How I Spend My Time

Research

Teaching

Grant Writing

Statistics

R for Data Science

Community Outreach and Engagement

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Assistant Professor

Syracuse University
Department of Human Development and Family Science

Sep 2021 – Present Syracuse, New York
Responsibilities include:

  • Research
  • Teaching
  • Mentorship
  • Grant Writing
  • Community Outreach and Engagement
 
 
 
 
 

Assistant Professor

Texas Tech University
Department of Human Development and Family Sciences

Sep 2019 – Aug 2021 Lubbock, Texas
Responsibilities include:

  • Research
  • Teaching
  • Mentorship
  • Grant Writing
  • Community Outreach and Engagement
 
 
 
 
 

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Central Florida
Department of Health Management and Informatics

Dec 2018 – Aug 2019 Orlando, Florida
Responsibilities include:

  • R Programming
  • Reproducible Workflows
  • Data Science
  • Research
 
 
 
 
 

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Victoria
Department of Psychology

Aug 2017 – Nov 2018 Victoria, British Columbia
Responsibilities include:

  • Research
  • Teaching
  • Grant Writing

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The current study uses longitudinal social-ecological factors to examine increases in the hazard of gang entry among serious juvenile …

This study adds to the literature by examining the extent to which school, employment, and romantic relationship factors can disrupt …

The current study had two phases. Phase 1 assessed heterogeneity in peer and sibling aggression. Specifically, we tested the theory of …

The current study evaluated the effectiveness of Boston vs. Bullies, a short-term, free, bullying prevention program that uses …

This article describes the initial factor exploration of disability identity and preliminary psychometric characteristics based on an …

The current study adds to our growing understanding of the health of Canadian youth with differing marijuana use trajectories by …

Following a stress-buffering framework, in this study we explore the potential ameliorating effect of parental support on the …

The aim of this study is to examine the heterogeneity among bullying behaviors in a sample of Latinx adolescence and associations with …

This study analyzed the role school disorder has on dropping out, among racial and ethnic minority adolescents.

We examine how heterogeneity in adolescent experiences of peer victimization impact health in adolescence and young adulthood. We …

This study examines the associations between these trajectory groups and multiple indicators of economic well-being in young adulthood …

The current study examined the effect of parenting and peer ecologies on the development of deviant and violent behaviors during …

To explore virtual reality as a violence prevention tool, we used a pseudo-randomized controlled design to pilot test the effects of a …

In the current study, we extend prior research by testing three theoretical frameworks (interpersonal risk model, symptom driven model, …

The present study builds on the relational aggression research among adolescents by longitudinally exploring individual and …

This study examined processes that may impact implementation fidelity in the course of an effectiveness evaluation of the WITS Programs …

In this study, we add to this literature by examining transitions among classes of four substances (i.e., cigarettes, binge drinking, …

The current study estimates classes of polysubstance use in a large group of adolescents (ages 12–18 at baseline) and examines the …

This study addresses several significant gaps in the literature by (1) examining peer victimization, perceptions of school violence and …

This study examined the social selection and influence processes related to bullying and homophobic teasing behaviors, using a …

In the present study, we examine a sample of juvenile justice involved youth from adolescence to young adulthood to determine theeffect …

This study examines the intersection of these identities with regard to peer victimization, school connectedness, and suicidality.

In the current study, we estimated trajectories of young marijuana users over a decade, i.e., from ages 15 to 28. Identification of …

The current study examined person and school level associaitons between family and school characteristics on individual rates of …

Applying a social–ecological framework, this study aims to fill a gap in the literature by investigating factors in various domains …

The aim of our study is to identify subgroups of youth (i.e., current or former gang members, youth who resisted gang membership, and …

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