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Education
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 Ph.D. , University of California, Los Angeles, 1989
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History
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Associate Professor, University of Southern California, 09/01/1997-
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Assistant Professor, University of Southern California, 09/01/1991-08/01/1997
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Description of Research
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Summary Statement of Research Interests
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Professor Farver's research and teaching specialties are in the area of development psychology, especially the social development of young children (including play, prosocial and aggressive behavior); cross-cultural developmental psychology; and violence and young children; and early literacy. Professor Farver's current research projects include: 1). Examining the effects of community violence on preschoolers and their families in the Los Angeles inner city; 2). Cross-cultural studies of Mainland Chinese school age children's social development and socio-emotional functioning; 3). Carrying out a large scale, 6-year project funded by the National Science Foundation to enhance the emergent literacy skills of at-risk inner city preschoolers, on which she is the Principal Investigator.
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Publications
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Book Chapter
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Farver, J. M.
(2005).
Acculturation and Family Characteristics that Facilitate Literacy Development Among Latino Children. New Jersey: Acculturation and Family Characteristics that Facilitate Literacy Development Among Latino Children./Erlbaum.
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Xu, Y., Farver, J. M.
(2005).
Family and Individual Correlates of Chinese Children's Coping Strategies and Peer Relationships. New York: Peer Relations in Cultural Context/Cambridge Press.
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Journal Article
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Xu, Y., Farver, J. M., Yang, Y., Zeng, Q.
(2007).
A prototype approachChinese children’s reasons for nominating their peers as being shy: A prototype approach. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly.
Vol. 54
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Chang, L., Liu, H., Fung, K., Farver, J. M., Wang, Y., Wen, Z., Wong, L.
(2007).
Meditating and Moderating Effects of Teacher Preference on the Relation Between Students' Social Behavior and Peer Acceptance. Merrill Palmer Quarterly.
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Farver, J. M., Nakamoto, J., Lonigan, C. J.
(2007).
Assessing Preschoolers’ Emergent Literacy Skills in English and Spanish with the Get Ready to Read! Screening Tool. Annals of Dsylexia/Elsevier.
Vol. 2007
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Farver, J. M., Xu, Y., Bhadha, B. R., Narang, S. K., Lieber, E.
(2007).
Ethnic Identity, Acculturation, Parenting Beliefs, and Adolescent Adjustment: A Comparison of Asian Indian and European American Families. Merrill Palmer Quarterly.
Vol. 53, pp. 110-119.
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Usta, J., Farver, J. M.
(2007).
Domestic Violence: The Lebanese experience. Public Health.
Vol. 121, pp. 208-219.
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Abou-ezzeddine, T., Schwartz, D., Chang, L., Lee-Shin, Y., Farver, J. M., Xu, Y., Xu, Y.
(2007).
Positive Peer relationships and Risk for Victimization in Chinese and South Korean Children's Peer Groups. Social Development.
Vol. 16, pp. 107-127.
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Xu, Y., Farver, J. M., Zhang, Z., Yu, L., Cai, B.
(2007).
Moving away or fitting in: Understanding shyness in Chinese Children. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly.
Vol. 53, pp. 527-566.
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Farver, J. M., Xu, Y., Eppe, S., Lonigan, C. J.
(2006).
Home Environments and Young Latino Children's School Readiness. Early Childhood Research Quarterly.
Vol. 21, pp. 196-212.
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Usta, J., Farver, J. M.
(2005).
Is there violence in the neighborhood? Ask the Lebanese children. Journal of Public Health.
Vol. 10, pp. 1-9..
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Xu, Y., Farver, J. M.
(2005).
Mainland Chinese Parenting Styles and Parent Child Interaction. International Journal of Behavioral Development.
Vol. 29, pp. 524-531..
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Farver, J. M., Xu, Y., Eppe, S., Schwartz, D.
(2005).
Community violence, family conflict and preschoolers' socio-emotional functioning. Developmental Psychology.
Vol. 41, pp. 160-170..
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Honors and Awards
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Mellon Award for Excellence in Mentoring, 4/2006-
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Mellon Award for Excellence in Mentoring, 4/2005-
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