Graduate Students
Bezdek, Kylie
Advisor: Dr. Beth Kurtz-Costes
223 Davie Hall
klgarber@live.unc.edu
Kylie studies early intervention programs, such as home visiting and child care, with a particular interest in social and emotional outcomes.
Burnett, Marketa
Advisors: Dr. Shauna Cooper and Dr. Beth Kurtz-Costes
219 Davie Hall
burnetma@live.unc.edu
Marketa studies how racial and gender stereotypes impact the educational outcomes of African American children and adolescents.
Capella, James
Advisor: Dr. Eva Telzer
211 Davie Hall
jcapella@email.unc.edu
Jimmy studies the connection between social relationships and neurodevelopment, with a focus on how these interactions affect adolescent behavior and outcomes.
Do, Kathy
Advisor: Dr. Eva Telzer
224 Davie Hall
kathydo@live.unc.edu
Kathy studies how brain development and social motivations contribute to decision-making and behavior change across adolescence. Visit her online: Kathy Do.
Field, Nathan
Advisor: Dr. Mitch Prinstein
209 Davie Hall
nfield@email.unc.edu
Nate studies how aspects of peer relationships and social interactions in childhood can alter the developmental trajectory, with a specific interest in peer rejection and social withdrawal.
Foster, Tiffany
Advisor: Dr. Beth Kurtz-Costes
223 Davie Hall
fostertj@live.unc.edu
Tiffany studies the relationship between early childhood education and social development.
Goldblum, Jessica
Advisor: Dr. Cathi Propper
212 Davie Hall
jessgold@live.unc.edu
Jessie is interested in learning how best to support low-income caregivers and their children with psychopathology through collaborative, culturally sensitive parent training intervention focusing on child emotion regulation.
Gomes, Lindsay
Advisor: Dr. Jean-Louis Gariepy and Dr. Cathi Propper
222 Davie Hall
lindsann@live.unc.edu
Lindsay studies the development of social motor synchronization in early childhood.
Grimes, Melissa
Advisors: Dr. Martha Cox and Dr. Cathi Propper
212 Davie Hall
mrgrimes@live.unc.edu
Melissa studies sleep from infancy through adolescence, with an emphasis on how sleep patterns are impacted by family and peers.
Jorgensen, Nathan
Advisor: Dr. Eva Telzer
209 Davie Hall
naj@live.unc.edu
Nathan studies how cultural beliefs and values influence the developing adolescent brain, with a particular interest in the processing of social information.
Kwon, Seh-Joo
Advisor: Dr. Eva Telzer
224 Davie Hall
sehjook@live.unc.edu
Seh-Joo is interested in adolescent social brain development, specifically how social influences shape affective development and ultimately behavior and psychopathology.
Maza San Vicente, Maria
Advisors: Dr. Eva Telzer and Dr. Mitch Prinstein
211 Davie Hall
mtm76@email.unc.edu
Maria studies the impact of biosocial factors and technology on the developing brain and subsequent health risk behaviors.
McBride, Margarett
Advisor: Dr. Shauna Cooper
222 Davie Hall
marsm@live.unc.edu
Margarett studies community factors, combined with family and school contexts, that contribute to the development and resiliency of African American youth.
McLaughlin, Kirsten
Advisors: Dr. Cathi Propper and Dr. Roger Mills-Koonce
222 Davie Hall
knmclaug@live.unc.edu
Kirsten studies parent-infant interactions and how they influence infants’ cognitive and socioemotional development, with a specific focus on the development of attention control and self-regulation.
Shaheed, Janae
Advisor: Dr. Beth Kurtz-Costes and Dr. Shauna Cooper
222 Davie Hall
shahja@unc.edu
Janae studies how social inequalities impact the well-being and identity development of marginalized groups and how supportive community contexts can facilitate positive development.
Wylie, Amanda
Advisor: Dr. Cathi Propper
222 Davie Hall
acwylie@live.unc.edu
Amanda studies how indicators of maternal, infant, child health predict cognitive and socioemotional development in early childhood.