Eleanor Brown

Eleanor Brown
  • Professor
  • Department: Psychology
  • Institution: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
  • Email: EBrown@wcupa.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Delaware

Research Interests

psychologychild psychologyfamily psychologyschool psychologyeducational psychologyclinical psychologyliberation psychologycounselingbiopsychologyneurophysiologychildrenearly childhoodacademic developmentemotionsemotional developmentsocial-emotional developmentneurophysiological developmentstresstraumapovertyracismresilienceanti-racismfamily strengthscommunity strengthsliberation

Opportunities

Work Study Positions Available: No

Grant Funded Positions Available: Yes

https://www.wcupa.edu/sciences-mathematics/psychology/EBResearchLabs/reach/gettingInvolved.aspx

Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: Yes

https://www.wcupa.edu/sciences-mathematics/psychology/EBResearchLabs/ECCEL.aspx

Volunteer Research Positions Available: No

Biography

Eleanor D. Brown, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist and Professor of Psychology at West Chester University, where she directs the Early Childhood Cognition and Emotions Lab (ECCEL) and co-directs the Research on Equity via the Arts in Childhood or REACH Lab. Dr. Brown is internationally recognized for her scholarship on children facing stress and trauma related to poverty and racism, as well as her research on arts-based interventions. Her scholarship has highlighted diversity among families facing adversity and opportunities for building on family and community strengths to promote children's flourishing. For the past 15 years, Dr. Brown has worked with community partners such as Settlement Music School to study how music and the arts might advance equity. Dr. Brown serves as an advisor for arts policy, practice, and funding initiatives as well as for PBS Kids® and for Sesame Workshop and PNC’s Grow Up Great® initiative. She loves being a mom and enjoys supporting her own children’s passion for music and the arts. I am a clinical psychologist, with interest in children's academic, social-emotional, and neurophysiological development, stress and trauma related to poverty and racism, strengths of marginalized groups, and models of individual and social change. My current research projects focused on positive effects of Head Start preschool, arts and mindfulness interventions, and anti-racism training and support. I welcome students to contact me about opportunities for assisting with research.

Contact Information

Phone: 610-436-3153

List of Publications

  • Brown, E.D., Shokunbi, F.X., & Garnett, M.L. (2024). Playtime and bedtime relate to cortisol levels for children facing economic hardship. Family Relations. Brown, E.D., Holochwost, S.J., Wolf, D.P., Allen, A.A., Garnett, M.L., Velazquez-Martin, B., Varnell, S., & Malatesta, J.L. (2023). Music and Child Stress Regulation: Should Teachers Guide or Get out of the Way? Mind, Brian, and Education. https://doi.org/10.1002/MBE.12370
  • Brown, E.D., Weaver, Z., Streich, M., Shivde, G., & Garnett, M.L. (2023). Cortisol across preschool day relates to teacher ratings of executive functioning for children facing economic hardship. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 62, 31-40. DOI:10.1016/j.ecresq.2022.07.006
  • Brown, E.D., Blumenthal, M.A., & Allen, A.A. (2022). The sound of self-regulation: Music program relates to an advantage for children at risk. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2022.01.002
  • Brown, E.D., Holochwost, S.J., Laurenceau, J.P., Garnett, M.L., Anderson, K.E. (2021). Deconstructing cumulative risk: Poverty and aspects of instability relate uniquely to young children’s basal cortisol. Child Development, 92, 1067-1082. https://doi.org/10.1111/CDEV.13512

Links