CV - Society for Research in Child Development

Miriam K. Rosenthal
Curriculum Vitae
March, 2004
Personal
Birth date: September 24, 1936
Birth place:
Family:
Citizenship:
Tel Aviv, Israel
Two sons and five grandchildren
Isreali/ British
Army service: 12/1954 - 12/1956
Higher Education
1957-1961 B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy, The Hebrew University, Israel.
1961-1965 Ph.D in Psychology, Stanford University, California, USA.
Academic appointments
1965-1968 London University, London, England:. Lecturer in Psychology,
1968-1969 Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel:,Visiting professor, Psychology
1969-1971 York University, Toronto, Canada: Visiting Professor in Psychology
1971-1973 Haddassah Hospital, Hebrew Univ.: Senior researcher, Child Psychiatry
1974-1975 Hebrew University, Jerusalem, School of Social Work,: Senior Researcher
1975- Hebrew Univ. Graduate Program of Early Childhood Studies: Director
1975-1991 Hebrew University, Jerusalem, School of Social Work: Senior Lecturer
1991-1994 Hebrew University Jerusalem, School of Social Work: Associate professor
1994- Hebrew University Jerusalem, School of Social Work: Full professor
Association with other universities and institutions
1981-1982 Stanford University, California, USA: Visiting Scholar

1987 University of British Columbia, Canada: Visiting Scholar
1988 Yale University, New Haven, USA: Visiting Scholar
1996 Stanford University, California, USA: Visiting Scholar
1996 The Rockefeller Foundation Study & Conference Center, Bellagio, Italy:
A residence Fellowship
1999 The Children Issues Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand:
A William Evans Visiting Fellowship
Other major academic roles at the Hebrew University:
1975-Present
1. Developing and directing an interdisciplinary graduate program of Early Childhood Studies under the joint
auspices of the School of Social Work & School of Education. The role included the development of a research
oriented academic program with a supervised field work practicum, developing the academic faculty and teaching
resources, student recruitment and screening, while keeping in close contact with the field of Early Childhood in
Israel. The role included also the continuous monitoring and modification of the academic program, and the
establishment and supervision of a Resource Center which develops training materials for Early Childhood as
well as offers workshops and consultation to professionals outside the University.
2. A member and chairperson of various academic committees at the Hebrew university
3. Supervision of graduate students' research as well as participating in committees and evaluating research work of
other graduate students within various departments as well as outside the Hebrew University.
Fellowships and grants
1957-1961 Prizes and scholarships as a student at the Hebrew University.
1961-1965 A fellowship at Stanford University
1970-1971 A Social Science Research Council of Canada grant to study infant environment interaction.
1974-1978 An NIMH research grant to study mother-newborn interaction.
1982 A research grant from Joint-Israel for a follow-up study of graduates of the Early Childhood

Studies program at the Hebrew University.
1983-1990 A Joint-Israel research grant to study Family Day Care in Israel.
1996 A Residency Fellowship for research and writing at the Rockefeller Foundation Study &
Conference Center in Bellagio, Italy.
1997 A Warburg Foundation grant (with D. Roer-Strier) to study cultural effects on parenting.
1997 - Present A Ziff Foundation grant for the development of training and resources in Early Childhood,
including the Learning to Live Together project.
1998-Present A Harris Foundation grant for the development of a video-aided training/supervision model in
different Early Childhood settings: An evaluation of effects on caregiver's attitudes and behavior.
1998 Hebrew University internal grant to study the effects of eco-cultural contexts on parents' goals for
their children.
1999 A William Evans Visiting Fellowship at the Children Issues Centre, University of Otago,
Dunedin, New Zealand
200l-Present
A Haas Foundation grant for the implementation of the video-aided supervision model, to Impact
an organizational change in Day Care Centers in Israel. An evaluation of the effects of the model
on caregivers, center directors, regional supervisors and on a national policy setting committee.
Journal reviewing for:
Child Development (SRCD)
Developmental Psychology (AP A)
International Journal of Behavior Development (ISSBD)
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Grant reviewing for:
The Spencer Foundation
The Binational Science Foundation (BSF US-Israel)
The Basic Research Foundation of Israel National Academy of Science.

