cynthia osborne

CYNTHIA OSBORNE University of Texas at Austin

LBJ School of Public Affairs

2315 Red River St., PO Box Y, Austin, TX 78713

(512) 471-9808

[email protected]

www.childandfamilyresearh.org

EDUCATION

2003 Ph.D. Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School. Demography and Public Affairs

1999 M.P.P. Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government. Public Policy

1995 M.A. Claremont Graduate University. Education

1991 B.A. Claremont McKenna College. Economics and Psychology

CURRENT POSITIONS

2010 – Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin, LBJ School of Public Affairs

2015 – Director, Center for Health and Social Policy, LBJ School of Public Affairs

2011 – Director, Child and Family Research Partnership, LBJ School of Public Affairs

2014 – Policy Council Member, Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management

2014 – Director, Society for Research in Child Development’s Child Policy Consortium,

University of Texas at Austin

2013 – Chair, Responsible Fatherhood Workgroup, Fatherhood Research and Practice Network

2006 – Research Affiliate, Center for Women and Gender Studies

2005 – Research Affiliate, Population Research Center

PRIOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2010 – 2012 Director, Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality, LBJ School of Public Affairs

2005 – 2010 Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin, LBJ School of Public Affairs

2003 – 2005 Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Princeton University

2002 – 2003 Adjunct Professor, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ

1994 – 1997 Teacher and Administrator, Foothill Middle School, Azusa, CA

1991 – 1994 Economic Analyst, Analysis Group, Inc., Los Angeles, CA

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EVALUATION AND CONSULTING EXPERIENCE (*ongoing)

Initiatives to Strengthen Families

2016 – 2017* Principal Investigator, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Prevention

and Early Intervention, Military Families and Veterans Pilot Prevention Program.

Examining how communities best support military families to increase protective factors

and reduce child abuse and neglect.


and Early Intervention. Develop a set of indicators to measure systems-level change in

collective impact initiatives.

2015 – 2016* Consultant/Evaluator, Raise Texas. Evaluation of school-based college savings program

for kindergartners and fourth graders.

2014 – 2016* Principal Investigator, Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division.

Determine the cost of raising a child in Texas to inform Texas Child Support Guidelines.

2014 – 2015* Evaluator, United Way of Greater Austin and Raise Texas. Evaluation of an employer-

based savings program, sponsored by the Corporation for Enterprise Development.

2012 – 2013 Consultant, Ending Community Homelessness Coalition. Provided statistical and sampling

guidance on the count of the homeless population in Austin, TX.

2011 – 2013 Evaluator, Texas Office of the Attorney General. Evaluation of the Child Support for

College pilot program to promote college savings among custodial parents.

2009 – 2010 Consultant, American Civil Liberties Union. Expert witness on case seeking to prevent

Arkansas from barring same-sex couple adoption.

2006 – 2013 Consultant/Evaluator, Texas Health and Human Services Commission. Evaluation of the

Raising Texas Comprehensive Children’s Initiative.

2005 – 2010 Research Advisory Group Member, Texas Health and Human Services Commission,

Twogether Texas Healthy Marriage Initiative.

Early Childhood Investments

2016 – 2018* Evaluator, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Prevention and Early

Intervention. Evaluation of the benefits of Home Visiting services based on duration of

program participation.

2016* Evaluator, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Child Care Licensing.

Determine the association between child care ratios and serious injuries.

2014 – 2015 Consultant, Pew Home Visiting Data for Performance Initiative.


Intervention. Evaluation of factors influencing program retention in home visiting

programs.

2013 Consultant, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Raising Texas Initiative.

Provided information on environmental health hazards in child care centers.

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Intervention. Process and outcomes evaluation of the statewide Texas Home Visiting

Program that aims to implement evidence-based home visiting programs and build early

childhood comprehensive systems in 20 Texas communities.

2011 – 2012 Consultant, Ray Marshall Center. Assessment of child care quality and quantity in Texas.

2008 – 2010 Consultant/Evaluator, The Texas Association for Infant Mental Health. Evaluation of

initiative to change child care licensing to improve services for infants and toddlers.

2006 – 2013 Consultant/Evaluator, The Texas Association for Infant Mental Health. Evaluation of

initiative to change child care licensing to improve services for infants and toddlers.

Father Involvement and Child Support

2015 – 2020* Principal Investigator, AVANCE RCT. Evaluation of the Fathers in Action/Padres Activo

Program.


and Early Intervention. Evaluation of the EFFECT fatherhood program aimed at increasing

father engagement and reducing child abuse and neglect.

2014 – 2019* Consultant, MDRC. Subject matter expert on the federally-funded Building Bridges and

Bonds fatherhood program evaluation.

2012 – 2014 Evaluator, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Home Visiting Program.

Evaluation of father participation in home visiting programs in Texas.

2012 – 2013 Evaluator, Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division. Evaluation of

The Help Establishing Responsive Orders and Ensuring Support for Children in Military

Families Pilot Program.

2011 – 2015* Consultant and Principal Investigator, Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support

Division. Research and recommendations to Texas on paternity establishment, child

support establishment and compliance, and father involvement.

2011 – 2016* Principal Investigator, Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division.

Provide ongoing consultation, research, and evaluation for the Texas Child Support

Division.

2011 – 2013 Principal Investigator, Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division.

Conduct statewide review of Texas Child Support Guidelines.

2011 Evaluator, Life Works Austin. Evaluation of agency involvement of fathers in programs.

Child Welfare

2015 – 2017* Principal Investigator, Texas Court Appointed Special Advocates. Evaluation of the

Collaborative Family Engagement Pilot Project to increase child permanency in child

welfare.

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2015 – 2017* Evaluator, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Child Protective Services.

Evaluation of the new field-based training program on caseworker retention, satisfaction,

productivity, and family outcomes.

2015 – 2017* Evaluator, Texas Council on Family Violence. Evaluate statewide program to reduce

family violence in the child welfare system.

2014 – 2017* Evaluator, Texas Court Appointed Special Advocates. Design and evaluate the Child

Outcomes and Volunteer Effectiveness study to determine the impact of having a court-

appointed special advocate volunteer on case outcomes for children in the Texas child

welfare system.

2013 – 2016* Evaluator, Travis County Model Family Court. Determine the cost effectiveness and

impact on case outcomes of the use of mediation in Child Protective Services cases.

Adolescent Health and Well-being

2015 – 2020* Evaluator, Engender Health. Conduct local evaluation in concert with Child Trends on the

Re:MIX teen pregnancy prevention program.

2015 – 2018* Evaluator, Healthy Futures Texas. Evaluation of a teen pregnancy prevention program at

Alamo Community College in San Antonio, TX.

2015 – 2016 Consultant, Texas Network of Youth Services. Develop an instrument to measure the

prevalence of unaccompanied homeless youth in Texas and data set.

2013 – 2015 Evaluator/Consultant, Texas Network of Youth Services. Evaluation of the Hogg

Foundation’s Transition-Age Youth Initiative in Houston, TX.

2012 – 2016* Evaluator, Personal Responsibility Education Program. Evaluation of the Making Proud

Choices! program in two Texas charter schools.

2010 – 2012 Evaluator, Texas Office of the Attorney General. Child support state evaluation of the

Parenting and Paternity Awareness collegiate program to provide information to

community college students on healthy life choices.

2009 – 2011 Evaluator, Texas Office of the Attorney General. Child support state evaluation of the No

Kidding: Straight Talk from Teen Parents program to reduce teen pregnancy.

2006 – 2011 Evaluator, Texas Office of the Attorney General. Child support state evaluation of the

Parenting and Paternity Awareness curriculum for Texas high school students.

Education and Educator Effectiveness

2014 – 2016* Evaluator, Texas Tech University. Evaluation of the federal I3 grant program for

competency-based teaching strategies.

2014 – 2015 Evaluator, The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Evaluation of the

implementation of the Freshman Seminar Courses and innovative strategies being used by

Educator Preparation Programs.

2013 Consultant, City of San Antonio and partners. Provided information on Realtor perspectives

regarding downtown San Antonio public schools.

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2010 – 2012 Principal Investigator. Texas Education Agency, Project on Educator Effectiveness and

Quality. Created statistical model to assess influence of Educator Preparation Program

graduates on student achievement in Texas.

2010 – 2011 Consultant, Texas High School Project (now Educate Texas). Evaluation of successful

turnaround schools.

