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Niobe Way is affiliated with New York University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of social sciences and psychology. Their research spans multiple subfields, including education, sociology and political science, clinical psychology, social psychology, and gender studies.

The primary topics that characterize their work include:

  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • Gender Roles and Identity Studies
  • Critical Race Theory in Education
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics

Niobe Way has authored numerous papers published in several reputable journals. Recent publications include:

  • "Child development in an ideological context: Through the lens of resistance and accommodation" (2021), Child Development Perspectives
  • "Inter-Relations Between Ethnic-Racial Discrimination and Ethnic-Racial Identity Among Early Adolescents" (2020), Child Development
  • "White Families' Communications About and Around Race: Conversations Between white Adolescents and Their Mothers" (2022), Journal of Research on Adolescence
  • "Lessons of Resistance from Black Mothers to their Black Sons" (2022), Journal of Research on Adolescence
  • "Autonomy- and connectedness-oriented behaviors of toddlers and mothers at different historical times in urban China." (2021), Developmental Psychology

Their frequent coauthors point to collaborative relationships with several scholars, including Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Diane Hughes, Xinyin Chen, Guangzhen Zhang, and Rui Yang.

Niobe Way's work has been published repeatedly in key venues such as:

  • Journal of Research on Adolescence
  • Child Development
  • Journal of Family Studies
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

In addition to journal articles, Niobe Way has published books with New York University Press eBooks, including Everyday Courage and The Crisis of Connection, both released in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Trajectories of perceived adult and peer discrimination among Black, Latino, and Asian American adolescents: Patterns and psychological correlates.

    Melissa L. Greene;Niobe Way;Kerstin Pahl

  • Experiences of discrimination among African American, Asian American, and Latino adolescents in an urban high school

    Susan Rakosi Rosenbloom;Niobe Way

  • Students’ Perceptions of School Climate During the Middle School Years: Associations with Trajectories of Psychological and Behavioral Adjustment

    Niobe Way;Ranjini Reddy;Jean Rhodes

  • Mixing Qualitative and Quantitative Research in Developmental Science: Uses and Methodological Choices

    Hirokazu Yoshikawa;Thomas S. Weisner;Ariel Kalil;Niobe Way

  • Parents' Goals for Children: The Dynamic Coexistence of Individualism and Collectivism in Cultures and Individuals.

    Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda;Niobe Way;Diane Hughes;Hirokazu Yoshikawa

  • Sleepless in Chicago: Tracking the effects of adolescent sleep loss during the middle school years

    Katia Fredriksen;Jean Rhodes;Ranjini Reddy;Niobe Way

  • The Influence of Student Perceptions of School Climate on Socioemotional and Academic Adjustment: A Comparison of Chinese and American Adolescents

    Yueming Jia;Niobe Way;Guangming Ling;Hirokazu Yoshikawa

  • Longitudinal trajectories of ethnic identity among urban Black and Latino adolescents.

    Kerstin Pahl;Niobe Way

  • Everyday Courage: The Lives and Stories of Urban Teenagers

    Niobe Way

  • A Preliminary Analysis of Associations among Ethnic-Racial Socialization, Ethnic Discrimination, and Ethnic Identity among Urban Sixth Graders.

    Deborah Rivas-Drake;Diane Hughes;Niobe Way

  • Urban Girls: Resisting Stereotypes, Creating Identities.

    Bonnie J. Ross Leadbeater;Niobe Way

  • A Closer Look at Peer Discrimination, Ethnic Identity, and Psychological Well-being Among Urban Chinese American Sixth Graders

    Deborah Rivas-Drake;Diane Hughes;Niobe Way

  • Close and General Friendships among African American, Latino, and Asian American Adolescents from Low-Income Families:

    Niobe Way;Lisa Chen

  • The Other Side of the Model Minority Story: The Familial and Peer Challenges Faced by Chinese American Adolescents.

    Desirée Boalian Qin;Niobe Way;Preetika Mukherjee

  • Trajectories of Perceived Friendship Quality During Adolescence: The Patterns and Contextual Predictors

    Niobe Way;Melissa L. Greene

  • A longitudinal study of the effects of family, friends, and school experiences on the psychological adjustment of ethnic minority, low-SES adolescents

    Niobe Way;Melissa G. Robinson

  • The role of mothers' and adolescents' perceptions of ethnic-racial socialization in shaping ethnic-racial identity among early adolescent boys and girls.

    Diane Hughes;Carolin Hagelskamp;Niobe Way;Monica D. Foust

  • The intersection of gender, race, and ethnicity in identity development of Caribbean American teens.

    Mary C. Waters;Bonnie Leadbeater;Niobe Way

  • “Can't You See The Courage, The Strength That I Have?”: Listening to Urban Adolescent Girls Speak about Their Relationships

    Niobe Way

  • Social and Emotional Parenting: Mothering in a Changing Chinese Society

    Niobe Way;Sumie Okazaki;Jing Zhao;Joanna J. Kim

  • Self-Esteem Trajectories among Ethnic Minority Adolescents: A Growth Curve Analysis of the Patterns and Predictors of Change.

    Melissa L. Greene;Melissa L. Greene;Niobe Way

Frequent Co-Authors

Diane Hughes
Diane Hughes New York University
Hirokazu Yoshikawa
Hirokazu Yoshikawa New York University
Xinyin Chen
Xinyin Chen University of Pennsylvania
Bonnie J. Leadbeater
Bonnie J. Leadbeater University of Victoria
Deborah Rivas-Drake
Deborah Rivas-Drake University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jean E. Rhodes
Jean E. Rhodes University of Massachusetts Boston
Ariel Kalil
Ariel Kalil University of Chicago
Sumie Okazaki
Sumie Okazaki New York University
Thomas S. Weisner
Thomas S. Weisner University of California, Los Angeles
Andrew J. Fuligni
Andrew J. Fuligni University of California, Los Angeles

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