This month, we are delighted to introduce Dr. Yijie Wang, a Postdoctoral Fellow at Fordham University and, beginning January 2017, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Michigan State University. Dr. Wang is the current student/early-career representative at the Asian Caucus. Her research interests center on the development of adolescents, particularly Read more about November 2016 Spotlight, Yijie Wang, Ph.D.[…]

This month, we are delighted to introduce Dr. Ruby Takanishi, a senior research fellow with the Early and Elementary Education Policy Program at New America. She is the author of First Things First! Creating the New American Primary School. Takanishi is the former president and CEO of the Foundation for Child Development, a grant-making philanthropy that launched Read more about October 2016 Spotlight, Ruby Takanishi, Ph.D.[…]

This month, we are delighted to introduce Eddie S. K. Chong (echongsk@umd.edu), a doctoral candidate in the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park as our member in spotlight. Chong’s research interests broadly include issues related to stigmatized groups (sexual minorities in particular) across the lifespan and cultures. More recently, he is interested in examining systemic Read more about September 2016 Spotlight, Eddie S. K. Chong, M.A.[…]

This month, we are delighted to introduce Stacey N. Doan, Ph.D. (sdoan@cmc.edu) in the Department of Psychology at Claremont McKenna College. Dr. Doan received her PhD from Cornell University. Integrating emotional, socio-cultural and developmental perspectives, her work focuses on examining the biological, social and individual correlates of physical health and psychological well being. She is Read more about August 2016 Spotlight, Stacey N. Doan, Ph.D.[…]

This month, we are delighted to introduce Vaishali Raval, Ph.D. (ravalvv@miamioh.edu) in the Department of Psychology at Miami University, Ohio. Dr. Raval received her PhD in clinical developmental psychology from University of Windsor and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in cultural psychology and human development at the University of Chicago. Her research interests involve understanding parenting, Read more about July 2016 Spotlight, Vaishali Raval, Ph.D.[…]

This month, we are delighted to introduce Yiyuan Xu, Ph.D. (yiyuan@hawaii.edu) from the Department of Psychology at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Dr. Xu received his Ph.D. from University of Southern California in 2004. His research focuses on understanding cultural variation in children’s social development using a goodness of fit theoretical framework that conceptualizes Read more about June 2016 Spotlight, Yiyuan Xu, Ph.D.[…]

This month, we are delighted to introduce Qi Wang, Ph.D. (qiwang@cornell.edu) from the Department of Human Development at Cornell University. Dr. Wang’s research integrates developmental, cognitive, and sociocultural perspectives to examine the mechanisms responsible for the development of autobiographical memory. She has undertaken extensive studies to examine how cultural variables sustain autobiographical memory by affecting information processing at the Read more about May 2016 Spotlight, Qi Wang, Ph.D.[…]