Applied Developmental Psychology Program

Merve Balkaya Ince, Mentor - Dr. Charissa Cheah 

“A Multi-Method Approach to Examine Predictors and Outcomes of Muslim American Adolescents' Social Identities”

Brittany N. Gay, Mentor - Dr. Susan Sonnenschein 

“Characterizing the Educational Involvement of Families During Fifth Grade: Predictors and Academic Outcomes Associated with Latent Class Membership”

Lisa Shanty, Mentor - Dr. David Schultz 

“Facilitating Parent-Child Interaction in Home Visiting: Staff Experiences and Supervisory Support”

Jia Shen, Mentor - Dr. Charissa Cheah 

"Self-Regulation Among Emerging Adults"

Human Services Psychology Program

Eduardo Alsina, Mentor - Dr. Shari Waldstein 

"Epigenetic Clock and Associations with Neurocognition"

Shelter N. Dziya, Mentor - Dr. Kenneth Maton 

“Child Abuse, Adult Sexual Assault, Sexual Revictimization and Depression among Black Women: The Moderating Effects of Sense of Control and Education Level.”

Samantha Jay, Mentor - Dr. Jason Schiffman 

"Suicide risk assessment in young adults at clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR); CHR specific risk factors of suicidal thoughts and behavior"

 Brianna Jehl, Mentor - Dr. Lynnda Dahlquist 

"The impacts of experimenter gender on children’s comfort expressing acute pain"

Sarah Jung, Mentor - Dr. Shari Waldstein 

"The impact of racial discrimination and psychological variables on obesity"

Christa R. Lewis, Mentors - Dr. Raimi Quiton & Dr. Rebecca Schacht

"Neurocognitive Influences in Pain & PTSD"

Ana Maldonado, Mentors - Dr. Christopher Murphy & Dr. Shari Waldstein

"The Impact of Post-traumatic Stress on Glucose Metabolism Trajectories: A Health Disparities Approach"

Gender and Women’s Studies is excited to announce that three of our students will be presenting at URCAD this year! Our three presenters are listed below and we hope that you’re able to stop by and learn more about the exciting research that they’ve been conducting this year.

Dan Willey — “Home Sweet Homo: An Ethnography of Queer Living Space”

4/25 at 11:15am in UC312 - Oral Presentation

Emily Ruppert — “Instagram’s Influence on a Generation of Women”

4/25 during the poster session between 1:00-2:30pm – Poster #77

Jamie Tingler  — “Why Does Peach Need Mario, Zelda Need Link and Moxxi Get Sexually Shamed?: Gender and Sexual Representation in Video Games”

4/25 during the poster session between 1:00-2:30pm – Poster #46

URCAD is Wednesday, April 25, 2018.

Beginning in the fall of 2016, LLC students have the opportunity to work alongside an affiliate faculty member of the LLC Program on that professor's research. This opportunity is designed for part-time LLC students and those who do not have a graduate assistantship.

The Program is about Research, not Red Tape:

• Largely informal and voluntary
• Two to three hours per week
• One semester commitment, but renewable
• Mutually beneficial (limited clerical tasks)
• Small LLC stipend for students

LLC students and affiliate faculty members can seek each other out through the People tab of the LLC website.

Once a faculty member and a student are ready to initiate an apprenticeship, please complete this form and return it to the LLC Program office or email it to llc@umbc.edu.

For students to be eligible for a stipend, the form should be completed within the first three weeks of the start of a semester. We also invite LLC students to update their research interests on this Google spreadsheet.

Of Note - Recent highlights from the Language, Literacy & Culture PhD Program