2009 – 2010 Consultant, Texas High School Project (now Educate Texas). Analysis of strategic plan on

education policy.

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Peer Reviewed Journals

Forthcoming Fomby, Paula and Cynthia Osborne. Family Instability, Multipartner Fertility, and

Children’s Externalizing Behavior in Middle Childhood. Journal of Marriage and Family.

2016 Von Hippel, Paul, Laura Bellows, Cynthia Osborne, Jane Lincove, and Nicholas Mills.

Teacher Quality Differences Between Teacher Preparation Programs: How Big? How

Reliable? Which Programs Are Different? Economics of Education Review, 53, 31 – 45.

2015 Lincove, Jane, Cynthia Osborne, Nicholas Mills, and Laura Bellows. Teacher Preparation

for Profit or Prestige: Analysis of a Diverse Market for Teacher Preparation. Journal of

Teacher Education, 66, 1 – 20.

2015 Osborne, Cynthia and Nora Ankrum. Understanding Today’s Changing Families. Family

Court Review, 53, 221 – 232.

2014 Osborne, Cynthia and Daniel Dillon. Dads on the Dotted Line: A Look at the In-Hospital

Paternity Establishment Process. Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy

for Children at Risk, 5 (2), Article 10.

2014 Osborne, Cynthia, Kaeley Bobbitt, Jill Boelter, and Tracy Kwang. Early Lessons Learned

from Building Local Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems in Texas. Journal of Applied

Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk. 5 (1), Article 7.

2014 Lincove, Jane, Cynthia Osborne, Amanda Dillon, and Nicolas Mills. The Politics and

Statistics of Value-added Modeling for Accountability of Teacher Preparation Programs.

Journal of Teacher Education, 65, 24 – 38.

2012 Osborne, Cynthia, Lawrence Berger, and Katherine Magnuson. Family Structure

Transitions and Changes in Maternal Resources and Well-being. Demography, 49, 23 – 47.

2011 Cooper, Carey, Cynthia Osborne, Audrey Beck, and Sara McLanahan. Partnership

Instability, School Readiness, and Gender Disparities. Sociology of Education, 84, 246 – 259.

2010 Fomby, Paula and Cynthia Osborne. The Influence of Union Instability and Union Quality

on Children’s Aggressive Behavior. Social Science Review, 72, 181 – 204.

2009 Osborne, Cynthia and Lawrence Berger. Parental Substance Abuse and Child Well-Being:

A Consideration of Parents’ Gender and Coresidence. Journal of Family Issues, 30,

341 – 370.

2008 Berger, Lawrence, Marcia Carlson, Sharon Bostezck, and Cynthia Osborne. Parenting

Practices of Resident Fathers: The Role of Marital and Biological Ties. Journal of Marriage

and Family, 70, 625 – 639.

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2007 Osborne, Cynthia, Wendy Manning, and Pamela Smock. Married and Cohabiting Parents’

Relationship Stability: A Focus on Race and Ethnicity. Journal of Marriage and Family, 69,

1345 – 1366.

2007 Osborne, Cynthia, and Sara McLanahan. Partnership Instability and Child Well-being.

Journal of Marriage and Family, 69, 1065 – 1083.

2007 Osborne, Cynthia and Jean Knab. Work, Welfare, and Young Children’s Health and

Behavior in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. Children and Youth Services

Review, 29 (6), 762 – 781.

2007 Slack, K., K. Magnuson, L. Berger, J. Yoo, R. Coley, R. Dunifon, A. Dworsky, A. Kalil, J.

Knab, B. Lohman, and Cynthia Osborne. Family Economic Well-Being Following the

1996 Welfare Reform: Trend Data from 5 Non-Experimental Panel Studies. Children and

Youth Services Review, 29 (6), 698 – 720.

2005 Osborne, Cynthia. Marriage Following the Birth of a Child Among Cohabiting and

Visiting Parents. Journal of Marriage and Family, 67, 14 – 26.

Book Chapters

2015

Osborne, Cynthia. LBJ’s Legacy in Contemporary Social Welfare Policy: Have We Come

Full Circle? LBJ’s Neglected Legacy; Reshaping Domestic Policy and Government.

N. Glickman, L. Lynn, and R. Wilson (eds.), Austin, TX: University of Texas Press.

2009 Knab, Jean, Irv Garfinkel, Sara McLanahan, Emily Moiduddin, and Cynthia Osborne.

The Effects of Welfare and Child Support Policies on the Incidence of Marriage Following

a Nonmarital Birth (pp. 290 – 307). Welfare Reform and its Long-Term Consequences for

America's Poor, James P. Ziliak (ed.), Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Other Publications

2016 Osborne, Cynthia, Daniel Dillion, Jen Winter Craver, and Isabel Hovey. Making Good on

Fatherhood: A Review of the Fatherhood Research (Report R0070116). Available online at

http://www.frpn.org/asset/making-good-fatherhood-review-the-fatherhood-research.

2015 Osborne, Cynthia. Book review of Ain’t No Trust. Social Service Review. 89, 214 – 219.

2014 Osborne, Cynthia. Framing the Future of Responsible Fatherhood Evaluation Research for

the Fatherhood Research and Practice Network. Available online at

www.frpn.org/sites/default/files/responsible%20fatherhood%20report_FINAl_June14_0.pdf.

2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Further Comments On the Papers by Marks and Regnerus. Social

Science Research, 41:779 – 783 (Commentary).

MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS AND WORKING PAPERS

Manuscripts Under Review

2016 Osborne, Cynthia. Home Visiting Programs: Lessons Learned from Evidence-Based Policy

Making. Behavioral Science and Policy.

2016 Osborne, Cynthia and Nora Ankrum. Mom I’m Pregnant: A Teen Perspective on the

Pregnancy Reveal – Who, When, and How.

http://www.frpn.org/asset/making-good-fatherhood-review-the-fatherhood-research

http://www.frpn.org/sites/default/files/responsible%20fatherhood%20report_FINAl_June14_0.pdf

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Manuscripts in Progress and Working Papers

2015 Elizabeth Cozzolino and Cynthia Osborne. Scarcity, Spending Rules, and Mothers’

Reported Child Support Expenditures.

2015 Osborne, Cynthia, Kaeley Bobbitt, Ni Yan, and Arya Ansari. From Randomized Controlled

Trials to Community-Level Change: What Should Be Expected When Taking Home

Visiting Programs to Scale? Child and Family Research Partnership Working paper

W15007.

2015 Bobbitt, Kaeley and Cynthia Osborne. Reality Check: Can the Effects of Home Visiting

Programs found in RCTs be Replicated in the Real World? Child and Family Research

Partnership Working paper W15006.

2015 Osborne, Cynthia, Jen Winter Craver, Anna Lipton Galbraith, and Ruy Manrique-Betanzos.

Engaging Fathers: Expanding the Scope of Evidence-Based Home Visiting Programs.

2015 Osborne, Cynthia, Daniel Dillon, and Holly Sexton. Exploring the Role of Fathers' Birth

Presence in Mothers' Mental Health Outcomes.

2015 Osborne, Cynthia, Allison Dublin, Kaeley Bobbitt, and Ruy Manrique-Betanzos. Retaining

High-Risk Families in Evidence-Based Home Visiting Programs.

2015 Osborne, Cynthia and Daniel Dillon. Showing up is Half the Battle: Predicting

Mothers’ Pregnancy Complications Among Unmarried Parents. Child and Family Research

Partnership Working paper W14004.

2014 Osborne, Cynthia and Daniel Dillon. When Father Doesn’t Bother: Conditioning the Failure

to Establish Paternity In-Hospital on Fathers’ Presence at the Birth. Child and Family

Research Partnership Working paper W14002.

2009 Osborne, Cynthia and Nina Palmo. Do Children Benefit if Their Unmarried Parents Marry?

A Focus on Young Children’s Behavior. Working paper.

2009 Osborne, Cynthia. Changing Families, Changing Risks? Cumulative Risk Factors and

Family Instability Among Urban Children. Working paper.

2009 Osborne, Cynthia. Is Marriage Protective for All Children at Birth? A Cumulative

Risk Perspective. National Poverty Center, University of Michigan. Center for Research on

Child Wellbeing, Princeton University Working paper 2007–09–FF.

2008 Osborne, Cynthia. Cumulative Risks at Birth and Subsequent Child Health and Behavior:

Are the Effects the Same for All Children?

