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Clarissa Abidog
Email: cabidog@asu.edu
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
Degrees: 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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Danming An
Email: danming.an@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2014
Progress: MS
Degrees: M.S.Ed. Human Development, University of Pennsylvania; B.S. Psychology, Peking University.
Hometown: China
Interests: Children's social development and its relationship with cognitive/emotional abilities, family, and peers. Especially the development of social competence and social withdrawal.
Advisor: Natalie Wilkens |
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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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Bobbi Bromich
Email: Bobbi.Bromich@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2016
Degrees: BS in Psychology, ASU, Tempe
Hometown: Chandler, AZ
Interests: Predictors of academic achievement in elementary school aged children; developing interventions aimed at helping diverse populations of children succeed in school
Advisor: Cindy Miller
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Karina Cahill
Email: karina.cahill@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2016
Degrees: 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
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 Clifford
Email: bncliffo@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2018
Progress: MS
Degrees: B.S. Human Development; B.A. Linguistics; M.S. Human
Hometown: Logandale, Nevada
Interests: Children's peer interactions; social development; conceptualizations of social withdrawal; communicative competence
Advisor: Natalie Wilkens
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Rachel Cook
Email: recook1@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2013
Progress: MS
Degrees: BA, Agnes Scott College
Hometown: Springfield, TN
Program: Family and Human Development
Interests: Gender stereotyping and the effects on children's peer interactions, hobbies, and academic interests and achievement
Advisor: Carol Martin
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Khaerannisa Cortes
Email: khaerannisa.cortes@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2011
Progress: 5th year, MS, passed comps
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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Danielle Desfosses
Email: danielle.desfosses@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2012
Progress: ABD
Degrees: BA Family Studies & Sociology, University of British Columbia; MA Family Studies, University of British Columbia.
Hometown: Vancouver, Canada
Program: Family and Human Development, PhD
Areas of Interest: School-based intervention programs, school climate, developmental outcomes (socio-emotional learning, academic achievement), and conduct problems/violence.
Advisors: Sabina Lowe (Chair) & Becky Ladd (Co-Chair)
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Stefanie Fuentes
Email: Stefanie.Fuentes@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2015
Degrees: BA, Psychology, Pomona College
Hometown: Round Lake Beach, IL
Program: Family and Human Development
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: MS
Degrees: Human Development, B.S. & M.S., Brigham Young University
Hometown: Everett, WA
Interests: Ashley's research focuses on the positive development, resilience, and healing of children, women, and families. More specifically, she focuses on the development of positive psychological constructs such as hope, prosocial identity, and self-regulation as protective factors against adverse circumstances and development. She also investigates these positive constructs as catalysts to healthy functioning for individuals and families. Ashley is also interested in how adult and child temperament reciprocally influence these relations within multiple contexts.
Advisor: Tracy Spinrad
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Abigail Gabriel
Email: akgabril1@asu.edu
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
Email: diana.gal@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2014
Progress: MS
Degrees: Neuroscience, B.S., The College of William & Mary; Family and Human Development, M.S., Arizona State
Hometown: Reston, VA
Program: Family and Human Development, MA/PhD
Areas of Interest: Emotional development in early childhood; evaluation and implementation of prevention programs; understanding the role of parental and teacher socialization in the development of young children's attitudes towards diverse others
Advisor: Tracy Spinrad
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Annie Gallagher
Email: Annabella.Gallagher@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2014
Progress: MS
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.
Advisor: Kimberly Updegraff |
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Chanler Hilley
Email: Chanler.Hilley@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2016
Progress: MS
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: Transition to adulthood; health and educational outcomes during this period; 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
Degrees: B.A. Political Science with a minor in Family and Human Development, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Hometown: Chandler, Arizona
Interests: Adolescent Self-Esteem; Self-Esteem Developing; Eating Disorders
Advisor: Dawn Delay
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Jayley Janssen
Email: jajanss2@asu.edu
Degrees: BS Human Development and Family Science, University of Missouri, Columbia
Hometown: Quincy, Illinois, USA
Interests: Teacher-child relationships, racial & gender inequalities in education, academic engagement, program & curriculum development
Advisor: Richard Fabes
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Kevin Korous
Email: kkorous@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2015
Progress: MS
Degrees: M.S. Arizona State University; B.S., University of Utah
Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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: MS
Degrees: MS, University of Georgia, GA; Med. National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
Hometown: Taiwan
Interests: Child development in disadvantaged families
Advisor: Dawn Delay and Richard Fabes
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Longfeng Li
Email: longfen1@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2018
Progress: MS
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: MS
Degrees: BA Education University of Arizona Tucson, AZ MA Education Arizona State University Tempe, AZ
Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
Interests: executive function and stress
Advisor: Dr. Monica Tsethlikai
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Ana Maria Melenez Guevara
Email: amelend9@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2018
Degrees: BA in Psychology, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia
Masters in Social Work, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
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 and Dr. Jose Causadias
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Matthew Nielson
Email: matthew.nielson@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2015
Degrees: Bachelors and Masters degrees in Human Development from Brigham Young University, Utah
Hometown: Nephi, Utah, United States
Research Interests: Gender socialization and stereotypes, masculine role norms, gender typicality
Advisor: Carol Martin
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Michelle Pasco
Email: mcpasco@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2014
Degrees: BA Psychology, UCLA
Hometown: Azusa, California
Interests: Neighborhood ethnic-racial concentration, residential segregation, ethnic-racial identity and label use in adolescence, using mixed-methods to understand the lived experiences of ethnic-racial minoritized in neighborhood contexts
Advisor: Rebecca White
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Shannon Rupp
Email: srupp@asu.edu
Progress: MS
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, USA
Interests: Maternal and Child Health, Bullying, Measurement and Assessment, Injury Prevention, Policy and Prevention
Advisor: Steve Elliott
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M. Dalal Safa
Email: dalalsafa@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2014
Progress: ABD
Degrees: M.A. Social & Intercultural Psychology, Universite Livre de Bruxelles, Brussels, BE; BA Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, US
Interests: Conceptualization, Measurement, and Development of Biculturalism
Advisor: Rebecca M.B. White
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Danielle Seay
Email: dmseay@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2013
Degrees: M.S., Psychology; B.S., Human Development and Family Science
Hometown: Austin, TX
Program: Family and Human Development
Areas of Interest: Mechanisms through which adversity confers vulnerability and resilience. Emotion regulation, pubertal timing effects, relational aggression and victimization.
Advisor: Adriana Umaña-Taylor
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Daye Son
Email: daye_son@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2018
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; child disclosure; prosocial behavior
Advisor: Dr. Kimberly Updegraff
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Lauren van Huisstede
Email: lvanhuis@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2014
Progress: ABD
Degrees: BA Political Science, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; MS Psychology, Arizona State University West
Hometown: Scottsdale, AZ
Interests: parent-child relationships, self-regulation, infancy
Advisors: Keith Crnic
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Kenton Woods
Email: kbwoods@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2016
Degrees: Family and Human Development (BS), Arizona State University. Psychology (BA), Arizona State University
Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona USA
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: MS
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 nonconformity and social inclusion.
Advisor: Dr. Tracy Spinrad
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Jingyi Xu
Email: jingyixu@asu.edu
Cohort Year: 2016
Progress: MS
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 Wilken
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Xiaoye Xu
Email: xiaoyex1@asu.edu
Progress: MS
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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