August 2023 Spotlight – Manpreet Dhillon Brar, PhD

This month, we are delighted to introduce Dr. Manpreet Dhillon Brar (Manpreetdhillonbrar@gmail.com; she/hers), as our member in the spotlight. Manpreet is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Child Development at California State University, San Bernardino. Please tell us about some aspect of your career development Mentorship is a key aspect of my career and Read more about August 2023 Spotlight – Manpreet Dhillon Brar, PhD[…]

July 2023 Spotlight – Mona Abo-Zena, PhD

This month, we are delighted to introduce Dr. Mona Abo-Zena (Mona.abo-zena@umb.edu), as our member in the spotlight. Mona is an Associate Professor in Early Childhood Education and Care in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Massachusetts Boston.       What drew you to do work on Asians, Asian American children and Read more about July 2023 Spotlight – Mona Abo-Zena, PhD[…]

April/May 2023 Spotlight – Joyce Lin, PhD

What drew you to do work on Asians, Asian American children and youth, or another topic that is important to you now?  My dissertation focused on how cultural norms, values, beliefs, and experiences contribute to caregivers’ physical punishment use. One component of my dissertation focused on the various factors that either promote or discourage physical Read more about April/May 2023 Spotlight – Joyce Lin, PhD[…]

February 2023 Spotlight – Judith C. Scott , PhD

This month, we are delighted to introduce Dr. Judith C. Scott (jcscott@bu.edu), as our member in the spotlight. Judith is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Boston University.  Can you write a couple sentences on some aspect of your career development: feel free to pick one or any other related question among Read more about February 2023 Spotlight – Judith C. Scott , PhD[…]

January 2023 Spotlight – Michelle Pasco, PhD

This month, we are delighted to introduce Dr. Michelle Pasco (she/her/hers). Dr. Pasco is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Social Science, in the University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development. Dr. Pasco’s research focuses on 1) advancing methods to examine neighborhood environments, 2) how neighborhoods impact adolescent development, and 3) neighborhood Read more about January 2023 Spotlight – Michelle Pasco, PhD[…]

November/December 2022 Spotlight – Nestor Tulagan, PhD

This month, we are delighted to introduce Dr. Nestor Tulugan (ntulagan@uci.edu) as our member in the spotlight. Nestor Tulugan is a National Science Foundation Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Education at the University of California – Irvine. His research examines the dynamic relations between family academic support and adolescents’ Read more about November/December 2022 Spotlight – Nestor Tulagan, PhD[…]

October 2022 Spotlight – Xuan Li, PhD

This month, we are delighted to introduce Dr. Xuan Li (xuanli@nyu.edu) as our member in the spotlight. Xuan Li is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at NYU Shanghai. She is also an affiliated member of the NYU-ECNU Institute for Social Development at NYU Shanghai and the Department of Applied Psychology at the NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Read more about October 2022 Spotlight – Xuan Li, PhD[…]

September 2022 Spotlight – Lixian Cui, PhD

This month, we are delighted to introduce Dr. Lixian Cui (lc145@nyu.edu) as our member in the spotlight. Dr. Cui is an Assitant Professor of Psychology at New York University Shanghai and a Global Network Assitant Professor at New York University. His research is focused on understanding child and adolescent socio-emotional development in family, peer, and Read more about September 2022 Spotlight – Lixian Cui, PhD[…]