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Marsha Weinraub

  • College of Liberal Arts

    • Psychology and Neuroscience

      • Professor Emerita

      • Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology

      • Affiliated Faculty

        Programs

        • Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies

Expertise

Developmental Psychology, Developmental Science, Parent-Child relations over the lifespan, Parenting over the life span, Effects of early Childcare, Children's Sleep and Developmental changes in Sleep

Biography

Marsha Weinraub is a developmental psychologist and Laura H. Carnell Professor Emerita of Psychology and Neuroscience at Temple University.  From 2007 to 2016, she was Chairperson of the Psychology Department in the College of Liberal Arts at Temple University and was instrumental in the department obtaining a Major Research Instrumentation award to purchase and install an FMRI machine in the Psychology Building. Dr. Weinraub has published research on the effects of early childcare, single parenting, and maternal employment on parent-child relationships and child development. More recently, she has been publishing on the development of sleep over childhood and adolescence and the role of parents in promoting STEM development in young children.

Dr. Weinraub was a principal investigator from 1989 to 2005 on the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, a national project investigating the long term effects of early childcare on children’s social, emotional, and intellectual development from infancy through adolescence. With her colleagues, Dr. Weinraub also evaluated childcare intervention and subsidy programs and studied the effects of childcare subsidies on child development and parental employment in low-income families with different ethnic backgrounds. Her research has been funded by NIMH, NICHD, ACYF, NSF, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the William Penn Foundation. She was an officer of the Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology (COGDOP) governing board from 2012 to 2015.

Dr. Weinraub was awarded both the Lindback Award for Teaching (1985) and the Temple University Great Teacher Award (2005). In 2016, she received the University Outstanding Faculty Service Award.  She is a Fellow of Divisions 7 and 35 in APA and a Charter Fellow in the Association for Psychological Science (APS). Dr. Weinraub received her B.A. from Brandeis University and her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.

Now Emerita, Dr. Weinraub, still continuing her research, is also having a lot of fun playing tennis, lifting weights, reading books, and gardening, things she used to do after work. She is also looking back on the last half century of research on the effects of early experience, a topic she is working on for publication.

Curriculum Vitae

Selected Publications

  • 2024 Foley, J, Olino, T, and Weinraub, M. On the broader significance of maternal sensitivity: Mothers’ early and later sensitive parenting matter to children’s language, executive function, academics, and self-reliance. Developmental Science, Dec 16;28(1):e13594. doi: 10.1111/desc.13594.
  • 2023 Tian, J., Bennett-Pierre, G., Tavassolie, N., Newcombe, N. S., Weinraub, M., Hindman, A. H., Newton, K. J., & Gunderson, E. A. (2023). A growth mindset message leads parents to choose more challenging learning activities. Journal of Intelligence, 11(10), 193. https://www.mdpi.com/2079-3200/11/10/19
  • 2021 Weinraub, M.  Letter to the Editor: Regarding Nivison, M. D., Vandell, D. L., Booth-LaForce, C. & Roisman, G. I. (2021).Convergent and Discriminant Validity of Retrospective Assessments of the Quality of Childhood Parenting: Prospective Evidence From Infancy to Age 26 Years. Psychological Science, 32(5),721-734. https://doi: 10.1177/0956797620975775.
  • 2019 Sorhagen, N. S., Keiffer, J. N., & Weinraub, M. Intergenerational transmission of maternal employment moderated by recollections of early maternal availability. Developmental Psychology. Vol 55(7), 1537-1547 (Advance online in April) doi.org/10.1037/dev0000743
  • 2019 Weinraub, M. and Kaufman, R. Single Parenthood. In Bornstein, M. H (Ed); Handbook of Parenting: Vol. 3: Being and Becoming a Parent (3rd Ed.), New York: Routledge.
  • 2018 Foley, J. E., Ram, N., Susman, E. J., & Weinraub, M. Changes to sleep-wake behaviors are associated with trajectories of pubertal timing and tempo of secondary sex characteristics. Journal of Adolescence: Special issue on Sleep. 68:171-186.  doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.07.017
  • 2017 Foley, J. E. * and Weinraub, M. Sleep, Affect, and Social Competence: Distinct Pathways to Emotional and Social Adjustment for Boys and for Girls. Frontiers Developmental Psychology. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00711
  • 2015 Weinraub, M. Child Care in America: Research and Policy Directions. Essay Review. Social Service Review, University of Chicago. Pp. 727-745. doi.org/10.1086/684650
  • 2012 Weinraub, M., Bender, R H., Friedman, S L., Susman, E. J., Knoke, B., Bradley, R., Houts, R., Williams, J. Patterns of Developmental Change in Infants' Nighttime Sleep Awakenings from 6 through 36 Months of Age. Developmental Psychology. 48 (6) 1511-1528. [Published Online First, March 26, 2012.] DOI:10.1037/a0027680
  • 2006 Tran, H.* & Weinraub, M. Child care effects in context: Quality, stability, and multiplicity in nonmaternal child care arrangements during the first fifteen months of life. Developmental Psychology. 42(3), 566-582.). doi: 10.1037/0012-1649.42.3.566

Courses Taught

  • Developmental Psychology 2301
  • The Science of Sleep 4000