{"id":66630,"date":"2021-03-25T19:59:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T23:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=66630"},"modified":"2023-09-28T16:38:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T20:38:26","slug":"jacqueline-sims-awarded-aera-grant-to-study-black-maternal-depression","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2021\/jacqueline-sims-awarded-aera-grant-to-study-black-maternal-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacqueline Sims Awarded Grant to Study Black Maternal Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin is-style-side-by-side has-media has-box has-media-focus-center-middle has-secondary-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/Jacqueline-Sims-Headshot-scaled.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Shows Jacqueline Sims\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/Jacqueline-Sims-Headshot-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/Jacqueline-Sims-Headshot-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/Jacqueline-Sims-Headshot-1125x1500.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/Jacqueline-Sims-Headshot-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/Jacqueline-Sims-Headshot-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/Jacqueline-Sims-Headshot-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/Jacqueline-Sims-Headshot-620x826.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/Jacqueline-Sims-Headshot-258x344.jpg 258w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/Jacqueline-Sims-Headshot-397x529.jpg 397w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/Jacqueline-Sims-Headshot-512x682.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/Jacqueline-Sims-Headshot-774x1032.jpg 774w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/Jacqueline-Sims-Headshot-991x1321.jpg 991w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/Jacqueline-Sims-Headshot-516x688.jpg 516w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/Jacqueline-Sims-Headshot-794x1058.jpg 794w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/Jacqueline-Sims-Headshot-1023x1364.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/Jacqueline-Sims-Headshot-1239x1652.jpg 1239w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/Jacqueline-Sims-Headshot-1548x2064.jpg 1548w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/Jacqueline-Sims-Headshot-1982x2642.jpg 1982w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/Jacqueline-Sims-Headshot-750x1000.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/Jacqueline-Sims-Headshot-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Centers, institutes &amp; labs<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJacqueline Sims Awarded Grant to Study Black Maternal Depression\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar js-block-editorial-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">March 25, 2021<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/authors\/carolyn-barrett\/\">Carolyn Barrett<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p>Jacqueline Sims, a research scientist in educational leadership &amp; policy studies at BU Wheelock, has received a research grant from the American Educational Research Association\u2019s (AERA) National Science Foundation Research Grants program to support her study, \u201cProspective Links Between Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Children\u2019s School Readiness Skills and Well-Being among Black\/African American Families: Early Care and Education as a Protective Resource.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sims will examine depressive symptoms in Black mothers and their effect on their children\u2019s physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development. Drawing from a nationally representative sample, she will investigate whether rates of depressive symptoms differ for Black mothers from different socioeconomic and immigrant backgrounds and how early care and education settings can support children of mothers experiencing depressive symptoms.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cExtensive research has demonstrated the strain that racism places on mental health,\u201d says Sims. \u201cI am grateful for the opportunity to focus on depressive symptoms among Black mothers and how they are linked with Black children\u2019s well-being.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the project, Sims will collaborate with Olivia Chi, an assistant professor in educational leadership &amp; policy studies, whose research uses quantitative methods to study the economics of education, with a focus on policies that reduce educational inequality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At BU Wheelock, Dr. Sims works with the RISER (Researchers Investigating Sociocultural Equity and Race) Network at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu-ceed.org\/\">Center on the Ecology of Early Development<\/a>. In this role, her works focuses on examining how racism impacts health and education opportunities for Black children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CEED Director Stephanie Curenton credits Sims with being the driving force behind the center\u2019s expanding work in health equity. \u201cWe look forward to this new opportunity to explore this area, which has critical significance for children and families,&#8221; she says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sims\u2019s study is one of eight that were selected to receive an award from the AERA\u2019s National Science Foundation Research Grants program, which provides funding for faculty at institutions of higher education, postdoctoral researchers, and other doctoral \u00adlevel scholars studying educational research and STEM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToo often, research does not take into consideration the diversity of Black families,\u201d says Sims. \u201cThis study will provide a rich description of experiences across Black families from different socioeconomic, language, and nativity backgrounds.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jacqueline Sims, a research scientist in educational leadership &amp; policy studies at BU Wheelock, has received a research grant from the American Educational Research Association\u2019s (AERA) National Science Foundation Research Grants program to support her study, \u201cProspective Links Between Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Children\u2019s School Readiness Skills and Well-Being among Black\/African American Families: Early Care [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21306,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"bu_prepress_billboard":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term":"Centers, institutes & labs","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"tags":[5730,6937],"bu-publication":[6614],"magazine-article-category":[],"magazine-topic":[],"news-article-category":[6661,6651,6645],"news-topic":[6936,6934,6789],"bu_edition":[],"media_type":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/66630"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21306"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66630"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/66630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74328,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/66630\/revisions\/74328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66630"},{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=66630"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/magazine-article-category?post=66630"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/magazine-topic?post=66630"},{"taxonomy":"news-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-article-category?post=66630"},{"taxonomy":"news-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-topic?post=66630"},{"taxonomy":"bu_edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_edition?post=66630"},{"taxonomy":"media_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type?post=66630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}