2008 Osborne, Cynthia. Maternal Stress and Mothering Behaviors in Stable and Unstable

Families. Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Princeton University Working paper

2003–08–FF.

2006 Osborne, Cynthia, Sara McLanahan, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn. Young Children’s

Behavioral Problems in Married and Cohabiting Families. Center for Research on Child

Wellbeing, Princeton University Working paper 2003–08–FF.

2006 Osborne, Cynthia. The Relationship between Family Structure and Mothering Behaviors

Within Race and Ethnic Groups. Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Princeton

University Working paper 2004–06–FF.

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2005 Osborne, Cynthia. A New Look at Unmarried Families: Diversity in Human Capital,

Attitudes, and Relationship Quality based on Living Arrangement and Marriage

Expectations. Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Princeton University Working paper.

2004 Osborne, Cynthia. Diversity Among Unmarried Parents: Human Capital, Attitudes, and

Relationship Quality. Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Princeton University

Working paper 2002–01–FF.

2002 Osborne, Cynthia. Diversity Among Unmarried Parents: Human Capital, Attitudes, and

Relationship Quality. Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Princeton University

Working paper 2002–01–FF.

PROFESSIONAL REPORTS (most reports are available online at childandfamilyresearch.org)

Family Supports

2016 Osborne, Cynthia, Kaeley Bobbitt, Jen Winter Craver, Abby Lane, and Molly McManus. The

Military Families and Veterans Prevention Program Evaluation Plan. Prepared for the Texas

Department of Family Protectives Services, Prevention and Early Intervention. April.

23 pages.

2016 Osborne, Cynthia, Kaeley Bobbitt, and Carlos Herrera. An Estimation Model of the Cost of

Raising Children in Texas: Cost Models across Family Structure and Households. Prepared

for the Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division. April. 58 pages.

2016 Osborne, Cynthia. Saving Made Simple: An Evaluation of the Employer-Based Automatic

Savings Program. Child and Family Research Partnership Brief B.022.0316. March. 15

pages.

2015 Osborne, Cynthia, Daniel Dillon, and Ruy Manrique-Betanzos. Workplace Savings

Evaluation Report. Prepared for the Center for Public Policy Priorities. September. 39 pages.

2015 Osborne, Cynthia, Kaeley Bobbitt, Kyle Bradbury, Allison Dubin, and Abby Lane. Texas

Home Visiting Program: Supporting Early Childhood Systems-Level Change in Texas

Communities. Prepared for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. June.

24 pages.

2015 Osborne, Cynthia, Kaeley Bobbitt, and Carlos Herrera. An Estimation Model of the Cost of

Raising Children in Texas: Cost Models across Family Structure and Households. Prepared

for the Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division. June. 26 pages.

2014 Osborne, Cynthia. An Estimation Model of the Cost of Raising Children in Texas Interim

Report. September. 19 pages.

2014 Osborne, Cynthia. An Estimation Model of the Cost of Raising Children in Texas Preliminary

Analysis. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division.

April. 18 pages.

2013 Osborne, Cynthia, Laura Bellows, and Daniel Dillon. Seeding the College Final Report: An

Evaluation of the Child Support for College Asset-Building Initiative. Prepared for the Texas

Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division. December. 166 pages.

2013 Osborne, Cynthia, Daniel Dillon, and Laura Bellows. Seeding the College Dream: The Child

Support for College Asset-Building Initiative. Child and Family Research Partnership Brief

B.012.1113. November. 3 pages.

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2013 Osborne, Cynthia, Daniel Dillon, and Laura Bellows. Seeding the College Dream: An

Evaluation of the Child Support for College Asset-Building Initiative. Prepared for the Texas

Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division. R.005.1213. October. 41 pages.

2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Demographic and Economic Changes in Texas Families. Child and Family

Research Partnership Brief B.008.1212. December. 4 pages.

2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Child Support for College Challenges to Recruitment and Implementation

and Preliminary Findings. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child

Support Division. November. 96 pages.

2012 Osborne, Cynthia and Christine Gendron. Child Support for College: Child Support and

Asset Building. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support

Division. R.001.0812. August. 12 pages.

2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Child Support for College Preliminary Analysis Plan. Prepared for the

Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division. July. 23 pages.

2008 Osborne, Cynthia. Lessons Learned from the Mothers: Focus Group Results from the

Fort Worth, Texas Healthy Marriage Program. Prepared for the Texas Health and Human

Services Commission.

2008 Harris, Glenn, Rappleyea, Diaz-Loving, Hawkins, Daire, Cynthia Osborne, and Huston.

Twogether in Texas: Baseline Report on Marriage in the Lone Star State. Prepared for the

Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

Early Childhood Investments

2015 Osborne, Cynthia, Kaeley Bobbitt, Kyle Bradbury, Allison Dubin, Anna Lipton Galbraith,

and Abby Lane. The Texas Home Visiting Program: Taking Home Visiting Programs to

Scale in Texas: Variation in Implementation and Outcomes. Prepared for the Texas Health

and Human Services Commission. June. 51 pages.

2015 Osborne, Cynthia, Anna Lipton Galbraith, Kaeley Bobbitt, Allison Dubin, and Kyle

Bradbury. MIECHV FY2011 Competitive (D89) Development Grant Final Report. Grant

#D89MC23159. Prepared for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health

Resources and Services Administration and the Texas Health and Human Services

Commission. May. 42 pages.

2015 Osborne, Cynthia, Kaeley Bobbitt, Allison Dubin, and Kyle Bradbury. Texas Home Visiting

Program: Implementation and Operations Guide. Prepared for the Texas Health and Human

Services Commission. April. 41 pages.

2015 Osborne, Cynthia, Kaeley Bobbitt, Allison Dubin, Holly Sexton, Jen Winter Craver, Abby

Lane, Molly McManus, and David Thompson. Texas Home Visiting Program: Program

Implementation Evaluation: Progress, Challenges, and Lessons Learned through Year Four.

Prepared for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. September. 94 pages.

2014 Osborne, Cynthia. Texas Home Visiting Program: Father Participation and Retention

Evaluation. Prepared for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. September.

13 pages.

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2014 Osborne, Cynthia, Kaeley Bobbitt, Kyle Bradbury, Anna Lipton Galbraith, and Allison

Dubin. Taking Home Visiting Programs to Scale in Texas: Implementation Challenges and

Resiliency. Prepared for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. September.

101 pages.

2014 Osborne, Cynthia, Kaeley Bobbitt, Laura Bellows, and Anna Lipton Galbraith. Program

Implementation Evaluation Interim Report: Variation in Service Delivery and Family

Outcomes across the Texas Home Visiting Program. Prepared for the Texas Health and

Human Services Commission. March. 67 pages.

2014 Osborne, Cynthia, Laura Bellows, Kaeley Bobbitt, Jill Boelter, and Anna Lipton Galbraith.

Texas Home Visiting Program: Improving the Retention of Families through Father

Participation. Prepared for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. January.

43 pages.

2013 Osborne, Cynthia, Laura Bellows, Kaeley Bobbitt, Jill Boelter, Amanda Dillon, and

Anna Lipton Galbraith. Observations and Early Findings from the Evaluation of the First

Year of the Texas Home Visiting Program. Prepared for the Texas Health and Human

Services Commission. September. 101 pages.

2013 Osborne, Cynthia and Robert Brill. Environmental Health Hazards in Child Care Centers:

Recommendations. Prepared for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Office

of Early Childhood Coordination. August.

2013 Osborne, Cynthia. Final Evaluation of the Raising Texas Initiative. Prepared for the Texas

Health and Human Services Commission, Office of Early Childhood Coordination. August.

2013 Osborne, Cynthia, Tracy Kwang, Laura Bellows, and Amanda Dillon. Texas Home Visiting

Program Evaluation: Evaluation Progress Report: September 2011 to March 2013. Prepared

for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. March. 150 pages.

2012 Osborne, Cynthia, Tracy Kwang, Laura Bellows, and Amanda Dillon. Texas Home Visiting

Program Evaluation: Evaluation Progress Report: September 2011 to September 2012.

Prepared for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. December. 71 pages.

2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Texas Home Visiting Program (THVP): Evaluation Plan. Prepared for the

Texas Health and Human Services Commission. December. 46 pages.