Current Research
• "Quality of Care and socio-emotional behavior and peer interaction in Day Care" A revision of a paper
based on a study of the effects of caregivers' interventions during socio-emotional behaviors on these
behaviors in Family Day Care settings (with Hana Zur).
• "Parents' valued developmental goals and valued educational practices in different cultural groups in
Israel".
(a) Current revision of a paper based on a study with five groups of low educated mothers from cultural
communities different in their attitudes towards cultural change.
(b) Completion of data analysis and preparation of a paper based on a study with high educated parents in
two cultural communities differing in their attitudes to religion.
• "An evaluation of a video-aided training/supervision model in child care settings".
(a) Preparation of a paper based on interviews and observation of caregivers in a "before-after"
and
"experimental- control group" design, (with Lihi Gatt).
(b) Data collection phase of a qualitative study of behavioral and organizational change resulting
from the implementation of the video-aided training/supervision model in day care settings (with Lihi
Gatt).
• Literature review and writing of a textbook on Social and Emotional development in the First Years of
Life (with Hana Zur, Lihi Gatt and Cory Shulman)
• Data collection on social policy concerning "access to" and "quality of' day care settings in Israel (with
Noa Gal)
• Preparation of a proposal to study Quality of Care in a representative sample of Day Care Centers in Israel
(with Noa Gal)
• Preparation of a proposal to study the effects of the Learning to Live Together intervention program in day
care on caregivers' and children's behavior in these settings.
Professional activities outside the university
1971-1973 Therapist: Child Psychiatry Haddassah Hospital, Jerusalem.
1973-1975 Research consultant: The Kibbutz movement family therapy clinic.

1973-1975 Consultant: The Wizo infant institutions in Israel.
1973-1975 Action research leading to the closing down of all large infant residential institution and the
establishment of a new social service for young children in distressed families ("A Home for
Every Child"), in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Welfare.
1979-1981 Therapist: Child and family therapy clinic, Jerusalem.
1981-1982 Therapist: The Brief Therapy Center at the Palo Alto Mental Research Institute (MRI), California,
USA.
1983-1985 Consultation to writers and producers in Israel's Educational Television on developing" Sesame
Street".
1984 Representing Israel on a UNICEF mission to Ethiopia
1985- Today Supervisor in the Developmental Psychology section of the Israeli Association of
Psychologists (lAP).
1989 Consultation to the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare on developing personnel for day care
centers.
1989 Consultation to the Kibbutz Movement on manpower standards for work with infants and
toddlers.
1989-1991 Consultation to the Jerusalem municipality on developing an Early within the Department of
Family and Community.
1993-1995 Childhood section Consultation to The Center for Educational Technology (First Steps).
1993-1995 Academic planning and lectures to an Early Childhood seminar for Early Childhood Coordinators
in American Jewish Community Centers.
1994- Today Activity with Knesset (Israel parliament) members and a parent organization on policy for Early
Child Care and Education.
Member in various public committees concerning mostly educational and social policy issues related to the
development of young children, such as:
• Executive committee of "A home for every child" service.
• The Education Committee of Israel's President's House.

• A Joint-Israel committee on children and youth at risk.
• Steering committee: Social policy for Family Day Care in Israel
• Advisory committee on Standards for Day Care Centers in Israel-: The
• Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (Chairperson)
Selected English publications
1. Rosenthal, M. K. (1967). The generalization of dependency behavior from mother to stranger. Journal
of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 8, 117-133.
2. Rosenthal, M. K. (1967). Effects of a novel situation and anxiety on two groups of behaviors. British
Journal of Psychology, 58, 357-364.
3. Rosenthal, M. K. (1973). Attachment and mother-infant interaction: Some research impasses and a
suggested change in orientation. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 14,201-207.
4. Rosenthal M. K. (1973). The study of infant-environment interaction: Some comments on trends and
methodologies. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 14,301-317.
5. Rosenthal, M. K. (1980). Developing Leadership for integrated Early childhood programs in Israel. Young
Children, 21-26.
6. Rosenthal, M. K. (1982). Vocal dialogs in the neonatal period. Developmental Psychology, 18, 17-
21.
7. Rosenthal, M. K. (1983). State variations in the newborn and mother-infant interaction during breastfeeding:
Some sex differences. Developmental Psychology, 19, 740-745.
8. Rosenthal, M. K. (1983). Mother-infant reciprocity during the neonatal period. The Southern
Psychologist, 1,91-96.
9. Rosenthal, M. K. (1985). Mothers and newborns: Dyadic interactions in different SES groups in Israel.
Early Human Development, 12,61-70.
10. Rosenthal, M. K., & Bergman, Z. (1986). The decision making process in therapy: A flow chart of the
MRI Brief Therapy. Journal of Strategic and Systemic Therapies, 5, 100-119.
11. Rosenthal, M. K., & Zilkha, E. (1987). Mothers and caregivers as partners in socializing the young child.

