There are lots of opportunities for students looking for research collaborations or independent study. Several existing data sets have yet to be analyzed or published; in addition, I can help garner a group of students to help pursue original data collection efforts. All students (including those with other advisers) are welcome to work in the SDL. Please contact me at [email protected] if you are interested in working in our lab. To find out about our graduate programs, click here.
Current SDL Students, working on the FiSH Project
Clarissa Corkins obtained her undergraduate and master's degrees in Early Childhood Education from Kansas State University then worked on a communications research team at University of Kansas before coming to OSU to pursue her PhD. She is a math whiz and is currently the FiSH Project Coordinator.
SDL Student Awards
Our former graduate students are doing great things!
Dr. Taren M. Swindle has received multiple federal grants, including being awarded a 2-year KL2 Career Development Award through the Translational Research Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. The KL2 is a competitive postdoctoral, mentored career development program providing salary support, research funds, and career-enchaining trailing to new investigators. It is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program, grants UL1TR000039 and KL2TR000063. The CTSA program is led by the NIH’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS).
Rutledge, J. M., & Swindle, T. M. (2014-present). WISE: together We Inspire Smart Eating. Introduction of the school-based WISE program to Lincoln Parish Head Start as a preventative health program in early childhood. Lincoln Health Foundation. Amount Awarded: $104,187.
Rutledge, J. M., Chestnut, L. F., McCollum, H. R., Yates, A. F., Pumphrey, A. H., & Rufleth, E. P. (2014-present). Bulldog Book Club: Increasing Lincoln Parish preschoolers’ access to books in the home. Lincoln Health Foundation. Amount Awarded: $71,000.00.
Our former graduate students are doing great things!
Dr. Taren M. Swindle has received multiple federal grants, including being awarded a 2-year KL2 Career Development Award through the Translational Research Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. The KL2 is a competitive postdoctoral, mentored career development program providing salary support, research funds, and career-enchaining trailing to new investigators. It is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program, grants UL1TR000039 and KL2TR000063. The CTSA program is led by the NIH’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS).
Rutledge, J. M., & Swindle, T. M. (2014-present). WISE: together We Inspire Smart Eating. Introduction of the school-based WISE program to Lincoln Parish Head Start as a preventative health program in early childhood. Lincoln Health Foundation. Amount Awarded: $104,187.
Rutledge, J. M., Chestnut, L. F., McCollum, H. R., Yates, A. F., Pumphrey, A. H., & Rufleth, E. P. (2014-present). Bulldog Book Club: Increasing Lincoln Parish preschoolers’ access to books in the home. Lincoln Health Foundation. Amount Awarded: $71,000.00.
Recently graduated SDL Students
Chelsea George obtained her undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Education in HDFS at OSU and then received her master's degree in ECE. She was the FiSH ProjectCoordinator, supervising all activity in the FiSH Lab. Chelsea is now happily employed as a kindergarten teacher in Oklahoma.
Abby Davis worked on the FiSH Project for over a year and graduated in Human Development & Family Science. She She is currently a kindergarten teacher in Texas. Erika Schaecher graduated from OSU with a major in Psychology and a minor in Philosophy. She worked on the FiSH Project, in a Psychology Dept. laboratory, and at the Laureate Brain Institute in Tulsa. She plans to move to Denver in the fall where she and her husband will both eventually attend graduate programs, hers in neuropsychology. Adriana Soto worked on the FiSH Project for several years while she was in the HDFS Marriage and Family Therapy program. She is now practicing as an MFT therapist,. Marissa Schmidt worked on the FiSH Project for several years when she was an HDFS undergraduate. She is currently in graduate school at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Brittany Helmer Currier did her Honors Thesis with Dr. Harrist. Her work earned 2nd place at the OSU Honor Thesis poster session. Brittany is currently working in Tulsa. |
Karlie Jager (undergraduate, OSU) - Karlie is a Chicagoland native studying Human Development and Family Science, with an option in Child and Family Services. Karlie worked on the FiSH project for 3 semesters and is now in graduate school.
Danielle King (undergraduate, OSU) - Danielle worked on the FiSH Project through 2014. She worked with Karlie to locate past participants. My name is Kalin Snyder and I was born and raised in Tulsa, OK. I am a 3rd year student majoring in Human Development and Family Science, with an option in Child and Family Services. This is my first semester to assist helping with the FiSH Project.
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Caitlyn Russell (undergraduate, OSU) - Caitlyn worked on her Honors Thesis in 2014 using data from the Child Development Project examining naturally-occuring Parent-Child Social Coaching episodes among 5-yr-olds and their parents. A manuscript based on her project is soon to be submitted for peer review.
