Current Grad Students
2012-13 Graduate Student Committees List
Abenavoli, Rachel
Rachel is from Greenwich, CT, and received her B.A. in Psychology from Fairfield University. Her co-advisors are Mark Greenberg and Scott Gest. Rachel's research interests are in prevention/intervention research and socio-emotional development in children and adolescents.
Email: rma5183@psu.edu
Augustine, Mairin
Mairin is from Elyria, OH, and received her B.S. and M.S. in Psychology from Lehigh University. Her advisor is Cindy Stifter. Mairin's research interests are socioemotional development in childhood and parent-child relationships.
Email: mea184@psu.edu
Bamberger, Katie
Katie is from St. Mary's City, MD, and received her B.S. in Psychology and English at St. Mary's College of Maryland. Her advisor is Doug Coatsworth. Katie's research interests are in intervention, child development, and family caregiving.
Email: ktb5128@psu.edu
Bangerter, Lauren
Lauren is from Kula, Maui, and received her B.A. in Psychology from Arizona State University, and her M.A. in Communication Studies, also from Arizona State. Her advisor is Steve Zarit. Her research interests are in the aging area.
Email: lrb207@psu.edu
Barrineau, MaryJon
MaryJon is from Simpsonville, SC, and received her B. A in Psychology from Columbia College and her M.A. in Experimental Psychology from Radford University. Her advisor is Steve Zarit. MaryJon's research interests are in adult development and aging, and family caregiving.
Email: mzb181@psu.edu
Bleser, Julia
Julia is from Burbank, CA, and received her B.S. in Health Promotion from University of Southern California and her M.S.P.H. from Johns Hopkins. Her advisor is Leann Birch. Julia's research interest is childhood obesity prevention.
Email: jat382@psu.edu
Bova, Kristine
Kristine is from Mechanicsburg, PA, and receved her B.S. in Psychobiology and German from Lebanon Valley College. Her advisor is Lisa Kopp. Kristine's research interests are childhood brain development and prevention/intervention.
Email: klb63@psu.edu
Bradley, Stephanie
Stephanie is from Atlanta, GA, and received her B.A. in Psychology from Georgia State University and her M.S. in HDFS from Penn State. Her advisor is Doug Coatsworth. Stephanie's research interests are positive youth development, and prevention impact on adolescent agency.
Email: sab441@psu.edu
Chin, Fumiyuki
Fumiyuki is from Tokyo, Japan, and received her B.S. in Psychology (French minor) from University of Maryland, College Park, and her M.S. in HDFS from Penn State. Her advisior is Doug Teti. Fumiyuki's research interests are parent-infant relationships and related intervention and prevention.
Email: fzc109@psu.edu
Constance, Nicole
Nicole is from Fredericksburg, VA, and received a B.S. in Psychology and a B.S. in Anthropology from Virginia Commonwealth University, and her M.S. in HDFS and Demography from Penn State. Her advisors are Kate Hynes and David Eggebeen. Nicole's research interests are social policy, minority children/families, demography, and work & family issues.
email: nfc108@psu.edu
Cox, Jacqueline
Jacqui is from New York, NY, and received her B.S. in Psychology from Fordham University. Her advisor is Ed Smith. Jacqui's research interest are teen pregnancy, social policy, and methodology.
Email: jac705@psu.edu
DePasquale, Nicole
Nicole is from Toms River, NJ. She received her B.A. in Communication (Psych & Soc minor) at Rutgers University, and her MSPH in Health Ed. and Health Communication from Johns Hopkins. Her advisor is David Almeida. Nicole's research interests are adult development and aging and prevention/intervention.
Email: nzd117@psu.edu
Doub, Allison
Allison is from Waynesboro, PA, and received her B.S. in HDFS (Psych minor) from PSU. Her advisors are Cindy Stifter and Leann Birch. Allison's research interests are infant development and obesity prevention.
Email: aed5142@psu.edu
Doughty, Susan
Susan is from Moon Township, PA, and received her B.A. in Psychology from Bucknell University and her M.S. in HDFS from Penn State. Her advisor is Susan McHale. Susan's research interests are sibling relationships, family dynamics, and parental differential treatment.
Email: sed201@psu.edu
Gayles, Joche
Joche is from Oakland, CA, and received her B.A. in Psychology/American Indian Studies from San Diego State University and her M.S. in HDFS from Penn State. Her advisor is Doug Coatsworth. Joche's research interests are adolescent development and well-being, family methodology, and parent-child interactions.
Email: jgg137@psu.edu
Goode, Tamara
Tamara is from Santa Ana, CA, and received her B.A. and M.A. in Psychology from California State University. Her co-advisors are Mike Rovine and Peter Molenaar. Tamara's research interest is methodology.
