Children, Adolescents, Couples and Families

2026

• Gretchen Buchanan, Ph.D., Researcher at Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Clinical Outcomes of an Intensive Mother-Baby Program for Perinatal Mental Illness

• Angela Narayan, Ph.D., L.P. Associate Professor with Tenure at University of Denver, Positive Childhood Experiences as Protective Factors for Better Relationships, Parenting Practices, and Mental Health Across Three Generations

• Niyantri Riavindran, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at University of Georgia, Parent-Child Physiological Synchrony in Naturalistic Settings

• Ryan Watson., Ph.D., Associate Professor at University of Connecticut, Sexual and Gender Diverse Mental Health: The role of family relationships and school experiences

 2025

• Gabriel I. Cook, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology at Claremont McKenna College - Shared Remembering in Romantic Relationships: A Mixed-Methods Diary Study of Intention Communication

• Chelsea Cortright, M.S., M. Ed., LPC, Ph.D. Student at Lehigh University - Lost and Found: A Mixed-Methods Examination of Identity in New Motherhood and Its Relation to the Developing Mother-Child Relationship

• Rebecca G. Etkin, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate at Yale School of Medicine - Impact of a systemic child anxiety intervention on family functioning and relationship quality

• Anita J. Fuglestad, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in psychology at University of North Florida , Paul T. Fuglestad, Ph.D., Associate Professor at University of North Florida - How do Daily Parenting Practices with Food and Screens Relate to Parent-Child Interactions and Emotional Development? An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study

• Chrystyna D. Kouros, Ph.D., Professor at Southern Methodist University, Naomi V. Ekas, PhD., Professor at Texas Christian University - Romantic Relationship Functioning and Mental Health in Autistic Adults

• Lei, Man-Kit (Karlo), Ph.D., Associate Professor at University of Georgia - Neighborhood Stress and Mental Health: The Protective Role of Couple Relationship Functioning in Rural African American Communities

• Crystal Martin, PhD., Senior Equity Associate at NYU - Trust in Action: Strengthening Parent–Teen–School Relationships to Increase Adolescent Mental-Health Access

• Emily M. Melnick, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow University of Colorado, Maternal Prenatal Depression Reduction and Observed Parenting Sensitivity in Early Childhood

• Laura Miller Graff, Ph.D., Professor at University of Michigan, An Evidence-Based Family Support Program for Parents and Children in Palestine: A Theory-Based Intervention

• Cora E. Mukerji, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at Bryn Mawr College - Regulating together: cueing parents to reframe negative emotions for their children

• Adi Rosenthal, Ph.D., Researcher at Institute for Relationship Science at the University of Denver - Parent-infant group therapy for interrupting intergenerational patterns of abuse: A randomized controlled trial of Resilient Roots

• Allie Michelle Spiekerman, Ph. D. Student at University of Missouri-Columbia - Teenagers and texting: A multi-method examination of social support in adolescent friends' text messages and associations with adjustment

2024

• Miriam Brinberg, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University Foundation - The Parents and Teens Technology and Relationships (PATTER) Study

• Ateka Contractor, Ph.D., Associate Professor at University of North Texas Foundation, - Daily Impacts of Posttrauma Distress and Sleep on Family Functioning among Asian Indians in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence

• Sarah Gianna Curci, Ph.D., Postodoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Colorado - Exploring Maternal Grandmother Support in the Perinatal Period: Impacts on Postpartum Mental Health

• Sarah Gianna Curci, Ph.D., Postodoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Colorado - Exploring Maternal Grandmother Support in the Perinatal Period: Impacts on Postpartum Mental Health

• Thao Ha, Ph.D., Associate Professor of psychology at Arizona State University - Exploring Touch in Virtual Reality in Young Adult Romantic Relationships

• Jenny Le, Ph.D. Candidate in the Social-Personality Psychology department at the University of Rochester. - Seeing Clearly or Seeing Through Tinted Glasses: How Accurate and Biased Perceptions of Emotions Influence Romantic Relationships

• Laura Miller - Graff, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Psychology and Peace Studies at University of Notre Dame - Piloting the Common Element Treatments Approach with Mothers in Lima, Peru

• Melinda Murdock, MS, LMFT, PhD Candidate at University of Kentucky - An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis on Black Couples’ who Experience Racism-Related Stress

• Galena Rhoades, Ph.D., Executive Director, Thriving Families, Research Professor at University of Denver, - MotherWise in Nicaragua: The Impact of Culturally-Adapted Relationship Education for Women During Pregnancy and Postpartum