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Graduate Students (past)
These are students Dr. Harrist chaired or co-chaired; there have been many other doctoral and master's students who have worked in the SDL lab, particularly as part of the FiSH project.
These are students Dr. Harrist chaired or co-chaired; there have been many other doctoral and master's students who have worked in the SDL lab, particularly as part of the FiSH project.
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Chao Liu (PhD, OSU)
Dissertation: The Longitudinal Relations of Disciplinary and Non-Disciplinary Parental Practices to Child Behavior and Academic Performance and the Unique Contribution of Parent-Child Synchrony Current Position: Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department, Cedarville University, Ohio. Co-Authored Publications Liu, C., Harrist, A. W., Cookston, J. T., & Carrillo, S. (2021). How parents play: Play style as a function of gender of parent, gender of child, and type of game. Manuscript under review. Harrist, A. W., Henry, C. S., Liu, C., Morris, A. S. (2019). Family resilience: The power of rituals and routines in family adaptive systems. In B. Fiese (Ed.), The APA handbook of contemporary family psychology: Foundations, methods, and changing forms, Volume 1. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Press. Harrist, A. W., & Liu, C. (2018). Parent-child synchrony. In M. H. Bornstein (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of lifespan human development. Los Angeles, CA: Sage. Liu, C., Harrist, A. W., Cookston†, J. T., & Carrillo†, S. (2017). How parents play: Play style as a function of gender of parent, gender of child, and type of game. Manuscript under review. Lixian Cui (PhD, OSU) Dissertation: Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia Reactivity to Interpersonal Challenge: A Dynamic Systems Approach. Dr. A. Morris, Co-Chair Current Position: Assistant Professor at NYU-Shanghai Co-Authored Publications (based on dissertation data from Dr. Morris' lab): Cui, L., Morris, A. S., Harrist, A. W., Larzelere, R. E., & Criss, M. M. (2015). Dynamic changes in parent affect and adolescent cardiac vagal regulation: A real-time analysis. Journal of Family Psychology, 29, 180-190. doi:10.1037/fam0000067 Cui, L., Morris, A. S., Harrist, A. W., Larzelere, R. E., Criss, M. M., & Houltberg, B. J. (2015). Adolescent dynamic RSA responses during an anger discussion task: Relations to emotion regulation and adjustment. Emotion, 15, 360-372. doi:10.1037/emo0000030 Julie Rutledge (PhD, OSU) Dissertation: Parenting Styles and Patterns of Child Weight Across Time Current Position: Associate Professor, Louisiana Tech University Co-Authored Publications: Rutledge, J. M., Harrist, A. W., Hubbs-Tait, L., Larzelere, R. E., Topham, G. L., & Shriver, L. H., & Swindle, T. (2019). A longitudinal study of parenting style and child weight with moderation by American Indian ethnicity. Parenting: Science and Practice, 19, 267-292. https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2019.1642083 Topham, G. L., Hubbs-Tait, L., Rutledge, J. M., Page, M. C., Kennedy, T. S., Shriver, L. H., & Harrist, A. W. (2011). Parenting styles, parental response to child emotion, and family emotional expressiveness are related to child emotional eating. Appetite, 56, 261-264 Topham, G. L., Harrist, A. W., Page, M. C., Rutledge, J. M., Kennedy, T. S., Shriver, L. H., & Hubbs-Tait, L. (2010). Maternal depression and socioeconomic status moderate the parenting style/child obesity association. Public Health Nutrition, 13, 1237-1244; Harrist, A. W., Rutledge, J. M., Pettit, G. S., Dodge, K. A., & Bates, J. E. (2014). The relational and non-relational use of aggression and manipulation in children’s social problem solving. Manuscript under review
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Great News: Nicole received the Rising Star Award from OSU's College of Human Sciences. Congratulations, Nicole! We are proud of you. - Fall 2014
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Deborah Richardson (PhD, OSU)
Dissertation: Evaluation of Interpersonal Problem-Solving Skills Program For Preschool and Elementary Children Current Position: Home Visiting Program Manager, Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment Co-Authored Publication: Richardson, D.L., Harrist, A.W., & Page, M.C. (2013). Using Extension Educators to Implement an Interpersonal Problem-Solving Skills Program: Impact on Preschool and Elementary Children. In revision after revise/resubmit. |
Paul Emrich (PhD, OSU)
Dissertation: An Examination of Negative Maternal Regard For Child and its Association with Parenting Behaviors and Child Problem Behaviors Recent Position: Associate Professor, East Central University Current Position: Executive Officer, Division of Medical Family Therapy, at The Chickasaw Nation; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee |
Carrie Grove (MS, OSU)
Thesis: Adults' expectations and perceptions of a visit while accompanying a child to a children's museum Current Position: Assistant Programs Coordinator, Oklahoma WONDERtorium Children's Museum
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Anthony Zaia (MS, UT Austin) Position: Systems Analyst, Office of the Attorney General, Austin, Texas |
Denise Bradley (PhD, UT Austin; Acting Chair F. Wicker )
Dissertation: Group Entry Strategies of Socially Excluded Children as a Function of Sex, Ethnicity, and Sociometric Status. Past Positions: Executive Director at Texas State History Museum Foundation; Director of Correspondence, Office of the First Lady at The White House; Research and Policy Analyst at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Current Position: Director, Corporate Communication & Public Affairs, St. David's HealthCare, Austin, TX Co-Authored Publications: (a) Harrist, A. W., & Bradley, K. D. (2003). “You can’t say you can’t play”: Intervening in the process of social exclusion in the kindergarten classroom. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 18, 185-205. (b) Harrist, A. W., & Bradley, K. D. (2002). Social exclusion in the classroom: Teachers and students as agents of change. In D. Cordova & J. Aronson (Eds.), Improving Academic Achievement: Contributions of Social Psychology (pp. 363-383). San Diego, CA: Academic Press. |
Sonia Carrillo (PhD, UT Austin)
Dissertation: Father-Child Interaction and its Relation to Children’s Interaction with Peers Current Position: Associate Professor, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Columbia |
Joseph Achacoso (PhD, UT Austin)
Dissertation: Complementary and Reciprocal Sibling Interactions: Differential Predictors of Peer Relations in Single- and Two-Parent Families Current Position: Adjunct Professor, Texas State University, San Marcos; practicing as a Licensed Professional Counselor Co-Authored Publication: Harrist, A. W., Achacoso, J. A., John, A., Pettit, G. S., Bates, J. E., & Dodge, K. A. (2014). Reciprocal and complementary sibling interactions: Relations with socialization outcomes in the kindergarten classroom. Early Education and Development, 25, 202-222. |
Amy Guthrie Brown (PhD, UT Austin)
Dissertation: Breaking the Habit of Peer Rejection in Kindergarten: A Classroom Intervention to Prevent Social Exclusion Current Position: Psychologist, Private Practice, Austin, TX |
Yih-Lan Liu (PhD, UT Austin)
Dissertation: The Relationship of Perceived Social Support from Family and Peers to Taiwanese Adolescents' Coping with Different Stressors Current Position: Associate Professor and Vice Dean, College for Humanities & Social Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, R.O.C. |
Past Students Continuing to Collaborate
Taren Swindle (MS, OSU; PhD, University of Memphis)
Thesis: Sociometric Status as a Moderator of the Relation between Weight and Self-Esteem Among 1st Grade Children Current Position: Assistant Professor, Family & Prevention Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AK Dr. Swindle is now part of the FiSH faculty team. |
Jeff Cookston (PhD, UT Austin)
Dissertation: Responsive Parenting Behavior: Its Relation to Role Quality, the Parenting Alliance, and Interpersonal Context
Current Position: Professor, San Francisco State University
Co-Authored Publications: Cookston, J. T., Harrist, A. W., & Ainslie, R. C. (2003). Affiliative and instrumental marital discord, mother's negative affect, and children's negative interactions with unfamiliar peers. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 12, 185-200
Dissertation: Responsive Parenting Behavior: Its Relation to Role Quality, the Parenting Alliance, and Interpersonal Context
Current Position: Professor, San Francisco State University
Co-Authored Publications: Cookston, J. T., Harrist, A. W., & Ainslie, R. C. (2003). Affiliative and instrumental marital discord, mother's negative affect, and children's negative interactions with unfamiliar peers. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 12, 185-200
Aesha John (PhD, OSU)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Northeastern State University, Broken Arrow, OK Co-Authored Publication: Harrist, A. W., Achacoso, J. A., John, A., Pettit, G. S., Bates, J. E., & Dodge, K. A. (2014). Reciprocal and complementary sibling interactions: Relations with socialization outcomes in the kindergarten classroom. Early Education and Development, 25, 202-222. |
Illysa Foster (MS, UT-Austin)
Current Position: Illysa is a psychotherapist at Mamababy Therapy, specializing in working with mothers and infants. Co-Authored Manuscript: A paper about Parent-Child Social Coaching that Illysa and Sonia worked on while at UT is currently being revised and prepared for journal submission by Caitlyn Russell as part of her Honors Thesis. |