2010 Osborne, Cynthia. Developmental Screening in Texas: Challenges and Opportunities.

Prepared for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Office of Early Childhood

Coordination. August. 9 pages.

2010 Osborne, Cynthia. Gap Analysis on State Services for Texas Children. Prepared for the

Texas Health and Human Services Commission Office of Early Childhood Coordination.

June.

2010 Osborne, Cynthia. Developmental Guide Distribution Survey Summary. Prepared for the

Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Office of Early Childhood Coordination.

May.

2009 Osborne, Cynthia. Developmental Guide Distribution Summary. Prepared for the Texas

Health and Human Services Commission, Office of Early Childhood Coordination.

December.

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2008 Osborne, Cynthia and Jane Lincove. Final Evaluation Report on the Raising Texas Early

Childhood Comprehensive Systems Initiative. Prepared for the Texas Health and Human

Services Commission. Office of Early Childhood Coordination.

2007 Osborne, Cynthia and Jane Lincove. Final Evaluation Report on the Texas Early Childhood

Comprehensive Systems Initiative. Prepared for the Texas Health and Human Services

Commission, Office of Early Childhood Coordination.

2006

Osborne, Cynthia and Jane Lincove. Final Evaluation Report on the Texas Early Childhood

Comprehensive Systems Initiative. Prepared for the Texas Health and Human Services

Commission, Office of Early Childhood Coordination.

Father Involvement and Child Support

2016 2016 Texas Fatherhood Summit: Building the Evidence Base for Fatherhood Programs,

A Post Summit Assessment. Child and Family Research Partnership Brief B.021.0316.

March. 16 pages.

2016 Osborne, Cynthia, Daniel Dillon, Jen Winter Craver, and Isabel Hovey. Making Good on

Fatherhood: A Review of the Fatherhood Research. Prepared for the Texas Department of

Family Protective Services, Prevention and Early Intervention. January. 93 pages.

2015 Osborne, Cynthia. The Fatherhood EFFECT Program’s Preliminary Evaluation Plan.

Prepared for the Texas Department of Family Protective Services, Prevention and Early

Intervention. November. 17 pages.

2015 Osborne, Cynthia, Nora Ankrum, Daniel Dillon, and Holly Sexton. Paternity Uncertainty:

A Look at Recessions and the Role of Doubt in Parents’ Paternity Decisions. Prepared

for the Texas Office of the Attorney General. August. 37 pages.

2015 Osborne, Cynthia and Daniel Dillon. Child Support Unpacked: Examining the Factors

Associated with Order Establishment and Compliance in the Texas Child Support System.

Child and Family Research Partnership Brief B.018.0615. June. 16 pages.

2015 Osborne, Cynthia and Daniel Dillon. Mapping the Paternity Establishment Decision:

Regional variation in unmarried fathers’ birth attendance and paternity establishment. Child

and Family Research Partnership Brief B.017.0615. June.

2014 Osborne, Cynthia and Daniel Dillon. On the Front Lines of Paternity Establishment:

Perspectives of Parents and Birth Registrars. Child and Family Research Partnership Brief

B.014.1214. December. 7 pages.

2014 Osborne, Cynthia and Daniel Dillon. To Be There, or Not to Be There: How Fathers’

Presence at the Birth Shapes the Paternity Establishment Decision. Child and Family

Research Partnership Brief B.007.0914. September. 5 pages.

2014 Osborne, Cynthia and Daniel Dillon. Relationship Violence and Paternity Establishment:

Mapping the Policy Implications. Child and Family Research Partnership Brief B.011.1014.

August. 6 pages.

2014 Osborne, Cynthia. In-Hospital Paternity Establishment: A Study of Staff, Parents, and Policy.

Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division. June.

222 pages.

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2014 Osborne, Cynthia, Rob Brill, and Daniel Dillon. Acknowledgment of Paternity. Non-marital

Birth and Registration Study: The Context of In-Hospital Paternity Establishment. Prepared

for the Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division R.006.0714. May. 40

pages.

2014 Osborne, Cynthia and Daniel Dillon. How Unmarried Fathers Support Their Children: A

Study of Unmarried Parents. Child and Family Research Partnership Brief B.006.0314.

March. 6 pages.

2014 Osborne, Cynthia and Daniel Dillon. Fathers in the First Few Months: A Study of Unmarried

Fathers and their Children. Child and Family Research Partnership Brief B.005.0214.

February. 4 pages.

2014 Osborne, Cynthia and Daniel Dillon. Why Parents Establish Paternity? Child and Family

Research Partnership Brief B.004.0114. January.

2014 Osborne, Cynthia and Daniel Dillon. Who Establishes Paternity? Child and Family Research

Partnership Brief B.003.0114. January. 6 pages.

2013 Osborne, Cynthia. In-Hospital Acknowledgment of Paternity: A Portrait of Father

Involvement and Support in the First Three Years After a Nonmarital Birth. Prepared for the

Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division. October. 225 pages.

2013 Osborne, Cynthia and Daniel Dillon. In-Hospital Signing of Acknowledgment of Paternity.

A Portrait of Father Involvement and Support in the First Three Years After a Non-marital

Birth. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division.

R.003.1013 September. 217 pages.

2013 Osborne, Cynthia. Help Establishing Responsive Orders and Ensuring Support for Children

in Military Families Project. HEROES Final Report. Prepared for the Texas Office of the

Attorney General, Child Support Division R.002.1013. September. 40 pages.

2013 Osborne, Cynthia. Child Support Guidelines Review. Review of Texas Child Support

Guidelines: Final Report and Recommendations. Prepared for the Texas Office of the

Attorney General, Child Support Division. January. 313 pages.

2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Texas Home Visiting Program Evaluation Plan. Prepared for the Texas

Health and Human Services Commission. December. 46 pages.

2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Review of Texas Child Support Guidelines Interim Report: Stakeholder

Views on Child Support Guidelines. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General,

Child Support Division. November. 105 pages.

2012 Osborne, Cynthia and Jill Boelter. Child Support Guidelines Review. Review of U.S.

States’ Child Support Guidelines. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General,

Child Support Division. September. 65 pages.

2012 Osborne, Cynthia, Amanda Dillon, Jessica Gomez, and Piper King. Help Establishing

Responsive Orders and Ensuring Support for Children in Military Families Evaluation of the

HEROES Project: Initial Evaluation Report. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney

General, Child Support Division. September. 55 pages.

2012 Osborne, Cynthia and Jill Boelter. Child Support Guidelines Review. Cost of Raising a

Child in Texas. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support

Division. September. 51 pages.

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2012 Osborne, Cynthia and Jill Boelter. Child Support Guidelines Review. Interactions of Child

Support Payments with Other Public Support Programs. Prepared for the Texas Office of the

Attorney General, Child Support Division. September. 75 pages.

2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Review of Texas Child Support Guidelines Interim Report: Interactions of

Child Support Payments with Other Public Support. Prepared for the Texas Office of the

Attorney General, Child Support Division. September. 75 pages.

2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Review of Texas Child Support Guidelines Interim Report: Cost of

Raising a Child in Texas. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child

Support Division. September. 56 pages.

2012 Osborne, Cynthia. In-Hospital Signing of Acknowledgement of Paternity Preliminary

Analysis Plan. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division.

August. 41 pages.

2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Review of Texas Child Support Guidelines Preliminary Analysis Plan.

Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division. August. 36

pages.

2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Introduction to Paternity Establishment. Child and Family Research

Partnership Snapshot. August. 2 pages

2012 Osborne, Cynthia. In-Hospital Signing of Acknowledgement of Paternity. Literature Review

of Acknowledgement of Paternity and Child Support. Prepared for the Texas Office of the

Attorney General, Child Support Division. August. 17 pages.

Child Welfare

2016 Osborne, Cynthia, Allison Dubin, and Alexis McLauchlan. Determining the Effectiveness of

CASA on Child Outcomes Evaluation Plan. Prepared for the Texas Court Appointed Special

Advocates. April. 44 pages.

2016 Osborne, Cynthia and Allison Dubin. Project S.A.F.E. Evaluation Study Determining Best

Practices for Collaboration. Prepared for the Texas Council on Family Violence. February.

16 pages.

Adolescent Health and Well-being

2016 Osborne, Cynthia. Making Proud Choices Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program Evaluation

Plan. Prepared for Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas. April.

2011 Osborne, Cynthia. No Kidding: Straight Talk From Teen Parents Data Summary Report

2009 – 2011. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General. July.

