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HDGSO Board
All graduate students in Human Development are considered part of the Human Development Graduate Student Organization. Each year a board of directors and an executive committee is chosen to oversee meetings and sponsor events.| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| President | Melissa Duchene |
| Vice-President | Jenna Cambria |
| Secretary | Melissa Menzer |
| Treasurer | Sarah Helfinstein |
| Community Service Chairs | Alaina Brenick Lauren White |
| Professional Development Chairs | Dan Dinsmore Sandra Baker |
| Social Chair | Noah Jampol Ross Vanderwert |
| Executive Committee | Cam Richardson Shannon Russell |
About the Executive Board
Name: Sandra BakerUndergraduate Institution: Loyola University New Orleans
Master's Institution: University of West Florida
Research Interests: Multiple Goal(s) (setting, pursuit) , adolescents' regulation of goals, self-regulation
Advisor: Kathy Wentzel
Email: sannbaker@yahoo.com
Name: Alaina Brenick
Undergraduate Institution: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Research Interests: social and moral development; exclusion; gender role and ethnic stereotypes; intergroup contact to reduce stereotyping and prejudice
Advisor: Melanie Killen
Email: abrenick@umd.edu
Name: Jenna Cambria
Undergraduate Institution: Rutgers University
Research Interests: Achievement Motivation
Advisor: Allan Wigfield
Email: cambria@umd.edu
Name: Dan Dinsmore
Undergraduate Institution: Penn State University
Research Interests: metacognition, expertise, data analytic methods
Advisor: Patricia Alexander
Email: dinsmore@umd.edu
Name: Melissa Duchene
Undergraduate Institution: University of Central Florida
Research Interests: Children's social and cognitive development
Advisor: Ken Rubin
Name: Sarah Helfinstein
Undergraduate Institution: University of Chicago
Research Interests: The neural correlates of self-control, and how environmental factors shape their development
Advisor: Nathan A. Fox
Email: shelfins@gmail.com
Name: Noah Simon Jampol
Undergraduate Institution: University of Maryland
Research Interests: Moral Reasoning and Moral Epistemology
Advisor: Melanie Killen
Email: nsjampol@gmail.com
Name: Melissa Menzer
Undergraduate Institution: University of Maryland
Research Interests: Child and adolescent friendships
Advisor: Ken Rubin
Email: mmenzer@umd.edu
Name: Cameron Richardson
Undergraduate Institution: Pennsylvania State University
Research Interests: Moral development, Stereotyping, Environmental
justice/conservation
Advisor: Melanie Killen
Email: crichar1@umd.edu
Name: Shannon Russell
Undergraduate Institution: University of Florida
Research Interests: teacher-student relationships, teacher beliefs, classroom and school
level social supports in secondary schools
Advisor: Kathy Wentzel
Email: russells@umd.edu
Name: Ross Vanderwert
Undergraduate Institution: St. Olaf College
Research Interests: Emotion Development and Regulation
Advisor: Nathan A. Fox
Email: rvanderw@umd.edu
Name: Lauren White
Undergraduate Institution: Westminster College
Master's Institution: University of Oregon
Research Interests: Exploring the interactions between brain development and behavior during the first few years of life
Advisor: Nathan A. Fox
Email: lwhite5@umd.edu
Student Affairs Committee
Co: Chairs:Jessica Vick
jev4@umd.edu
Bridget Fredstrom
bfred@umd.edu
