Lab Alumni
Research Assistants
Elena Kilby
Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistant
E-Mail: ekilby@umd.edu
Major: B.A. Pyschology 2022
Research Interests: Impact of Childhood Adversity on Young Adults, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Enhancing Cultural Sensitivity in Anxiety and Depression Research for Diverse Populations
Hannah Holloway
E-Mail: hhollow1@terpmail.umd.edu
Major: Psychology; Minor: Human Development
Research Interests: Family dynamics, moral development in adolescents, theory of mind, LGBTQ+/BIPOC studies
Ryusei Taguchi
E-Mail: rtaguchi@terpmail.umd.edu
Major: Human Development & English (Secondary Education)
Research Interests: Moral development, Intergroup Conflict, Theory of Mind, and Education Policy.
Emily Hickey
E-Mail: ehickeyg@terpmail.umd.edu
Major: Cell Biology and Genetics; Minor: Human Development
Research Interests: Biological development and it's impact on socialization, nature vs. nuture.
Fun Facts: "I was born in China, I've been for 18 years, and I love baking."
Ashley Star
E-Mail: astar@terpmail.umd.edu
Majors: Psychology & Sociology
Research Interests: Social psychology, peer relations, influences to behavior, intergroup conflict.
Alexa Polinsky
E-Mail: alexap@terpmail.umd.edu
Major: Family Science; Minors: Human Development, Nonprofit Leadership and Social Innovation
Research Interests: Family dynamics, moral development in children and adolescents, social and cultural norms and the theory of mind
Naomi Gottlieb
E-Mail: gottlien@terpmail.umd.edu
Major: Psychology; Minor: Human Development
Research Interests: Moral development in adolescents, gender and racial biases effect on development, and behavioral based disorders effect on academic outcomes.
Ameya Sriram
E-Mail: ameyasriram@gmail.com
Major: Psychology
Research Interests: Social psychology, morality, ingroup/outgroup, crosscultural psychology
Maryland Summer Scholar recipient 2022!
Justin Zhou
Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistant
E-Mail: jzhou688@umd.edu
Major: Psychology and Philosophy
Research Interests: Social and cultural norms, morality, prejudice and bias.
Nitesh Acharya
E-Mail: sachary7@terpmail.umd.edu
Major: Government & Politics
Current Position: Legal Executive Assistant (LEA) at Ropes & Gray LLP
Emily Berman
E-Mail: emilyberman01@gmail.com
Major: B.A. Psychology; Minor: Human Development 2023
Current Position: Doctoral Student at University of Virginia with Amrisha Vaish.
Regina Familiar Avalos
E-Mail: rfamilia@terpmail.umd.edu
Major: B.A. Psychology & Human Development 2023
Current Position: Human Resources Assistant for Covington & Burling Law Firm.
Emma Krueger
E-Mail: ekrueger@umd.edu
Major: B.A. Psychology; Minor: Statistics 2022
Current Position: School Psychology Masters Candidate in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Connecticut
Natalie Bartholet
E-Mail: natalie.bartholet@gmail.com
Major: B.A. Music Education & Human Development 2023
Stephanie Choi
Major: B.A. Psychology 2023
Ricardo Calvo
E-Mail: rcalvo13@terpmail.umd.edu
Major: B.A. Human Development 2023
Current Position: Research Associate at EAB
Additional Previous Undergraduate Research Assistants
Jacob Glassman, Jenny Chen, Nastassja Stephens, Cassidy Pham, Katharine Tilmes, Dylan Cooper, Jessica Monaghan, Elizabeth Ackerman, Kellyann Bock, Abby Disman, Michelle Gomes, Hatice Gursoy, Michelle Penka, Cecilia Porto, Isabelle Selko, Nicole Wohlberg, Megan Bentley, Danielle Gans, Zoey Goldberg, Elyse Lowet, Becca Sentchuk
Lab Managers
Jonquil Rumberger
E-mail: jonquil.rumberger@bc.edu CV: Rumberger CV
Lab Manager 2022-2024
Education: Psychology B.A., & Literature B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz
Current Position: Doctoral Student at Boston College with Paul Poteat
Arvid Samuelson
E-mail: asamuel1@ucsc.edu CV: Samuelson CV Website: Link
Lab Manager (2019-2022)
Education: Intensive Psychology B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz
Current Position: Doctoral Student at Cornell University with Professor Audun Dahl.
