- Dr. Natasha Cabrera won the award for Best Research Article Award from the National Council on Family Relations. 11/20/09
- Dr. Meredith Rowe joins the Human Development faculty as an assistant professor. 09/11/09
- Human Development professor Elisa Klein has been awarded an SRCD Executive Branch Policy Fellowship for the next academic year 07/24/09
- Human development Professors Fox and Bolger play leading roles in the University's new fMRI imaging center. 07/13/09
- EDHD Professor Melanie Killen wins an Honorable Mention for this year’s Otto Klineberg Intercultural and International Relations Prize. 06/18/09
- The 2009 Rachel Petty Dissertation Awards were given to Cassandra Coddington and Nicole Denmark 05/21/09
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Ed Psych 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 DC and other areas, and in state departments of education.
| Current Students | Interests | Contact Information |
|---|---|---|
| Sandra Baker | Self-regulation and goal setting | sannbaker@yahoo.com |
| Jenna Cambria | Achievement motivation | jennamcambria@gmail.com |
| Soo Eun Chae | ESL academic writing | schae@umd.edu |
| Candise Chen | Language acquisition | candisec@umd.edu |
| Dan Dinsmore | Strategic processing | candisec@umd.edu |
| Alice Donlan | Peer relationships and learning | adonlan@umd.edu |
| Lily Fountain | Motivation, nursing education | adonlan@umd.edu |
| Emily Fox | Reading expertise | efox@umd.edu |
| Wei Gao | Language acquisition | efox@umd.edu |
| Emily Grossnickle | Reading motivation | efox@umd.edu |
| Say Young Kim | Bilingualism | efox@umd.edu |
| In Yeong Ko | Bilingualism | efox@umd.edu |
| Tongyn Li | Language development | efox@umd.edu |
| Alexandra List | Interest, self-regulation, second language learning | efox@umd.edu |
| Sandra Loughlin | Cognition, art, reading | efox@umd.edu |
| Liliana Maggioni | Epistemological beliefs | efox@umd.edu |
| Amanda Mason | Achievement motivation in context | efox@umd.edu |
| Angela McRae | Reading, motivation | efox@umd.edu |
| Shannon Michael | Parent-child relationships and health | efox@umd.edu |
| Danette Morrison | Peer relationships, identity development, academic achievement | efox@umd.edu |
| Lauren Musu-Gillette | Social and academic motivation | efox@umd.edu |
| Meghan Parkinson | Reading, motivation | efox@umd.edu |
| Taslima Rahman | Reading | efox@umd.edu |
| Shannon Russell | Teacher-student relationships | efox@umd.edu |
| Lesley Sand | Learning disabilities and attention | efox@umd.edu |
| Alexis Williams | Teacher beliefs, emotions | efox@umd.edu |
| Recent Alumni | Current Institution |
|---|---|
| Carolyn Barber | University of Missouri, Kansas City |
| Michelle Buehl | George Mason University |
| Robert Caples | Carroll County Public Schools |
| Cassandra Coddington | Georgia State University |
| Claudine Costich | Department of Education |
| Jennifer Cromley | Temple University |
| Marcia Davis | Johns Hopkins University |
| John Denver | University of Illinois, Chicago |
| 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 |
| Fay Ellis Jones | Antioch University |
| Kristie Jones | Temple 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 | Innovations in Learning |
| Allison (D'Amour) Meisch | Westat |
| Stephanie Mitchell | Children's National Medical Center |
| Daniel Moos | Gustavus Adolphus College |
| Kathleen Cox | Perencevich Catholic University |
| 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) |
| A. Fielding I. Winters | University of Maryland College Park |
| Cynthia Yeager | Towson University |
