News
August 2023:
Welcome to the lab, new doctoral student, Martha Batul, who is joining us from Ghana!
Congrats to lab members Carinah Townsend, Daija Holliday, Khadeeja Ali Syeda and Isaiah Stevens for completing the McNair Summer Research Program!
Congrats to Dr. Kelly Lynn Mulvey for being elected as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association!
July 2023:
Congrats to Jackie Cerda-Smith and Dr. Emine Ozturk for receiving a grant from APA's Division 15!
Congrats to Christina Marlow for receiving a SPSSI Clara Mayo Grant!
May 2023:
Congrats to Dr. Angelina Joy and Dr. Emily Herry! They both graduated with their PhDs and are heading off to great postdoc positions!
July 2022:
Congrats to Emily Herry! They received a Graduate Research Award from APA Div 35 (sec 4) for their dissertation research!
August 2021:
Our lab, in partnership with IREX and Dr. Adam Hartstone-Rose here at NCSU was just awarded a new National Science Foundation Grant focused on a STEM afterschool program for youth in the US and Ghana: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2048417
July 2021:
Congratulations to lab alum Dr. Adam Hoffman who just began a position as an Assistant Professor at Cornell!
April 2021:
Congratulations to Dr. Channing Mathews who was selected as the graduate speaker for the University of Michigan Graduate School Graduation for 2021! See here: https://rackhamgraduation.umich.edu/#stream
March 2021:
Congratulations to Dr. Seçil Gönültaş! After completing her postdoc position, Seçil will start a tenure-track position as an assistant professor of Psychology at Billkent University in Ankara, Turkey!!
Congratulations to Angelina Joy! Angelina received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship!
Congratulations to Dr. Channing Mathews! Channing was accepted to be part of the prestigious NSF CADRE Postdoctoral Professional Growth Opportunity!
Congratulations to Dr. Kelly Lynn Mulvey! Kelly Lynn was awarded the Jean Piaget Society Early Career Award for Developmental Science!
February 2021:
Congratulations to Dr. Seçil Gönültaş! Seçil successfully defended her dissertation and has accepted a postdoctoral fellowship with Dr. Adam Rutland at the University of Exeter!
December 2020:
Congrats to Dr. Mathews for receiving an award from APA’s Commission on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention and Training in Psychology II (CEMRRAT2) Task Force!
September 2020:
Welcome to new lab postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Channing Mathews!
Congrats to doctoral student Jackie Cerda-Smith who is leading a new grant project in collaboration with partners at Duke:
American Educational Research Association, Education Research Service Projects “Adolescent Well-Being and School Diversity: A Needs-Based Partnership Examining Virtual Learning and Interventions in Light of COVID-19 and Systemic Racism.” PI: Cerda-Smith. Co-PIs: Mulvey, Yust, Asher and Weeks. See here: https://www.aera.net/Education-Research/Education-Research-Service-Projects/AERA-Announces-Recipients-of-ERSP-Awards-Focused-on-Dual-Pandemics-of-COVID-19-and-Systemic-Racism
July 2020:
Press for one of the lab's recent studies
Mulvey, K. L., McGuire, L., Hoffman, A. J., Goff, E., Rutland, A., Winterbottom, M., Balkwill, F., Irvin, M. J., Fields, G. E., Burns, K., Drews, M., Law, F., Joy, A., & Hartstone-Rose, A. (2020). Interest and learning in informal science learning sites: Differences in experiences with different types of educators. PLOS ONE, 15(7), e0236279. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236279
eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/ncsu-tme072320.php
https://www.futurity.org/teen-docents-museums-2408582/
https://phys.org/news/2020-07-teen-museum-engagement-tween-visitors.html
June 2020:
Congrats to lab postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Adam Hoffman, who recently accepted a position as an assistant professor at Western Carolina University!!
Feb 2020:
Congrats to lab doctoral students, Seçil Gönültaş, Emily Herry and Angelina Joy, who all received research grants from the NCSU Lifespan Developmental Psychology Research Fund!
Our lab has just been awarded a North Carolina State – University of Adelaide Research Collaboration Starter Grant for the project entitled “The Health, Well-being and Social-Cognitive Benefits for Children Who Learn to Get Along: A Test of the Role of Forgiveness”. This grant will allow us to continue our collaboration with Dr. Peter Strelan at the University of Adelaide (https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/peter.strelan)
Jan 2020:
Our lab has just been awarded a new NSF grant! DRL- 941992 CAREER: Promoting Equitable and Inclusive STEM Contexts in High School! We look forward to undertaking this exciting new project! Media coverage: https://news.chass.ncsu.edu/2020/02/06/psychology-faculty-member-receives-colleges-first-nsf-career-award/
Oct 2019:
Congrats to lab postdoc, Dr. Adam J. Hoffman, who has been awarded an NCSU Postdoctoral Professional Development Award to lead a workshop on Social Network Analysis!
April 2019:
Kelcie Bullock, undergraduate McNair Scholar research assistant in the Social Development Lab, was awarded with Outstanding Poster Presentation at the NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium in 2019!
Media coverage of our new NSF RAPID grant: https://news.ncsu.edu/2019/04/using-local-expertise-to-assess-hurricane-impacts/
Website for this project: http://forestsafterflorence.reconciliationecology.org/
November 2018:
Some of our research has been featured in the news!
Media coverage of: Mulvey, K. L., Hoffman, A. J., Gönültaş, S., Hope, E. C., & Cooper, S. M. (2018). Understanding experiences with bullying and bias-based bullying: What matters and for whom? Psychology of Violence, 8, 702-711. doi:10.1037/vio0000206
Media coverage of: Mulvey, K. L., Gönültaş, S., Goff, E., Irdam, G., Carlson, R., DiStefano, C., & Irvin, M. J. (2018). School and Family Factors Predicting Adolescent Cognition Regarding Bystander Intervention in Response to Bullying and Victim Retaliation. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. doi:10.1007/s10964-018-0941-3
Science News for Students article featuring our work: https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/friendly-adults-help-teens-stand-against-bullies
Better Mental Health for Kids and Parents Podcast on our work: https://bettermentalhealthshow.com/2018/12/bully/
https://www.webmd.com/parenting/news/20181207/family-school-support-may-help-stop-bullies
https://news.ncsu.edu/2018/11/support-bullying-intervention/
Reported by WUNC, our local NPR station.
July 2018:
Seçil Gönültaş, graduate student in the Social Development Lab, was awarded a grant from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues to support her research!