SUSAN CHURCHILL, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies
131 Home Economics
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0801
(402) 472-0572
Biography
Susan Churchill is currently an Associate Professor in Child, Youth and Family Studies. She received her doctorate in Child and Family Development from the University of Georgia in 1997. Her area of specialization is child development and she teaches early childhood classes including Infancy and Assessment of the Young Child. Her research interests are currently focusing on connections between home and child care. Specifically, she examines issues of continuity between parents and teachers - do they have similar views, discipline styles, goals, etc.
Dr. Churchill has previously worked with several Head Start populations in Georgia. She worked on the Transition Demonstration Project which followed Head Start children from Head Start to third grade. She has also collected longitudinal data with Dr. Zolinda Stoneman which focuses on families with multiple siblings who have attended Head Start. Most of the work with these data sets has focused on how teachers and parents rate children differently on traits such as temperament.
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
Chung, L.C., Marvin, C., & Churchill, S. L. (2005). Teacher factors associated with preschool teacher-child relationships: Teaching efficacy and parent-teacher relationships. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education.
Churchill, S. L. (2005). Family fun in rural areas: Implications for children. Play, policy, & practice connections. Newsletter of the Play, Policy, & Practice Interest Forum of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Volume IX, Issue 1.
Churchill, S. L., & Payne, D. (2004). Play for play's sake. Tips on Parenting, 6, 1-2.
Churchill, S. L., & Stoneman, Z. (2004). Correlates of family routines in Head Start families. Early Childhood Research and Practice, 6, 1-19.
Churchill, S. L. (2003). Goodness-of-fit in early childhood settings. Early Education and Development, 31, 113-118.
Zeece, P. D., & Churchill, S. L. (2001). First stories: Emergent literacy in infants and toddlers. Early Childhood Education Journal, 29, 101-104.
Stoneman, Z., Brody, G. H., Churchill, S. L., & Winn, L. (1999). Effects of residential instability on Head Start children and their siblings: Influences of child emotionality and caregiver conflict. Child Development, 70, 1246-1262.
Coleman, M., & Churchill, S. L. (1997). Challenges to family involvement in early childhood education: Opportunities for including family professionals. Childhood Education, 73, 144-148.
