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January 2018 Spotlight, Hui Chu, Ph.D.

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This month, we are delighted to introduce Dr. Hui Chu (chu89@pnw.edu) as our member in spotlight. Dr. Chu is  an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Purdue University Northwest in Westville, Indiana. Her research focuses on immigrants’ experiences including perceived discrimination, ethnic identity development, acculturation and how factors such as social support (peers and teachers) affect outcomes such mental, Read more about January 2018 Spotlight, Hui Chu, Ph.D.[…]

November 2017 Spotlight, Jacqueline Nguyen, Ph.D.

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This month, we are delighted to introduce Dr. Jacqueline Nguyen (nguyen39@uwm.edu) as our member in spotlight. Dr. Nguyen is an assistant professor in the Learning & Development program in the Department of Educational Psychology. Her scholarly pursuits examine how normative developmental processes across the lifespan are informed by sociocultural contexts. She specifically focuses on ethnic and cultural Read more about November 2017 Spotlight, Jacqueline Nguyen, Ph.D.[…]

Tri-Caucus Statement on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

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On September 5, 2017 an executive order was made that effectively ended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program six months from the date, and ordered that all new DACA requests be rejected immediately.  DACA was a program that provided a path to citizenship for undocumented individuals who were brought to the United States as children, and Read more about Tri-Caucus Statement on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)[…]

September 2017 Spotlight, Jo-Pei Tan, DPhil.

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                    This month, we are delighted to introduce Dr. Jo-Pei Tan (jopeitan@hotmail.com) as our member in spotlight. Dr. Tan is currently working in the Department of Social Work and Social Care, Manchester Metropolitan University. She graduated from the University of Oxford in 2008 with a DPhil Read more about September 2017 Spotlight, Jo-Pei Tan, DPhil.[…]

July 2017 Spotlight, Vrinda Kalia, Ph.D.

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This month, we are delighted to introduce Dr. Vrinda Kalia (kaliav@miamioh.edu) as our member in spotlight. Dr. Kalia is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio. Her research program is geared to unpack the relation between cognitive control and emotion control. She is interested in the contextual forces (i.e. family, culture, language Read more about July 2017 Spotlight, Vrinda Kalia, Ph.D.[…]

March 2017 Spotlight, Leher Singh, Ph.D.

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This month, we are delighted to introduce Dr. Leher Singh (leher.singh.nus@gmail.com) in the Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore as our member in spotlight. Dr. Leher did her PhD at Brown University and currently holds the position of Associate Professor and Director of Research at the NUS Psychology Department. Her research examines the role Read more about March 2017 Spotlight, Leher Singh, Ph.D.[…]

February 2017 Spotlight, Sangeeta Parikshak, Ph.D.

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This month, we are delighted to introduce Dr. Sangeeta Parikshak (sangeeta.parikshak@acf.hhs.gov) as our member in spotlight. Dr. Parikshak is a Social Science Analyst in the Office of Early Childhood Development in the Administration for Children and Families of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She serves as the lead for mental health and disability services Read more about February 2017 Spotlight, Sangeeta Parikshak, Ph.D.[…]

January 2017 Spotlight, Jin Li, Ph.D.

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For the first spotlight in the new year, we are delighted to introduce Dr. Jin Li (Jin_Li@Brown.edu) in the Department of Education and Human Development at Brown University. Dr. Li originally came from China. She received her undergraduate degree in German from Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Languages in 1982 and taught German language and literature there. Read more about January 2017 Spotlight, Jin Li, Ph.D.[…]

December 2016 Spotlight, Daniel Ewon Choe, Ph.D.

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This month, we are delighted to introduce Dr. Daniel Ewon Choe in the Department of Human Ecology at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Choe‘s research interests center on the development of children’s self-regulation and externalizing behavior (e.g., aggression, hyperactivity), their complex associations with parents’ mental health and caregiving, and their contributions to the onset of psychopathology, specifically Read more about December 2016 Spotlight, Daniel Ewon Choe, Ph.D.[…]