Nice to Meet You
We’re a team of researchers, students, and professionals who are interested in learning more about social and biological factors that influence the healthy development of children, adolescents, and families. We have a lot of fun in our lab and the best part? You can too! We’re always planning new projects and visiting communities all over Georgia. In fact, the next time you see us, ask for a brain hat!
Staff
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Kyle L. Bower, Ph.D.
Administrative Director
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Anna Grossman, M.S.
Research Assistant
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Caroline Hall, M.S.
Recruitment & Communication Coordinator
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Lauren Holley, M.S., CCLS
Child Life Specialist
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Sarah Whitaker, Ph.D.
Family & Community Engagement Specialist
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Morrighan Surrett Wingate, B.S.
Research Assistant
Graduate Research Assistants
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Rabeeh Azarmehr
Human Development & Family Science
Graduate Student
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Brooklyn Crabtree
Neuroscience
Graduate Student
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Avary Evans
Human Development & Family Science
Graduate Student
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Katie Harmeyer
Human Development and Family Science
Graduate Student
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Cullin Howard
Human Development & Family Science
Graduate Student
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Michelle Perez
Psychology | Behavioral And Brain Sciences
Graduate Student
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Feiyu Wang
Human Development and Family Science
Graduate Student
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Linhao Zhang
Human Development & Family Science
Graduate Student
Faculty
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Charles Geier, Ph.D.
Associate Director & Director of Training
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Assaf Oshri, Ph.D.
Center Director
Co-Investigators
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Steve Kogan, PhD
Human Development and Family Sciences Affiliate
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Larry Sweet, PhD
Psychology Affiliate Faculty
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Kalsea Koss, PhD
Human Development and Family Sciences Affiliate
Research Partners
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Drew Abney, PhD
Psychology, University of Georgia
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Geoffrey Brown, PhD
Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Georgia
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Margaret Caughy, PhD
Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Georgia
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Andrea Gonzalez, PhD
Psychiatry, McMaster University
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Itai Himelboim, Ph.D.
Thomas C. Dowden Professor of Media Analytics
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Jiaying Liu, PhD
Communication Studies, UC Santa Barbara
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Catalina Lopez-Quintero, PhD
Epidemiology, University of Florida
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James MacKillop, PhD
Psychiatry, McMaster University
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Niyantri Ravindran, PhD
Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia
Lab Alumni
Ava Reck, PhD
“Neurocognitive and Protective Pathways Linking Food Insecurity to Impulsivity Among Adolescents”
2024
Landry Huffman, PhD
“Contextual and Neurobiological Foundations of Externalizing Behavior in Early Adolescence”
2022
Zehua Cui, PhD
“Psychosocial Deprivation and Working Memory: A Preliminary Investigation of Neural Efficiency”
2022
Sihong Liu, PhD
“The Moderating Role of Amygdalar and Hippocampal Activations in the Effects of Family Rearing Environments on Youth Adjustment”
2020
Erinn Duprey, PhD
“Child maltreatment and preadolescent psychopathology: indirect effects via physiological stress reactivity”
2019
Jeri Sasser, PhD
“Examining Adolescent Sleep Within a Family Context: Evidence from Three Studies Spanning Early, Middle, and Late Adolescence”
BS 2019 | PhD 2023 ASU
Matthew Carlson, PhD
“Paths from child maltreatment to sexual revictimization: the role of family and community contexts”
2018
Josephine Keiser, PhD
“The Influence Of Socioeconomic Adversity, Race and Immigrant Generation on the Trajectories and Pathways of Health Behaviors”
2017
Stephanie Kors, PhD
“Borderline personality disorder and the rate of intergenerational transmission of child maltreatment between mothers and adolescents”
BS 2017 | PhD 2020 UTK