- B.A. Hamilton College, 2004
- M.A. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007
- Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010
Affiliated Faculty, Developmental Psychopathology Concentration
BIO
The central goal of my research is to explore specific aspects of raising children that pose unique challenges to parents. I am particularly interested in ways that parents discuss difficult issues with their children, such as racism and how to cope with stress. My lab also investigates the role that biological factors, such as autonomic stress reactivity, might play in this process.
My research in the UVM Family Development Lab focuses on three goals:
- White Racial Socialization. In collaboration with Dr. Sylvia Perry at Northwestern University, my research group examines how white youth develop thoughts, emotions, and behaviors related to race, racism, and whiteness, with a particular focus on the role of parents in this process.
- Parent Socialization of Coping. Teaching children how to effectively manage stress, also known as socialization of coping, is a critical task for parents and a central focus of my work. We study socialization of coping in children, adolescents, and emerging adults using surveys, interviews, and observations of parent-child interactions.
- Parents of Emerging Adults. I am particularly interested in the unique role that parents play during the developmental period of emerging adulthood (ages 18-27), a transitional period between adolescence and adulthood in which youth gradually take on independent adult roles in society.
Publications
Bio
The central goal of my research is to explore specific aspects of raising children that pose unique challenges to parents. I am particularly interested in ways that parents discuss difficult issues with their children, such as racism and how to cope with stress. My lab also investigates the role that biological factors, such as autonomic stress reactivity, might play in this process.
My research in the UVM Family Development Lab focuses on three goals:
- White Racial Socialization. In collaboration with Dr. Sylvia Perry at Northwestern University, my research group examines how white youth develop thoughts, emotions, and behaviors related to race, racism, and whiteness, with a particular focus on the role of parents in this process.
- Parent Socialization of Coping. Teaching children how to effectively manage stress, also known as socialization of coping, is a critical task for parents and a central focus of my work. We study socialization of coping in children, adolescents, and emerging adults using surveys, interviews, and observations of parent-child interactions.
- Parents of Emerging Adults. I am particularly interested in the unique role that parents play during the developmental period of emerging adulthood (ages 18-27), a transitional period between adolescence and adulthood in which youth gradually take on independent adult roles in society.