In L. Shamgar-Handleman, & R. Palomba (Eds), Alternative patterns of family life in modem
societies,(ppI19-131).Rome:IRP.
12. Goelman H., Rosenthal M. K., & Pence A. R. (1990). Family day care in two countries: Parents,
caregivers and children in Canada and Israel. Child and Youth Care Quarterly, 14(4), 251-270.
13. Rosenthal, M. K. (1990). Social policy and its effects on the daily experiences of infants and toddlers in
Family Day Care in Israel. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 11(1),85-103.
14. Rosenthal, M. K. (1991). The relation of peer interaction among infants and toddlers in FDC to
characteristics of the child-care environment. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 9, 151-167.
15. Rosenthal M. K. (1991). Daily experiences of toddlers in three child care settings in Israel. Child and
Youth Care Forum, 20(1), 39-60.
16. Rosenthal, M. K. (1991). Behaviors and beliefs of caregivers in Family Daycare: The effects of
background and work environment. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 6, 263-283.
17. Rosenthal, M. K. (1992). Nonparental child care in Israel: A cultural and historical perspective. In M.
Lamb, K. Sternberg, C. Hwang, & A. Broberg (Eds), Child care in Context: Cross-cultural Perspectives,
(pp. 305-330). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
18. Rosenthal, M. K., & Levy-Shiff, R. (1993). Threat of missile attacks in the Gulf War: Mothers'
perceptions of young children's reactions. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 63, 241-254.
19. Levy-Shiff, R., Hoffman, M. A., & Rosenthal, M. K. (1993). Innocent bystanders: Young children in
war. Infant Mental Health Journal, 14(2), 116-130.
20. Rosenthal, M. K. (1994). Social and non-social play of infants and toddlers in family day care. In H.
Goelman & E. Jacobs (Eds), Children's play in child care settin_, (pp. 163-192). Albany, NY: SUNY
Press.
21. Rosenthal, M. K., & Shimoni, R. (1994). Issues and evaluation of an Israeli Early Childhood leadership
training program. In S. Reifel (Ed), Advances in Early Education and Day Care, (pp. 155-187).
Greenwich, CT: JAI Press Inc.
22. Rosenthal, M. K. (1994). An ecological approach to the study of child care: Family day care in Israel.
Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc. 163 pg.
23. Rosenthal, M. K. (1999). Out-of-home child-care research: A cultural perspective. International Journal

of Behavior Development, 23, 477-519.
24. Rosenthal, M. K. (2000). Home to Early Childhood service: An ecological perspective. Childrens Issues,
4 (1), 7-15.
25. Rosenthal, M. K., & Roer-Strier, D. (2001). Cultural differences in mothers' developmental goals and
ethnotheories. International Journal of Psychology, 36 (1), 20-31.
26. Roer-Strier, D., & Rosenthal, M. K. (2001). Socialization in changing cultural contexts: Immigrant parents
and their image of an "adaptive adult" : Consistency and change. Social Work, 46 (3), 215-228
27. Rosenthal, M. K. (2001). Child care and early education in Israel. In K. Petrogiannis, & E. C. Melhuish
(Eds), International perspectives on early years education and care. Athens, Greece: Kastaniotis. (Greek)
28. Rosenthal, M. K. (2001) Quality in early childhood education. In Sollars, V. Curricula, Policies and
Practices in Early Childhood Education. Malta:P.E.G. Ltd., San Gwann
29. Rosenthal, M. K. (2003) Family day care in Israel: Policy, Quality and daily experiences of children. In A.
Mooney, J. Statham & D.C. Farm (Eds.), International perspectives on policy, practice and quality (pp. 93
- 110). London : Jesssica Kingsley Publishers
30. Rosenthal, M. K. (2003). Quality in early childhood education and care: A cultural context. European
Early Childhood Education Research Journal (EECERJ),11(2), 101-116
Selected Conference presentations (since 1981)
1. Rosenthal, M. K. (1981). Sex differences in mother-infant interaction. Presented at the International
Society for the Study of Behavior Development (ISSBD), Toronto, Canada.
2. Rosenthal, M. K. (1982). Differentiated communicative acts in mother-neonate dyads. Presented at the
International Conference on Infant Studies (ICIS), Austin, Texas.
3. Rosenthal, M. K. (1984). Social interaction among toddlers and caregivers in familv davcare in Israel.
Presented at the International Conference of Infants Studies (ICIS), New York, NY.
4. Rosenthal, M. K. (1984). The social behavior of infants and toddlers as related to caregivers behavior.
Presented at the International Symposium on Intervention and Stimulation in Infant Development (ISID),
Jerusalem, Israel.
5. Rosenthal, M. K. (1985). Dailv experiences of toddlers in DC centers, family DC and Kibbutz. Presented

