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Clarissa Abidog
Email:cabidog@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2017
Progress: Pre-Masters
Degrees: B.S. Psychology with a minor in Family Studies, Boise State University, Boise, ID
Hometown: Stockton, CA
Interests: Multiracial and Black/African American identity development; racial socialization in minority families; psychological well-being and academic achievement outcomes.
Advisor: Eleanor Seaton
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Brittany Alexander
Email:Brittany.L.Alexander@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2016
Progress: Post-Masters
Degrees: M.S. in Family and Human Development, Arizona State University; B.A. Psychology Minor and Honors in Educational Studies, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
Hometown: Brentwood, Tennessee, USA
Interests: Brittany's research focuses on promoting educational equity through social and emotional development. Specifically, Brittany focuses on the development of anti-racist compassion and hope. She is currently working on a course to promote the development of compassion, a pilot study exploring hope in the educational context and how it relates to academic and health outcomes, and a study investigating prosocial behavior in preschool children.
Advisor: Richard Fabes
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Annabelle Lin Atkin
Email: annabelle.atkin@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2015
Progress: MS
Degrees: B.A. Psychology and Asian and Asian American Studies, University of Connecticut; M.S. in Family and Human Development, Arizona State University
Hometown: Willington, CT
Interests: Parental racial socialization and identity development for multiracial and Asian American individuals; effects of discrimination on well-being; social justice and racial attitudes; roles of racial context in development of race-related processes.
Advisor: Brandon Yoo
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Karina Cahill
Email:karina.cahill@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2016
Progress: Post-Masters
Degrees: M.S. and B.S. Family and Human Development, Arizona State University
Hometown: Yuma, AZ
Interests: Contextual factors; positive development for Latino youth; academic outcomes and achievement.
Advisor: Kimberly Updegraff
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Jenny Chang Zhao
Email:czhao60@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2018
Progress: Pre-Masters
Degrees: B.A. Psychology & B.A. Labor and Employment Relations, Pennsylvania State University
Hometown: Shanghai, China
Interests: How youth is influenced by the contexts in which they are embedded, particularly focusing on how family, neighborhood, and cultural factors might shape Latino adolescent's emotional, psycho-social and behavioral well-being.
Advisor: Rebecca M.B. White
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Brandon Neil Clifford
Email:bncliffo@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2018
Progress: Post-Masters
Degrees: B.S. Human Development; B.A. Linguistics; M.S. Human Development, Brigham Young Univeristy
Hometown: Logandale, Nevada
Interests: Children's social and communicative competence; social development; conceptualizations of social withdrawal
Advisor: Natalie Wilkens
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Rachel Cook
Email:bncliffo@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2018
Progress: Post-Masters
Degrees: B.S. Human Development; B.A. Linguistics; M.S. Human Development, Brigham Young Univeristy
Hometown: Logandale, Nevada
Interests: Children's social and communicative competence; social development; conceptualizations of social withdrawal
Advisor: Natalie Wilkens
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Khaerannisa Cortes
Email:khaerannisa.cortes@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2011
Progress: Passed comprehensive exams
Degrees: M.S. Family Human Development, Arizona State University; B.S. Family & Human Development & B.S. Psychology, Arizona State University
Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
Interests: Peer relationships, specifically how teachers and children respond to and cope with bullying incidences
Advisor: Becky Ladd & Gary Ladd
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Stacey M. Flores
Email:Stacey.Flores@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2018
Progress: Post-Masters
Degrees: M.Ed. Counseling, Northern Arizona University, AZ; M.Ed. Higher and Postsecondary Education, Arizona State University, AZ; B.A. English, minor Journalism, Delta State University, MS
Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
Research Interests: Intersection of sport and race; athlete experience; sport psychology; sport sociology; girls and women in sports.
Advisor: Dr. Scott Brooks
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Stefanie Fuentes
Email:Stefanie.Fuentes@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2015
Progress: Post-Masters
Degrees:M.S. in Family and Human Development, Arizona State University; BA, Psychology, Pomona College
Hometown: Round Lake Beach, IL
Areas of Interest: Ethnic and racial socialization, ethnic-racial identity development, academic self-efficacy, cultural resources for Latino adolescent
Advisor: Adriana Umaña-Taylor
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Ashley Fraser
Email:amfrase2@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2018
Progress: Post-Masters
Degrees: Human Development, B.S. & M.S., Brigham Young University
Hometown: Everett, WA
Interests: Development of positive psychological constructs such as hope, empathy and prosocial identity and behavior; Resilence; Multiracial families and inclusion science
Advisor: Tracy Spinrad
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Abigail Gabriel
Email:akgabril1@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2017
Progress: Pre-Masters
Degrees: B.S. Psychology, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Hometown: Santa Clara, CA, USA
Areas of Interest: Multiracial and Asian-American identity development; identity integration theory; ethnic/racial socialization; risk and resilience factors in minority populations; critical race and intersectional perspectives
Advisor: Brandon Yoo
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Diana Gal-Szabo
Email:diana.gal@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2014
Progress: ABD
Degrees: Neuroscience, B.S., The College of William & Mary; Family and Human Development, M.S., Arizona State University
Hometown: Reston, VA
Areas of Interest: Emotional development in early childhood; evaluation and implementation of prevention programs; parental and teacher socialization of White children's racial attitudes
Advisor: Tracy Spinrad
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Annie Gallagher
Email:Annabella.Gallagher@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2014
Progress: Post-Masters
Degrees: M.S. Family and Human Development, ASU, Tempe; B.S. Human Development and Family Studies, PSU, State College
Hometown: Wallingford, PA
Research Interests: Adolescent Development; Sibling Relationships and Family Processes; Etiology of Aggression; Measurement and Statistical Analyses; Applied Research.