Email: tzg116@psu.edu
Greene, Kaylin
Kaylin is from Spokane, WA, and received her B.A. in Psychology/Theatre from Whitman College. Her advisor is Kate Hynes. Kaylin's research interests are social policy, work and family.
Email: kmg312@psu.edu
Griffin, Amanda
Amanda is from Alexandria, VA, and received her B.S. in Psychology from Virginia Tech. Her advisor is Bo Cleveland. Amanda's research interests are adolescence and genetics.
Harris, Alexis
Alexis is from Memphis, TN, and received her B.A. in Psychology from Rhodes College and her M.A. in Liberal Studies (Urban Childoon) from the University of Memphis. Her advisor Is Mark Greenberg. Alexis's research interests are prevention/promotion and social-emotional learning for adolescents.
Email: arh253@psu.edu
Heckert, Jessica
Jessica is from Cullowhee, NC, and received her B.S. in Psychology from Greensboro College. Her advisor is Rukmalie Jayakody. Jessica's research interests are childhood poverty, children & youth in developing countries, lifecourse, methodology, and demography.
Email: jmh635@psu.edu
James, Brittany
Brittany is from Pelsor, AR, and received her B.A. in Psychology from Duke University. Her advisor is Leann Birch. Brittany's research interests are in childhood obesity prevention.
Email: bxj155@psu.edu
Jian, Ni
Ni is from Fuding, China, and received a B.A. in Public Finance and a B. S. in Psychology from Peking University. Her advisor is Doug Teti. Her research interests are development of attachment, emotion regulation, and parenting.
Email: nxj133@psu.edu
Katz, Dierdre (Hon)
Dierdre is from Seattle, WA, and received her B.S. in Biology/Secondary Ed. from Loyola University and her M.Ed. in Mind, Brain, & Education from Harvard University. Her co-advisors are Mark Greenberg and Scott Gest. Dierdre's research interests are neurobilogical factors of social and emotional development of adolescents.
Email: dah1039@psu.edu
Kim, Bo-Ram
Bo-Ram is from Kwangju, Korea, and received her B.A. in Psychology/Music from Oberlin College and her M.S. in HDFS from Penn State. Her advisor is Dou Teti. Bo-Ram's research interests are infant and early childhood socioemotional development and parent-child relationships.
Email: bkim317@psu.edu
Kim, Peter (Seung)
Peter is from Lenview, IL, and received his B.A. in English/Creative writing from Seattle University. His advisor is Mayra Bamaca. Peter's research interests are development and adjustment of minority children, impact of acculturation on family processes.
Email: syk126@psu.edu
Koffer, Rachel
Rachel is from Herndon, VA, and received her B.A in Psychology from Brandeis University. Her advisors are David Almeida and Nilam Ram. Rachel's research interests are in adult development and aging and methodology.
Email: rek183@psu.edu
Lai, Mary
Mary is from Richmond, CA, and received her B.A. in Asian American Studies from UC Berkeley and her M.Ed. in Sociology & Education from Columbia University. Her advisor is Ed Smith. Mary's research interests are roles of ethnicity, culture, and immigration in delinquency and adolescent substance use, and youth & community development.
Email: mhl131@psu.edu
Lawson, Katie
Katie is from Lawton, MI, and received her B.A. in Psychology from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland and her M.A. from Radford University. Her advisor is Ann Crouter. Katie's research interests include the associations between work and family across the lifespan, gender roles, and research methods.
Email: kml5509@psu.edu
Lee, Bora
Bora is from Seoul, Korea, and received her M.A. from Yonsei University. Her advisor is Fred Vondracek. Her research interest is career development.
Email: bul126@psu.edu
Lee, Soomi
Soomi is from Seoul, Korea, and received her B.S. and M.A. in Child Development & Family Studies from Yonsei University. Her advisor is David Almeida. Soomi's research interests are work & family, and well-being of family members.
Email: sil5400@psu.edu
Leggett, Amanda
Amanda is from Huntsville, AL, and received her B.A. in Psychology from Queens University of Charlotte and her M.S. in HDFS from Penn State. Her advisor is Steve Zarit. Amanda's research interests are late-life depression and anxiety, cross-cultural aging differences, mental health in long-term care, prevention/intervention in mental health issues in older adults, and family caregiving.
Email: anl137@psu.edu
Liu, Yin
Yin is from Chengdu, China, and received her B.A. in English from SW China Normal University and her M.S. in HDFS from Texas Tech. Her advisor is Steve Zarit. Yin's research interests are adult development and aging in the context of family caregiving and methodology.
Email: yul183@psu.edu
Lo, Lawrence
Lawrence is from Robbinsdale, MN, and received his B. A. in Psychology/Philosophy from University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. His co-advisors are Mike Rovine and Peter Molenaar. Lawrence's research interest is methodology
Email: LLL180@psu.edu
Lydon, David
David is from Galway, Ireland, and received his B.A. in Psychology and English Literature from Trinity College in Dublin. His advisor is Chuck Geier. David's research interests are in adilescent brain development and risk-taking.
