Education

Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Oregon
M.S. in Psychology, University of Oregon
B.S. Psychology, Tulane University

Research/Areas of Expertise

Robbie Ross investigates factors that influence the link between cognitive control skills and learning among young children, including peer effects, teaching practices, and children’s self-perceptions of skill. Her research is also focused on discovering the ways in which understanding these factors might shape how educators can best support the development of cognitive control skills in the classroom.

Selected Presentations

Ferguson, S., Ross, R., Ascetta, K., Dawes. (2023) Readiness to teach social and emotional learning: The importance of teacher education programs. Presented at the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Curcio, R., Childs, T., Ferguson, S., Ascetta, K., Guest, J., Iachini, A., Ross, R. (2023) Navigating the complexities of partnership research: Insight from the evolution of partnering. Presented at the National Association for Professional Development Schools Annual Conference, Jacksonville, FL.

Ferguson, S., Childs, T., Ascetta, K., Iachini, A., Ross, R., Curcio, R., Guest, J. (2023). Feasibility and acceptability of a schoolwide data-driven readiness intervention focused on social and emotional learning. Presented at the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Wang, F., Gao, R., Xue, Y., Ross, R., Wang, H., Wang, H. (2023). Investigating the relationship between middle school students’ social creativity and dimensions of parenting styles. Presented at the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Starrett, A., Ross, R., & Irvin, M.J. (2023, February). Examining the relationships between kindergarteners’ demographic characteristics and behavior problems across geographic locale. In M.J. Irvin (Chair), Early Childhood: Exploring motor development, executive function, and social-emotional risk. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the South Carolina Educators for the Practical Use of Research, Columbia, SC.

Ascetta, K., Ross, R.A. (2022). Applying the transactional model of development to the study of behavior problems: A systematic review. Presented at the Conference on Research Innovations in Early Intervention, San Diego, CA.

McNally, S. S., Iachini, A., Childs, T.M., Smith-Hill, R., Curcio, R., Ascetta, K., Ross, R. & Guest, J. (2022). Introducing ReadySET: Enhancing School Social Workers and Other School Stakeholders’ Readiness to Implement Social-Emotional Learning Programs. Presented at the NASW South Carolina 35^th Annual Symposium.

Childs, T.M., Smith-Hill, R. McNally, S.S., Iachini, A., Curcio, R., Ascetta, K., Ross, R. & Guest, J. (2022). ReadySET: A Data-Based Decision-Making Intervention for Enhancing Readiness to Implement Social-Emotional Learning Programs. Presented at the 2022 Southeastern School Behavioral Health Conference.

Ross, R.A., Ascetta, K. (2022). Conceptual and empirical overlap in early childhood education self-regulation research: An interdisciplinary systematic review. Presented at the Cognitive Development Society Bi-Ennial Conference, Madison, WI.

Wang, F., Ross, R., Ascetta, K. (2022). Measurement overlap in self-regulation and executive function research in schools. Presented at the Cognitive Development Society Biennial Conference, Madison, WI.

Ascetta, K., Ross, R. (2022). Transactional model and measurement of child behavior problems. Presented at the Cognitive Development Society Biennial Conference, Madison, WI.

Raygoza, A., Ross, R. A., Ascetta, K. A., Garrison, R. (2022). Family vs. teacher roles in SEL: pre-service teacher beliefs on social-emotional learning influences. To be Presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Minneapolis, MN.

Ross, R. A., Ascetta, K. (2020). Finding Common Constructs Amid the Conceptual Clutter in Self-Regulation Research. Presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Washington, DC.

Ross, R. A., Baldwin, D. A. (2019) Developing a measure of young children’s self-perceptions of cognitive control skills. Presented at the Cognitive Development Society Biennial Conference, Louisville, KY.

Ross, R. A., Brian, A. (2019) Reliability estimates of a scale measuring young children’s self-perceptions of cognitive control. Presented at the Cognitive Development Society Biennial Conference, Louisville, KY.

Ross, R. A., Baldwin, D. A. (2017) Executive Function Skills Predict Event Processing and Recall in Preschoolers. Presented at the Cognitive Development Society Bi-Ennial Conference, Portland, OR.

Ross, R. A., Child, L., Baldwin D. A. (2016). ADHD Modulates Link Between Event Processing and Recall. Presented at the 38^th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Philadelphia, PA.

Sage, K. D., Ross, R. A., Baldwin, D. A.  (2012). Assessing Infants’ Hierarchical Action Segmentation. Presented at the 14^th Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies, Minneapolis, MN.

Selected Publications

Iachini, A., Childs, T., Curcio, R., Ross, R., Ascetta, K., Ferguson, S., Guest, J. (in press). Building schoolwide readiness for social emotional learning: A feasibility and acceptability study of the ReadySET Intervention. Social Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy.

Ross, R. A., Starrett, A., Irvin, M. J. (2022). Examining the relationships between kindergarteners’ demographic characteristics and behavior problems across geographic locale. Early Child Education Journal. p. 1-13.

Ross, R. A., Baldwin, D. A. (2021). Development and initial validation of a scale measuring young children’s awareness of trait cognitive control. Journal of Cognition and Development 22(2), p. 203-225.

Brian, A., Starrett, A., Ross, R., Pennell, A., Gilbert, E., Miedema, S., Casner, C., & Lieberman, L. J. (2021). The Psychometric Properties for the Test of Perceived Physical Competence for Youths with Visual Impairments. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 115(5), p. 393-402.

Ross, R. A. & Baldwin, D. A. (2015). Event processing as an executive enterprise.  In R. A. Scott & S. M. Kosslyn (Eds.), Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.