Emily K. Snell, Ph.D
Psychological, Organizational, & Leadership Studies
College of Education, Temple University
Ritter Hall 437
1301 Cecil B. Moore Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19122-6091
cell: 847-567-8478 email: emily.snell@temple.edu
EDUCATION
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
PhD in Human Development and Social Policy, June 2008
Dissertation: Shaping Nurture: Evocative Effects of Children on their Environments
Committee: Greg J. Duncan (co-chair), Emma K. Adam (co-chair), Thomas D. Cook
Concentration in Child Development and Social Policy
Williams College, Williamstown, MA
BA in Biology, June 1998
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Temple University College of Education, Philadelphia, PA
Post-Doctoral Scholar, August 2013-present
Psychological, Organizational, & Leadership Studies
MDRC, New York, NY
Research Associate, September 2007-July 2013
Families and Children Policy Area
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ
Research Assistant, 1998-2001
Research and Evaluation Unit
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Hindman, A. H., Snell, E. K., Lewis, K. N., Wasik, B. A., Hammer, C. S. & Iannone- Campbell, C. (Forthcoming). Research and practice partnerships for professional development in early childhood: Lessons from ExCELL-E. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk.
Snell, E. K., Castells, N., Duncan, G., Gennetian, L., Magnuson, K. & Morris, P. Boosting the well-being of boys in high-poverty neighborhoods: Evidence from four anti-poverty experiments. (2013). Journal of Research on Adolescence, 23, 357–374.
Snell, E. K., Adam, E. K., & Duncan, G. J. (2007). Sleep and the Body Mass Index and overweight status of children and adolescents. Child Development, 78, 309-323.
Adam, E. K., Snell, E. K., & Pendry, P. (2007). Sleep timing and quantity in ecological and family context: A nationally representative time-diary study. Journal of Family Psychology, 21, 4-19.
Snell, E. K., & Duncan, G. (2006). Child characteristics and successful use of housing vouchers: Estimates from the Moving to Opportunity demonstration. Housing Policy Debate, 17, 727-754.
Duncan, G. J., Clark-Kauffman, E. & Snell, E. (2006). Residential mobility interventions as treatments for the sequelae of neighborhood violence. In A. Lieberman & R. DeMartino (Eds.) Interventions for children exposed to violence (pp 237-270). Johnson and Johnson Pediatric Institute.
Reed, J. M., Pashup, J., & Snell, E. K. (2005). Voucher use, labor force participation, and life priorities: Findings from the Gautreaux Two Housing Mobility Study. Cityscape, 8, 219-239.
Knickman, J. R., Hunt, K., Snell, E. K., Alecxih, L., & Kennell, D. (2003). Wealth patterns among elderly Americans: Implications for health care affordability. Health Affairs, 22, 168-174.
Knickman, J. R., & Snell, E. K. (2002). The 2030 Problem: Caring for aging baby boomers. Health Services Research, 37, 849-84.
Leviton, L. C., Snell, E., & McGinnis, M. (2000). Urban issues in health promotion strategies. American Journal of Public Health, 90, 863-6.
MANUSCRIPTS SUBMITTED
Snell, E. K., Hindman, A. H., & Wasik, B. A. (revise/resubmit). Closing the word gap: Implementing research-based strategies to improve children’s vocabulary development.
Snell, E. K., & Belsky, J. (revise/resubmit). Child effects and child care. Invited submission to special issue on “Future Directions for Translating Research on the Influential Child into Preventive Interventions” in Development and Psychopathology.
Wasik, B. A., Hindman, A. H. & Snell, E. K. (under review). A critical review of book reading and vocabulary development: What research tells us and what questions remain.
CHAPTERS
Hindman, A. H., Snell, E. K., & Wasik, B. A. (in progress). Developing vocabulary as a foundation for reading success: Research to practice strategies promoting alignment with Common Core at home and school. In L.B. Bailey (Ed.) Common Core State Standards: Advancing mathematics, language arts, and curriculum integration in early childhood education and incorporating family engagement. New York, NY: Springer Publishing.
REPORTS AND TECHNICAL PAPERS
Filene, J. H., Snell, E. K., Lee, H., Knox, V., Michalopoulos, C., & Duggan, A. (2013). The Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation-Strong Start: First Annual Report. OPRE Report 2013-54. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Michalopoulos, C., Duggan, A. Knox, V., Filene, J. H., Lee, H., Snell, E. K., Crowne, S., Lundquist, E., Corso, P. S., Ingels, J. B. (2013). Revised design for the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation. OPRE Report 2013-18. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Michalopoulos, C., Duggan, A., Knox, V., Filene, J. H., Lundquist, E., Snell, E. K., Corso, P., Ingels, J. B., Kim, S. & Mello, M. (2011). ACF-OPRE Report 2011-16. Design options for the home visiting evaluation: Draft final report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Snell, E. K., Castells, N., Gennetian, L., & Morris, P. (2009). Updating Cost-Benefit Analysis of Early Childhood Programs to Reflect Current Developmental Theory. Prepared for The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
WORKING PAPERS
Akers, L., Del Grasso, P., Snell, E. K., Atkings-Burnett, S., Wasik, B. A., Carta, J., Boller, K., & Monahan, S. Tailored teaching: A review of the literature on teachers’ use of ongoing child assessment to individualize instruction. Manuscript in preparation.
