Fall 2013 Cohort

Email: Lrgedaly@uncg.edu
Program: MS/Ph.D
Education: B.A. in Psychology, Clark University 2013
Research Interest: Attachment, parenting, and early childhood development.
Advisor: Dr. Leerkes
Career Plans: Research
Program: Ph.D
Advisor: Dr. Esther Leerkes
Career Plans: Teaching and research.
Previous Education: M.S. in clinical psychology at Morehead State University in Kentucky. B.A. in psychology at Lawrence University in Wisconsin.
Research Interests: Infants’ emotion regulation, infant’s temperament. Maternal sensitivity. Parenting. Family system.
Email: caohongjian1020@gmail.com
Program: Ph.D Advisor:
Dr. Mark Fine
Career Plans: Academic/Professor (teaching and research)
Previous Education: BS in Special Education, Beijing Normal University 2010, MS in Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University 2013
Research interests: Intimate Relationship, Divorce, Effects of family transitions on family members.

Program: Ph.D (entering Spring 2014)

Email: m_whedon@uncg.edu
Program: Ph. D
Advisor: Dr. Susan Calkins
Career Plans: Academic/Professor (research and teaching)
Previous Education: Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, June, 2010
Research Interests: I am interested in the development of self-regulation across infancy and early childhood. As a graduate student, I will explore the ways in which cognitive, emotional, and psychophysiological processes interact to support the effortful regulation of behavior, and their implications for early behavior and adjustment problems.
Program: Ph.D
Name: Nina Conrad Allen
Program: LECE certificate
Bio: I am currently a fifth grade teacher in Davidson County. I graduated from UNCW in 2006 with a degree in elementary education. I graduated from Elon University in 2011 with a master's degree in elementary education. I am a National Board certified teacher. I am also certified as an AIG specialist and a reading specialist. After completing this program I would like to teach education classes at my local community college.
Sherri Shore-Perdue (BKISED)
Kathryn King Edge (BKISED)