Kitamura, K., Shreeraman, S., Seiden, J., Shakya, D., & Adhikari, R. (2025). Improving the Feasibility of the Early Learning and Development Standard Assessment Tool in Nepal. Article Link. Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability.
Kitamura, K., McCoy, D. C., & Wolf, S. (2025). Exploring Multidimensional Approaches to Learning During Early Childhood in Ghana. Applied Developmental Science, 1–17. Article Link.
Kitamura, K., de Castro, F., Gochyyev, P., Shakya, D., Cappa, C., Acharya, S. P., Acharya, D. R., & Petrowski, N. (2025). Concurrent Validity of Scores from Phone-Based Caregiver Reports on Early Childhood Development: Evidence from the Early Childhood Development Index 2030 Implementation in Nepal. Studies in Educational Evaluation. Article Link.
Kitamura, K. (2024). School-Based Early Childhood Education and Children’s Development in Urban Nepal. Early Education and Development. Article Link.
Kitamura, K., Cappa, C., Petrowski, N., Pandolfelli, L., & Mizunoya, S. (2022). Gender Stratification and Parental Stimulation of Children: Exploring Differences in Maternal and Paternal Practices. Journal of Child and Family Studies. Article Link.
Kitamura, K., Do, M. H., & Shakya, D. (2025). Contextually Attuned Understanding of Epistemic Curiosity in Early Childhood: An Emic Exploration in Nepal. (under review for a peer-reviewed journal publication)
McCoy, D. C., Kitamura, K., Jukes, M., & Stern, J. (2025). Examining trajectories of children’s social-emotional development across cultures. (under review for a peer-reviewed journal publication)
McCoy, D. C., Kitamura, K., Miąskiewicz, M., Dermody, C. M., & Riakes, A. (2025). Interventions to support social-emotional outcomes for young children in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (under review for a peer-reviewed journal publication)
Kitamura, K., & Shakya, D. (2022). The stress of entrance exams: The entrance examination is a barrier to young children's growth and development. Article Link.
Kitamura, K. & Acharya, S. P. (2022). Early Learning and Development Standards Assessment Technical
Report: Evidence for Validity and Reliability. Bhaktapur, Nepal: Education Review Office.
Kitamura, K., Hatakeyama, S., & Shreshta, B. (2020). Are children developmentally on track?:
Assessment of age 4 children in Lalitpur Metropolitan City. Sarthak Shiksha, Lalitpur, Nepal. Article Link.
Kitamura, K. (2019). Global movement for assessment of early childhood development and what’s
missing in SDG4.2. Network for International Policies and Cooperation in Education and Training
(NORRAG). Article Link.
Kitamura, K., McCoy, D. C., & Bonawitz, E. (2026, April). When does curiosity lead to information seeking? Testing the moderating roles of auxiliary skills in classroom learning settings in Nepal. Paper to be presented at the meeting of the Cognitive Development Society. Montréal, Canada
Kitamura, K. (2025, October). Curiosity research in Non-WEIRD contexts. Invited lecture at a graduate course, Curiosity in Learning and Development, Harvard Graduate School of Education.
2McCoy, D. C., Miąskiewicz, M., Kitamura, K., Dermody, C. M., & Riakes, A. (2025, September). Programs to Support Well-being Outcomes for Young Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Paper Presentation (Co-author) at Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness.
Kitamura, K. (2025, May). Rethinking global knowledge in human development. Invited lecture at PhD and Master’s Program, Kathmandu University.
McCoy, D. C., Kitamura, K., Castellanos, A., Pedrosa, B., Oliveira, J., & Trias., J. (2025, May). Examining the Take-Up and Impact of a Digital Parenting Intervention within Brazil’s National Home Visiting Program. Paper Presentation at the Society for Research in Child Development 2025 Conference.
Kitamura, K., Do, M. H., & Shakya, D. (2025, May). Contextually Attuned Understanding of Epistemic Curiosity in Early Childhood: An Emic Exploration in Nepal. Poster Presentation at the Society for Research in Child Development 2025 Conference.
Werneck, H., Kitamura, K., & McCoy, D. C. (2025, May). Examining the Role of Digital Interventions in Supporting Home Visiting Programming in Brazil. Poster Presentation at the Society for Research in Child Development 2025 Conference.
Kitamura, K., Do, M. H., & Shakya, D. (2025, March). Contextually Attuned Understanding of Epistemic
Curiosity in Early Childhood: An Emic Exploration in Nepal. Paper Presentation at Comparative International Education Society 2025 Conference.
McCoy, D. C., Kitamura, K., Oliveira, J., & Trias, J. (2024, September). Impacts of Integrating Digital Supports within an Early Childhood Home Visiting Program: A Multifactorial Randomized Trial in Ceará, Brazil. Paper Presentation (Co-author) at Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness.
Kitamura, K., & Seiden, J. (2024, March). What’s normal? The conceptual, statistical, and logistical challenges of creating global norms for early childhood development. Paper Presentation at Comparative International Education Society 2024 Conference.
Kitamura, K., & Seiden, J. (2023, November). GSED 2.0: Norms & Standards Data Analysis Plan. Presentation at the Global Scale for Early Development Annual Assembly.
Kitamura, K., & Shakya, D. (2023, February). Measuring Early Learning and Development Remotely: Case of Telephone-based ECDI2030 in Nepal. Panel Presentation at Comparative International Education Society 2023 Conference.
Shakya, D., & Kitamura, K. (2023, February). Tele-teaching for pre-schools under the COVID-19 crisis: Learnings from Nepal. Paper Presentation (Co-author) at the Comparative International Education Society 2023 Conference.
Kitamura, K. (2021). Phone-based ECDI2030 validation study in Nepal. Presentation to the ECDI2030 Technical Advisory Group, 2021.
Kitamura, K. (2021). ECE Quality and ECD assessment from an international perspective. Presentation at Padmakanya Campus, Tribhuvan University.
Hatakeyama, S., & Kitamura, K. (2019). Is the importance of the pre-primary sector undervalued in education planning? A case of pre-primary sector analysis in Nepal. Poster Presentation at Comparative International Education Society 2019 Conference.