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Dr. Laura Armstrong

September 21, 2018 by Laura Armstrong
department: Psychological Science

Laura ArmstrongAssistant Professor
Department of Psychological Science

My primary research interests are in the area of early childhood mental health. [read more=’Read more’ less=’Read less’] Broadly, I am interested in the role of family risk and parenting behaviors in the development of child emotion regulation during the toddler and preschool years. This has led to two interrelated lines of research focused on: (a) understanding how young children develop the ability to use language as a way to effectively manage negative emotions and how certain child-rearing environments (e.g., parental psychopathology, poverty) may compromise this process; and (b) examining how cognitions among low-income parents (e.g., cognitive complexity, mind-mindedness, parenting self-efficacy and locus of control) as well as child and family functioning influence parents’ ability to promote self-regulatory skills in their preschool-age child. My long-term goal is to refine intervention targets for low-income families raising young children.
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Dr. Sara Juengst

September 28, 2018 by Sara Juengst
department: Anthropology

Photo of Sara JuengstAssistant Professor
Department of Anthropology

I specialize in bioarchaeology and Andean archaeology and has conducted research in Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador. [read more=’Read more’ less=’Read less’] I am particularly interested in using human skeletal remains to investigate the connections between health and social status in the past (and present). I have also worked with human remains to evaluate past medical practices (trepanation or skull surgery) and violence levels within past Andean populations.
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Dr. Amy Peterman

September 28, 2018 by Amy Peterman
department: Psychological Science

Amy PetermanAssociate Professor
Department of Psychological Science

My research interests center on developing a deeper understanding of the role played by psychological and behavioral factors in the socioeconomic gradient of health. [read more=’Read more’ less=’Read less’] I am also very interested in the role that health psychology interventions, including those delivered in primary care settings, can play in minimizing SES-related health disparities.
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