2011 Osborne, Cynthia. No Kidding: Straight Talk From Teen Parents Data Summary Report:

Austin Youth Launch 2009 – 2011. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General.

July.


El Paso Child Crisis Center 2009 – 2011. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney

General. July.

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Houston DePelchin Children's Center 2009 – 2011. Prepared for the Texas Office of the

Attorney General. July.

2010 Osborne, Cynthia. Evaluation of the Parenting and Paternity Awareness Curriculum: Final

Report. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General. July.

2009 Osborne, Cynthia. Evaluation of the Parenting and Paternity Awareness Curriculum: First

Year Report. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General. October.

2009 Osborne, Cynthia. Evaluation of the Parenting and Paternity Awareness Curriculum: Interim

Report on the Findings from Student Focus Groups. Prepared for the Texas Office of the

Attorney General. January.

2007 Osborne, Cynthia. Assessing the Implementation and Effectiveness of the Parenting and

Paternity Awareness Curriculum. Prepared for the Texas Office of the Attorney General.

May.

Education and Educator Effectiveness

2012 Osborne, Cynthia with the PEEQ research team. The Technical Report: Education

Preparation Programs’ Influence on Student Achievement in Texas. Prepared for the Texas

Education Agency. June. 313 pages. Available online at http://www.utexas.edu/projects/peeq/.

2012 Osborne, Cynthia with the PEEQ research team. The Texas Report: Education Preparation

Programs’ Influence on Student Achievement in Texas. Prepared for the Texas Education

Agency. June. 189 pages. Available online at http://www.utexas.edu/projects/peeq/.

2012 Osborne, Cynthia with the PEEQ research team. Summary Version of: The Texas Report:

Education Preparation Programs’ Influence on Student Achievement in Texas. Prepared

for the Texas Education Agency. June. 31 pages. Available online at

http://www.utexas.edu/projects/peeq/.

2012 Osborne, Cynthia with the PEEQ research team. The Texas Report: Education Preparation

Programs’ Influence on Student Achievement in Texas, Preliminary Report. Prepared for the

Texas Education Agency. April. 176 pages.

2012 Osborne, Cynthia with the PEEQ research team. Rating Systems for Teacher Evaluations

and Educator Preparation Program Accountability. Prepared for the Texas Education Agency.

January. 15 pages. Available online at http://www.utexas.edu/projects/peeq/.

2012 Osborne, Cynthia with the PEEQ research team. Who Do New Texas Teachers Teach?

Prepared for the Texas Education Agency. January. 8 pages. Available online at

http://www.utexas.edu/projects/peeq/.

2012 Osborne, Cynthia with the PEEQ research team. Reviews of Educator Accountability,

Systems in 21 US Sites. Prepared for the Texas Education Agency. January. Available online

at http://www.utexas.edu/projects/peeq/.

2011 Osborne, Cynthia. Texas High School Report: High School Reforms that Worked.

Co-authored by students in the Policy Research Project. 47 pages.

2011 Osborne, Cynthia. Texas High School Site Report: W. Charles Akins High School.


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2011 Osborne, Cynthia. Texas High School Site Report: Stephen F. Austin High School.


2011 Osborne, Cynthia. Texas High School Site Report: Dunbar High School. Co-authored by

students in the Policy Research Project. 27 pages.

2011 Osborne, Cynthia. Texas High School Site Report: North Side High School. Co-authored by

students in the Policy Research Project. 27 pages.

2010 Osborne, Cynthia. Teacher Effectiveness. Co-authored by students in the Policy Research

Project.

2010 Osborne, Cynthia. Education Leadership. Co-authored by students in the Policy Research

Project.

2010 Osborne, Cynthia. Performance Management. Co-authored by students in the Policy

Research Project.

2010 Osborne, Cynthia. Learning Systems. Co-authored by students in the Policy Research

Project.

2010 Osborne, Cynthia. Fruitvale T-STEM Academy: A Case Study. Co-authored by students

in the Policy Research Project.

2010 Osborne, Cynthia. Performance Pay in Houston ISD: A Case Study. Co-authored by students

in the Policy Research Project.

2010 Osborne, Cynthia. Round Rock ISD’s Data Driven Decision Making: Case Study.

Co-authored by students in the Policy Research Project.

2010 Osborne, Cynthia. Texas Principal Preparation Program Analysis: Key Stakeholder

Responses to SB 174. Co-authored by students in the Policy Research Project.

SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 2010 - PRESENT (*INVITED)

2016 Osborne, Cynthia. Challenges for Children in Our Changing American Families. First3Years

Advocacy Award and Conference. May, Austin TX

2016 Osborne, Cynthia and Nora Ankrum. It’s Positive: The Pregnancy Reveal in Their Own

Voices. The Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Annual Symposium. April, Austin,

TX

2016* Osborne, Cynthia. Your Role in Measuring Systemic Change. Texas Health and Human

Services Commission Community Impact Conference. February, Dallas, TX

2016* Osborne, Cynthia. 20 Years Later… The Evolution of Voluntary Acknowledgment of

Paternity. National Child Support Enforcement Association. February, Washington, DC

2016* Osborne, Cynthia. Child Support and the Social Safety Net. National Child Support

Enforcement Association. February, Washington, DC

2016 Osborne, Cynthia. Paternity Establishment and the Importance of Fathers’ Birth Attendance.

Texas Fatherhood Summit: Building the Evidence Base for Fatherhood Programs. February,

Austin, TX (Organized and co-hosted)


Presence in Mothers' Mental Health Outcomes. Society for Social Work and Research 20th

Annual Conference. January, Washington, DC

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2015* Osborne, Cynthia. Evaluating CASA in Texas: Child Outcomes and Volunteer

Effectiveness. Texas CASA Conference. November, San Marcos, TX


Presence in Mothers' Mental Health Outcomes. Association of Public Policy Analysis and

Management. November, Miami, FL

2015 Osborne, Cynthia and Allison Dubin. Challenges of Serving and Retaining High-Risk

Families in Evidence-Based Home Visiting Programs. Association of Public Policy Analysis

and Management. November, Miami, FL

2015 Osborne, Cynthia, Anna Lipton Galbraith, and Kyle Bradbury. Engaging Fathers: Expanding

the Scope of Evidence-Based Home Visiting Programs. Association of Public Policy

Analysis and Management. November, Miami, FL

2015 Osborne, Cynthia. Evidence-Based Policy and Its Limits. Graduate Public Affairs Council

Brown Bag. Child and Family Research Partnership. October, Austin, TX

2015 Osborne, Cynthia. Evidence-Based Policy and Its Limits. PhD Colloquium. Child and

Family Research Partnership. October, Austin, TX

2015* Osborne, Cynthia. Understanding Families at Risk. Arkansas Access and Visitation Annual

Meeting. September, Little Rock, AR

2015* Osborne, Cynthia. Today’s Youth, Tomorrow’s Parents: A Look at the Changing American

Family and Risks for Youth. Texas Network of Youth Services 32nd Annual Conference.

August, San Antonio, TX

2015* Osborne, Cynthia. Fragile Families and Statistics on Domestic Violence. Texas WIC

Nutrition and Breastfeeding Conference. July, Austin, TX

2015 Osborne, Cynthia. Preliminary Findings: Family Retention in Texas Home Visiting. Partners

in Prevention Training Conference. June, Austin, TX

2015 Osborne, Cynthia. Texas Home Visiting Program Evaluation. Partners in Prevention

Training Conference. June, Austin, TX

2015* Osborne, Cynthia. Approaches to Parenting Time and Co-Parenting for Unmarried Parents.

Association of Family and Conciliation Courts 52nd Annual Conference. May,

New Orleans, LA

2015 Osborne, Cynthia. When Father Doesn’t Bother: Conditioning the Failure to Establish

Paternity In-Hospital on Fathers’ Presence at the Birth. Population Association of America.

April, San Diego, CA

2015 Osborne, Cynthia. Evidence-Based Policy and Its Limits. Child and

Family Research Partnership Symposium. April, Austin, TX (Organized and hosted)

2015* Osborne, Cynthia. Engaging Boys in Teen Pregnancy Prevention. The Texas Campaign to

Prevent Teen Pregnancy Annual Symposium. April, San Antonio, TX

2015* Osborne, Cynthia. Evaluation of the Evidence-Based Program Making Proud Choices! The

Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Annual Symposium. April, San Antonio, TX

2015* Osborne, Cynthia. Rising to the Challenge: How Public Administration Scholars Contribute

to the success of public managers and to the overall quality of public administration practice.

