Shannon Egan-Dailey, PhD

Postdoctoral researcher @DukeSanford investigating early language development | @Duke & @Penn alumna | #firstgen she/her

[Shannon Egan-Dailey, PhD @shannonmdailey]

Does a monthly, unconditional cash transfer given to mothers residing in poverty for 1 year have a causal impact on child-directed speech? The first paper from my postdoctoral work with @Gen_Pov asks this question, out now in Child Development! https://t.co/h7tcMEc9aM

[Federica Bulgarelli @Fede_Bulgarelli]

New paper out in Developmental Science with @bergelsonlab! We asked whether the acoustic properties of language input for individual words also predict age of production. TLDR: Yes – variability in how words sound predicts when kids first say them. https://t.co/KxDcjV21uu (1/n)

[Shannon Egan-Dailey, PhD @shannonmdailey]

We find wide variability in child-directed speech within this sample and no evidence of a statistically significant impact of the cash gift. Ongoing work on Baby's First Years is investigating the impact of the continued cash gift on child development over time.

[Shannon Egan-Dailey, PhD @shannonmdailey]

Does a monthly, unconditional cash transfer given to mothers residing in poverty for 1 year have a causal impact on child-directed speech? The first paper from my postdoctoral work with @Gen_Pov asks this question, out now in Child Development! https://t.co/h7tcMEc9aM

[Shannon Egan-Dailey, PhD @shannonmdailey]

Leveraging the Baby’s First Years randomized controlled trial, we assess the causal impact of monthly, unconditional cash transfers on child-directed speech (using LENA during 10-min play sessions) in a large sample of US mothers with low income and their 1-year-olds (N=563).

[Jessa Stegall @jessastegall.bsky.social @JessaStegall]

I'm SO excited for this - @DukePsychNeuro's Anti-Racism Community won money to host a ✨FREE✨ and in-person Diversity Days event this October!

If you or anyone you know might be interested, apply now!! Application link below ⤵️

#AcademicChatter #PhDAdvice

[Lisa A. Gennetian @Gen_Pov]

Taking time this summer to learn & reflect w/ @DukeSanford @dukechildpol scholars on #poverty in the U.S. & children (ChildPovertyResearch Summer team🙂); today launched Ch 1 "welfare is dead" in $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America by @profshaefer & @KathrynEdin ⬇️

[@bergelsonlab @bergelsonlab]

We’d like to break our recent Twitter hiatus to shout from the rooftops how proud we are of ~Dr.~ @ee_campbell who kicked butt and took names at her dissertation defense today! “The influence of early sensory & linguistic experience on lexical development” 🚀 @DukePsychNeuro

[Duke Psychology & Neuroscience @DukePsychNeuro]

Have you ever wondered why people gossip? Tune in and listen to @DukeU Postdoctoral Associate Meltem Yucel (@DrMeltemYucel) –– a morality expert –– spill the tea on "Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness" (@CuriouswithJVN). https://t.co/mgkX2F6bFn

[Eric Neumann @EricNeumannPsy]

608 PhD students were studied during their first year of grad school.

Those from lower SES backgrounds felt less integrated as they struggled to make academic friends, lost non-academic connections, felt misunderstood inside and outside of academia.

https://t.co/dIvx03lFn6

[Shannon Egan-Dailey, PhD @shannonmdailey]

@BaskarMeghna No, unfortunately, there wasn't a Zoom option for this talk, but I'm happy to share my slides and/or the paper when it comes out! 🙂

[Shannon Egan-Dailey, PhD @shannonmdailey]

Does a poverty reduction RCT impact mothers’ child-directed speech? Come hear about my postdoctoral work investigating this question at a symposium about Baby’s First Years tomorrow 3/24 at 8:30am! #SRCD23

[Shannon Egan-Dailey, PhD @shannonmdailey]

@marybrushe No, this work isn't published yet, but I'm happy to share my slides and/or the paper when it comes out! 🙂

[Shannon Egan-Dailey, PhD @shannonmdailey]

You’ll also hear about the impacts on breastfeeding (@laurarstil), children’s health and sleep (@Jess_Sperber), and language and socioemotional development (@EmmaRoseHart ). We’re looking forward to discussing our work, so please stop by!

[Emma Hart @EmmaRoseHart]

New paper out testing the tried-and-true theory that stress drives SES differences in parent behaviors. We found null associations btwn maternal perceived stress & the home lang environment.

w/ fab co-authors @STRscience @Jess_Sperber @KimberlyGNoble

https://t.co/UU0xDPo2oN

[Shannon Egan-Dailey, PhD @shannonmdailey]

@BrendaCStraka @UofIllinois @OVCDEI_Illinois @PsychIllinois So excited for you! @UofIllinois is lucky to have such an awesome scholar! 👏

[Federica Bulgarelli @Fede_Bulgarelli]

The Buffalo Early Learning Lab is recruiting a lab manager to start Summer 2023. Please reach out with any questions and share with your students! https://t.co/SPeVbGDe5E

[Shannon Egan-Dailey, PhD @shannonmdailey]

Babies hear more talk from caregivers once they begin talking themselves -- read about my recent research on @ChildFamilyBlog! https://t.co/2a1qptj1il

[Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @DukeBrain]

Girls have bigger vocabularies than boys starting ~18 mo.'s, but their larger lexicons aren’t bc mom + dad talk more to their daughters. Parents just talk more to tots who talk back, reports @shannonmdailey + @bergelsonlab in @SRCDtweets/#ChildDevelopment. https://t.co/KZGR62nrro

[Shannon Egan-Dailey, PhD @shannonmdailey]

Also see DukeToday’s write-up of the paper! https://t.co/0OK5HwKqjN

[Shannon Egan-Dailey, PhD @shannonmdailey]

Do gender differences in infants’ language input explain girls’ early language advantage? I investigated this question in my new paper with @bergelsonlab, out now in Child Development! https://t.co/dOwm7NUHBC

[Shannon Egan-Dailey, PhD @shannonmdailey]

Instead, we found that infants’ language input changed once they themselves began talking. That is, caregivers talk more to talkers, regardless of child gender.