Current Graduate Students
Aalaa Alshareef
PhD, Couple and Family Therapy | alsha085@umn.edu
Research interests:
Families and health | the intrapersonal and intrapsychic dynamics of families who are dealing with chronic health conditions
Kadie Ausherbauer
PhD, Couple and Family Therapy | aushe001@umn.edu
Research interests:
Development of self-regulation | Parent-child co-regulation | Micro-level behavioral analyses
Molly Bailey
PhD Couple and Family Therapy | baile798@umn.edu
Research interests:
Trauma | Implementation | Cultural sensitivity in family therapy
Natasha Bell
PhD, Couple and Family Therapy | bellx737@umn.edu
Research interests:
Adolescent attachment | Couples and divorce | Emotional regulation
Pooja Brar
PhD, Family Science | brarx011@umn.edu
Research interests:
Sexual communication and behavior among youth | Immigrant Families | Cultural globalization and the family
Jacqueline Braughton
PhD, Couple and Family Therapy | lapla076@umn.edu
Research interests:
Trauma (post-conflict/natural disaster) and its effects on the family | Grief and loss | Spirituality
Gretchen Buchanan
PhD, Family Science | bucha245@umn.edu
Research interests:
Parent-child dynamics and risk factors
Sarah Burcher
MA/PhD, Family Science | burch184@umn.edu
Research interests:
Family and finances | The role work has on the family | Family financial education | Generational poverty and the working-poor
Kay Burningham
PhD | burni015@umn.edu
Research interests:
Family relationships | Sexuality, gender, and religion
Jory Catalpa
PhD, Family Science | catal026@umn.edu
Research interests:
Transgender youth | Queer kinship | Ambiguous loss | Family theory | Qualitative methodology
Qiyue Cai
MA/PhD, Family Science | cai00056@umn.edu
Research interests:
How exposure to highly stressful events impacts children’s development | The protective role of resilience and emotion regulation in preventing early adversity | Ways to promote healthy family relationships that lead to positive health outcomes
Muzi Chen
PhD, Family Science | chen2026@umn.edu
Research interests:
Life experiences and parenting practices of mothers | Single mothers using assisted reproductive technologies (ART) | Quantitative and qualitative research methods
Bosco Cheng
PhD, Family Science | cheng539@umn.edu
Research interests:
The relationship between mental health and the well-being of couple and family relationships in populations affected by traumatic stressors
Daniel Cooper
PhD, Couple and Family Therapy | coope707@umn.edu
Research interests:
Culture clash | Ethnic/racial identity development | Trauma
Lekie Dwanyen
PhD, Family Science | dwany003@umn.edu
Research Interests:
Immigrant and refugee family adjustment and wellbeing | Traumatic stress in resettled families
Noah E. Gagner
PhD, Couple and Family Therapy | gagn0060@umn.edu
Research interests:
Community based approaches to prevention and intervention of mental and physical health disparities in minority populations
Renada Goldberg
PhD, Family Science | rmg@umn.edu
Research interests:
African American Families | Labor-Based Social Policies | Community-Based Participatory Research
Eugene Hall
PhD, Couple and Family Therapy | hall0907@umn.edu
Research interests:
Sexual and gender minority families | Diversity issues | Families in transition | Couple and Family Therapy
Seonghee Hong
PhD, Family Science | hongx178@umn.edu
Research interests:
Parenting philosophy | Parent-child relationship | Parent education | Parent development and adult learning
Aimee Hubbard
PhD, Couple and Family Therapy | ahubbard@umn.edu
Research interests:
Couples | Couples help-seeking | Metadata | Sexuality
Emily Jordan
PhD, Couple and Family Therapy | jorda675@umn.edu
Research interests:
Aging and the family | Mental health in seniors | Families facing severe and persistent mental illness | Rural families
Vaida Kazlauskaite
PhD, Family Science | kazla007@umn.edu
Research interests:
Integrated behavioral health care
Robyn Kelly
PhD, Couple and Family Therapy | kelly822@umn.edu
Angela Keyzers
MA/PhD, Family Science | holt0647@umn.edu
Research interests:
Risk factors in adolescents and young adults | The role of the informal mentor in preventing risky behaviors in adolescents and young adults
Elsa Kraus
PhD, Family Science | kraus342@umn.edu
SunKyung Lee
PhD, Family Science | leex8614@umn.edu
Research Interests:
Family-based prevention/intervention programs | Bidirectional family relationships | Family studies' research methods
Lijun Li
PhD, Family Science | lixx5619@umn.edu
Research interests:
Parenting and developmental psychopathology
Yiting Li
MA/PhD, Family Science | lixx3514@umn.edu
Research interests:
Financial management | Financial stress | Family culture | Family business | Intimate relationships
Nancy Lo
PhD, Family Science | loxxx078@umn.edu
Research interests:
Acculturation | Cultural Identity Development | Multiracial/Generational Immigrant Families
Alyssa Maples
PhD, Couple and Family Therapy | mapl0009@umn.edu
Research interests:
How meaningful relationships and attachment support self-esteem, exploration, and other areas of development in emerging adults | Mentorship interacting with academic and mental health well-being, pro-social interactions and belonging during college
Demitri McGee
PhD, Family Science | mcgee176@umn.edu
Research interests:
Family financial management
Quin Morrow
MA/PhD, Family Science | morro214@umn.edu
Research interests:
LGBT health and resiliency
Alize Rattenni
MA, Family Science | arattenn@umn.edu
Research interests:
Parenting-based prevention programs
Anne Williams-Wengerd
PhD | will5381@umn.edu
Research Interests:
Impact of family, community, and society on mental health | Mental health professional perspectives in the treatment of serious mental illness
Cahya Yunizar
MA | yuniz001@umn.edu
Research Interests:
Cultural contexts of couple relationships and relational decision-making
Jingchen Zhang
MA/PhD, Family Science | zhan4936@umn.edu
Research interests:
Parenting interventions | Emotion socialization | Emotion regulation | Trauma and parenting