Beth Kurtz-Costes Recent Publications
Harris-Britt, A., Valrie, C., Kurtz-Costes, B., & Rowley, S. J. (In press). Perceived racial discrimination and self-esteem in African American youth: Racial socialization as a protective factor, Journal of Research on Adolescence.
Kinlaw, C. R., & Kurtz-Costes, B. (In press). Children’s theories of intelligence: Beliefs, goals, and motivation across          childhood. Journal of General Psychology.
Woods, T. A., & Kurtz-Costes, B. (In press). Race identity and race socialization in African American families:          Implications for social workers. Journal of Human Behavior and the Social Environment.
Rowley, S. J., Kurtz-Costes, B., Mistry, R., & Feagans, L. (2007). Social status as a predictor of race and gender            stereotypes in late childhood and early adolescence. Social Development, 16, 150-168.
Kurtz-Costes, B., Helmke, L. A., & Ülkü-Steiner, B. (2006). Gender and doctoral studies: The perceptions of Ph.D. students in an American university. Gender and Education, 18, 137-155.
Kurtz-Costes, B., *McCall, R. J., Kinlaw, C. R., Wiesen, C. A., & Joyner, M. H. (2005). What does it mean to be smart? The development of children’s beliefs about intelligence in Germany and the United States. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 26, 217-233.
Woods, T. A., Kurtz-Costes, B., & Rowley, S. J. (2005). The development of stereotypes about the rich and poor:           Age, race, and family income differences in beliefs. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 34, 437-445.
Kinlaw, C. R., & Kurtz-Costes, B. (2003). The development of children’s beliefs about intelligence.  Developmental Review, 23, 125-161.
Kinlaw, C. R., Kurtz-Costes, B., & Goldman-Fraser, J. (2001). Mothers’ achievement beliefs and behaviors and their children’s school readiness: A cultural comparison. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 22, 493-506.
Meece, J. & Kurtz-Costes, B. (2001). Introduction: The schooling of ethnic minority children. Educational   Psychologist, 36, 1-7.
Kurtz-Costes, B. (2001). Families as educational settings. In N. J. Smeltser & P. B. Baltes (Series Eds.) & F. Weinert (Vol. Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences: Vol. 3.5. Education (Vol. 8) (pp. 5275-5279). Oxford: Pergamon.
Kurtz-Costes, B. & Pungello, E. (2000). The acculturation of immigrant children. Social Education, 64, 121-125.
Pungello, E. P. & Kurtz-Costes, B. (2000). Working women’s selection of care for their infants: A prospective study.           Family Relations, 49, 245-255.
Ülkü-Steiner, B., Kurtz-Costes, B., & Kinlaw, C. R. (2000). Doctoral student experiences in male-dominated and           gender-balanced graduate programs.  Journal of Educational Psychology, 92, 296-307.