LISA KNOCHE, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools
238 Teachers College
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0345
(402) 472-4821
Biography
Dr. Knoche earned her PhD in Developmental Psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). She received her BA in Psychology and Biology from Creighton University and MA in Developmental Psychology from UNL. Her research interests include social development in child care settings, child care characteristics, as well as intervention and prevention efforts for at-risk children and families. Her interest lies in developing and evaluating interventions and research methodologies for use with at-risk populations. Her dissertation work was supported by a Child Care Research Scholars grant and a Head State Graduate Student Research grant and was focused on children's social knowledge in child care environments, including the relation of social knowledge to child care quality and children's learning. She has worked on the evaluations of the Early Head Start Program in Lincoln as well as the Latino Achievement Mentoring Program (LAMP) and has also been involved in the Midwest Child Care Research Consortium. She currently serves as the Project Director for the federally funded "Getting Ready Project: Parent Engagement and Child Learning Birth to Five" housed in the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools.
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
Knoche, L., Givens, J. E., & Sheridan, S. M. (2007). Risk and protective factors for children of adolescents: Maternal depression and parental sense of competence. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 16, 684-695.
Knoche, L., Peterson, C. A., Edwards, C. P., & Jeon, H. J. (2006). Child care for children with and without disabilities: The provider, observer and parent perspectives. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 21, 93-109.
Knoche, L., & Zamboanga, B. L. (2006). College student mentors and Latino youth: A qualitative study of the mentoring relationship. The Qualitative Report, 11(1), 138-160. Available from http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR11-1/knoche.pdf [Also printed in The Mentor: A Journal of Mentoring and Field Experience, 1, 17-34.
Sheridan, S. M., Clarke, B., Knoche, L., & Edwards, C. P. (2006). The effects of conjoint behavioral consultation in early intervention. Early Education and Development, 17, 593-617.
Knoche, L., & Zamboanga, B. L. (2004). The meaning of the mentoring relationship from the mentors' perspectives: A phenomenological investigation. The Mentor: Journal of Mentoring and Field Experience, 1, 17-34.
Aukrust, V., Edwards, C. P., Kumru, A., Knoche, L., & Kim, M. (2003). Young children's close relationships outside the family: Parental ethnotheories in four communities in Norway, United States, Turkey, and Korea. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 27, 481-494.
Zamboanga, B. L., & Knoche, L. (2003). Voices from college student mentors: Implications for extension programming with Latino youth. Journal of Extension. Available at http://www.joe.org
Book Chapters
Edwards, C. P., Aukrust, V., Kumru, A., Knoche, L., & Kim, M. (2006). Ethnotheories of child development: The American perspective. In U. Kim (Ed.), Scientific advances in indigenous psychologies. New York: Kluwer Academic-Plenum Publishers, International and Cultural Psychology Series.
Edwards, C. P., Knoche, L., & Kumru, A. (2004). Socialization of girls and boys in natural contexts. Encyclopedia of sex and gender. New Haven, CT: HRAF.
Edwards, C. P., Knoche, L., & Kumru, A. (2001). Play patterns and gender. Encyclopedia of women and gender, Volume Two (pp. 809-815). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Additional Publications
Knoche, L., & Zamboanga, B. (in press). College student mentors and Latino youth: A qualitative study of the mentoring relationship. The Qualitative Report.
Knoche, L., Carranza, M. A., & Raffaelli, M. (2004). The quality of life of Latino adolescents in Lincoln, Nebraska. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, The Latino Research Initiative.
Research Projects
| Rural Language and Literacy Connections | |
| U.S. DOE Early Reading First | |
| Role: Co-PII | 2007-2010 |
| A Multi-component Parent Engagement Intervention: What are the Sustained Effects for Young Children and Families? | |
| Layman Award, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | |
| Role: PI | 2007-2008 |
| Parent Engagement and Child Learning Birth to Five | |
| NIH-NICHD | |
| Role: Project Director | 2003-2008 |
| Learning in Preschool Children: Child Care Quality and Social Knowledge | |
| Administration for Children, Youth and Families - Head Start Research Scholar Grant | |
| Role: Co-PI | 2003-2004 |
Learning Outcomes for Low-Income Children: Child Care Quality and Social Knowledge |
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| Administration for Children, Youth and Families - Child Care Bureau Research Scholar | |
| Role: Co-PI | 2003-2004 |
| Warden Research Fellowship | |
| Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska - Lincoln | |
| Role: PI | 2003-2004 |
| Research Grant-in-Aid | |
| Center for Great Plains Research, University of Nebraska - Lincoln | |
| Role: PI | 2002-2003 |
