- Candise Lin, doctoral candidate in the Human Development program has received a National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Award. November 2012
- The following HDQM Faculty received recognition for their outstanding achievements: Patricia A. Alexander (Regents Faculty Award for Mentoring); Ann A. Battle (COE Distinguished Outreach Award); Gregory Hancock (COE Distinguished Scholarship Award); Melanie Killen (Director of Graduate Studies of the Year Award); Andre Rupp (AERA Division D Significant Contribution to Research Methodology Award); and both Natasha Cabrera and Meredith Rowe (ADVANCE Award). Summer 2012
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Developmental Science Students and Alumni
Students receive the Ph.D. degree upon completion of their graduate work. Graduates of the specialization utilize the knowledge and research skills acquired in the specialization in such positions as teaching/research in colleges or universities, research in public or private organization, and service provision to children and adults in school and other agencies. Recent graduates of the specialization have found strong career options available to them upon their completion of the program. They have found positions at research universities and private colleges across the country, at research institutes and agencies in the Washington, D.C. and other areas.
| Current Student | Undergraduate Institution | Research Interest | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby Cooley | Scripps College | Adolescent identity | scooley1@umd.edu |
| Nicole Denmark | Reed College | Influences on parenting & children's social development | ndenmark@umd.edu |
| Melissa Duchene | University of Central Florida | Parenting styles, autism, social competence | mduchene@umd.edu |
| Sarah Eason | University of Maryland, Baltimore County | Developmental Science | season@umd.edu |
| Kathryn “Katie” Ellison | University of Michigan Ann Arbor | Parenting and parent-child relationships | katellis@umd.edu |
| Bridget Fredstrom | Western Kentucky University | Friendship; social cognition; peer relationships | bfred@umd.edu |
| Aline Hitti | George Washington University | Exclusion, stereotyping & moral judgment in cultural contexts | ahitti@umd.edu |
| Melanie Hong | City University of New York Hunter College | Developmental Science | mhong@umd.edu |
| Megan Clark Kelly | Boston College | Social and moral development | mclark8@umd.edu |
| Sarrit Kovacs | University of Maryland, College Park | Parenting, parent-child relationships, children's self-esteem | sarrit@umd.edu |
| Kelly Lynn Mulvey | Duke University | Moral development, specifically exclusion | klmulvey@umd.edu |
| Carlo Panlilio | California State University Long Beach | Human Development/Developmental Science | panlilio@umd.edu |
| Cameron Richardson | Pennsylvania State University | Morality; stereotyping | crichar1@umd.edu |
| Kathleen Sidorowicz | University of Maryland, College Park | Developmental Science | ksidorow@umd.edu |
| Jamell White | University of Maryland, College Park | Social-emotional development of young children and the influence of peers on development | jwhite19@umd.edu |
| Lauren White | Westminster College of SLC | Development of social information processing biases; emotion-regulation; ERP/EEG | lwhite5@umd.edu |
| Meryl Yoches | Connecticut College | Parental beliefs and decision making about child care; child care quality; early childhood public policy | myoches@umd.edu |
| Recent Alumni | Current Institution |
|---|---|
| Carolyn Barber | University of Missouri, Kansas City |
| Alaina Brenick | Friedrich Schiller Universitat, Germany |
| Michelle Buehl | George Mason University |
| Allison Buskirk-Cohen | Delaware Valley College |
| Robert Caples | Carroll County Public Schools |
| Jennifer Cromley | Temple University |
| Ebony Dashiell-Aje | University of Maryland |
| Marcia Davis | Johns Hopkins University |
| John Denver | University of Illinois, Chicago |
| Kathleen Dwyer | Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) |
| Dale Epstein | National Institute for Early Education Research |
| Helenrose Fives | Montclair State University |
| Patricia Garett-Peters | UNC Chapel Hill |
| Melissa Ghera | St. John-Edwards University |
| Cynthia Grandjean | Catholic University |
| Jeffry Greene | UNC Chapel Hill |
| Michael Hardin | National Institutes of Health |
| Khalisa Herman | Federal Drug Administration |
| A. Laurel Wagner Hoa | Educational Consultant |
| Fay Ellis Jones | Antioch University |
| Kristie Jones | Temple University |
| Amy Kennedy-Root | West Virginia University |
| Janese Kerr-Daniels | Towson State University |
| Patsy Kersteter | Delaware Early Childhood Center |
| Susan (Lutz) Klauda | University of Maryland College Park |
| Steven Kohn | Valdosta State University |
| Sonia Coleman Lawson | Towson University |
| Lisa Cusick Looney | California State University, San Bernadino |
| Jessica Luke | Institute for Learning Innovation |
| Nancy Margie | Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) |
| Jennifer Martin McDermott | University of Wisconsin, Madison |
| Allison (D'Amour) Meisch | Westat |
| Stephanie Mitchell | Children's National Medical Center |
| Daniel Moos | Gustavus Adolphus College |
| Wonjung Oh | University of Maryland, College Park |
| Yoonjung Park | National Institutes of Health (NICHD) |
| Kathleen Cox Perencevich | Catholic University |
| Stefanie Sinno | Muhlenberg College |
| Christopher Spera | Caliber Associates, VA |
| M. Kendra Sun-Alperin | Norwood School Bethesda, MD |
| Ana Taboada | George Mason University |
| Robert Tomback | Baltimore County Public Schools |
| Stephen Tonks | Northern Illinois University |
| Jessica Vick | Columbia University |
| T'Pring Westbrook | U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services (ACF) |
| Julie Wojslawowicz | SUNY - Buffalo |
| Cynthia Yeager | Towson University |
