Get to know our current graduate students! This page provides a quick overview of students enrolled in our programs, including their concentration, advisor/s, cohort, and the key words and phrases that describe their research or professional interest. Learn more about each student by clicking on their name to go to their profile
Couple and Family Therapy
Started in Fall 2018
Parenting, child health outcomes, family therapy, evidence-based practices, measurement, cultural adaptation, dissemination, and implementation.
Child Development
Started in Fall 2019
Diverse families of individuals with disabilities, multicultural and multilingual, training and coaching, professionals, children with special needs.
Child Development
Started in Fall 2018
Disabilities, siblings, prosocial behavior, caregiving, and families
Child Development
Fall 2022
Children with developmental disabilities, caregiver’s wellbeing, stress and anxiety reduction interventions, mindfulness-based interventions
Diversity in Youth, Adolescent, and Family Development (DYAD)
Fall 2022
Black youth, intersectionality, gendered-racial discrimination, gendered racial-ethnic socialization, positive youth development
Diversity in Youth, Adolescent, and Family Development (DYAD)
Started in Fall 2018
Sexual Objectification, Social Media Use, Sexual Health Education, Sexual Behaviors, Adolescent and Emerging Adult Development
Child Development
Started in Fall 2016
public health, infant mental health, stress, reflective functioning, military families, Early Head Start, parent-teacher relationships, teacher workforce wellness
Child Development
Fall 2022
Early Childhood Education, Teacher Professional Development, Language Development, Social-Emotional Development, Cultural Socialization
Child Development
Started in Fall 2018
Language Development; Parenting; Cultural Socialization; Parenting Intervention; Program Evaluation.
Child Development
Started in Fall 2020
Social Justice, Infants and Toddlers, Ethnic-Racial Socialization, Ethnic-Racial Identity Development, Early Childhood Policy, Early Care & Education
Couple and Family Therapy
Fall 2020
Couple and Family Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy
Couple and Family Therapy
Started in Fall 2018
Emotionally Focused Therapy, Chinese couple, Help-seeking behaviors
Couple and Family Therapy
Fall 2022
Relationship flourishing, relationship virtues, couple relationship education, couples therapy
Couple and Family Therapy
Fall 2021
parenting, attrition, dissemination, self-regulation of parents, fathers
Couple and Family Therapy
Fall 2022
parent-adult child relationships, emerging adults, evidence-based interventions, Chinese families
Diversity in Youth, Adolescent, and Family Development (DYAD)
Started in Fall 2020
international students, cultural adaptation, mental health
Child Development
Started in Fall 2020
Special healthcare needs, medical complexities, healthcare settings, training development
Diversity in Youth, Adolescent, and Family Development (DYAD)
Fall 2022
Parent-child relationships, Asian American adolescent, adolescent development within cultural context, value transmission in intergenerational relationships.
Child Development
Started in Fall 2019
Social and emotional, teacher well-being, infant-toddler workforce, high quality care, equity in early childhood
Youth Development
Started in Fall 2019
Historical Trauma, Intergenerational Trauma, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Child Development
Fall 2021
Empathy, relationships, parenting, resilience, maltreatment, youth mental health & well-being
Diversity in Youth, Adolescent, and Family Development (DYAD)
Started in Fall 2017
Military Families, Teaching Modalities, Relationship Education
Diversity in Youth, Adolescent, and Family Development (DYAD)
Fall 2021
Asian and Asian American youth, community contexts, adolescent development, adolescent outcomes, mental health outcomes
Diversity, Youth and Family Development
Fall 2021
Asian parenting, cultural context, migration and immigration, mental health, meaning-making
Child Development
Fall 2021
Cultural Adaptation, Children with Disabilities, Educational Interventions, Social Interventions, Family support
Diversity in Youth, Adolescent, and Family Development (DYAD)
Fall 2020
Immigration, parenting, Asian American children, culture, sibling relationship, parentification
Child Development
Started in Fall 2018
Resilience, Trauma, Parenting, Ecological Systems
Couple and Family Therapy
Fall 2021
Emotionally Focused Therapy, Attachment Theory, Adult Mental Health Outcomes, Clinical Intervention
Diversity in Youth, Adolescent, and Family Development (DYAD)
Fall 2021
Sex Education, Sexual Behaviors, Adolescent and Emerging Adult Development, Sexual Health, Romantic Relationships
Lifespan Human Development and Family Diversity
Started in Fall 2017
Positive Youth Development, Critical Consciousness, Emerging Adulthood, Mentoring
Child Development
Started in Fall 2019
Measurement, early literacy, speech disabilities, home environment
Child Development
Started in Fall 2020
Parenting and caregiving practices; infancy, toddlerhood, preschool children; early literacy; emotional and gender socialization; empathy development
Child Development
Started in Fall 2018
Early language and literacy development, children with complex communication needs, home learning environment
Child Development
Started in Fall 2020
Digital Media; Home literacy Environment; Language and Literacy Development.
Couple and Family Therapy
Started in Fall 2020
Attachment injuries, complex trauma, sex trafficking, infidelity affair recovery, and couple and family therapy.
Diversity in Youth, Adolescent, and Family Development (DYAD)
Fall 2021
Adolescent development, ethnic/racial identity, ethnic/racial socialization, experience sampling methods
Couple and Family Therapy
Fall 2022
Emotionally Focused Therapy, Socio-cultural Context, Attachment Theory
Couple and Family Therapy
Fall 2021
Parenting, Emotional Development, Evidence-based Interventions
Couple and Family Therapy
Started in Fall 2018
Ethnic and Racial Socialization, Parental Stress, Culturally Relevant Practices
Diversity in Youth, Adolescent, and Family Development (DYAD)
Started in Fall 2018
Adolescent development, Parent-child separation, Parental migration, Experience sampling method, Meta-analysis