Email dml344@psu.edu
Maas, Megan
Megan is from California and received her B.A. in Psychology from California State University where she also worked as a health educator to integrate sexual media information into sex education presentations for college students. Her advisor is Eva Lefkowitz and she also works closely with Mark Feinberg. Broadly, her research interest is sexual socialization and romantic relationship functioning in emerging and young adulthood. Specifically, she’s interested in the impact of gender socialization and sexually explicit material use on sexual behavior, body image and sexual esteem. She is particularly interested in factors that contribute to sexual esteem and long term sexual satisfaction in romantic relationships throughout adulthood.
Email: mkm266@psu.edu
Madill, Rebecca
Rebecca is from Whittier, NC, and received her B.A. in Psychology/French from Emory & Henry College. Her advisor is Scott Gest. Rebecca's research interests are school based prevention and classroom contextual effects.
Email: ram436@psu.edu
Magee, Stephanie
Stephanie is from Marlton, NJ, and received her B.S. in Psychology from Virginia Tech. Her advisors are Peter Molenaar and Mike Rovine. Stephanie's research interest is methodology.
Email: smm5457@psu.edu
Manning, Alice (Liz)
Liz is from Philadelphia, PA and received her B.A. in Psychology/Spanish from Bucknell University and her M.S. in HDFS from Penn State. Her advisor is Doug Coatsworth. Liz's research interests are adolescent development and prevention.
Email: aem264@psu.edu
Mayer, Gail
Gain is from Parkland, FL, and received her B.S/B.A. in Psychology/Spanish from the University of Florida. Her advisor is Doug Teti. Her research interests are parenting and parent-child relationships.
Email: gem173@psu.edu
McDaniel, Brandon
Brandon is from Terre Haute, IN, and received his B.S. in Psychology from Brigham Young University and his M.S. in HDFS from Penn State. His advisors are Doug Teti and David Eggebeen. Brandon's primary research interest is the transition to parenthood, specifically the effects of infants and children on parents and couples, including such outcomes as depression, parenting stress, health, employment relationship satisfaction, and coparenting quality. He is particularly interested in the stressors and adaptations that take place among parents and families across the transition to parenthoood. He has additional interests in the interaction of media use and family life.
Email: bom5123@psu.edu
Miller, Aaron
Aaron is from State College, PA, and received his B.S. from HDFS at Penn State. His advisor is Scott Gest. Aaron's research interests are social and emotional development in preschool and elementary children, and motivation achievement in children and adolescents.
Email: amm371@psu.edu
Mineo, Concetta
Concetta is from Sewell, NJ, and received her B.A. in Psychology from Rowan University and her M.S. from Villanova University. Her advisor is David Almeida. Concetta's research interests are health & social policy in immigrant and minority families.
Email: czm173@psu.edu
Moding, Kameron
Kameron is from Manitou Springs, CO, and received her B.A. in Psychology from Colorado College. Her advisor is Cindy Stifter. Kameron's research interests are socioemotional development of infants and temperament.
Email: kjm5444@psu.edu
Morack, Jennifer
Jennifer is from Lake Orion, MI, and received her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Michigan, and M.S in HDFS from Penn State. Her advisor is David Almeida. Her research interest is in adult development and aging.
Email: jhm191@psu.edu
Munoz, Elizabeth
Liz is from Whittier, CA, and received her B.S. in Psychology/Social Behavior from the University of California-Irvine, and her M.S. in HDFS from Penn State. Her advisor is Martin Sliwinski. Liz's research interests are adult development and aging and research methods.
Email: edm172@psu.edu
Ou, Lu (Jane)
Lu is from Chengdu, China, and received her B.S. in Mathematics & Applied Math from Zhejiang Univeristy. Her advisor is Sy-Miin Chow. Her research interest is methodology.
Email: lz0114@psu.edu
Padilla, Jenny
Jenny is from Pomona, CA, and received her B.A. in Psychology from UCLA. Her advisor is Susan McHale. Her research interests are sibling relationships and academic outcomes.
Email: jzp170@psu.edu
Pham, Phuong ThiThu
Phuong is from Hanoi, Vietnam, and received her B.A. from Hanoi National University and her M.S. in HDFS from Penn State. Her advisor is Rukmalie Jayakody. Phuong's research interest is in family studies.
Email: ptp110@psu.edu
Philbrook, Lauren
Lauren is from Hopkinton, MA, and received her B.A. in Psychology (neuroscience) from Williams College and her M.S. in HDFS from Penn State. Her advisor is Doug Teti. Lauren's research interests are parenting and infant socioemotional development and physiological regulation.
