Kirsten Anderson

Graduate Degree

PhD

Education

• Graduate Certificate in Interdisciplinary Methods (Concentration: Quantitative Methods), 2023, Purdue University
• M. A. Clinical Psychology, 2019, University of Dayton
• B. S. Child Learning & Development, Psychology, 2017, The University of Texas at Dallas

Graduate Major or Research Training Area

Human Development & Family Science

Graduate Advisor

Rob Duncan currently affiliated with Colorado State University

Selected Publications

• Purpura, D. J., O’Rear, C. D., Ellis, A., Logan, J. A. R., Westerberg, L., Ehrman, P., King, Y. A., Vander Tuin, M., Nordgren, I., Anderson, K. L….& Dobbs-Oates, J. (2024). Unique and combined effects of mathematical language and numeracy instruction within a picture book intervention: A registered report. Journal of Educational Psychology, 116(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000820
• Duncan, R. J., Anderson, K. L., Finders, J. K., Purpura, D. J., & Schmitt, S. A. (2023). Factor structure of cognitive school readiness skills: Conceptual versus statistical distinctions. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. 962651. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.962651
• Duncan, R. J., Anderson, K. L., King, Y. A., Finders, J. K., Schmitt, S. A., & Purpura, D. J. (2023). Preschool language environments: Sources of variation and relations to children’s vocabulary. Infant and Child Development, 32(1), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.2381
• Eason, S. H., Leech, K. A., Pedonti, S., & Anderson, K. L. (2023). Family math engagement with preschoolers in rural contexts. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 89, 101600. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2023.101600
• Anderson, K. L., Nesbitt, K. T., Sheeks, N. A., Vrabec, A., Boris, K., & Fuhs, M. W. (2022). Executive function mediates the relationship between Conscious Discipline fidelity and kindergarten school readiness skills. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 79. 101393. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2022.101393
• Anderson, K. L., Weimer, M., & Fuhs, M. W. (2020). Teacher fidelity to Conscious Discipline and children’s executive function skills. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 51. 14-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2019.08.003