Danielle Crosby
Associate Professor
Human Development and Family Studies
Email Address: dacrosby@uncg.edu
Phone: 336.334.3362
PhD University of Texas-Austin
Research
Understanding and promoting child development in the context of systemic social and economic inequality. Specific interests include assessing and promoting equitable access to high-quality early care and education for children in families impacted by systemic inequities; social policies and safety net programs that serve families with low income; and, children’s conceptions of economic status and inequality.
Selected Publications
- Lutolli, A. & Crosby, D. A. (2025). Variation in state safety-net inclusivity and the health and well-being of children and parents in immigrant households. Children and Youth Services Review, 179.
- Crosby, D., Omondi, F., Wrather, A., Mendez, J., & Jacome Ceron, A. (2025). Insights from Hispanic family child care providers. National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families.
- Crosby, D.A., Wrather, A., Jacome Ceron, A., Mendez, J., & Omondi, F. (2025). Subsidy eligibility policies to support working families vary across Hispanic-populous states. National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families.
- Stephens, C., Crosby, D. A., Sattler, K., Supple, A., & Scott-Little, C. (2025). Multidimensional Patterns of Early Care and Education Access Through a Family Centered Lens [Special Issue: Equitable Access to Early Care and Education in the United States]. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 70, 133-143.
- Crosby, D. A., Mendez, J., Stephens, C., & Adegbesan, I. (2024). Perspectives from local CCDF program staff in four states on improving Latino families’ access to child care subsidies. National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families.
- Crosby, D.A., Stephens, C., & Mendez, J. (2023). Many Hispanic Households with Low Income Access No-Cost or Low-Cost Care, Yet Nearly One in Four Face High Out-of-Pocket Costs. National Center on Hispanic Children & Families.
- Crosby, D., Mendez, J., & Stephens, C. (2023). Characteristics of the Early Childhood Workforce Serving Latino Children. National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families.
- Stephens, C., Crosby, D. A., Yaya Bryson, D., & Reid, A. (2023). Supporting Spanish-English DLLs in Head Start: Peer language match, instructional language match, and emotional support as predictors of approaches to learning and social skills. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 63, 121-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2022.11.005
- Siskind, D. G., La Paro, K. M., Crosby, D. A., Hestenes, L., & Mendez Smith, J. (2022). Who’s teaching the teachers? An exploration of early childhood teacher preparation program faculty’s cultural competence, work burnout, and teaching efficacy. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 1–20. 2024 NAECTE Distinguished Article
- Ferreira van Leer, K., Crosby, D., & Mendez, J. (2021). Disruptions to Child Care Arrangements and Work Schedules for Low-Income Hispanic Families are Common and Costly. National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families.
- Mendez Smith, J., Crosby, D., & Stephens, C. (2021). Equitable access to high-quality early care and education: Opportunities to better serve young Hispanic children and their families. Annals of Academy of Political and Social Sciences: Investing in Latino Youth, 696, 80-105.
- Gennetian, L.A., Cabrera, N., Crosby, D., Guzman, L., Mendez Smith, J. & Wildsmith, E. (2021). A strengths-based framework for realizing Latino young children’s potential. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 8(2), 152–159.