Email: lzp125@psu.edu
Polenick, Courtney
Courtney is from New Castle, PA, and received her B.A. in Music and her M.S. in Applied Behavior Analysis from Youngstown State University. Her advisor is Lynn Martire. Her research interests are late-life depression and caregiving relationships.
Email: cap317@psu.edu
Pressler, Emily
Emily is from Cleveland, OH, and received her B.S. in Psychology from Fordham University and her M.S. in HDFS from Penn State. Her co-advisors are Doug Coatsworth and Daphne Hernandez. Emily's research interests are family studies, child academic achievement, social policy, and maternal participation in government assistance programs.
Email: eap197@psu.edu
Reader, Jonathan
Jonathan is from Stroudsburg, PA, and received his B.S. in HDFS from PSU. His advisor is Doug Teti. Jonathan's research interests are in infant/child development and sleep research.
Email: jmr5285@psu.edu
Reamy, Allison
Allison is from Centreville, VA, and received her B.S. and M.S. in Psychology from St. Josephs University. Her advisor is Steve Zarit. Allison's research interest is in adult development and aging.
Email: amr383@psu.edu
Rhee, Hye Young (Grace)
Grace is from South Korea, and received her B.A. and M.A. in CD&FS/Psychology from Seoul National University. Her advisor is Doug Teti. Grace's research interests are attachment, parenting, and infant/child socioemotional development.
Email: hur119@psu.edu
Rollins, Brandi
Brandi is from Oakland, CA, and received her B.A. in English and Anthropology from Centre College and her M.S. in HDFS from Penn State. Her advisor is Leann Birch. Brandi's research interests are childhood obesity and prevention.
Email: byr104@psu.edu
Shimizu, Mina
Mina is from Japan, and received her B.A. in Psychology from UCLA. Her advisor is Doug Teti. Mina's research interests are parenting and mother-child relationships.
Email: mos5370@psu.edu
Sprague, Brianna
Brianna is from Valley Falls, Kansas, and received her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Kansas. Her advisor is Marty Sliwinski. Brianna's research interests are in cognitive aging and methodology.
Email: bns142@psu.edu
Terr-Malloy, Julia
Julia is from Burbank, CA, and received her B.S. in Health Promotion from Univerisity of Southern California and her MSPH in Public Health from Johns Hopkins. Her advisor is Leann Birch. Julia's research interest is childhood obesity prevention.
Email: jat382@psu.edu
Trieu, Quang
Quang is from Cao Bang, Vietnam, and received his B.EC. from Vietnam N.U. in Economics, B.ENGL from Hanoi University and M.A. from Brandeis. His advisor is Rukmalie Jayakody. Quang's research interests are development programs, ethnic minorities, applied policy, international development, poverty and social welfare.
Email: qtt104@psu.edu
Waterman, Emily
Emily is from Syracuse, NY, and received her B.A. from Siena College. Her advisor is Eva Lefkowitz. Emily's research interest is sexuality.
Email: eaw237@psu.edu
Wesche, Rose
Rose is from Chicago, IL, and received her B.A. in Psychology from Oberlin College. Her advisor is Eva Lefkowitz. Rose's research interests are adolescent and young adult romantic and sexual relationships.
Email: rbw132@psu.edu
Willner, Cindy
Cindy is from Danbury, CT, and received her B.S. in Cognitive Science from Brown University. Her advisor is Lisa Gatzke-Kopp. Cindy's research interests are child & adolescent development, biopsychology, prevention, and intervention.
Email: cjw5334@psu.edu
Wilson, Stephanie
Stephanie is from Germantown, TN, and received her B.A. in Psychology from Rhodes College. Her advisor is Lynn Martire. Stephanie's research interests are biological and social processes within the context of health.
Email: sjw5295@psu.edu
Xia, Mengya (Mona)
Mengya is from Wuhan, China, and recieved a B.E. in Computer Science and B.S. in Psychology from Wuhan University. She also received her MEd. in Psychology from Wuhan University. Her advisor is Greg Fosco. Her research interests are family system processes and family relationships.
Email: mxx108@psu.edu
Zadzora, Kathleen
Kathleen is from Brooklyn, NY, and received her B.A. in Psychology/Antrhopology/Music from the University of Notre Dame and her M.S. in Psychology from New York University. Her co-advisors are Mark Greenberg and Scott Gest. Kathleen's research interests are child development, child & family policy, prevention, and intervention.
Email: kmz137@psu.edu
Zheng, Yao
Yao is from Heilongjiang, China, and receive his B.S. in Psychology from Yuanpei Collegeat Peking University and his M.S. in HDFS from Penn State. His advisor is Bo Cleveland. Yao's research interests are adolescent and emerging adulthood antisocial behavior, delinquency prevention, and methodology.
Email: yzz122@psu.edu
