Cynthia Burnson
Senior Researcher
Contact cburnson@evidentchange.org
Cynthia Burnson, PhD, has served as a senior researcher since 2018. Prior to this, Cynthia was with the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she studied postpartum depression treatment in Wisconsin home visiting programs, infant and family mental health, and the assessment of parent-child relationships. She received her PhD in human development and family studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she studied resilience processes in young children of incarcerated parents and quantitative methods. Before receiving her PhD, she taught preschool for 10 years.
Cynthia has worked on a wide range of research and outreach projects, including studying self-regulation in children born preterm, a compassionate and mindful parenting intervention, the efficacy of Sesame Street toolkit materials in promoting positive jail visitation between young children and their parent, marital quality in families with a child with autism, postpartum depression treatment programs, young children experiencing homelessness, and reading programs geared toward low-income preschoolers. Throughout all her work, Cynthia has carried her passion to promote the well-being of children within systems that impact their development: family, school, community, and policy.
Pronouns: she, her
Recent publications by Cynthia Burnson: