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Post-Graduate Students

• Siddika Mulchan, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Mentee
• Rui Wu, M.A., Research Affiliate
• Tamires Tiburtino, M.A., Research Affiliate
• Maja K. Schachner, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate

Graduate Students

Doctoral Primary Advisor

• Sydney Klein, Human Development and Family Sciences (Ph.D., expected 2025)

Doctoral Committee Member

• Gregory Champion, Department of Psychology, University of Rhode Island, (Ph.D. expected 2023)
• Tamires Tiburtino, Department of Psychology, University of Hartford, (Psy.D., expected 2023)
• Andrew Cortopassi, Department of Psychological Sciences, (Ph.D., 2022)
• Daniell Carvalheiro, Human Development and Family Sciences (Ph.D., expected 2022)
• Gabriel Camacho, Psychological Sciences, (Ph.D., 2020)
• Khris-Ann Small, Human Development and Family Studies, (Ph.D., expected 2020)
• Erin Donohue, Human Development and Family Studies (Ph.D., 2020)
• Kaitlin Flannery, Psychological Sciences (Ph.D., 2017)
• Tija Rageliene, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania, Institute of Psychology (Ph.D., 2017)
• Maja K. Schachner, Educational and Cross-Cultural Psychology, University of Jena & Tilburg University (Ph.D., 2014)

Master’s Primary Advisor

• Rui Wu, Human Development and Family Sciences (M.A., expected 2023)
• Minjung Choi, Human Development and Family Sciences (M.A., 2020-2022)
• Sydney Beck, Human Development and Family Sciences (M.A., 2018-2019)
• Samantha E. Lawrence, Human Development and Family Sciences (M.A., 2019)
• Cassandra Zwarycz, Human Development and Family Studies (M.A., 2018)

Master’s Committee Member

• Minjung Choi, Educational Psychology, (M.A., 2022)
• Michelle Miller, Human Development and Family Sciences (M.A., 2022)
• Daniell L. Carvalheiro, Human Development and Family Sciences (M.A., 2020)
• Jessica Kaneakua, Human Development and Family Studies (M.A., 2016)
• Kaitlin Flannery, Psychological Sciences (M.A., 2015)

Independent Mentoring

• Katelyn Pitcher, Independent Study: Developmental approaches to intergroup relations and victimization
• Minjung Choi, Independent Study: Developmental approaches to intergroup relations and victimization
• Rui Wu, Independent Study: Developmental approaches to intergroup relations and victimization
• Samantha E. Lawrence, Independent Study: Advanced adolescent social development
• Cassandra Zwarycz, Independent Study: Developmental approaches to intergroup relations and victimization
• Daniell L. Carvalheiro, Research Mentorship: The role of age and gender in the prioritization of peer versus parent norms about intergroup relations
• Kate Dibble, Research Mentorship: Sexting Victimization and Rejection Sensitivity
• Jose-Michael Gonzalez, Independent Study: Peer and Adult Influences on Early Adolescents’ Antisocial and Prosocial Behaviors
• Alexander Molaver, Research Mentorship: Rejection Sensitivity and Loneliness
• Alexander Reid, Teaching Apprenticeship: Adolescent Development; Parent-Emerging Adult Relationships
• Elizabeth Simbeida, Independent Study: Adolescent Development

