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William Andrew Rothenberg is a Research Scientist at the Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke University. His research focuses on the development of adaptive and maladaptive parenting practices and family processes across ontogeny, culture, and generations. Utilizing a developmental psychopathology framework, he examines how parenting practices, family dynamics, and evidence-based mental health interventions affect normal and abnormal child development.
Dr. Rothenberg's program of research has three primary aims: First, he explores how maladaptive family processes can be passed from one generation to the next. Second, he identifies strategies to prevent the intergenerational transmission of these processes in different cultural contexts. Third, he implements these preventative interventions in medically underserved communities that need them the most. His work spans numerous countries and cultural contexts, with a particular focus on cross-cultural comparisons of parenting behaviors and their effects on child outcomes.
His recent publications demonstrate a strong emphasis on cross-cultural parenting studies, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent development, early childhood development in low- and middle-income countries, and the implementation of evidence-based interventions like Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). His research often employs longitudinal designs and large international datasets to examine developmental pathways and intervention effects across diverse populations.
Dr. Rothenberg has received numerous awards for his research, including:
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Matilda White Riley Early Stage Investigator Award (2020)
- Award for Excellence in Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) Program (2018)
- Outstanding Pediatric Research Presentation (2018)
- Award for Excellence in Pediatric Research (2018)
- Keohane Fellowship Parenting & Prosocial Development Student Award (2016)
He currently works on the Childhood Risk Factors and Young Adult Competence project, funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, as part of the Parenting Across Cultures research team. He leads or participates in several major research grants, including 'Intergenerational Persistence of Treatment Effects in Human Capital Interventions' (2017-2029), 'Childhood, Adolescence, and Covid-Related Risk and Protective Factors in the Development of Adjustment in Early Adulthood Across Cultures' (2022-2027), and 'Diseases of Despair in Young Adulthood: Risk, Resilience, and Prevention' (2019-2024).
