Lab Alumni

Yao Sun, Ph.D., 2025: Shuimu Scholar Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Christa Schmidt, Ph.D., 2025: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Bard College, New York, U.S.A.

Bumo Zhang, Ph.D. August 2025: Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Child Development, Mental Health, and Policy, University of Toronto Mississauga.

Hatice Gürsoy, Ph.D., 2025: SRCD Policy Fellow with the Maryland State Department of Education, Office of Teaching and Learning, Division of Early Childhood

Anika Aquino, Ph.D., December 2024: Research Associate, Delaware Institute for Excellence in Early Childhood and Center for Home-Based Child Care Research in the Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Delaware, DE, U.S.A.

Hyun Su Cho, Ph.D., December 2024

Suqing Wang, Ph.D., December 2024: Lead Behavioral Therapist, Verbal Beginnings, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.

Huiguang Ren, Ph.D., 2024: Associate Professor, Department of Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

Xiaoli Zong, Ph.D., 2023: Assistant Professor, Army Medical University, Shapingba, China

Xiaofang Xue, Ph.D., 2021: Postdoctoral Researcher, The Institute for Research on Youth Thriving and Evaluation (RYTE), Montclair State University, NJ, U.S.A.

Jia (Jillian) Shen, Ph.D., 2021: Associate Data Scientist, Booz Allen Hamilton, VA, U.S.A.

Merve Balkaya-Ince, Ph.D., 2020: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Wake Forest University, NC, U.S.A.

Kathy Vu, Ph.D., 2020: Senior Data Scientist, Medicare and Medicaid.

You Jung Seo, Ph.D., 2020: Statistician (Social Science), Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., U.S.A.

Jing Yu, Ph.D., 2016: Staff Scientist, Social and Behavioral Sciences Branch, Division of Intramural Population Health Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH) & Kelly Government Solutions, MD, U.S.A.

Nan Zhou, Ph.D., 2015: Associate Professor, Department of Early Childhood Education, Capitol Normal University, Beijing, China

Madiha Tahseen, Ph.D., 2014: Research Director and Community Educator, The Family and Youth Institute, MI, U.S.A.

Wei Yu, Ph.D., 2014: Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Foshan University, Foshan, China

Laura Rose, Ph.D., 2014: Senior Lecturer and Undergraduate Program Director, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD, U.S.A.

Christy Y. Y. Leung, Ph.D., 2012: Research Director, Thirty Million Words Initiative, University of Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

Sevgi Bayram Özdemir, Ph.D., 2012: Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Psychology and Social Work, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden

Kelly A. Sheperd, Ph.D., 2011: Psychologist, Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD), Kennedy Krieger Institute, MD, U.S.A.