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    Christine Emmons, PhD

    Assistant Clinical Professor, Affiliate Faculty, Child Study Center
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    Assistant Clinical Professor, Affiliate Faculty, Child Study Center

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    Christine Emmons, Ph.D. is Assistant Clinical Professor at the Yale University, Child Study Center; prior to which she was Associate Research Scientist at the Child Study Center and Director of Program Evaluation with the Yale School Development Program. She received her B.A. from the University of the West Indies, her M.L.S. from the University of Western Ontario and her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Connecticut in 1993. Dr. Emmons was an elementary teacher and later a librarian in her native Grenada.

    As Director of Program Evaluation, Dr. Emmons was responsible for the design and management of the SDP’s research and evaluation program, particularly in the districts involved in systemic reform. Her duties included the development and review of instruments to measure the SDP implementation and outcomes.

    Main interests include the impact of children's home, school and community social environments on their self-worth, self-management, self-determination, empowerment, and success.

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    Education & Training

    PhD
    University of Connecticut, Educational Psychology (1992)
    MS
    University of Western Ontario, Library and Information Sciences (1984)
    BA
    University of the West Indies, Library Science (1979)

    Research

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    Medical Research Interests

    Attitude; Behavior; Human Development; Mental Processes; Motivation; Psychology, Social; Psychophysiology

    Public Health Interests

    Health Equity, Disparities, Social Determinants and Justice

    Publications

    2017

    • Increasing collaboration self-efficacy to improve educational programming for students with autism
      Emmons, Christine L. & Zager, Dianne (2017). Increasing collaboration self-efficacy to improve educational programming for students with autism. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1088357616686312
      Peer-Reviewed Original Research

    2009

    • Capturing Complexity: Evaluation of the Yale Child Study Center School Development Program, in R. Deslandes (ed.) International Perspectives on Contexts, Communities and Evaluated Innovative Practices: Family-school-community partnerships.
      Emmons, C. L. & Comer, J. P.(2009) Capturing Complexity: Evaluation of the Yale Child Study Center School Development Program, in R. Deslandes (ed.) International Perspectives on Contexts, Communities and Evaluated Innovative Practices: Family-school-community partnerships.
      Peer-Reviewed Original Research

    Others

    • 3. Emmons, C. & Baskerville, R. (2005). Maintaining excellence while managing transitions: Norman S. Weir revisited. Journal of the Education of Students Placed at Risk, 10 (2), 199-206.
      Peer-Reviewed Original Research
    • 5. Haynes, Norris M.; Emmons, Christine; Ben-Avie, Michael. School climate as a factor in student adjustment and achievement. (1997). Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, Vol. 8, No. 3, 321-329.
      Peer-Reviewed Original Research
    • 6. Kuperminc, Gabriel P.; Leadbeater, Bonnie J.; Emmons, Christine, Blatt, Sidney J. (1997). Perceived school climate and difficulties in the social adjustment of middle school students. Applied Development Science, Vol. 1, No. 2, 76-88.
      Peer-Reviewed Original Research
    • 2. Comer, J. P, & Emmons, C. (2006). The research program of the Yale Child Study Center School Development Program. Journal of Negro Education, 75 (3), 353-372
      Peer-Reviewed Original Research
    • 4. Haynes, N. M.; Emmons, C.; Woodruff, D. W. (1998). School Development Program effects: Linking implementation to outcomes. Journal of the Education of Students Placed at Risk, 3 (1), 321-329.
      Peer-Reviewed Original Research

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