• Hannah Schacter, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Wayne State Department of Psychology (developmental science area) and an adjunct assistant professor in the Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute for child and family development - Enhancing Adolescent Friendships through Digital Education

• Suma Katharine, Ph.D. Candidate Human Development and Family Science at the University of Georgia, Capturing Cultural Socialization Practices of Black American Mothers: Active Direction and Socioeconomic Variability

2023

• Laura Glynn, Ph.D., Professor in the Psychology Department at Chapman University - Parental predictability as a protective social factor for children’s stress physiology and mental health

• 2022

·      Özlü Aran, Developmental Psychology Ph.D. student at the University of Denver - The relation between prenatal stress and infant negative emotionality: Buffering effects of maternal predictability

·      Allen Barton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Illinois - Promoting healthy and supportive couple relationships through sustainable, evidence-based program delivery

·      Bridget Callaghan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of California Los Angeles - Does positive parenting improve emotion regulation in at-risk youth across the transition to adolescence?

·      Chrystyna Kouros , Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology at Southern Methodist University, Dimensions of couples' relationship functioning that predict mental health

·      Yunying Le, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor at the University of Denver, Preventing postpartum depression via an online, self-study approach for couples at elevated risk: Adapting an evidence-based, universal prevention program

·      Brett Peters, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Psychology department at Ohio University- Examining the prospective associations between COVID-19 stressors, intimate partner violence , and health behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic

·      Danielle Weber, M.A., Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Georgia - Depression and relationship quality among older adult couples: A longitudinal, multimethod investigation

·      Virgil Zeigler-Hill, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor at Oakland University - Narcissism and Romantic Relationship Functioning: The Mediating Roles of Coercive and Collaborative Theories of Power

2021

• Samantha Brown, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor at Colorado State University - Nurturing Connections: A Postpartum Intervention to Improve Mother-Infant Functioning and Interactions

• Kathryn Rebecca Fox, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the clinical child psychology at the University of Denver, Helping Parents Navigate Child Suicide Risk

• Nathan Hardy, Ph.D., LMFT, Associate Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Science at Oklahoma State University - Couples in Conflict: Bridging the Systemic Divide

• Lauren M. Papp, Ph.D., Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Establishing the Contributions of Romantic Partners to Older Individuals’ Prescription Opioid Misuse

• Hannah Volpert-Esmond, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at El Paso - How do supportive family relationships contribute to stress regulation in response to racial/ethnic discrimination among Hispanics?

2020

• Carissa D’Aniello, Ph.D., Assistant Professor from Texas Tech University, Rachel Tambling, Ph.D., LMFT, Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences, and Beth Russell, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences from the University of Connecticut  - A Pilot Study of PRISM Mindfulness Based Family Groups for Parents of Young Adults with Substance Use Disorders

• Kirby Deater-Deckard, Ph.D., Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst - Quantifying cohesion in the parent-child relationship in a complex family system

• Matthew A. Diemer, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Professor of Education at the University of Michigan, - Dyadic analyses of relational processes among Mozambique couples.

• Jenalee Doom, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Denver's Department of Psychology and Stress, Early Experiences, and Development (SEED) Research Center - When Parents Become Ineffective Social Buffers, Do Siblings Step In?

• Greg M. Fosco, Ph.D., Associate Director of the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center and Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at The Pennsylvania State University - Feasibility and Evaluation of Brief, Mobile-Based Family Strengthening Interventions

• Laura Miller-Graff, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Psychology and Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame - Identifying the impact of prenatal intervention the pandemic-related stress on mother-infant relational quality in families experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV)

• Michele Parker, Ph.D., LMFT, CCMA, Assistant Professor Marriage and Family Therapy Program and Michael Killian, Ph.D., Associate Professor at the Florida State University - Family Therapy and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Telehealth Response

• Ashley K. Randall, Ph.D., Professor in the School of Counseling and Counseling Psychology at the Arizona State University - CCET-SMS Program: Towards the Development of a Couple’s Coping Program for Same-Gender Couples

• Harry Reis, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology at the University of Rochester,- Couples' Coping with the Emotional Effects of Coronavirus

• Galena Rhoades, Ph.D., Research Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Denver and Executive Director of Thriving Families- MotherWise Virtual: Relationship Education for Pregnant and Postpartum Women during COVID

• Sree Sinha, Doctoral Candidate at the University of Denver, - Queer Interethnic Relationships: Couple Minority Stress and Resilience for Intersectionally Marginalized Couples