American Society for Public Administration Annual Conference. March, Chicago, IL

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2015* Osborne, Cynthia. Teen Pregnancy: The Girls and Boys of It. Women's Community Center of

Central Texas, Women’s Empowerment Conference. March, Austin, TX

2015* Osborne, Cynthia. Family Formation Trends and Parenting Time for Children of Unmarried

Parents - Why the 1997 AV Program Doesn’t Fit Today’s Families. National Access and

Visitation Coordinators Conference. February, Dallas, TX

2015* Osborne, Cynthia. Parenting Time and Domestic Violence: Building Collaborations with

State DV Coalitions. National Access and Visitation Coordinators. February,

Dallas, TX

2015* Osborne, Cynthia. Home Visiting in Texas: A Two-Generation Investment. AVANCE Peer

Networking Summit. February, San Antonio, TX

2015 Osborne, Cynthia. From RCTs to Community-Level Change: What to Expect from the

Evidence Base. Society for Social Work and Research 19th Annual Conference. January,

New Orleans, LA

2014 Osborne, Cynthia. Assessing Parenting Education. National Council on Family Relations.

November, Baltimore, MD

2014 Osborne, Cynthia. Father Involvement and Coparenting from Pregnancy to Childhood:

Effects on Maternal and Child Outcomes. Association of Public Policy Analysis and

Management. November, Albuquerque, NM

2014 Osborne, Cynthia. Why Fathers Fail to Establish Paternity: Conditioning the In-Hospital

Paternity Establishment Decision on Fathers' Presence at the Birth. Association of Public

Policy Analysis and Management. November, Albuquerque, NM

2014* Osborne, Cynthia. Voluntary Paternity Programs - Innovative Community Outreach and

Education. WICSEC Annual Training Conference. October, San Diego, CA

2014* Osborne, Cynthia. When Father Doesn't Bother: Conditioning the Failure to Establish

Paternity In-Hospital on Fathers' Presence at the Birth. University of Wisconsin Demography

Seminar. September, Madison, WI

2014* Osborne, Cynthia. Families at Risk: Challenges and Policy Options for Today’s Unmarried

Families. Thirteenth Annual Infant Health Summit. September, Fort Worth, TX

2014 Osborne, Cynthia. Using Data to Drive Decisions. Texas Annual Data Summit for the Texas

Home Visiting Program. June, Austin, TX (Organized and co-hosted)

2014 Osborne, Cynthia and Laura Bellows. Data Competencies Public Policy Students Need to

Know. Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management. April, Washington, DC

2014* Osborne, Cynthia and Jill Boelter. Mom I’m Pregnant: Parents’ Reactions to the

Announcement of a Teen’s Pregnancy and Subsequent Outcomes for the Teen Parent.

Society for Research in Human Development Biennial Meeting. March, Austin, TX

2014 Lincove, Jane, Cynthia Osborne, Laura Bellows, and Nicolas Mills. Training Teachers for

Profit or Prestige: Analysis of a Diverse Market. Association for Education Finance and

Policy Annual Meeting. March, San Antonio, TX

2014* Osborne, Cynthia. New Frontiers in Paternity Establishment. National Child Support

Enforcement Association Policy Forum. February, Washington, DC

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2014* Osborne, Cynthia. Systematically Evaluating Impacts of Policy and Operational Changes in

the IV-D Program. National Child Support Enforcement Association Policy Forum.

February, Washington, DC

2013* Osborne, Cynthia. Teen Pregnancy in Texas. Texas Home Visiting Consortium. December,

Austin, TX

2013* Osborne, Cynthia. A Portrait of Father Involvement in the First Three Years Following a

Non-marital Birth. Texas Association of Domestic Relations Office Annual Meeting. October,

Dallas, TX

2013 Osborne, Cynthia. Findings from the First Year of the Texas Home Visiting Project. Texas

Home Visiting Statewide Conference. September, Austin, TX (Organized and co-hosted)

2013 Osborne, Cynthia. Overview of Military and Veteran Families: Trends, Challenges, and

Supports. Military Families; Paternity, Child Support and Parenting Time Briefing. August,

San Antonio, TX (Organized and hosted conference)

2013* Osborne, Cynthia. Findings from the First Year of Making Proud Choices. July, Austin, TX

2013 Fomby, Paula and Cynthia Osborne. Family Instability, Multipartner Fertility, and Children’s

Externalizing Behavior in Middle Childhood. Population Association of America Annual

Meeting. April, New Orleans, LA

2013* Osborne, Cynthia. Home Visitation Workshop-Get Connected: Network and Advocacy for

the 83rd Legislative Session. January, San Antonio, TX

2012 Osborne, Cynthia, Paul von Hippel, Jane Lincove, and Nicolas Mills. Size and Reliability of

Teacher Training Effects in Texas. The Association for Public Policy Analysis and

Management. November, Baltimore, MD

2012* Osborne, Cynthia. Understanding Today’s Low-Income Families. Texas Association of

Domestic Relations Office. October, El Paso, TX

2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: A New Accountability

System for Texas Educator Preparation Programs. LBJ School of Public Affairs Doctoral

Seminar. September, Austin, TX

2012* Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality. State Board for Educator

Certification. August, Austin, TX

2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality. Statistical Advisory Group

Meeting. July, Austin, TX

2012* Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: Results Presented to the

Deans of Texas Educator Preparation Programs. June, McAllen, TX


Deans of Texas Educator Preparation Programs. May, Dallas, TX


Deans of Texas Educator Preparation Programs. May, Austin, TX


Deans of Texas Educator Preparation Programs. May, San Antonio, TX


Deans of Texas Educator Preparation Programs. May, Houston, TX

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Deans of Texas Educator Preparation Programs. April, Austin, TX

2012 Osborne, Cynthia. From Research to Reality: A Symposium on Educator Accountability.

April, Austin, TX (Organized and hosted)

2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: Stakeholder Group Meeting.

February, Austin, TX

2012* Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: Report to the State Board

for Educator Certification. February, Austin, TX

2012 Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: Statistical Advisory Group

Meeting. January, Austin, TX


November, Austin, TX

2011* Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: A New Accountability

System for Texas Educator Preparation Programs. CSOTTE Conference of Deans of Schools

of Education. October, Corpus Christi, TX

2011* Osborne, Cynthia. Teaching Community College Students About the Rights, Responsibilities,

and Realities of Being a Young Parent. WICSEC Child Support Conference. October, Austin,

TX


System for Texas Educator Preparation Programs. Texas A&M System, Chancellor’s

Summit on Educator Preparation. September, Austin, TX

2011* Osborne, Cynthia. Parenting and Paternity Awareness: Evaluation Findings. National

Council of State Legislators. September, Denver, CO


Meeting. September, Austin, TX

2011* Osborne, Cynthia. How Do Teachers and Administrators Feel About Educator

Accountability? CSCOPE Conference. August, San Antonio, TX

2011* Osborne, Cynthia. Understanding Today’s Fragile Families. WIC Statewide Conference. July,

Austin, TX

2011* Osborne, Cynthia. Educator Effectiveness with a Purpose. Council of Chief State School

Officers. July, Webinar


System for Texas Educator Preparation Programs. Texas Association of School Personnel

Administrators. July, Austin, TX


July, Austin, TX


System for Texas Educator Preparation Programs. E3 Alliance. June, Austin, TX


System for Texas Educator Preparation Programs. TEA Annual Educator Preparation

Program and School District Conference. June, Austin, TX

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System for Texas Educator Preparation Programs. Texas Association for Teacher

Educators Conference. June, Austin, TX

2011* Osborne, Cynthia. Understanding Unmarried Families. iChoose Teen Summit, Keynote

speaker. June, Austin, TX


System for Texas Educator Preparation Programs. Region XIII PDAS Coordinators

Conference. May, Austin, TX

2011* Osborne, Cynthia. Today’s Fragile Families: What Help Do They Need? WPRI

Conference on Welfare Policy. May, Milwaukee, WI


Meeting. April, Austin, TX


System for Texas Educator Preparation Programs. Texas Association of Colleges for

