The Culture, Emotion, and Health Lab (CEH) directed by Dr. William Tsai studies how people regulate their emotions, cope with stress, & how these processes lead to health & well-being. The research questions within the CEH Lab focus on how cultural tendencies & values can shape the development & use of these processes.

Alena Kwan

Rieanna McPhie

The Families and Children Experiencing Success Lab (FACES) is directed by Dr. Anil Chacko. The lab was developed to serve the families of youth exhibiting disruptive behavior disorders such as Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Oppositional-Defiant Disorder, and other conduct disorders. Its research aims to understand how to develop the most effective prevention, intervention, and service models for youth with disruptive behavior disorders and related conditions, or those at high risk for developing them.

Iris Mann

Angelica Vasquez

Housed within the Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools, the Mindful Education Lab, directed by Dr. Joshua Aronson, oversees two parallel but connected programs - research and teacher training. Our Mindful Research Lab looks at the psychological and neurological effects of mindfulness on student learning, teacher effectiveness, and school and classroom climate.

Makeyla Hayes

Justine Mariscal

The Infant Studies of Language and Neurocognitive Development (ISLAND), directed by Dr. Natalie Brito, is a developmental psychology lab interested in the impact of the social and language environment on early neurocognitive development. The ultimate goal of the lab is to understand how to best support caregivers and create environments that foster optimal child development.

Gabby Ortecho

Ayomide Popoola

RISE is directed by Erin Godfrey, Ph.D., and Shabnam Javdani, Ph.D. The team’s research and activities serve traditionally marginalized populations, focusing on health and mental health disparities in women and youth who are involved, or at risk of involvement, with the justice system. As such, the RISE Team takes a contextual, multi-level, and interdisciplinary approach to systems change and implementing evidence-based practices promoting health and well-being, working closely with community partners to bridge the gap between research and practice.

Ja'Chelle Ball

Kayla Perez

Universal Pre-K (UPK) is an initiative with NYU & NYC Schools Division of Early Childhood Education to foster a research-practice partnership to support the roll-out of universal pre-kindergarten through Pre-K For All improving the quality of its programming. This partnership led by Dr. Elise Cappella aims to provide quantitative & capacity-building solutions to educational problems faced by the DOE-DECE.

Xia Headley

Chineme Jane Otuonye