Carol Martin (Faculty Researcher)
Carol is a Cowden Distinguished Professor of Child Development in the School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University. Her research interests focus on gender development including the development of gender identity, gender expression and gender attitudes; the development of positive gender relationships; and the role of gender and gender-integrated and segregation schooling as it relates to school success. She also studies children's peer networks and how experiences with peers influence children's behavior and thinking and has been involved in the development of interventions to improve children’s social relationships. Carol is the Principal Investigator of the APPLE Project, designed to explore how social relationships in school relate to children’s success in school. She is also one of the Directors of the Link Enterprise, which involves a group of researchers and educators interested in exploring research questions related to promoting positive relationships across the lifespan.
Laura Hanish (Faculty Researcher)
Laura is a Professor of Child Development. She is inspired by opportunities to make a positive impact in the lives of children. Her work focuses on building positive relationships among children in schools and reducing the occurrence of harmful peer interactions, like those that are aggressive and victimizing. She was recently named an Expertscape World Expert in the Study of Peer Groups, ranking in the top 0.03% of scholars worldwide. She is proud of the work that she has done to develop new research knowledge about children’s peer interactions and relationships and about their association with social, emotional, and academic development. She is also proud of the work that she has done to translate this knowledge in ways that can be used by teachers and schools to directly benefit children.
Richard Fabes (Faculty Researcher)
Richard is the John O. Whiteman Distinguished Professor of Child Development. His research and scholarship have focused on a wide variety of topics, all of which concern children's social/emotional development and how it relates to their success and well being. His work on empathy and compassion has spanned more than 40 years and he continues to address the ways in which we foster positive and inclusive relationship skills in children (and adults), particularly those in preschool and elementary school. His current work has expanded into the use of and the disparities associated with suspension and expulsion in the early years of schooling and the developmental vulnerabilities associated with their use with young students. He has become an avid pickleball player and is a long-time "Dead Head".
Dawn DeLay (Faculty Researcher)
Dawn’s interests center on creating healthy social relationships and social groups. Her research focuses on the ways we define ourselves (i.e., our identities), and how similarities and differences between individual identities affect relationship processes and social group outcomes. She also has an interest in how historical, social, and cultural context interplays with group dynamics. She teaches appropriate methodologies and statistical techniques to understand social relationship and group dynamics, with a specific expertise in social network methods. She also collaborates internationally and across traditional academic disciplines in an effort to have a more complete understanding of the ways we might foster the kinds of safe and supportive social interactions that allow children and adolescents to thrive.
Krista Oswalt (Project Manager)
Krista is the project manager for the APPLE Partnership. She has worked on research projects related to postpartum depression, contraceptive use, at-risk infants, adolescent health, and parent engagement. She has worked with professionals from a variety of disciplines including psychology, social work, nursing, psychiatry, pediatrics, and family development. In her free time, Krista loves to spend time with her husband and two daughters. She also enjoys gardening and buys too many house plants!
Sonya Xiao (Post-Doctoral Research Scholar)
Hi, I am Sonya, I was born and raised in China. After working as an elementary school teacher for two years, I came to the United States and earned a Master's degree at Syracuse University, and a PhD at Arizona State University. My research primarily focuses on prosocial moral development and intergroup attitudes and relations during childhood and adolescence (specifically on gender). I am also interested in measurement and statistical analyses.
Kent Woods (Doctoral Research Assistant)
Kent's a graduate research assistant at ASU as he completes his PhD in Family and Human Development. His primary research interests revolve around academic tracking systems in middle and high school. More specifically, Kent is interested in the effects of academic tracking on the academic and social development of students. In his free time, Kent loves to cook, bake, play basketball, and spend time with his wife and his dog, Maya.
Laura Malouf (Doctoral Research Assistant)
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