FACULTY

Stephanie Parade, Esther Leerkes, and Regan Burney at hooding ceremony, December 2010.

My current graduate students are:

Jessica Gudmundson who is interested in the social-emotional development of young children 0-3 within the context of the family and in using research to inform public and social policy.

Meagan Matthews who is interested in early childhood development and parenting with an emphasis on parental sensitivity and responsiveness.

Recent graduate students:

Stephanie Parade, Ph.D. (2010)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Brown University
Dissertation: Marital Satisfaction Across The Transition To Parenthood: A Vulnerability-Stress-Adaptation Perspective.

Regan Burney, Ph.D. (2010).
Current Position: Project Coordinator, Triad Child Study, UNCG
Dissertation: Links between temperament and coparenting: The moderating role of family characteristics.

Kathy Siepak, Ph.D. (2008).
Current position: Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education, University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Dissertation: Longitudinal Influences of Maternal Sensitivity on Infant Temperamental Reactivity and Emotion Regulation