Bonnie Woodward
E-mail: bonniew2@umbc.edu
Lab Manager (2017-2019)
Education: B.S., Psychology and Sociology, Virginia Tech 2017
Current Position: Doctoral Student in Clinical Psychology at University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Graduate Students
Riley Sims
E-mail: rnsims@umd.edu CV: Sims CV
Education: B.A., University of California, Davis; Ph.D. , University of Maryland, College Park 2023
Jacquelyn Glidden
E-mail: jglidden@umd.edu CV: Glidden CV
Education: B.S., Bucknell University; M.A., San Francisco State University; Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park 2023
Dr. Amanda Burkholder
E-mail: arburk@umd.edu CV: Burkholder CV
Education: Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park; B.A., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Psychology, Furman University
Alexander D'Esterre
E-Mail: alexdesterre@gmail.com CV: D'Esterre CV
Education: B.A., Rutgers University; Ph.D., 2020
Current Position: Manager, Data Analytics at the Truth Initiative
Michael Rizzo
E-Mail: mtrizzo@nyu.edu
Education: B.A., University of California, San Diego; Ph.D., 2018
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign
Laura Elenbaas
E-Mail: laura.elenbaas@rochester.edu
Education: B.A., University of Michigan; Ph.D., 2017
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Purdue University
Jee Young Noh
E-Mail: jnoh@calbaptist.edu
Education: B.A., Yonsei University; Ed.M., Harvard University; Ph.D., 2017
Current Position: Assistant Professor, California Baptist University
Shelby Cooley
E-Mail: scooley@ccedresults.org
Education: B.A., Scripps College; Ph.D., 2015
Current Position: Senior Research Associate with Seattle Public Schools
Kelly Lynn Mulvey
E-Mail: klmulvey1@ncsu.edu
Education: B.A., Duke University; M.A.T., Duke University; Ph.D., 2013
Current Position: Associate Professor of Psychology, North Carolina State University
Website: https://sites.google.com/ncsu.edu/mulveysocialdevelopmentlab
Aline Hitti
E-Mail: ahitti@usfca.edu
Education: B.A., Johns Hopkins University; M.S.E., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., 2013
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of San Francisco
Megan Clark Kelly
E-Mail: mclarkkelly@gmail.com
Education: B.A., Boston College; M.A., Boston College (Developmental Psychology); Ph.D., 2011
Current Position: Self employed
Cameron Richardson
E-Mail: cbr124@psu.edu
Education: B.S., Penn State University; Ph.D., 2011
Current Position: Research Associate, Penn State University
Alaina Brenick
E-Mail: alaina.brenick@uconn.edu
Education: B.A., University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Ph.D., 2009
Current Position: Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Connecticut
Nancy Geyelin Margie
E-Mail: ngmargie@yahoo.com
Education: B.A., Haverford College; Ph.D., 2007
Current Position: Research Fellow, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Stefanie Sinno
E-Mail: ssinno@muhlenberg.edu
Education: B.S., Ursinus College; Ph.D., 2007
Current Position: Associate Professor of Psychology, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Christina M. Edmonds
E-Mail: cgedmonds@verizon.net
Education: B.A., Barnard College at Columbia University; Ph.D., 2005
Current Position: Lecturer, Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, UMD
Yoonjung Park
E-Mail: ypark@childrensdefense.org
Education: B.S., Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea; M.A., Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea; Ph.D., 2005
Current Position: Research Associate, Children's Defense Fund, Washington, D.C.
