Education:
Ph.D., New York University - 2017 (Developmental Psychology)
B.S., New York University - 2007 (Applied Psychology)
Areas of Expertise:
Professor Kuchirko examines sociostructural approach to child development, with a focus on how children and youth are socialized at the intersections of culture, ethnicity/race, and gender, and how such socialization patterns are shaped by societal structures. Kuchirko's work is grounded in theories and scholarship across disciplines, with an emphasis on critical perspectives, macro-level ideologies and narratives that shape conceptions of children and childhood across the globe.
Books and Publications
Emerging Teaching Through Emergencies: Literacies' and Learnings' Role in Crisis
Edited Collection of Essays.
Editors: Sara Alvarez, Yana Kuchirko, Mark McBeth, Meghmala Tarafdar, Melissa Watson
Publisher: Peter Lang
(Books and Publications: Book (Edited)) 2022
Hunter, T.***, Kuchirko, Y., & Niwa, E. Y. Turning Points: Redefining the role of Crisis in Pedagogy. In Alvarez, S., Kuchirko, Y., McBeth, M., Tadaftar, M., & Watson, M. (Eds). Emerging Teaching Through Emergencies: Literacies' and Learnings' Role in Crisis. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2022
Karasik, L., & Kuchirko, Y. Talk the talk and walk the walk: Diversity and culture impact all of development. A commentary on Kidd and Garcia. First Language.
(Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2022
Karasik, L., Kuchirko, Y., Dodojonova, R., & Elison, J.T. Comparison of U.S. and Tajik infants' time in containment devices. Infant and Child Development.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2022
Kuchirko, Y., & Nayfeld, I. (2022). Ethnic-Racial Socialization in the Context of the Achievement Gap Discourse. Journal of Social Issues. In press. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2022
Kuchirko, Y., Bennet, A., Nisanova, L., & De Sousa, J. (In press). Like Two Musketeers": Socialization Beliefs about Toddler's Friendships among Dominican, Mexican, and African American Mothers. Social Development. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2022
Alvarenga, P., Kuchirko, Y., Cerezo, M.A., Mendonca Filho, E.J., Bakeman, R., & Tamis-LeMonda, C.S. Can an intervention focused on overall maternal sensitivity enhance low-income mothers' verbal responsiveness? Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2021
Kuchirko, Y., Bennett, A., Halim, M.L.Ruble, D., & Costanzo, P., Influence of siblings on ethnically diverse children's gender development. Developmental Psychology. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2021
Kuchirko, Y., Coskun, L. Marti-Castaner, Dutch, H., & Gennetian, L. Light-Touch Design Enhancements Can Boost Parent Engagement in Math Activities. Child and Youth Services Review. (in press). (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2021
Alvarenga, P., Cerezo, M.A., & Kuchirko, Y. (2020). The Maternal Sensitivity Program: A Model for Promoting Infant Development in Challenging Contexts. Springer Nature. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2020
Bennet, A., Kuchirko, Y., Ruble, D., Halim, M.H & Costanzo, P. The relation between children's daycare experiences and gender-typing behaviors among ethnic minority children. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2020
Gennetian, L., Coskun, L., Kennedy, J., Kuchirko, Y., & Aber, J.L. Option to Enroll or to Leave an Early Language Intervention: The Impact of Default Options on Parent Uptake. Journal of Child and Family Studies. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2020
Kuchirko, Y., & Nayfeld, I. Language Gap: Cultural Assumptions and Ideologies. In C. Huertas-Abril, & M. Gómez-Parra (Eds.), International Approaches to Bridging the Language Gap (pp. 32-53). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-1219-7.ch003 (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2020
Chazan, S. & Kuchirko, Y. The Emergence of meaning in play activity through the lens of the Children's Developmental Play Instrument (CDPI): A qualitative validity study. Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychology. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019
Kuchirko, Y. & Tamis-LeMonda, C.S. The Cultural context of infant
development: Variability, specificity, and universality. Chapter for Advances in Child Development.
(Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2019
Kuchirko, Y. On differences and deficits: A critique of the theoretical and
methodological underpinnings of the word gap. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019
Kuchirko, Y. Schatz, J., Fletcher, K, & Tamis-LeMonda, C.S.Characteristics of
mothers' language to infants during play tasks at 14 and 24 months. Journal of Child Language.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019
Tamis-LeMonda, C.S., Kuchirko, Y., & Escobar, K. Language and play in parent
child-interactions. Handbook of Parenting, 3E (ed Marc Bornstein).
(Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2019
Kuchirko, Y., Tafuro, L., & Tamis-LeMonda, C.S. Becoming a communicative partner:
Infant responsiveness to maternal language and gestures across the second year. Infancy.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018
Tamis-LeMonda, C.S., Custode, Kuchirko, Y., Escobar, K. & Lo, T.
Routine Language: Infant-directed speech varies across home activities. Child Development.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018
Chazan, S., & Kuchirko, Y. The children's developmental play instrument
(CDPI): An extended validity study. Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychology.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2017
Tamis-LeMonda, C.S., Kuchirko, Y., & Suh, D. How infants' social, language,
emotional, and motor actions affect parental input. Language and Concept
Development from Infancy Through Childhood: Social Motivation, Cognition, and Linguistic Mechanisms of Learning.
(Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2017
Tamis-Lemonda, C.S., Kuchirko, Y., Luo, R., Escobar, K., & Bornstein, M. (2017). Power
in methods: Language inputs to infants in structured and naturalistic contexts. Developmental Science.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2017
Chazan, S., Kuchirko, Y., Beebe, B., & Sossin, M. A longitudinal case study
of traumatic play activity using the children's developmental play scale (CDPI). Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychology.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2016
Tamis-LeMonda, C.S., & Kuchirko, Y. Parent-child interactions. Sage Encyclopedia of
Lifespan Development.
(Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2016
Kuchirko, Y., Tamis-LeMonda, C.S., Luo, R., & Liang, E. "What happened
next?": developmental changes in mothers' questions to children. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2015
Luo, R., Tamis-LeMonda, C.S., Kuchirko, Y., Ng, F., & Liang, E. Ethnic variation in
mother-child book-sharing and children's storytelling. Infant and Child Development.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2014
Tamis-LeMonda, C.S., Baumwell, L., & Kuchirko, Y. Parental responsiveness and
scaffolding of language development. Encyclopedia of Language Development.
(Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2014
Tamis-LeMonda, C.S., Kuchirko, Y., & C.S., Song, L. Why is infant language learning
facilitated by parental responsiveness? Current Perspectives in Psychological Science.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2014
Tamis-LeMonda, C.S., Song, L., Luo, R., Kuchirko, Y., Kahana-Kalman, R., Yoshikawa, H., &
Raufman, J. Children's language growth in Spanish and English across early development: association to school readiness. Developmental Neuropsychology.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2014
Tamis-LeMonda, C.S., Kuchirko, Y., & Tafuro, L From action to interaction: mothers'
contingent responsiveness to infant exploration across cultural communities. IEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2013
