Social Development and Family Processes
Our Lab
This page lists the participants of the Social Development and Family Processes Research Group in the Department of Psychology, 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳.
Faculty
Judith Smetana
BA, University of California, Berkeley
MS, PhD, University of California, Santa Cruz
Email: smetana@psych.rochester.edu
Areas of interest: Social and moral development, including moral reasoning and development; Adolescent development and adolescent-parent relationships in cultural contexts; Parenting and development of parenting beliefs.
Graduate Students
 | Yuejiao (Esther) Li
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 | Sdu Mncwabe |
 | Jessica Robinson BA, University of Utah PhD Student, 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Areas of interest: Adolescent autonomy development, adolescent-parent relationships, and how adolescents coordinate and prioritize autonomy with other issues (e.g., relationships) Email: jessica.robinson@rochester.edu |
 | Ha Na Yoo BA, Seoul National University MA, Yonsei University PhD Student, 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Email: hana.yoo@rochester.edu |
 | Fatma (Betul) Zeyrek
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Undergraduate Research Assistants
 | Anna Langer Psychology Major Class of 2021 |
 | Yu Jin Lee Psychology Major Class of 2021 |
 | Hailey Palleschi Psychology and Sign Language Double Major Class of 2020 |
Recent PhD Graduates
Courtney Ball
Dissertation: Differential Associations among Affective and Cognitive Empathy and Moral Judgments across Middle Childhood
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
MarcJambon:
Dissertation: Moral Judgments and Aggression in Young Children: A Social Domain Approach to Conceptualizing Individual Differences in Early Moral Understanding
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto
Wendy Rote
Dissertation: Children's and Adolescents' Perceptions of Parental Guilt Induction
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of South Florida - St. Petersburg
Marina Tasopoulos-Chan
Dissertation: Adolescents' Information Management with Parents and Adjustment: A Study of American Adolescents from European, Chinese and Mexican Background
Myriam Villalobos
Dissertation: When Culture and Autonomy Clash: Puerto Rican Adolescents' Prioritizing of Latino Cultural Values and Autonomy Desires
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Baruch College, CUNY Graduate Center
Jessamy Comer
Dissertation: Associations between Autonomy Beliefs, Psychological Control, and Adolescents' Disclosure about their Everyday Activities
Current Position: Lecturer, 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Institute of Technology