Snell, E. K., Hindman, A. M., & Moran, K. Head Start and child care: Experiences and outcomes for families and children. Manuscript in preparation.
Snell, E. K. Teachers’ views of progress monitoring in Head Start classrooms. Manuscript in preparation.
PRESENTATIONS
Snell, E. K. Hindman, A., Lewis, K., Wasik, B. A. Hammer, C. S. (2014, Nov). Improving teacher quality: Understanding changes in early childhood teacher instructional practice with web-based coaching. Paper presented at Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. Albuquerque, NM.
Snell, E. K., Hindman, A. M., & Moran, K. (2014, July). Head Start and child care: Experiences and outcomes for families and children. Poster presented at the Head Start Research Conference. Washington, DC.
Hart, C. M. D., Adam, E. K., & Snell, E. K. (2010, November). Parental work and children’s sleep patterns. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America. Boston, MA.
Lewis, D. A. & Snell, E. K. (2007, May). Big changes, no changes: Making sense of the research on welfare reform and child outcomes. Paper presented at the Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Adam, E. K., Snell, E. K. & Pendry, P. (March, 2007). Factors associated with hours of sleep, bedtimes and waketimes in a nationally representative sample of children and adolescents. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development. Boston, MA..
Desantis, A., Wong, V. C., & Snell, E. K. (2006, March). The effects of sleep behaviors on mood in late adolescence. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Pendry, P., & Snell, E. K. (2005, August). Longitudinal patterns of fathering in married and non-married populations. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Washington, D.C.
Snell, E. K., Duncan, G., & Adam, E. K. (2005, June). Sleep patterns and developmental outcomes among American children. Poster presented at the CDS-II Early Results Workshop, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Snell, E. K., & Adam, E. K. (2005, April). Schooling, parental involvement, and adolescent emotion. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Atlanta, Georgia.
Duncan, G. J., Clark-Kauffman, E., & Snell, E. K. (2004, May). Residential mobility interventions as treatments for the sequelae of neighborhood violence. Paper presented at the Conference on Chicago Research and Public Policy, Chicago, IL.
Pendry, P., & Snell, E. K. (2004, April). A typology of fathers: Emerging patterns of fathering in married and non-married populations. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Human Development Meeting, Park City, UT.
Emont, S., & Snell, E. K. (2000, November). Adolescent support of anti-smoking policies. Paper presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
FELLOWSHIPS
Northwestern University Institute for Policy Research Graduate Fellowship, 2002-2005; 2006-2007
Northwestern University Graduate Travel Award, 2005
Northwestern University Graduate Fellowship, 2001-2002
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Co-instructor, College of Education, Temple University. 2014-2015. “Introduction to Research Design and Methods.”
Teaching Assistant, Northwestern University. 2002-2005. Assisting Professor Emma Adam for “Child Development.”
Teaching Assistant, Northwestern University. 2004. Assisting Professor James Rosenbaum for “Education Policy.”
Teaching Assistant, Northwestern University. 2003. Assisting Professor Dan Lewis for “Social Policy and the Human Services.”
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member, Society for Research in Child Development, American Education Research Association, Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness
OCCASIONAL REVIEWER
Child Development, Criminology, Journal of Adolescence, Journal of Youth and Adolescence
SERVICE
Nominated member of Lower Merion School District School curriculum and scheduling committee
REFERENCES
Greg J. Duncan, Professor
School of Education
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-5500
Phone: (949) 824-7831
email: gduncan@uci.edu
Annemarie Hindman, Associate Professor
Psychological, Organizational, & Leadership Studies
College of Education, Philadelphia, PA 19122
Phone: (215) 204-5589
email: annemarie.hindman@temple.edu
Ginger Knox, Director, Families and Children
MDRC
16 E. 34th St
NY, NY 10016
Phone: (212) 340-8678
email: virginia.knox@mdrc.org
Barbara A. Wasik
Professor & PNC Chair in Early Childhood Education
Psychological, Organizational, & Leadership Studies
College of Education, Philadelphia, PA 19122
Phone: (215) 204-4982
email: bwasik@temple.edu
Snell Vita
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