Contact Information
Courses this Semester
Research Interests
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This semester I teach Research Methods in Human Development
(CHDV 133;7). In past semesters I have taught Social and Emotional Development,
Cross-Cultural Child Development, a graduate seminar in motivation, and
the culminating experience for graduate students.
I attended UC Davis for both my undergraduate and
doctoral degrees. My background and training are in psychobiological development,
temperament theory, and attachment theory. My research interests center
around children's emotional development, particularly from a biological
perspective. I am very interested in how children develop the ability
to regulate their emotions, and how this impacts cognitive, social, and
physical outcomes, especially physical and mental health outcomes.
I hold advising hours for Child Development Major
A students on a drop in basis during my office hours. Please feel free
to drop by and discuss your advising matters. I also advise students in
the Master's program in Child Development, and in general in regard to
research matters.
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Research Projects/Interests
I am currently conducting research on temperament
and motivation, and frontal lobe activity patterns as indicators of emotion
regulation in preschool children. If you are interested in getting involved
in research of this nature, I encourage you to come by and talk with me.
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