Social Development and Family Processes : Research Group : Department of Psychology : University of Rochester

Social Development and Family Processes

Our Lab

This page lists the participants of the Social Development and Family Processes Research Group in the Department of Psychology, University of Rochester.

Faculty

Judith Smetana
BA, University of California, Berkeley
MS, PhD, University of California, Santa Cruz
Email: smetana@psych.rochester.edu

Areas of interest: Social and moral development, including moral reasoning and development; Adolescent development and adolescent-parent relationships in cultural contexts; Parenting and development of parenting beliefs.

Graduate Students

	Yuejiao (Esther) Li BA, University of California, Santa Barbara PhD Student, University of Rochester Area of Interest: Adolescent-parent relationships and adolescent information management Email: yuejiao.li@rochester.edu
	Sdu Mncwabe MA, University of KwaZulu-Natal Phd Student, University of Rochester Email: jmncwabe@rochester.edu
	Jessica Robinson BA, University of Utah PhD Student, University of Rochester Areas of interest: Adolescent autonomy development, adolescent-parent relationships, and how adolescents coordinate and prioritize autonomy with other issues (e.g., relationships) Email: jessica.robinson@rochester.edu
	Ha Na Yoo BA, Seoul National University MA, Yonsei University PhD Student, University of Rochester Email: hana.yoo@rochester.edu
	Fatma (Betul) Zeyrek BA, Fatih University MA, University of East Anglia PhD Student, University of Rochester Email: fzeyrek@ur.rochester.edu

Undergraduate Research Assistants

	Anna Langer Psychology Major Class of 2021
	Yu Jin Lee Psychology Major Class of 2021
	Hailey Palleschi Psychology and Sign Language Double Major Class of 2020

Recent PhD Graduates

Courtney Ball
Dissertation: Differential Associations among Affective and Cognitive Empathy and Moral Judgments across Middle Childhood
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

MarcJambon:
Dissertation: Moral Judgments and Aggression in Young Children: A Social Domain Approach to Conceptualizing Individual Differences in Early Moral Understanding
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto

Wendy Rote
Dissertation: Children's and Adolescents' Perceptions of Parental Guilt Induction
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of South Florida - St. Petersburg

Marina Tasopoulos-Chan
Dissertation: Adolescents' Information Management with Parents and Adjustment: A Study of American Adolescents from European, Chinese and Mexican Background

Myriam Villalobos
Dissertation: When Culture and Autonomy Clash: Puerto Rican Adolescents' Prioritizing of Latino Cultural Values and Autonomy Desires
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Baruch College, CUNY Graduate Center

Jessamy Comer
Dissertation: Associations between Autonomy Beliefs, Psychological Control, and Adolescents' Disclosure about their Everyday Activities
Current Position: Lecturer, Rochester Institute of Technology