Janean Dilworth-Bart

Dr. Janean Dilworth-Bart is Chair of the Department of Human Development and Family Studies in the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her scholarship revolves around how early developmental contexts help or hinder children’s development into competent, productive members of society. She teaches courses in research methods, families and communities, child development and social/emotional development. Her research interests include the development of executive function, the home environment and development, school readiness and dialect switching. Dr. Bart’s research addresses the broad issue of how parents and coparents, parenting behaviors, and the social and physical environments impact self-regulation development and school readiness.