Selected Presentations

Kennedy, J. L. (2025, May). #HacemosCiencias! Promoting informal STEM learning among Spanish-speaking families with young children [Conference symposium]. Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.

Tan, H. L. & Kennedy, J. L. (2025, April). Evaluating student learning through innovative digital curricula. [Paper symposium]. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

Tan, H. L. & Kennedy, J. L. (2025, March). Cost effectiveness analysis in education research: Costing out Mission US [Paper presentation.] Annual Conference of the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis, Washington, DC.

Tan, H. L., & Kennedy, J. L. (2024, October). Including new voices in evaluation: Addressing challenges from recruitment and design [Conference presentation]. American Evaluation Association, Evaluation 2024 Conference, Portland, OR.

Kennedy, J. L., & Medina-Rodriguez, E. (2024, October). La Fuerza-STEM:​ NSF informal science project​ [Conference presentation]. American Evaluation Association, Evaluation 2024 Conference, Portland, OR.

Kennedy, J. L., Hanita, M., & Buhrman, G. (2024, September). U.S. history through young people’s eyes: A randomized controlled trial of Mission US.  Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness​ Conference, Baltimore, MD.

Kennedy, J. L. (2024, April 19). Regional Educational Laboratories-Northeast & Islands ​
USVI Partnership to Strengthen the Early Childhood Workforce: Early childhood education micro-credential modules [Invited talk]. Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM2)​ for the Philippines. MIT: Cambridge, MA.

Tan, H. L., Kaiser, A., & Kennedy, J. L. (2023, April). Developing a measure of historical empathy in middle and high school [Poster presentation]. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Kennedy, J. L., Christensen, C., & Hupert, N. (2022, April). An efficacy and replication study of Molly of Denali:​ Supporting the use of informational text [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Christensen, C., Kennedy, J., Gerard, S., Maxon, T., Vahey, P., Hupert, N., & Pasnik, S. (2021, April). The efficacy of PBS KIDS media resources for promoting ability to use informational text. Paper symposium at the Society for Research in Child Development Virtual Biennial Meeting.

Martin, A., Dericks, A., Hofer, K., Kennedy, J. L., & Wright, A., J. (2021, April). Transitioning from in-person to remote child assessment in the age of COVID-19 [Conversation roundtable]. Society for Research in Child Development Virtual Biennial Meeting.

Kennedy, J. L. (2018, May). Coding, sharing, and reusing video data with Databrary and Datavyu. Colloquium presentation to the Behavior Analysis Training Area at Queens College, Queens, NY.

Kennedy, J. L., & Soska, K. (2017, October). Coding, sharing, and reusing video data with Databrary and Datavyu. Lunch talk given at the biennial meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Austin, TX.

Kennedy, J. L., Martí, M., Gennetian, L., Duch, H., & Noble, K. (2016, May). A broadened view of barriers to parent involvement in early childhood interventions. Poster session presented at the 24th annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA.

Kennedy, J. L. (2014, July). The development of narrative competence across languages in dual language learning Latino preschoolers. Poster session presented at the 13th International Congress for the Study of Child Language, Montreal, Canada.

Kennedy, J. L., & Caspe, M. S. (2013, April). Go! Books and school readiness: Evaluation and continuous improvement in a Head Start enhancement program. Poster session presented at the biannual meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, Washington.

Kennedy, J. L. (2012, June). The development of narrative coherence in Latino dual-language learning (DLL) preschoolers. Poster session presented at Head Start’s Eleventh National Research Conference in Washington, D.C.

McWayne, C. M., Melzi, G., Kennedy, J. L., & Mundt, K. (2012, June). Latino parents’ conceptualizations of family involvement in their children’s preschool education. Poster symposium conducted at Head Start’s Eleventh National Research Conference in Washington, D.C.

Kennedy, J. L. (2011, July). The construction of narrative temporality in dual language learning Latino Head Start children. Poster session presented at the 12th International Congress for the Study of Child Language, Montreal, Canada.

Kennedy, J. L. (2011, July). Narrative development across tasks and languages in dual language learning Latino children. Poster session presented at the 12th Annual Congress for the Study of Child Language, Montreal, Canada.

Kennedy, J. L. (2011, March). Narrative performance in Latino Head Start children: Task and language effects. Poster session presented at the biannual meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.

Kennedy, J. L., & Caspe, M. S. (2011, March). Evaluating Go! Books: A Head Start enhancement program designed to promote school readiness. Poster session presented at the biannual meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.

McWayne, C. M., Melzi, G., & Kennedy, J. L. (2011, March). Low-income Latino parents' conceptualizations of family involvement in their preschool children's development and education. Paper symposium conducted at the biannual meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.

Kennedy, J. L., Caspe, M., Seltzer, A., Aranda-Gillman, M., & Quezada, E. (2010, June). Talk & Play/Jugando Hablando: Evaluating an Early Head Start enhancement program for Latino children and families. Poster session presented at Head Start’s Tenth National Research Conference in Washington, D.C.

McWayne, C., Melzi, G., Kennedy, J. L., Price, L., Mundt, K., & Schick, A. (2010, June). An emic approach to defining family involvement among Latino Head Start parents. Poster session presented at Head Start’s Tenth National Research Conference in Washington, D.C.

Kennedy, J. L. (2009, May). Communicating a sense of time in narrative: Storytelling by Latino Head Start children. Presentation at the annual Cross-University Collaborative Mentoring Conference, New York, NY.

Kennedy, J., Aranda-Gillman, M., & Quezada, E. (2008, December). Talk and Play: Uniting intervention and research in the service of Latino children and families. Symposium conducted at Zero to Three’s 23rd National Training Institute in Los Angeles, CA.

Caspe, M., Rodriguez, A., Melzi, G., & Kennedy, J. L. (2008, June). “El frog se escapó del jar”: Code-switching and young children’s early literacy development. Poster session presented at Head Start’s Ninth National Research Conference in Washington, D.C.

Caspe, M., Gonzalez, J., Melzi, G., & Kennedy, J. L. (2008, June). Text and language connections:  Bilingual English-Spanish speaking children’s early literacy skills. Poster session presented at Head Start’s Ninth National Research Conference in Washington, D.C.

Kennedy, J. L., & Melzi, G. (2007, May). Temporality in mother-child narratives: Implications for the relation between culture, language and cognition. Presentation at the annual Cross-University Collaborative Mentoring Conference, New York, NY.

Kennedy, J. L., & Melzi, G. (2007, March). Temporality in mother-child narratives: Implications for the relation between culture, language and cognition. Poster session presented at the biannual meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.

Melzi, G., Schick, A., & Kennedy, J. L. (2007, March). Cultural variations in mother-child discourse strategies across narrative contexts. Poster session presented at the biannual meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.