Name: Yudan Chen Wang
Program of Study: MS/PhD
Email: y_chen2@uncg.edu
Previous Education:
- Guangdong Teachers College of Foreign Language and Arts, Teaching Certificate for High School English
- Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China, BA in English
Entry Year: 2005
Expected Graduation: 2012
Area of Concentration: Adolescent Development
Research Interests: Parent–adolescent relationship from a cultural research perspective, measurement, resilience in children and adolescents of poverty in urban environments, morality in children and adolescents
Advisor:Dr. Richard Faldowski
Career Plans: Researcher and Policy Advisor
Other Relevant Links: My Webpage (http://www.freewebs.com/misschan/)
Name: Selma Chipenda Dansokho
Program of Study: PhD
Email:stchipen@uncg.edu
Previous education: M.P.A., University of Illinois at Chicago
Entry year: 2005
Expected graduation: 2009
Research Interests: Migration and its impact on child and family outcomes
Advisor:Dr. Andrea Hunter
Career plans: Researcher in an academic or not-for-profit setting
Name: Rachana Karnik
Email: rbkarnik@uncg.edu
Previous Education: Masters in Human Development and Family Studies, Faculty of Home Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (The M.S.U), Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Entry Year: Fall 2005
Expected Graduation: Fall 2009
Program of Study: PhD
Area of Concentration: Early childhood and adolescence
Research Interests: Cross-cultural and cultural sensitive research in the area of early childhood and adolescence
Research Assistantship: Cultural Ecology of Young Children Project with Prof. Jonathan Tudge
Advisor : Prof. Jonathan Tudge
Career Plans: Aspire to work with an international organization that focuses on cross-cultural issues and extends research to mobilize change in the lives of children and adolescents through program planning and implementation and inputs for policy designing.
Name: Jennifer Mendoza
Email:jenmendoza4@hotmail.com
Previous Education: Yale University, New Haven, CT, BA in Psychology
Entry Year: Fall 2005
Expected Graduation: 2013
Program of Study: MS-PhD
Area of Concentration: Early childhood education, early intervention
Research Interests: Impact of environment on children’s development, influences on school readiness
Advisor: Dr. Linda Hestenes
Career Plans: Director of Early Childhood Center, Academic Professor
Name: Mary Julia C. Moore
Email: mcmoore2@uncg.edu
Previous Education:
2007 Master of Science from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Human Development and Family Studies
2005 Bachelor of Arts from Erskine College, Summa Cum Laude
Major: Psychology; Minor: Sociology,
Entry Year: 2005 MS; 2007 PhD
Expected Graduation: 2010 or 2011
Program of Study: PhD
Area of Concentration: Close Relationships in Adulthood
Research Interests: Marital Quality, Marital Satisfaction, Divorce Proneness, Post-Divorce Adjustment and Qualitative Research.
Advisor: Dave Demo
Career Plans: Professor
Other Relevant Links: Erskine College www.erskine.edu
Name: Stephanie Parade
Email: shparade@uncg.edu
Previous Education:
M. S., Human Development and Family Studies, December 2007
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
B. S., Human Development and Family Studies, May 2005
The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Entry Year: Fall 2005
Expected Graduation: Spring 2010
Program of Study: PhD
Area of Concentration: Family Studies
Research Interests: Close relationships in adulthood; Links between parenting in the family of origin and offspring romantic relationship quality and personal wellbeing; Links between romantic relationship quality and parenting behavior; Statistics and research methodology
Advisor: Esther Leerkes
Career Plans: Academic Professor
Name: Victoria L. Kintner
Email: vlkintne@uncg.edu
Previous Education: Centenary College of Louisiana, May 2004
B.A., Psychology
B.A., Dance
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, May 2008:
M.S., Human Development and Family Studies
Entry Year: Fall 2005
Expected Graduation: May 2011
Program of Study: MS/PhD
Area of Concentration: Early Childhood Education
Research Interests: Defining, measuring, and improving child care quality, as well as ensuring access to high quality care regardless of socioeconomic status, child care teacher preparation and professional development, policy issues in early care and education. I am also interested in feminist theory and qualitative methods.
Advisor: Dr. Catherine Scott-Little
Career Plans: Teaching early childhood educators or working in child care policy/advocacy