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Chanler Hilley
Email: Chanler.Hilley@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2016
Progress: Passed comprehensive exam
Degrees: B.S. Health Promotion, Coastal Carolina University (Conway, SC); M.Ed. Higher and Postsecondary Education, Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Hometown: Calhoun Falls, SC
Interests: The intersection of health, educational, and employment during the transition to adulthood; individual and environmental factors that promote positive development in the context of adversity.
Advisor: Sarah Lindstrom Johnson
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Aubrey Hoffer
Email:alhoffer@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2018
Progress: Pre-Masters
Degrees: B.A. Political Science with a minor in Family and Human Development, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Hometown: Chandler, AZ
Interests: Adolescent Self-Esteem; Self-Esteem Developing; Body Image
Advisor: Dawn Delay
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Jayley Janssen
Email:jajanss2@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2017
Progress: Pre-Masters
Degrees: B.S. Human Development and Family Science, University of Missouri, Columbia
Hometown: Quincy, IL
Interests: Teacher-child relationships; racial and gender inequalities in education; academic engagement; program & curriculum development
Advisor: Eleanor Seaton, Tracy Spinrad, and Richard Fabes
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Diana L. Jenkins
Email: dljenki1@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2018
Post-Masters
Degrees: M.S. in Psychology, Arizona State University
Hometown: Mostly Phoenix, AZ
Research Interests: Gender attitudes and behaviors, sexism and masculinity, personal relationships
Advisor: Carol Martin
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Juyoung Kim
Email: jkim@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2019
Progress: Post-Masters
Degrees: M.A. in Child Development, Ewha Womans University; B.S. in Psychology, University of Georgia
Hometown: Seoul, Korea
Interests: children's cognitive development in social context; executive function; theory of mind; memory; peer relationship; cultural effects
Advisor: Monica Tsethlikai
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Kevin Korous
Email:kkorous@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2015
Progress: Passed comprehensive exams
Degrees: M.S. Arizona State University; B.S., University of Utah
Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT
Interests: Meta-Analysis, Socioeconomic Status, and Racial Discrimination
Advisor: José M. Causadias
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Yen-Lin Lee
Email:ylee217@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2018
Progress: Post-Masters
Degrees: MS, University of Georgia, GA; Med. National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
Hometown: Taiwan
Interests: Friendship, peer relationship, and social-emotional development in early childhood; measurement and statistical analysis
Advisor: Dawn DeLay and Richard Fabes
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Longfeng Li
Email:longfen1@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2018
Progress: Post-Masters
Degrees: M.S. Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China; B.S. Psychology, Beijing Normal University
Hometown: Chongqing, China
Interests: Child development, parenting and child social-emotional adjustment, temperament, sleep, measurement and statistical analyse
Advisor: Carlos Valiente
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Jamie Theresa Lopez
Email:jamietheresa.lopez@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2016
Progress: Post-Masters
Degrees: BA Education University of Arizona Tucson, AZ MA Education Arizona State University Tempe, AZ
Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
Interests: early childhood, parenting, temperament, self-regulation and language
Advisor: Dr. Tracy Spinrad
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Ronae Matriano
Email: rmatrian@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2019
Progress: Pre-Masters
Degrees: B.S. in Biological Sciences (Genetics, Cell & Developmental Biology), B.A. in Asian Pacific American Studies, and Minor in Communication
Hometown: Avondale, AZ
Interests: Asian American racial identity, racism, mental health
Advisor: Brandon Yoo
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Ana Maria Melenez Guevara
Email:amelend9@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2018
Progress: Pre-Masters
Degrees: MS in Social Work, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma; BA in Psychology, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia
Hometown: Bogota, Colombia
Research Interests: Child and family development in context of risk and adversity within ethnic minorities and historically marginalized communities, micro and macro mechanism of resilience, mental health, community based interventions and cultural processes.
Advisors: Dr. Sarah Lindstrom Johnson
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Kamryn Morris
Email: ksmorr10@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2018
Progress: Pre-Masters
Degree: B.S. in Child and Family Development with a Minor in Honors Interdisciplinary Studies
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Interests: Black adolescents; racial discrimination stress; the school as a context; culturally competent interventions.
