Students


Graduate Student Research Assistants*

Name Years on Project Email
Alissa Huth-Bocks 1998 - 2002 ahuthboc@emich.edu
Dissertation: Mother-infant attachment: The impact of maternal representations during pregnancy, maternal risk factors, and social support (2002)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

Sally Theran 1999 - 2003 stheran@wellesley.edu
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

Robin Weatherill 1999 - 2004 weatheri@msu.edu
Master's Thesis: Adult romantic attachment style as a mediator for the effects of domestic violence on maternal-fetal attachment behavior (2002)
Dissertation: Emotion knowledge and aggression in preschoolers exposed to domestic violence (2007)
Current Position: Project Coordinator, National Center for PTSD, Boston VAMC, Boston, MA

Erika DeJonghe 1999 - 2006 esdejonghe@csupomona.edu
Master's Thesis: The impact of exposure to domestic violence on infant response to adult verbal conflict (2002)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Sociology, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Pomona, CA 91768

Shallimar Jones 2000 - 2005 joness27@msu.edu
Master's Thesis: How family support affects depression in psychologically abused women: an analysis of racial differences (2003)

Kerry Kelly Leahy 2000 - 2006 kellyker@msu.edu
Master's Thesis: The impact of community violence on infants' social and emotional competence (2003)
Dissertation: Complex posttraumatic stress symptoms among a community sample of battered women (2007)

Carolyn Dayton 2000 - daytonca@msu.edu
Master's Thesis: Representation, violence, and parenting: An examination of the impact of domestic violence and prenatal maternal representations on parenting behaviors during toddlerhood (2005)

LaTanya Carter 2003 - 2004 carter33@msu.edu

Janeen DeMarte 2003 - 2005 demarte@msu.edu
Master's Thesis: The development of empathy, disregard, and externalizing behavior in children exposed to domestic violence (2005)

Mariam Mourad 2003 - 2007 mouradma@msu.edu
Master's Thesis: Family history predictors of mental health symptoms in battered women (2005)

Archana Basu 2004 - basuarch@msu.edu
Master’s Thesis: Developmental pathways to internalizing and externalizing behavior in preschool children as a function of domestic violence, parenting, and familial psychopathology (2006)

Johanna Malone 2004 - 2006 jmalone@msu.edu
Master’s Thesis: The impact of child abuse on prenatal caregiving representations (2006)

Cecilia Martinez Torteya 2005 - marti933@msu.edu
Master’s Thesis: Resilience among children exposed to domestic violence: The role of vulnerability and protective factors (2007)

Parker Huston 2006 - hustonp1@msu.edu
Master’s Thesis: Empathy development in children exposed to domestic violence (2008)

Lia Field 2006 - fieldlia@msu.edu
Master’s Thesis: The influence of domestic violence exposure on mother-child mutual emotion regulation and children's externalizing behavior (2008)

Saleem Hue Penny 2007 - pennysal@msu.edu
Master’s Thesis: The influence of domestic violence and community violence on women's parenting (in progress)

Audie Black 2007 - blackjos@msu.edu
Master’s Thesis: Patterns of children’s responses to marital conflict: A person-centered approach (in progress)
*Student research is listed when it uses data from the Mother-Infant Study

Undergraduate Research Assistants

Honors Students
Jennifer Trotter Senior Thesis: The effects of domestic violence on pre- and postnatal depression (2000)
Stephanie Ptak Senior Thesis: Effects of witnessing domestic violence on infant temperament (2000)
Allison Sevegney Senior Thesis: The effects of psychological abuse and social support on battered women's mental health (2002)
Shilpa Shah Senior Thesis: The onset of gender differences in psychosocial outcomes of infants exposed to parental violence (2004)
Erin Gallagher Senior Thesis: Preschoolers' response to anger simulation (2006)
Kirstin Rose Senior Thesis: Physical abuse, psychological abuse, and maternal parenting (2006)

McNair/SROP Students
Cheryl Refuerzo 1999 - 2000
Liza Kelly 1999 - 2000
Tonisha Shanks 2004 - 2005
Larenda Riley 2006