Teacher Education. February, Austin, TX


February, Austin, TX


System for Texas Educator Preparation Programs. Region XIII PDAS Coordinators

Conference. January, Austin, TX

2011* Osborne, Cynthia. Understanding Today’s Fragile Families. National Child Support

Enforcement Association Policy Conference, Keynote speaker. January, Washington, DC

2010 Osborne, Cynthia. Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality: Stakeholder Group

Meeting. December, Austin, TX

2010* Osborne, Cynthia. Understanding Unmarried Families. NCP Choices Conference, Texas

Office of the Attorney General, Keynote speaker. August, Austin, TX

2010* Osborne, Cynthia. Understanding Unmarried Families. IV-D Associate Judges Conference,

Texas Office of the Attorney General, Keynote speaker. July, Austin, TX

2010 Osborne, Cynthia. Family Structure Transitions and Changes in Maternal Resources and

Well-being. LBJ School of Public Affairs Doctoral Seminar. April, Austin, TX

2010* Osborne, Cynthia. Understanding Unmarried Families. Family Violence Conference,

Texas Center for the Judiciary. March, Galveston, TX

2010* Osborne, Cynthia. Understanding Unmarried Families. Bringing Back the Dads, Fatherhood

Coalition of Tarrant County, Keynote speaker. March, Dallas TX

2010* Osborne, Cynthia. Findings from the Parenting and Paternity Awareness Curriculum.

Plenary Panel at the National Child Support Enforcement Association Policy Conference

(NCSEA), January, Washington, DC

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SERVICE TO THE LBJ SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

2015 - 2016 Director, CHASP

LBJ Dean Search Committee

Assistant Graduate Advisor for the Ph.D. Program

Ph.D. Executive Committee

Chair, Ph.D. Admissions Committee

Peer Review of Teaching Committee

MPAff Social and Economic Policy Specialization Coordinator

Chair, LBJ School Ranking and Visibility Strategy Working Group

2014 – 2015 CHASP Executive Committee

Information Technology Governance Committee

LBJ Research Committee

LBJ Dean Search Committee

Assistant Graduate Advisor, Ph.D. Program

Ph.D. Program Review Committee


Chair, Ph.D. Admissions Committee

Peer Review of Teaching Committee

2013 – 2014

Information Technology Governance Committee


CHASP Executive Committee

Assistant Graduate Advisor, Ph.D. Program

Ph.D. Program Review Committee

Chair, Ph.D. Comprehensive Exams Committee


2012 – 2013 LBJ Research Committee



Graduate Advisor, Ph.D. Program (Interim January – August 2013)



2011 – 2012 LBJ Research Committee


Assistant Graduate Advisor for the Ph.D. program

Ph.D. Comprehensive Exams Committee (Chair)


2010 – 2011 Sid Richardson Chair Search Committee

Faculty Development and Welfare Committee


Faculty Council Representative

Graduate Assembly Representative





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2009 – 2010 Dean Search Committee

Faculty Recruitment Committee




2008 – 2009 Dean Search Committee

Faculty Recruitment Committee



Strategic Opportunities Faculty Recruitment Committee


2007 – 2008 Faculty Council Representative

Ph. D. Review Committee

Technology Committee


2006 – 2007 Faculty Council Representative

Targets of Opportunity Committee

Sid Richardson Chair Search Committee

IRB Standing Committee


2005 – 2006 Admissions Committee

Redford Award Committee

Committee to Review Teaching Load Credits

Committee to Increase Minority Recruitment


SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

2010 – 2011 University Faculty Council, Elected LBJ School of Public Affairs Representative

2010 – 2011 University Technology Committee

2010 – 2011 University Graduate Assembly, Elected LBJ School of Public Affairs Representative

2010 – 2011 University Graduate Academic Affairs Committee

2009 – 2010 Committee to Develop Health and Health Policy Undergraduate Degree (Paul Woodruff,

Chair)

2008 – 2015 Faculty Panel Member and Mentor, Bridging Disciplines Program in Social Inequality,

Health, and Policy

2008 – 2011 Population Research Center Governance Committee Member, Elected

2008 – 2009 Population Research Center Faculty Recruitment Committee

2007 – 2011 Center for Women and Gender Studies Steering Committee Member, Elected

2007 – 2009 University ad hoc Committee on Salary Compression (Martha Hilley, Chair)

2006 – 2008 University Faculty Council, Elected LBJ School of Public Affairs Representative

2006 – 2008 University Faculty Council Executive Committee, Elected twice by Faculty Council

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2006 – 2009 University Faculty Advisory Committee on Budgets

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2016 Co-Host and Moderator, Transforming Healthcare Through Research Collaboration, Seton

Healthcare Family, LBJ School’s Center for Health and Social Policy, and Dell Medical

School

2016 Prevention Advisory Committee, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

2016 Chair, Policy Relevance Committee, Association for Public Policy Analysis and

Management

2016 Co-Host, Results for America Events at SXSW. March, Austin, TX

2016 Moderator, Leveraging Research Partnership to Advance City Priorities, SXSW: Results

for America. March, Austin, TX

2016 Technical Working Group, National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families

2016 Organizer and Co-Host, Texas Fatherhood Summit. February, Austin, TX

2016 Panel Moderator, The Raising of America documentary series, United Way for Greater

Austin. January, Austin, TX

2015 Discussant, How Lyndon Johnson Reshaped Domestic Policy and Government, Woodrow

Wilson International Center for Scholars, LBJ’S Neglected Legacy. October, Washington,

DC

2015 Organizer and Co-Host, The Raising of America documentary screening, Child and

Family Research Partnership. October, Austin, TX

2015 Spring Conference Committee, Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management

2014 – 2017 Policy Council Member, Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management

2014 – 2017 Steering Committee Member, SRCD Child and Family Policy Consortium

2014 Keynote Address, Child Welfare Conference, Engaging Biological Parents and Families.

October, Austin, TX

2014 Discussant, Marriage Recognition for Same Sex Couples, Child Wellbeing: Ten Years

Later. October, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

2014 Organizer and Co-Host, Texas Home Visiting Data Summit. June, Austin, TX

2014 Chair, Family Composition, Instability, and Household Measurement, Population

Association of America. May, Boston, MA

2014 Discussant, Family Structure and Household Composition Changes and their Economic

Consequences. Population Association of America. May, Boston, MA

2014 Discussant, The Role of Fathers in Adolescent Development, Society for Research on

Adolescence. March, Austin, TX

2013 – 2018 Chair, Father Engagement Working Group, Fatherhood Research and Practice Network

2013 – 2014 Developer, Paternity Establishment Survey, Survey of 800 unmarried Texas moms who

had a child in January 2013 (Surveyed at three months and one year postpartum)

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2013 Discussant, Targeting Resources: Before and After Child Protective Services’

Involvement, Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management. November,

Washington, DC

2013 Organizer and Host, Child Support for College Forum. October, Austin, TX

2013 Organizer and Host, Texas Home Visiting Program Statewide Conference. September,

Austin, TX

2013 Organizer and Host, Military Families: Paternity, Child Support and Parenting Time

Briefing. August, San Antonio, TX

2012 Chair, Assessing Bias and Precision in Non-Experimental Designs, Association of Public

Policy Analysis and Management. November, Baltimore, MD

2012 Organizer and Chair, Six Sessions on Children and Families, Population Association of

America. May, San Francisco, CA

2012 Chair, Texas Council on Family Relations. March, San Antonio, TX

2010 Chair, Child Support Payments and Policies: Determinants and Impacts, Association of

Public Policy Analysis and Management. November, Boston, MA

2010 Organizer, iChoose Teen Healthy Choices Summit. June, Austin, TX

2010 Discussant, Family Instability, Population Association of America. April, Dallas, TX

2010 Organizer, Round Table Children and Youth Sessions, American Sociological Association

2009 Moderator, Evaluation Session, No Kidding Summer Institute. June, Austin, TX

2009 Organizer and Moderator, Economic Competitiveness in a Globalized World, Strauss

Center’s Bridging the Gap: Universities Meeting Global Challenges. February, Austin,