at the meetings of the International Society for the Study of Behavior Development (ISSBD), Tours,
France.
6. Rosenthal, M. K. (1986). Social policv and daily experiences of toddlers in Familv Davcare, Kibbutz &
Daycare Centers in Israel. Presented at the International Conference of Infant Studies (ICIS), Los Angeles,
California.
7. Rosenthal, M. K. (1986). The effects of the immediate environment on the dailv experience of toddlers.
Presented at the 21st International Congress of Applied Psychology, Jerusalem, Israel.
8. Rosenthal, M. K. (1986). Peer interaction in early childhood. Presented at the 2nd European
Conference on Development Psychology.
9. Rosenthal, M. K. (1988). Infants and toddlers in familv dav care: Implications of research for public
policy. Invited presentation for the National Academy of Science Seminar on Research and Public Policy
in Child Development, Bethesda, Maryland.
10. Rosenthal, M. K. (1989). Determinants of the daily experiences of toddlers and their caregivers in three
different child care settings. Biennial Meeting of International Society for the Study of Behavior
Development (ISSBD), Jyvaskyla, Finland.
11. Rosenthal, M. K. (1990). Social and non-social play in family day care. Presented at the 4th European
Conference of Developmental Psychology, Stirling, Scotland.
12. Rosenthal, M. K. (1990). Social policy concerning child care in Israel: A case study of family day care.
Presented at the International Symposium on Child Care in the Early Years, Lausanne, Switzerland.
13. Rosenthal, M. K. (1990). Behaviors and beliefs of caregivers in family day care: The effects of background
and work environment. presented at the 7th International Conference on Infant Studies (ICIS), Toronto,
Canada.
14. Rosenthal, M. K. (1991). The terror of poison gas: Israeli infants and their families in the sealed room.
Presented at the meetings of the Society of Research and Child Development, Seattle, Washington.
15. Rosenthal, M. K. (1992). Growing up in two socializing worlds: The child rearing beliefs of mothers and
caregivers in child care. Presented at the meetings of the International Conference of Infant Studies (ICIS),
Miami, Florida.
16. Rosenthal, M. K. (1992). Child rearing beliefs of mothers and child care teachers. An invited presentation

for a symposium on "A more ecologically valid model of day care influences on child development,
presented at the 5th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Seville, Spain.
17. Rosenthal, M. K., & Zur, H. (1993). The relationship between caregivers' interventions during peer
interaction and toddlers' expression of concern for others. Paper presented at the Society for Research in
Child Development, New Orleans, Louisiana.
18. Rosenthal, M. K. (1995). Is the "concern for others" an educational obiective in Earlv Childhood?
Presented at the 5th European Conference on the Quality of Early Childhood Education, Paris, France.
19. Roer-Strier, D., & Rosenthal, M. K. (1996). Cultural context and the image of the "adaptive adult":
Consistency and change. Presented at the meetings of the International Society of the Study of Behavior
Development (ISSBD), Quebec City, Canada.
20. Rosenthal, M. K. (1996). Quality of care and peer interaction. Presented at the meetings of the
International Society of Behavior Development (ISSBD), Quebec City, Canada.
21. Rosenthal, M. K., & Roer-Strier, D. (1997). Coping with cultural transition: Minority parents and children
in Israel. An invited presentation for the meetings of the Society of Research in Child Development
(SRCD), Washington D.C.
22. Roer-Strier, D., & Rosenthal, M. K. (1997). Culture and socializing roles as context for child rearing
beliefs. Presented at the meetings of the Society of Research in Child Development (SRCD), Washington
D.C.
23. Rosenthal, M. K., & Geller, A. (1998). Quality of care: An infant's point of view. Presented at the
meetings of the International Conference of Infant Studies (ICIS).
24. Rosenthal, M. K. (1999). Socio-cultural context and parents' developmental goals and practices. Presented
at the meetings of the Society of Research in Child Development (SRCD) in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
25. Rosenthal. M. K. (1999). An ecological perspective on the first transition from home to early childhood
service. A keynote address to the national seminar. Children's Issues Center, University of Otago. Institute
for Early Childhood Studies, Victoria University, Wellington.
26. Rosenthal M. K. (2000) Parents Developmental goals in different cultural contexts. Presented at the
meetings of the International Society of Behavior Development (ISSBD), Beijing, China.
27. Rosenthal, M. K. (2000) Quality in early childhood education. A keynote address to The Early Childhood

Conference, Malta.
28. Rosenthal, M. K. (2003) Cultural scripts and valued goals and practices in early education programs.
Presented at the meetings of EECERA, Glasgo, Scotland.