Advisors: Eleanor Seaton & Sarah Lindstrom Johnson
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Matthew Nielson
Email:matthew.nielson@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2015
Progress: ABD
Degrees: M.S. in Family and Human Development, Arizona State University; Bachelors and Masters degrees in Human Development from Brigham Young University, Utah
Hometown: Nephi, UT
Research Interests: Gender socialization and stereotypes, masculine role norms, gender typicality
Advisor: Carol Martin
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Sarah Parks
Email: sarah.parks@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2018
Progress: Post-Masters
Degrees: M.C. in Counseling & B.S. in Family and Human Development from Arizona Staet University
Hometown: Farmington Hills, MI
Interests: Whiteness, White racial Identiy, White fragility, anti-racist identity
Advisor: Brandon Yoo
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Michelle Pasco
Email:mcpasco@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2014
Progress: Passed comprehensive exams
Degrees: Psychology, B.A, University of California, Los Angeles; Family and Human Development, M.S., Arizona State University
Hometown: Azusa, CA
Interests: Neighborhood ethnic-racial concentration, neighborhood and family processes processes, ethnic-racial identity, using mixed-methods to understand the lived experiences of ethnic-racial minoritized in neighborhood contexts
Advisor: Rebecca M. B. White
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Ariana Ruof
Email: akruof@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2018
Progress: Pre-Masters
Degrees: B.S. in Psychology, B.S. in Family and Human Development
Hometown: Queen Creek, AZ
Interests: Genetic and environmental contributions to children's development of self-regulation
Advisor: Carlos Valiente
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Shannon Rupp
Email:srupp@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2016
Progress: ABD
Degrees: MSc, International Child Health, University College London, London, UK; MPP, Public Policy, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA; BA, History/Political Science and French, Wesleyan College, Macon, GA
Hometown: Wasilla, AK
Interests: Maternal and Child Health, Bullying, Measurement and Assessment, Injury Prevention, Policy and Prevention
Advisor: Steve Elliott
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Stephen Scrofani
Email: sscrofan@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2018
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Advisor: Carol Martin
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Daye Son
Email:dson9@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2018
Progress: Post-Masters
Degrees: MS, Marriage, Family, and Human Development, Brigham Young University; BS, Sociology, Brigham Young University
Hometown: Seoul, South Korea
Program: Family and Human Development
Areas of Interest: Parent-child relationships during adolescence and transition to adulthood; Adolescent autonomy development
Advisor: Dr. Kimberly Updegraff
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Stephanie Thibault
Email: sthibaul@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2019
Progress: Post-Masters
Degrees: B.A. in Psychology from Framingham State University & M.S. in Psychology from Arizona State University
Hometown: Natick, MA
Interests: Peer relationships, peer victimization, & bully perpetration
Advisor: Becky Ladd
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Claudia Vega
Email: cavega3@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2019
Progress: Pre-Masters
Degrees: B.A. in Psychology and Sociology (Certificate: Women's and Gender Studies), Florida International University
Hometown: Miami, FL
Research Interests: Family and social context; well-being of Latino/a/x youth and families; intersections of cultural stressors, strengths, adolescent development, and family dynamics on adjustment.
Advisor: Rebecca White
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Bobbi Woods
Email:Bobbi.Woods@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2016
Progress: Post-Masters
Degrees: M.S. in Family and Human Development and B.S. in Psychology, Arizona State University
Hometown: Chandler, AZ
Interests: Predictors of interest and success in engineering in elementary school students; implementation/evaluation of engineering-based interventions that aim to increase STEM interst and success in a diverse population of students.
Advisor: Cindy Miller
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Kenton Woods
Email:kbwoods@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2016
Progress: Pre-Masters
Degrees: Family and Human Development (BS), Arizona State University. Psychology (BA), Arizona State University
Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
Interests: I am interested in bullying and victimization inside and outside of the classroom.
Advisor: Laura Hanish
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Sonya Xinyue Xiao
Email:xxiao25@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2016
Progress: ABD
Degrees: M.S. Child and Family Studies, Syracuse University, NY. B.M. Financial Management, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China.
Hometown: Shanghai, China
Interests: Understanding and promoting children's prosocial behavior towards in-groups and out-groups in the context of family and school; gender-based peer inclusion and exclusion
Advisor: Dr. Tracy Spinrad & Dr. Carol Martin
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Jingyi Xu
Email:jingyixu@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2016
Progress: Post-Masters
Degrees: M.A. Developmental Psychology, Columbia University, NY; B.A. Chinese Language and Literature, Nanjing
Hometown: China
Interests: Parenting and children's social emotional development; cross-cultural comparisons
Advisor: Natalie Wilkens
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Xiaoye Xu
Email:xiaoyex1@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2017
Progress: Passed comprehensive exams
Degrees: M.A. Social Psychology, San Francisco State University, CA; B.A. Psychology, Smith College, MA
Hometown: Beijing, China
Interests: Parent-child interaction, Parents' genetic influence on parental behavior, Children's emotion regulation and prosocial behavior; Cultural influence on children's socioemotional development
Advisor: Tracy Spinrad
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