TX

2008 Organizing Committee Member, Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. October,

San Marcos, TX

2008 Organizing Committee Member, Raising Texas and Center for Health and Social Policy,

Pre-Kindergarteners Left Behind. May, Austin, TX

2008 Chair, Family Structure, Race/Ethnicity, and Early Childhood Well-being, Population

Association of America. April, New Orleans, LA

2007 Organizer, Child Outcomes Across Policy Contexts, Association for Public Policy

Analysis and Management. November, Washington, DC

2007 Organizing Committee Member, Texas Office of the Attorney General and Center for

Health and Social Policy, First Nine Months of Fatherhood. August, Houston, TX

2007 Invited to present testimony, Texas State Affairs Committee, Prevention First Bill

Sponsored by Representative Mark Strama. Austin, TX

2006 Planning Committee Member, University of Texas at Austin Gender and Labor: What’s

Working. October, Austin TX

2004 - 2005 Program Committee Member, Eastern Sociological Association. Washington, DC

2004 Chair, Family Structure and Child Outcomes, Population Association of America, Boston,

MA

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Professional

Memberships

American Sociological Association

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

National Child Support Enforcement Association

National Council on Family Relations

Population Association of America

Society for Research in Child Development

Society for Social Work and Research

BOARD SERVICE

2006 – 2015 Board Member, Center for Public Policy Priorities, Austin, TX

2006 – 2009 Board Member, Child Development Center, Austin, TX

EDITORIAL AND PEER REVIEW SERVICE

2014 – 2016 Member of the Editorial Review Board, Social Service Review

2014 Reviewer, National Children’s Study

2005 – 2015 Member of Editorial Review Board, Journal of Marriage and Family

2012 Member of Special Review Panel, National Institutes of Health



2010 Reviewer, What Works Clearing House, U.S. Department of Education

2009 Member of Grant Review Panel, National Center on Marriage Research


2008 Member of Review Panel, Twogether Texas Healthy Marriage evaluation proposal

2008 Member of Review Panel, National Institutes of Health, Health, Behavior, and Context

Subcommittee

2007 Member of Review Panel, National Institutes of Health, Health, Behavior, and Context

Subcommittee

2007 – 2011 Deputy Editor, Population Research and Policy Review

Referee Demography; Journal of Health and Social Behavior; Journal of Family Issues; Journal

of Marriage and Family; Journal of Policy Analysis and Management; Population

Studies; Social Forces; Social Sciences Research; Social Sciences Quarterly

ADVISING AND STUDENT SERVICE

2015 – Chair, Ph.D. Admissions Committee, LBJ School of Public Affairs

2008 – 2016 Member, Ph.D. Executive Committee, LBJ School of Public Affairs

2008 – 2014 Chair, Ph.D. Comprehensive Exams Committee, LBJ School of Public Affairs

2008 – 2015 Faculty Member and Mentor, Bridging Disciplines Program, Social Inequality and Health

Policy, LBJ School of Public Affairs

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2007 – 2015 Faculty Advisor, Social, Health, and Economic Policy Student Organization, LBJ School

of Public Affairs

RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

2016 - 2017 Department of Family and Protective Services

Prevention and Early Intervention, Military

January 1, 2016 – September 30, 2017. $322,361. Principal Investigator

2015 – 2017

Department of Family and Protective Services

Child Protective Services and Continuous Learning Model Evaluation

July 1, 2015 – August 31, 2017. $419,338. Principal Investigator

2015 – 2017 Department of Family and Protective Services

Prevention and Early Intervention, EFFECT

September 21, 2015 – August 31, 2017. $422,394. Principal Investigator

2015 – 2016 Raise Texas

College Savings Feasibility Study

October 1, 2014 – May 31, 2016. $25,646. Principal Investigator

2014 – 2016 Texas Tech University

Competency-Based Educator Preparation and School Intervention

January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2016. $225,000. Principal Investigator

2013 – 2014 Texas Network of Youth Services

Consultant on Evaluation of Transition-Aged Youth and Family Program

November 1, 2013 – May 31, 2014. Principal Investigator

2012 – 2016 Texas Office of the Attorney General, Office of Family Initiatives

Child Support Guidelines

Evaluation of the Child Support for College Project

In-Hospital Signing of Acknowledgment of Paternity Study

Estimation Model for Cost of Raising Children in Texas

ICSS/Local Rule

September 1, 2012 – August 31, 2016. $2,600,000. Principal Investigator


Evaluation of the HEROES (Help Establishing Responsive Orders and Ensuring Support)

for Children in Military Families Pilot Program


2012 – 2016 Texas Health and Human Services Commission

Evaluation of the Texas Home Visiting Project

April 19, 2012 – September 30, 2016. $3,345,014. Principal Investigator

2012 – 2015 Personal Responsibility Education Program

Evaluation of Making Proud Choices Curriculum

January 2012 – June 2015. Principal Investigator

2010 – 2012 Texas Education Agency, Office of Accountability

Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality

September 1, 2010 – August 31, 2012. $2,500,000. Principal Investigator

Cynthia Osborne

of 28

2010 – 2011 Texas High School Project, Communities Foundation

Investigating Successful Turnaround Schools in Texas



State-wide evaluation of the No Kidding Program to Reduce Teen Pregnancy


2009 – 2010 Texas High School Project, Communities Foundation

Policy analysis of the Four Elements of the Texas High School Project Strategic Plan

August 1, 2009 – July 31, 2010. $25,000. Principal Investigator

2009 – 2013 Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Office of Early Childhood Coordination

Evaluation of the Raising Texas Initiative

September 1 2009 – August 31, 2011. $92,000. Principal Investigator

2009 Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Office of Early Childhood Coordination

Evaluation of the distribution of the Developmental Growth Guide to Medicaid eligible

families in Texas

June 1, 2009 – August 31, 2009. $10,000. Principal Investigator


State–wide evaluation of the Parenting and Paternity Awareness Curriculum


2008 – 2011 National Institutes of Health, RO1

Race/Ethnicity, Poverty, and The Connection Between Child Health and Early Education,

Crosnoe, Rob (PI), Cynthia Osborne and Shannon Cavanaugh (Co-PIs)

June 1, 2008 – May 31, 2011. $675,000. Principal Investigator

2008 Population Research Center

Grant Development Program

$10,000. Principal Investigator

2007 – 2009 National Institutes of Health

Pediatric Loan Repayment Fellowship

September 1, 2007 – August 31, 2009. $55,157 (toward student loans). Principal

Investigator

2007 – 2008 Smith Richardson Foundation, Domestic Public Policy Fellowship Program

Is Marriage Beneficial for All Children? Cumulative Risk from Birth to Age Three

May 1, 2007 – August 31, 2008. $60,000. Principal Investigator

2007 – 2008 Policy Research Institute, Individual Faculty Grant, University of Texas at Austin

Family Instability and Children’s Socio-Emotional Development at School Entry


2007 Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin

Mexican Origin Women’s Relationships, Cohabitation, Marriage, and Childbearing: An

In-depth Understanding of their Attitudes and Experiences (with Kristine Hopkins)

Summer 2007. $2,430. Principal Investigator

2006 – 2007 National Poverty Center, Small Grants Program on Family Structure, Family Well-being,

and Poverty, University of Michigan

Is Marriage Protective for All Children? Cumulative Risk Factors at Birth

June 1, 2006 – May 31, 2007. $15,194. Principal Investigator

Cynthia Osborne

of 28

2006 – 2007 Policy Research Institute, Individual Faculty Grant, University of Texas at Austin

Is Marriage Protective For All Children? Cumulative Risk Factors From Birth to Age 3

May 1, 2006 – July 31, 2007. $15,000. Principal Investigator

2006 – 2007 Center for Women and Gender Studies, Faculty Fellow, University of Texas at Austin



Assessing the Implementation of the Parenting and Paternity Awareness Curriculum


2006 – 2009 Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Office of Program Coordination for

Children and Youth

Raising Texas: Comprehensive Children’s Initiative


ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS

2014 Academic Accolades Award, University of Texas at Austin

2009 – 2010 Most Valuable Class Award, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin

2007 – 2008 Texas Exes Teaching Award, University of Texas at Austin

2007 Public Administration Educator of the Year Award, CenTex Chapter, American

Society for Public Administration

2006 – 2007 New Faculty Fellowship, Center for Women and Gender Studies, University of Texas at

Austin

2005 – 2006 Best New Professor Award, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin

2005 – 2014 Stephen H. Spurr Centennial Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin

2003 – 2005 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Princeton

University

2000 – 2003 National Institutes of Health, Demography, and Training Grant, Office of Population

Research, Princeton University

cynthia osborne

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