Education:
Ph.D., New York University - 2012
Areas of Expertise:
My research examines how cultural context, particularly ethnicity and race, shapes the social, emotional, and cognitive development of ethnically diverse youth and adolescents. My work focuses on three main areas: the impact of ethno-political violence on social-cognitive and psychological adjustment among children and adolescents; the role of ethnic-racial discrimination in shaping social and psychological adjustment among early adolescents; and the development of ethnic and racial identities.
Books and Publications
Niwa, E.Y., Boxer, P., Dubow, E., Huesmann, L.R., Landau, S., Gvirsman, S.D., Shikaki, K., &
Ginges, J. (In press). Growing up amid ethno-political conflict: Aggression and emotional desensitization promote hostility to ethnic out-groups. To appear in Child Development.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2016
Niwa, E.Y., Rogers, O., & Way, N. (in press). An Ecological Model of Peer Relationships. To appear in
L.S. Balter & C. Tamis-LeMonda (Eds.), Child Psychology: A Handbook of Contemporary Issues, 3rd Edition. Psychology Press: New York.
(Books and Publications: Book (Edited)) 2016
Rogers, O., Niwa, E.Y., & Way, N. (in press). The Friendships of Minority Youth in Context. To appear
in N.J. Cabrera & B. Leyendecker (Eds.), Positive Development of Minority Children.
(Books and Publications: Book (Edited)) 2016
Hughes, D.L., Harding, J.F., Niwa, E., Del Toro, J.S., & Way, N. (2015). Racial socialization and
racial discrimination as intra- and inter-group processes. In A. Rutland, D. Nesdale, & C. Spears Brown (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of group processes in children and adolescents.
(Books and Publications: Book (Edited)) 2015
Niwa, E.Y., Boxer, P., Dubow, E., Huesmann, L.R., Landau, S., Shikaki, K., & Gvirsman, S.D.
(2014). Negative Stereotypes of Ethnic Out-groups: A Longitudinal Examination among Palestinian, Israeli Jewish, and Israeli Arab Youth. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 26(1), 166-179.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2014
Niwa, E.Y., Way, N., & Hughes, D. (2014). Trajectories of Ethnic-Racial Discrimination Among
Ethnically Diverse Early Adolescents: Associations with Psychological and Social Adjustment. Child Development, 85(6), 2339-2354.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2014
Ghoul, A., Niwa, E.Y., & Boxer, P. (2013). The role of contingent self-worth in the relation between
victimization and internalizing problems in adolescents. Journal of Adolescence, 36(3), 457-464.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2013
Niwa, E.Y., Way, N., Qin-Hilliard, D.B., & Okazaki, S. (2011). Hostile Hallways: Asian American
adolescents? experiences of peer discrimination in school. In F.T.L. Leong, L. Juang, D.B. Qin, & H.E. Fitzgerald (Eds.), Asian American and Pacific Islander Children and Mental Health, (Vol. 1, pp. 193-217). Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.
(Books and Publications: Book (Edited)) 2011
Tamis-LeMonda, C.S., Way, N., Hughes, D., Yoshikawa, H., Kahana-Kalman, R., & Niwa, E.Y. (2008).
Parents? Goals for children: The dynamic coexistence of individualism and collectivism in cultures and individuals. Social Development, 17(1), 183-209.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2008
Way, N., Santos, C., Niwa, E.Y., & Kim-Gervey, C. (Summer 2008). To be or not to be: A contextualized understanding of ethnic identity development. [Special Issue]. New Directions in Child and Adolescent Development, 120, 61-79. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2008
