Student Directory and Profiles 2009-2010

Department Chair: Dr. Allan Wigfield
Graduate Director: Dr. Melanie Killen

Name E-mail Advisor Area of Interest
Aldoney, Daniela daldoney@umd.edu Cabrera Parenting, parent-child relationships
Baker, Sandra sannbaker@yahoo.com Wentzel Self-regulation; coordination of multiple goals; achievement
Brenick, Alaina abrenick@umd.edu Killen Social and moral development, stereotyping, teaching tolerance especially in Mid-East
Cambria, Jenna jennamcambria@gmail.com Wigfield Achievement motivation
Chae, Soo Eun schae@umd.edu Alexander L2 academic writing
Chen, Candise candisec@umd.edu Wang Bilingual and bi-literacy development
Coddington Cassie cshular@umd.edu Guthrie Reading motivation
Dashiell-Aje, Ebony edashiell@yahoo.com Rubin Adolescent social and emotional development
Denmark, Nicole ndenmark@umd.edu Jones-Harden Influences on parenting and children’s social development
Dinsmore, Dan dinsmore@umd.edu Alexander Strategic processing
Duchene, Melissa Melissa_Duchene@yahoo.com Jones-Harden Parenting styles, autism, social competence
Ellison, Kathryn katellis@umd.edu Rubin Parenting, parent-child relationships
Fountain, Lily fountain@son.umaryland.edu Alexander Motivation, professional education
Fox, Emily efox@umd.edu Alexander Reading expertise
Fredstrom, Bridget bfred@umd.edu Rubin Friendship; social cognition; peer relationships
Gao, Wei wgao@umd.edu Wang Early literacy acquisition; bilingual development
Grossnickle, Emily egross3@umd.edu Alexander Teacher education; literacy instruction
Guha, Mona Leigh monaleigh@stonegatetech.com Druin Young children, technology development and story telling
Hardin, Michael mhardin@umd.edu, hardinm@mail.nih.gov Fox Social and emotional development; developmental psychopathy, cognitive neuroscience
Helfinstein, Sarah shelfins@gmail.com Fox NACS: Neural correlates of reward processing and decision making
Herman, Khalisa kherman@umd.edu Fox Developmental Science
Hitti, Aline aih@umd.edu Killen Exclusion, stereotyping and moral judgment in cultural contexts
Ho, Amy amyho@umd.edu Wigfield Developmental Science
Jackson, Alice ajacks14@umd.edu Wang NACS
Kelly, Megan Clark mclark8@umd.edu Killen Social and moral development
Kennard (Quenneville), Kathryn quennekm@umd.edu Torney-Purta Adolescent student motivation, social development and dynamics and student/teacher relationships
Kennedy, Tracy kennedyt@umd.edu Cabrera Human Development
Kim, Say Young saykim@umd.edu Wang Bilingual acquisition and development; cross-language comparison
Ko, In Yeong iyko@umd.edu Wang Language and reading acquisition
Kondelis, Brianne bkondel@umd.edu Cabrera Parenting, parent education, intervention programs
Kovacs, Sarrit sarrit@umd.edu Rubin Parenting, parent-child relationships, children's self-esteem
Li, Tongyun tongyun@umd.edu Rowe Educational psychology
List, Alexandra alist@umd.edu Alexander Interest, Self-regualtion, and Second language learning
Loughlin, Sandra Sandra.Loughlin@gmail.com Alexander Reading comprehension, art comprehension, cognitive processing
Maggioni, Liliana liliana@umd.edu Alexander Epistemological beliefs, history teaching
Mason, Amanda ammason@umd.edu Wigfield Attachment relationships, achievement motivation, knowledge acquisition and retention
McCallan, Stacy smccalla@umd.edu Jones-Harden Urban education; cultural influences on learning; program development and evaluation
McRae, Angela mcrae@umd.edu Guthrie Reading motivation
Menzer, Melissa mmenzer@umd.edu Rubin Children and adolescent peer relationships
Michael, Shannon smichae2@umd.edu Wentzel Understanding the impact of key factors at the family, peer, school, and community levels
Monahan, Colleen cimonaha@gmail.com Jones-Harden Developmental science
Morrison, Danette dmorriso@umd.edu Wentzel Interpersonal relationships, identity development, and academic achievement
Mulvey, Kelly Lynn klmulvey@umd.edu Killen Moral development, specifically exclusion
Musu-Gillette, Lauren lmusu@umd.edu Hall Educational psychology
Parkinson, Meghan mparkin2@umd.edu Alexander Metacognition and word learning
Richardson, Cameron B. crichar1@umd.edu Killen Morality and stereotyping
Russell, Shannon russells@mail.umd.edu Wentzel Teacher-student relationships
Sand, Lesley lsand@umd.edu Wang Educational psychology
Sanders-Reio, Joanne sandersreio@netscape.net Alexander Technological support for writing
Vanderwert, Ross rvanderw@umd.edu Fox Development of emotion regulation; EEG/ERP and Neuroscience
White, Jamell jwhite19@umd.edu Klein Social-emotional development of young children and the influence of peers on development
White, Lauren lwhite5@umd.edu Fox Development of social information processing biases; emotion-regulation; ERP/EEG
Williams, Alexis Y. alexiswilliamsinc@hotmail.com Wentzel Achievement motivation, teacher-student relationships, social and academic goals and support, classroom context
Williams, Heather Williams.Heather.M@gmail.com Wigfield Motivation, reading
Willis, Elizabeth J. ejwillis@yahoo.com Klein Schools and Staffing Survey, SASS, survey research/methodology, large scale data analysis using SAS
Yi, Sunkyoug sunkyoungyi@hotmail.com Klein English language learning and social interaction in ESL classrooms
Yoches, Meryl myoches@umd.edu Klein Parental beliefs and decision making about chid care; child care quality
Zhang, Ting zhangt@umd.edu Torney-Purta Cognition, learning, assessment, large scale data analysis, achievement motivation
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