BA Psychology, SLU Summa Cum Laude, 2002
MA Human Development & Family Sciences, 2006
PhD Human Development & Family Sciences, expected completion 2008
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Pre-Doctoral Fellow 2007-2008, Awared and supported through the Population Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Duties included determing and implementing independent and team research objectives on national data sets, student mentoring through the Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Minority-Group Demography Program at the University of Texas Population Research Center, and developing a specialization in the study of Demography.
Graduate Research Assistant 2005-2007. Duties included data analysis of national (National Longitudinal Research on Adolescent Health; Panel Study of Income Dynamics Child Development Supplement) and community data sets (Texas Families Project), development of team research objectives, management of project staff, documentation and management of data, presenting and writing research findings for academic conferences, journals, and books.
Teaching Assistant & Guest Lecturer 2003-2004 Courses included Family Interaction & Development, Infant Development & Attachment Relationships, Personal & Family Finance
Administrative Assistant, Psychological Associates 2001-2002 Responsible for coordinating consulting and travel schedule, administered employment testing, and managed communication for Dr. Claire Bramlet.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Pre-Doctoral Fellow 2007-2008
Master's Thesis Excellence Award 2007
Professional Development Award 2006 & 2007
Divorce & Custody. Handbook of Clinical Psychology
under review with kelly (Sociological Spectrum)
thesis under review (Journal of Early Adolescence)
psid under review (Journal of Youth & Adolescence, Journal of Marriage & Family)
(Complete list of papers in progress, presentations, and samples of work available upon request)
Ed, Kelly, Chandra