Undergraduate Students

Undergraduate Honors Advisees

• Liam Cohen, (B.A., expected 2025)
  • SHARE Summer Grant Awardee (2022)
• Alexa Udell (B.A., expected 2023)
  • (SHARE Summer Apprenticeship Awardee 2022)
• Andrea Ybanez, (B.A., expected 2023)
• Chelsea Velasquez, (B.A. expected 2022)
• Clarice Pennock, (B.A., 2022)
• Ankita Karna, (B.A., 2022)
  • IDEA Grant Awardee (2021)
  • SPSSI Undergraduate Travel Grant
• Arianna Trahiotis, (B.A., 2022)
• Madisyn Longdin, (B.A., 2021)
• Sameena Shah, (B.A., 2021)
  • SURF (Summer Undergraduate Research Fund) Grant Awardee (2020)
• Jessica Gagnon, (B.A., 2020)
• Emily Karr (B.A., 2019), J.D., School of Law, UConn
  • Outstanding Research in Human Development and Family Sciences Award Recipient
• Kimberly Morais (B.A., 2019)
• Juan “Freddy”’ Santiago (B.A., 2018)
• Sarah Van Antwerp (B.A., 2018)
  • Office of Undergraduate Research Supply Awardee (2017)
• Monica Vise (B.A., 2018)
  • SHARE Grant Awardee (2017)
• Samantha E. Lawrence (B.A., 2017), Ph.D., Human Development and Family Studies, UConn
  • SHARE Grant Awardee (2016)
  • Ocean Rain Family Foundation for Summer Undergraduate Research SURF Grant Awardee (2016)
  • Office of Undergraduate Research Travel Awardee (2015; 2017)
• Melissa Lovitz (B.A., 2015), M.A., Urban Education Policy, Brown University
  • Office of Undergraduate Research Supply Awardee (2015)
• Emily Rankin (B.A., 2015), M.A., Special Education, Central Connecticut State University
  • Presidential Scholars Enrichment Awardee (2014)
  • Office of Undergraduate Research Supply Awardee (2015)
• Maeve Shea (B.A., 2014)
• Jordan Whipple (B.A., 2013), City Year Program

Other Formal Mentorship Programs

• UConn OUR IDEA Grant Mentor
• Leadership Legacy Experience Mentor (2018; Juan “Freddy” Santiago, student mentee)
• Young Scholars Summer Summit (Summer 2018- 3 mentees; Summer 2019 – 2 mentees; Summer 2020 – canceled due to Covid-19; Summer 2021 – 4 mentees; Summer 2022 – 2 mentees)
• UConn Connects (2017-)

Remote Mentorship 

• Luke Izzo, New Haven Academy
• Sudiksha Mallick, South Brunswick High School
• Rachel Grossman, University of Maryland
• Megan Hopkins, Senior Capstone Mentor, Goucher College

Undergraduate Research Assistants

• Grace Goldberg, (B.A., expected 2024)
• Yana Tartakovskiy, (B.A., expected 2023)
• Heena Shafique, (B.A., expected 2023)
  • SHARE Summer Grant Awardee (2022)
• Luke Udell, (B.A., expected 2023)
  • SHARE Summer Grant Awardee (2022)
• Andrea Gonzalez Mendoza, (B.A., expected 2022)
• Arianna Trahiotis, (B.A., expected 2022)
• Malak Zureiqi, (B.A., expected 2022)
  • Hartford Student Research Grant Awardee (2021)
  • SHARE Grant Awardee (2021)
• Abby Stepka (B.A., 2021)
  • Hartford Student Research Grant Awardee (2021)
  • SHARE Grant Awardee (2020)
  • OUR Supply Award (2020)
  • CLAS Women’s Leadership Collective (2020-2021)
• Maisha Seraj, (B.A., expected 2020)
  • Center for the Study of Culture Health and Human Development Undergraduate Research Assistantship Recipient (2020)
• Moriah Doyon (B.A., 2020)
• Courtney Brown (B.A., 2019)
• Emily Mendoza (B.A., 2019)
  • SHARE Grant Awardee (2018)
• Juan “Freddy” Santiago (B.A. expected 2018)
• Alexandra Kubko (B.A. expected 2018)
• Jaylene Lopez (B.A., expected 2018)
• Amanda Craig (B.A., 2017), UConn Honors student, M.S.W., Columbia University
• Haley Argueta (B.A., 2017)
• Joseph Tortorello (B.A., 2017)
• Cecilia Ortega (B.A., 2017)
• Myra Veres (B.A., 2016),
  • OUR Travel Awardee (2015)
• Kelly Romano (B.A., 2015), Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Virginia Consortium Program
• Leanne Des Rosiers (B.A., 2014), M.A., Professional Counseling, Central Connecticut State University

Teaching Assistants

• Ajla Ahmetovic
• Jan Berrios
• Leanne Des Rosiers
• Sarah Ferrigno
• Kristine Fillian
• Kelly Gay
• Shannon Guilmette
• Lydia Harden
• Jillian Hochman
• Joanna Jones-Coleman
• Ankita Karna
• Okeem Moore
• Danielle Pratt
• Vareesha Rahman
• Khadija Shahid
• Marshauna Williams
• Andrea Ybanez