Summer Undergraduate Program for Engaging with Research (SUPER)

G. Higley

Project: "Teacher Sensitivity and Academic Achievements in Children with Disabilities"

D. Nguyen

Project: "The Impact of Financial Resources on Children’s Prosocial Behavior"

E. Nguyen

Project: "Impact of Grandparents’ Child Rearing Practices on Children’s Social Outcomes in Early Childhood

S. Paskett

Project: "Parents’ Depression Level and Resource Usage"

H. Williams

Project: "Maternal and Paternal Involvement in Relation to Children’s Social Outcomes in Head Start"

Anabel Figueroa

Major(s): Family and Human Development
Minor: Human Communication
Year: Senior
Project: "Latinas Sense of Belonging"

Sagan Hagstrom

Major(s): Innovation in Society & Justice Studies
Minor: Sociology
Year: Junior
Project: "Ethnic Identity Development in Young Whites"

Jamie Medina Martinez

Major(s): Family and Human Development
Minor: Psychology & Spanish
Year: Junior
Project: "The Political Participation of Latina Young Adults"

Kiara Ortloff

Major(s): Sociology
Minor: Sustainability
Year: Junior
Project: "Navigating Personal Identity Through Family Racial Divide"

Jenna Ramsey

Major(s): Sociology
Minor: Religious Studies
Year: Sophomore
Project: "Youth, Religion, and Spirituality in Political Engagement"

Elisa Thomas

Major(s): Sociology
Minors: Justice Studies and Nonprofit Leadership & Management
Year: Sophomore
Project: "Racial Discrimination and Political Participation"

Maricela Diaz

Major(s): Sociology
Minor: Family and Human Development & Public Service and Public Policy
Year: Junior
Project: "The Impact of Home Language on Head Start Children's English Language Proficiency"

Where is she now?
Child Development Specialist, Head Start

Sheau Yien Hung

Major(s): Family and Human Development
Minor: N/A
Year: Junior
Project: "Impact of parental involvement in indoor and outdoor activity on Literacy and Mathematics on Pre-K children"

Vanessa Kern

Major(s): Family and Human Development
Minor: N/A
Year: Junior
Project: "Change in Frequency of Activities in Head Start and Kindergarten Classrooms"

Vanessa Lara

Major(s): Sociology
Minor: Communication
Year: Junior
Project: "Parental Depression Among Immigrant Parents and Child Outcomes"

Priscilla Lianoz

Major(s): Political Science
Minor: Transborder Chicano(a)/Latino(a) Studies & Family and Human Development
Year: Sophomore
Project: "The Role of Racial Match in Early Childhood Education"

Kristen Viscarra

Major(s): Psychology & Family and Human Development
Minor: Sociology
Year: Junior
Project: "Exposure to Crime as a Predictor for Literacy Outcomes and Behavior Problems"

Where is she now?
Dean of Students, Basis-Scottsdale

Hannah Berendzen

Major: Sociology
Minor: Family and Human Development
Year: Junior
Project: Impact of Parental Warmth on the Tendency to Withdraw: The Role of Gender

Where is she now?
PhD student, Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas at Austin

Hannah Pyatetskiy

Major: Family and Human Development Studies
Minor: Kinesiology
Year: Junior
Project: Effects of IEP's and Parental Involvement on School Readiness in Preschool Children with Disabilities

Cami Mcintire

Major: Family and Human Development
Minor: Women and Gender Studies
Year: Senior
Project: The Impacts of Home Learning Environments on Children Approaches to Learning

Where is she now?
Research and Evaluation Assistant, First Things First

Kira Olsen-Medina

Major: Sociology
Year: Senior
Project: Head Start Characteristics Impacting Teacher Perception of Center Climate

Where is she now?
Masters students, American Studies, Arizona State University

Robert Michael Tovar

Major(s): Communication and Family and Human Development
Year in school: Senior
Project: Head Start's Impact on Latinx/Hispanic and African-American Parental Depression Levels

Where is he now?
PhD student, Family and Human Development program, Arizona State University

Paul Espinoza

Major: Sociology
Minors: Family and Human Development, Chinese
Project: Impacts of Parent Participation During Head Start on Social Skills & Problem Behavior in Kindergarten