Research Assistants
T1 Interviewers
Heather Dunton Liza Kelly
Brandy Kenworthy Juliana Panovski
Stephanie Ptak Susan Marsiglia
Waseya Cornell Cheryl Refuerzo
Kim Sharky Jennifer Trotter
Michelle Goldenberger

T2 Interviewers
Cheryl Refuerzo Liza Kelly
Brandy Kenworthy Michelle Long
Anne Heinen Leah Clack
Lyndsey Janz Laura Siemion

T3 Interviewers
Mother Interviewers:
Heather Fleming Carrie Harnick
Abby Holland Kellie Howard
Michelle Loeffler Stephanie Robinson
Stephanie Merkey Suja Shunmugavelu
Allison Sevegney Michelle Trudell
Infant Interviewers:
Katherine Clark-CummingsNeo Kowa
Mahtob Mahmoody Kylene Occhietti
Stephanie Robinson Dana Wellisley
Camille Stephenson
Infant Assistants:
Christina Kazyaka Noemi Ford
Jinyoung Sim

T3 Mother-Infant Interaction Coders:
Mother Coders:
Kimberly Pytlak Carrie Shearer
Jordan Layne Christine Nutter
Infant Coders:
Brian Daniels Katie Hicks

T3 Anger Simulation Coders:
Juliette Rederstorff

T4 Interviewers
Marissa Wengrow Suzanne George
Mahtob Mahmoody Allison Sevegney
Leah Terian Noemi Ford
Marie Davis

T5 Interviewers
Maureen Carmany Kristy Keever
Rebecca LeMarbe Carla Dean
Daria (Dasha) KolbasovaShilpa Shah

T6 Interview
Mother Interviewers:
Angela Bretz Maureen Carmany
Allison Coleman Nilam Patel
Cara Robinson Leslie Schoen
Beth Weingarden
Child Interviewers:
Amanda Blanton Angela Buscemi
Christina Carroll Rachael Frasure
Jennifer Heliste Shilpa Shah
Videotapers:
Rebecca Cheung Jennifer McEvers
Dasha Kolbasova

T6 Distress Simulation Coders:
Dana Wandle David Marshall

T6 Anger Simulation Coders:
Erin Gallagher Shamicia Charity

T6 Mother Child Interaction Coders:
Farah Jaleel Meghan McKenzie
Alicia Copestick Kirstin Rose

T7 Interviewers:
Kristen Barnes Sarah Berto
Erin Gallagher Katie Mandarino
Nilam Patel Tonisha Shanks
Megan Steele

T8 Interviewers:
Erin Gallagher Katie Mandarino
Camille Brand Allison Gilson
Kristen Barnes Rebecca Parker
Tamara Peru

T9 Interview:
Mother Interviewers:
Kate Vesey Dawn Brosco
Kate Callas Erin Smith
Angela Dickinson Kristin Geske
Elizabeth Thomas Kimberly James-Williams
Child Interviewers:
Christina Russell Katie Sherwood
Kira Gallagher Meghan McKenzie
Ashley Fullerton Ashley Young
Jessica Sauter Tiffany Cotton
Kristen Boyko Cortney Woycik
Schedulers/Videotapers:
Camille Brand Amanda Song Hee Vandenbosch
Christina Russell Dianna Leigh Dwyer
Teacher Data Coordinators:
Jessica Ruiter
Abigail Kindel
Erin Haynes

Participant Trackers:
Michelle Long Dana Stapleford
Carrier Shearer Rebecca Cheung
Christine Cherba Laura Gross
Melissa Nelson Kirstin Rose
Amanda Fezzey Ashlyn Pyfer
Sonia Dutt Kristin Whitney

Data Bases and References:
Jennifer Trotter Amber Apel
Rick Pellafone Brian Daniels
Carla Dean Paige Jones
Leslie Schoen Noemi Ford
Edward Thomas Julia Herzog
Brendan Farley Jacqui Broughton
Paula Ogston Natalie Bridgewater
Lindsay Dietz Sarah Berto
Tamara Sue Peru

Transcription Checkers:
Brian Daniels Carla Dean
Paige Jones

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