Jennie Lee-Kim
E-Mail: jleekim@umd.edu
Education: B.A., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., 2005
Current Position: Assistant Clinical Professor, Director of Academic Services & Human Development Undergraduate Major, Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland
Heidi McGlothlin
E-Mail: hmcgloth@umd.edu
Education: B.A., Western Kentucky University; Ph.D., 2004
Current Position: Private Sector
Stacey Horn
E-Mail: sshorn@uic.edu
Education: B.A., University of Minnesota; M.A., College of St. Thomas; Ph.D., 2000
Current Position: Chair and Professor of Family Social Sciences, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota
Alicia E. Ardila-Rey
E-Mail: aardila-rey@aacte.org
Education: B.A., Universidad de San Buenaventura-Bogota-Colombia; M.Ed., University of Maryland, College Park; Ph.D., 2002
Current Position: Research Director and Associate, American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education
Christine E. Theimer Schuette
E-Mail: cschuette@chesapeake.edu
Education: B.A., University of Virginia; M.Ed., University of Maryland; Ph.D., 1999
Current Position: Private Sector
Visiting Scholars
Carmen Barth
E-Mail: carmen.barth@uni-konstanz.de
Education: M.Sc. Psychology, Doctoral student, Univesity of Konstanz, Germany
Affiliation: Visiting Scholar, Social and Moral Development Lab
Current Position: Doctoral student, University of Konstanz, Germany
Buse Gönül
E-mail: bgonul@umd.edu CV: Gönül CV
Education: Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara-Turkey
Affiliation: Postdoctoral Researcher and Fulbright Scholar, Social and Moral Development Lab
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Psychology & Incoming Associate Director of the Institute of Social Sciences at Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi
Daudi van Veen
E-Mail: p.d.van.veen@luc.leidenuniv.nl
Education: Ph.D. Candidate, Governance and Global Affairs of Leiden University
Affiliation: Visiting Scholar, Social and Moral Development Lab
Current Position: Assistant Professor (incoming) at ERCOMER (European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations), Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Lenka Kollerova
E-Mail: kollerovalenka@gmail.com
Education: Ph.D., Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Fullbright Visiting Scholar, Social and Moral Development Lab
Current Position: Senior Researcher, Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences
Jeanine Grutter
E-Mail: jeaninegruetter@gmail.com
Education: Ph.D., University of Zurich
Affiliation: Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Zurich Swiss National Science Foundation
Current Position: Associate Professor of Education, University of Konstanz, Germany
Ileana Enesco Arana
E-Mail: ienesco@psi.ucm.es
Education: Ph.D., Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Affiliation: International Visiting Scholar
Current Position: Professor of Developmental Psychology, Departamento de Psicologia Evolutiva y de la Educación, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Hanna Beissert
E-Mail: beissert@dipf.de
Education: M.A., University of Mannheim (Educational Research & Sociology); B.Sc., University of Mannheim (Psychology); Ph.D., German Institute for International Educational Research, Frankfurt
Affiliation: International Visiting Scholar
Current Position: Academic Staff, Department of Education and Human Development, Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education
Maike Gieling
E-Mail: m.gieling@uu.nl
Education: B.A. (Psychology), Utrecht University, the Netherlands; M.Sc. Utrecht University; Ph.D. Utrecht University
Affiliation: International Visiting Scholar
Tina Malti
E-Mail: tina.malti@utoronto.ca
Education: M.A., Free University Berlin (Developmental Psychology); M.A., University of Fribourg (Cognitive-behavioral Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents): Ph.D., Free University Berlin and Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin
Affiliation: International Visiting Scholar
Current Position: Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto
Luke McGuire
E-Mail: l.mcguire@exeter.ac.uk
Education: BSc., Cardiff University, MSc., Cardiff University, Ph.D., Goldsmiths, University of London
Affiliation: International Visiting Scholar
Current Position: Lecturer in Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Exeter
Silvia Guerrero Moreno
E-Mail: silvia.guerrero@uclm.es
Education: Ph.D., Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Affiliation: International Visiting Scholar
Current Position: Professor of Education, Universidad Castilla La-Mancha
Sally Palmer
E-Mail: S.B.Palmer@exeter.ac.uk
Education: B.A., University of Kent, Ph.D., University of Kent, Canterbury, U.K.
Affiliation: International Visiting Scholar
Current Position: Lecturer in Education, Department of Education, University of Exeter
Marcel Stefanik
E-Mail: S.B.Palmer@exeter.ac.uk
Education: M.Sc. (Teaching academic subject of biology and chemistry) Comenius University, Slovak Republic.
Affiliation: Fullbright Visiting Student Researcher
Current Position: Global Coordinator, Youth Engagement at International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
