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: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore, Singapore

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: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, The Center for Early Childhood Education and Intervention (CECEI) in the College of Education, University of Maryland, MD, 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.