Dr. Cynthia A. Wiltshire

Mexican-American Early Childhood Education Teacher Stress and Support This comparative case study investigated the stress experienced by three Mexican-American PreKindergarten teachers in one independent school district along the U.S.–Mexico border. To do so, ecolog...

Very proud of this first #hair_cortisol_concentration paper in the Journal of Latinos and Education with the best colleagues. The #case_study design allowed for nuanced examination and understanding of #early_childhood_teacher experiences and HCC.

More to come!

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Interested in assoc. b/w parental hair cortisol & child externalizing behavior?
If so, link ⬇️! Led by Jordan Strack and Emily C. Merz, the manuscript demonstrates economic hardship may increase parental hair cortisol, influencing child behavior.

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Amen.

CUR Releases 2025 STR Program Participants - The Council on Undergraduate Research The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) congratulates the following 63 teams accepted to be a part of the 2024-25 Scholars Transforming Through Research (STR) Program. The STR Program is a competi...

In very good news, Anna Rascon-Prieto, a #UTEP undergraduate Research Assistant in my lab, has been selected to represent UTEP at the Council on Undergraduate Research!
Congratulations, Anna! Go #Miners!

www.cur.org/cur-releases...

Opinion | The Education Department’s Forgotten Antiracist Origins

Best article today.
#History lesson. Criticality of the #Department_of_Education.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/o...

Fellowship for Research on Economic Well-being and Early Care and Education Among Hispanic Children and Families - Hispanic Research Center The fellowship program supports early career scholars studying topics related to economic well-being and early care and education (ECE)

The application period for @NRCHispanic’s fellowship program focused on #economic well-being and #ECE research among Hispanic families is now open!
Applications are due by 5 p.m. ET on November 21, 2025.
www.hispanicresearchcenter.org/emerging-sch... #EmScholars

Long waitlists for subsidized child care taking economic toll on families Some parents face “a catch-22 of wanting to work, but needing child care ... to get that job.”

www.vpm.org/news/2025-10...

Why Jane Goodall Still Has Hope for Us Humans (Gift Article) “Traveling the world I’d see so many projects of restoration, people tackling what seemed impossible and not giving up.”

#Heroine.
#Jane_Goodall
#hope_for_all

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

In good news…
Hoos stopped the chop. Again.
#UVA for life.

How Universal Child Care Could Change the Economy

Lots of specifics that matter in the design of these policies but good to see some debate and momentum in New Mexico, New York City, and elsewhere.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/b...

I wanna signal boost this - I am looking to recruit a prospective PhD student to join my Stress and Health Equity lab at the University of Delaware in HDFS. My research concerns biopsychosocial mechanisms of health across the life course with an emphasis on stress and coping.

Los últimos minutos de sufrimiento, BOLIVIA VS Brazil, BOLIVIA GANO.... YouTube video by SUJETO INDEPENDIENTE

m.youtube.com/watch?v=L5IV...
#Bolivia #Futbol #CONMEBOL
WORLD CUP QUALIFIER!
This child of Bolivian immigrants is amazed, excited, orgullosa!

What a call!

Mi gente!!
#Bolivia beats Brazil! 🇧🇴
#CONMEBOL

Three Considerations for Improving the Supply and Quality of Child Care by Raising Early Educators’ Wages To improve child care access and quality, pay raises for the early childhood workforce must be implemented with careful consideration for which staff members are eligible, what the potential drawbacks...

How can we build more -- and better -- child care in America? @justinbdoromal.bsky.social and I have been studying one answer: raise wages for the early childhood workforce.

Here are three key lessons from state and local wage boost initiatives from coast to coast: www.urban.org/urban-wire/t...

Perfect academic hideaway.
What more might you need?!

Education Department Backs Away From Program for Hispanic-Serving Colleges

Help.
#Hispanic_Serving_Instiutions effect positive change for far too many Americans and, often, first generation college students to condone this decision.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/u...

SOS.

Books for Kids Starting Preschool

Amplifying a most important beginning for young children: preschool!

Please add Fred Rogers’s Making Friends to this wonderful @nytimes.com list, curated by Travis Jonker (who I would now like to be friends with).

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/b...

Books for Kids Starting Kindergarten

In happier news…
(For what it’s worth, I’d also include Audrey Penn’s The Kissing Hand.)

www.nytimes.com/2024/08/30/b...

AI Literacy for Preschoolers? The Frightening Redefining of Childhood - Nancy Bailey's Education Website President Trump's goal to make artificial intelligence (AI) accessible to students in grades K-12 raises far-reaching concerns. Here, I would like to discuss the potential effects this could have on p...

Leave early childhood education alone. Early learning doesn’t need to be redefined by AI. #EduSky nancyebailey.com/2025/07/28/a...

Check out my open access work!

Professional Development Grant - Hispanic Research Center The Center will provide awards of up to $2,850 for professional development or as seed funds to support research activities.

Are you an emerging scholar studying poverty, economic well-being & #ECE among Hispanic children & families? Apply for NRCHispanic’s NEW professional development grant enhancing scholar & educator professional growth!
Applications due 8/13. www.hispanicresearchcenter.org/professional... #EmScholars

𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗥𝗘𝗖 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵!!

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@elresearchsch.bsky.social @flissj.bsky.social @melissapren.bsky.social @juliangrenier.bsky.social @sineadh.bsky.social @theeef.bsky.social @ncb.org.uk

Collecting child data!

Year-end early childhood educator community wellness gathering!

Presenting the study at Yale Child Study Center!

Year 1 of IES Early Career/Mentoring grant complete.
Thank you to Dr. Katina Stapleton, mentors, and participating teachers/families/children.
This grant changed the trajectory of my career - as it was meant to do.
May the work (& IES) continue!
A look back!

Ready to expand - looking for partners!

Do not love.

Trump’s Cuts to Science Funding Could Hurt U.S. Economy, Study Shows (Gift Article) Reducing federal support for research and development could cause long-run economic damage and reduce government revenue.

"If you look at a long period of time, a lot of our increase in living standards seems to be coming from public investment in scientific research."

The devastating cuts to science funding aren't just academic, they threaten our livelihoods and wellbeing. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...

And affordable, quality #childcare …always childcare.

🧵 But since Head Start's inception, there have been disagreements about whether or not the program "works." So let's review what we know from rigorous research on Head Start's effectiveness, and let's start with what it means for the program to work. 🧵 1/n

So much to learn here in Texas from our neighbors in New Mexico.
#ECE_for_all
#Teacher_pay
#Poverty_reduction