Natasha J. Cabrera,
Editor
Monograph Matters and the Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development
University of Maryland
Natasha J. Cabrera, Ph.D., is a Professor of Human Development at the University of Maryland. Dr. Cabrera’s research focuses on father involvement and children’s social and cognitive development; adaptive and maladaptive factors related to parenting and cultural variation in ethnic minority families; and, the mechanisms linking early experiences to children’s school readiness. Dr. Cabrera has published in peer-reviewed journals on policy, methodology, theory and the implications of fathering and mothering behaviors on child development in low-income minority families. She is the co-editor of the Handbook of Father Involvement: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, 2nd Edition (Taylor & Francis, 2013) and Latina/o Child Psychology and Mental Health: Vol 1 and 2 (Praeger, 2011). Dr. Cabrera received the 2009 National Council on Family Relations award for Best Research Article regarding men in families. In 2015, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine appointed her to its committee on parents of young children; in 2016, she was a Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholar; and, in 2017 she was a Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst visiting scholar at the University of Ruhr, Germany. She is co-Principal Investigator of the National Center for Research on Hispanic Families and Children.
Chang (Cecilia) Liu,
Associate Editor
Monograph Matters
Washington State University
Chang Liu, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at Washington State University. Her research program centers on understanding the developmental processes and mechanisms leading to resilience vs. maladjustment in children and mothers, aiming to promote child health and well-being. She works with Monographs Editor and authors, and the SRCD Communications team to support the “happy marriage between tradition and innovation” of Monograph Matters.
