Human Development and Family Studies

 Fall 2013 Cohort

lindsey

Name: Lindsey Gedaly

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

 

jin

Name: Jin Qu

Email: jinqu2010@gmail.com

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.

 

hong

Name: Hongjian Cao

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.

 

 

 

heather

Name: Heather Hyman

Program: Ph.D (entering Spring 2014)

 

 

 

mwhedon

Name: Margaret Whedon

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.

selin

Name: Selin Zeytinoglu

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.

Kelly Griffin

Sherri Shore-Perdue (BKISED)

Kathryn King Edge (BKISED)

kelly g

Name: Kelly Griffin
Email: KLGRIFF3@uncg.edu
Program: Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Leadership in Early Care and Education
Career Plans: Preschool Teacher/Preschool Director
Previous Education: BS in Child Development, Meredith College 2013
Research Interests: The Development of Phonological Awareness in Young Children and Strategies to Teach Monolingual and Dual Language Learners in North Carolina Pre-Kindergarten (NC Pre-K) Programs