Current GDP Participants

Barger, Michael
Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology
2023-2025 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
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Research Interests: Early childhood learning; motivation and achievement in STEM

Galvan, Thania
Assistant Professor, Psychology
2024-2026 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
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Research Interests: Mental health disparities; Latinx youth & families; Latinx immigrants; Traumatic stress; Risk & Resilience pathways

Hamel. Erin
Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences & Special Education
2023-2025 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
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Research Interests: Early childhood teaching; workplace supports; education quality

He, Yimin
Assistant Professor, Psychology
2024-2026 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
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Research Interests: Occupational health psychology; organizational climate; social network; quantitative methodologies

Lapegna, Pablo
Associate Professor, Sociology
2023-2025 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
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Research Interests: Environmental and rural sociology; social movements; political sociology; health

Olenick, Jeffrey
Assistant Professor, Psychology
2024-2026 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
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Research Interests: Learning, training, and development; teamwork, especially in extreme environments; diversity and inclusion; the role of organizations in systems of inequality

Ravindran, Niyantri
Assistant Professor, Human Development & Family Science
2023-2025 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
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Research Interests: Dynamics of parent-child interactions; parental socialization of emotion; stress reactivity and regulation in parents and children; emotion regulation; social competence; peer relationships

Robertson, Melissa
Assistant Professor, Psychology
2023-2025 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
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Research Interests: Social relationships; mentoring and supervision; diversity and inclusion; health and wellbeing; measurement and methodology

Torelli, Jessica
Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences and Special Education
2024-2026 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
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Research Interests: Teacher professional development; preventive behavior interventions; function-based assessment and intervention; functional analysis