Name:Bethany Blair
Email: blblair@uncg.edu
Previous Education: Messiah College, Grantham, PA
BA in Family Studies
Entry Year: 2006
Expected Graduation: 2011
Program of Study:MS/PhD
Area of Concentration:Adolescent Development
Research Interests: Adolescent peer relationships, adolescent girls’ relationships, girls’ understanding and use of competition, anger/aggression, parental influence
Previous Experience:
- Foster Care Case Manager, Harrisburg/York, PA
- Prevention Specialist (substance abuse and violence prevention programs, Aurora/West Chicago, IL
- Teacher’s Assistant in a high school, Naperville, IL
Advisor: Dr . Anne Fletcher
Career Plans:Academic Professor
Name: Shuntay Z. McCoy
Program of Study: PhD
Email: szmccoy@uncg.edu
Previous Education: Master of Science in Social Work (MSSW) from The University of Wisconsin-Madison 2003; Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) from The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2001
Entry Year: Fall 2006
Expected Graduation: Fall 2011
Area of Concentration: Family studies, adolescent development, and equity education
Research Interests: My research interests include family and school socialization; Adolescent development; Educational experiences of African American students; and African American families. I am currently exploring the how the educational and racial socialization African American students receive from their families and schools impacts their identity development and subsequent educational engagement in a university context.
Curriculum Vita: Click here to view CV
Advisors: Dr. Andrea G. Hunter and Dr. Andrew J. Supple
Career Plans: To conduct interdisciplinary applied research in a tenure track faculty position.
Name: Chantelle Wolpert
Email: c_wolper@uncg.edu
Previous Education:
- SUNY at Stony Brook, BS, 1986 Health Sciences
- Montefiore Medical Center/ Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Certificate, 1987 Surgical PA residency
- Bernard Baruch College/ Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, MBA, 1991 Health Care Administration
- Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, Certificate, 1993 Genetic Counseling
Entry Year: 2006
Expected graduation: 2009-2010
Program of Study: Ph.D.
Area of Concentration: Family Studies
Research Interests:
Families’ interpretation of genetic information: 1) What aspects of family interpretation of genetic information and/or a genetic diagnosis and how that may ultimately affect their views of themselves, their child and other family members? 2) What is it about learning there is a genetic disorder in a family that might lead to changes in the family? 3) What are the dynamics within families that might be impacting families with regards to a genetic diagnosis?
Advisor: Dr. Marion O’Brien
Career Plans: Academic Researcher
Other Relevant Links: UNCG Family Research Center http://www.uncg.edu/frc/
