is free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible. 
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