Fall 2003 Cohort Biographical Notes
Name: Regan Burney
Email: rvbeaudr@uncg.edu
Previous Education: Elon University, Elon, NC. BA in Human Services
Entry Year: Fall 2003
Expected Graduation: 2008
Program of Study: MS/PhD
Research Interests: Predictors of partners’ coparenting quality. How children’s cognitive development is affected by how young children scaffold one another.
Advisor: Esther Leerkes
Career Plans: Academic Professor or Research Project Manager
Name: Jill K.Walls
Email: jkyakova@uncg.edu
Previous Education:
Master of Education, Family Life/ Parent Education, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, May 2005
Bachelor of Science, Psychology, State University of New York College at Brockport, Brockport, NY, May 2000
Entry Year: Fall 2003
Expected Graduation: 2009
Program of Study: PhD
Research Interests:.Intersections of work and family, maternal well-being, mothering ideologies
Advisor: Dr. Heather Helms
Certification: CPE-I: Certified Parent Educator, North Carolina Parenting Education Network/NCPEN, November 2007
Career Plans:Academic Professor
Name: Joanna K. Lower
Email: jkhansen@uncg.edu
Previous Education: B.S., Human Development and Family Studies, The University of Missouri
M.S., Human Development and Family Studies, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Entry Year: 2003
Expected Graduation: May 2009
Program of Study: MS/PhD
Area of Concentration: Early childhood development within the context of child care
Research Interests: Access to high quality child care across community contexts, early childhood social policy, defining and differentiating levels of quality among child care learning environments, child care work environments, and the child care workforce
Advisor: Dr. Deborah J. Cassidy
Career Plans: Research and Teaching
Other Relevant Links: North Carolina Rated License Assessment Project at www.ncrlap.org