Recipient of APA Early Career Convention Grant!
I was a recipient of the American Psychological Association's (APA) Committee on Early Career Psychologists/National Register of Health Service Psychologists Convention Travel Grant! The grant enables me to share findings from a recently completed project on the role of race and identity in intergenerational psychopathology.
Hot off the Presses!: Two New Peer-Reviewed Commentaries Published in Translational Issues in Psychological Science!
Hot off the presses!My brilliant mentee at Northeastern Illinois University, Marquee M. Reno and I have recently published two commentaries in the journal Translational Issues in Psychological Science. The first, "Commentary on Translational Impact of Djurovic et al. (2024): Youth and Caregiver Readiness to Engage in Psychological Treatment: The Untapped Utility of a Dynamic and Multifaceted Construct" discusses the benefits of examining the nature and extent or parent-youth discrepancies about youth's need for mental health treatment. It also offers some theoretical and methodological ideas for how researchers and applied professionals can leverage this content and support parents and youth who might seek psychological services. The second, "Commentary on Translational Impact of Galán-Luque et al. (2024): Developmentally Informed Transdiagnostic Approaches to Children’s Emotional Functioning" also critiques theoretical and methodological approaches to understanding transdiagnostic mechanisms underlying children's emotional functioning. In line with our principles and philosophical positions, we argue that the function of youth development and behavior can only be understood in the context in which it emerges, an idea sometimes forgotten or under-explored in transdiagnostic research. Copies of the accepted version of each publication can be found on this site, and eventually on my Google Scholar and ResearchGate profiles.
New Grant Announcement: $5,000 Grant from the University of Washington Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity!
With new funding comes new opportunities! I am honored to have received a $5,000 grant from the University of Washington's Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity (OMAD)'s Black Opportunity Fund. The grant will support a community-based research project, in partnership with LANGSTON Seattle, to examine Black/African American youth development, relationships between Youth Advisory Boards and minority-facing community organizations, and youth and organizational perceptions of open science and research practices. The project, titled "The Role of Youth Advisory Boards and Black Community-Based Cultural Arts Organizations in Reshaping and and Advancing Contemporary Psychology" is slated to begin in late summer/early Fall of 2026.
Recipient of NIH LRP Award (Funding Institute: NICHD)
I am thrilled to announce that I have been awarded a 2-year Extramural NIH LRP (Loan Repayment) Award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development! My submission was titled "A multi-level examination of the developmental effects of maternal substance use disorders" and encompasses multiple projects on the different ways that maternal addiction manifests, is experienced, and ultimately impacts child development.
New Journal of Family Theory & Review Editorial Board Member!
In 2026, I joined the editorial board for the Journal of Family Theory & Review, one of the leading publication outlets for review and theoretical papers covering all aspects of family science.
Honorable Mention on CUDCP Teaching Award: Best Non-Applied Course that Serves A Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program!
In 2026, I received an honorable mention for the Council of Directors of Clinical Psychology (CUDCP)'s inaugural award for the Best Non-Applied Course that Serves a Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program. The course that was recognized, Family Processes,...
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Honorable Mention on National Council on Family Relations Award!
I received an honorable mention for a solo-authored theoretical paper titled Seeing Through New Lenses (Re)examining Family Substance Use Disorders via Integrative, Theoretical, and Multi-Level Perspectives at the Theory Construction and Research Metho...
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New Service Role: Expert Consultant for the Administration for Children and Families's National and State Survey on Child and Adolescent Well-Being
In 2025, I joined the Expert Advisory Group (EAG) that advises and supports development of a new iteration of the National and State Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, sponsored by the Administration for Children and Families in collaboration w...
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NIH Award Notification!
I am thrilled to announce that I am one of the 2025 Matilda White Riley Early-Stage Investigator (ESI) Paper Competition award winners, sponsored by the National Institute of Health (NIH) Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)! The ...
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Forthcoming publication: "Temperament and Child Development in Context"
Fresh off the presses! New Publication Alert!
My recent manuscript entitled "Lifetime Maternal Alcohol Dependence Symptoms, Maternal Insensitivity to Children's Distress, and Young Children's Blunted Emotional Reactivity" was accepted for publication in Development and Psychopathology! Stayed tune...
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Dissertation Publication!
My dissertation, "Unpacking the Developmental Effects of Maternal Alcohol Dependence: A Longitudinal Focus on Parenting and Children’s Well-Being" has been published in ProQuest! Due to a two-year embargo, the full document is currently unavailable; ho... (Link)
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Exciting Announcement!
I am SO excited to announce that I will be joining the University of Washington as an Assistant Professor of Child Clinical Psychology in Fall 2022! I am honored to join such an AMAZING group of scholars, from faculty to student researchers to communit...
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Guest Appearance on the "It's Innate!" Podcast!
I had a wonderful time as a special guest on the "It's Innate!" podcast which is broadly dedicated to child development and science/empirical topics. I discussed a recent publication focused on maternal alcohol dependence and the long-term developmenta... (Link)
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Mt. Hope Family Center Research Spotlight
Working at the renowned Mt. Hope Family Center has been absolute joy. Mt. Hope and the families it serves have been integral to my research. I recently wrote a Research Spotlight to inform the Mt. Hope community about my newly published work on matern... (Link)
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Welcome!
Welcome to my blog! I will be posting on a variety of topics, especially those related to: graduate school (applying, selecting a program/lab/advisor, matriculation, and navigating graduate school), academia more broadly (e.g. mentoring, academic writi...
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