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CURRENT DOCTORAL STUDENTS

Name
Email
Advisor
Brittany Boyer bpb103020@utdallas.edu Nelson
Dawn Brinkley dawn.brinkley@utdallas.edu Underwood
Elaine Dolan elaine.dolan@utdallas.edu Holub
Fadwa Elashi fbe051000@utdallas.edu Mills
Daniel Faso Daniel.Faso@utdallas.edu Sasson
Nazly Hasanizadeh nazly@utdallas.edu Owen
Sarah Hinkley sarah.hinkley@utdallas.edu Holub
Nicholas Hubbard nah111020@utdallas.edu Rypma
Asheley Landrum arl021000@utdallas.edu Mills
David Martinez dxm124230@utdallas.edu Krawcyzk
Margaret O’Connell mxo120930@utdallas.edu Basak
Sunny Patel slpatel@utdallas.edu Holub
Tatiana Peredo Tatiana.Peredo@utdallas.edu Owen
Jesse Poucher jessepoucher@utdallas.edu Prager
Rachna Raman rachna.raman@utdallas.edu Dowling
Holly Roelse holly.roelse@utdallas.edu Holub
Kate Shepard kateshepard@utdallas.edu Spence/Sasson
Forouz Shirvani forouzshirvani@utdallas.edu Prager
Shane Solis shane.solis@utdallas.edu

Underwood

 

SELECTED RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

 

Publications 2011-2012

Holub, S. C., & Dolan, E. A. (in press). Mothers' beliefs about infant size: Associations with attitudes and infant feeding practices. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology.

 

Underwood, M.K., Rosen, L. H., More, D., Ehrenreich, S., & Gentsch, J. K. (2012). The BlackBerry Project: Capturing the content of adolescents’ electronic communication. Developmental Psychology, 48, 295-302.

 

Tan, C., & Holub, S. C. (in press). Maternal Feeding Practices Associated with Food Neophobia. Appetite.

 

Owen, M., Caughy, M., Hurst, J., Amos, M., Hasanizadeh, N., & Mata-Otero, A. (in press). Unique Contributions of Fathering to Emerging Self Regulation in Low-Income Ethnic Minority Preschoolers. Early Child Development and Care.

 

Mills, C. M., & Landrum, A. R. (in press). Judging judges: How do children weigh the importance of competence and benevolence for being a good decision maker? British Journal of Developmental Psychology doi: 10.1111/j.2044-835X.2011.02047.x

 

Mills, C. M., Legare, C. H., Grant, M. A., & Landrum, A. R. (2011). Determining whom to question, what to ask, and how much information to ask for: The development of inquiry in young children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 110(1), 539-560. doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2011.06.003

 

Patel, S. L., & Holub, S. C. (2012). Body size matters in provision of help: Factors related to children's willingness to help overweight peers, Obesity, 20, 382-388.

 

Mills, C. M., Danovitch, J. H., Grant, M. G., & Elashi, F. B. (2012). Little pitchers use their big ears: Preschoolers solve problems by listening to others ask questions.Child Development, 83, 568-580. 


Shepard, K. G., Spence, M. J., & Sasson, N. J. (2012). Distinct facial characteristics differentiate communicative intent of infant-directed speech. Infant and Child Development. doi: 10.1002/icd.1757


Tan, C., & Holub, S. C. (2011). Children's Self-Regulation in Eating: Associations with Inhibitory Control and Parents' Feeding Behavior. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 36, 340-345.


Holub, S. C., Tan, C., & Patel, S. L. (2011). Factors Associated with Parents' Obesity Stigma and Young Children's Weight Stereotypes. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 32, 118-126.

 

Conference Presentations 2011-2012

Tan, C., Dolan, E. A., & Holub, S. C. (2012, March). Mood Induction: Effects on Children's Eating Behaviors. Poster to be presented at Conference on Human Development, New Orleans, LA.

 

Dolan, E. A., Tan, C., Holub, S. C., & Patel, S. L. (2012, March). Mothers’ Restrained Eating and Child Gender: Associations with Restrictive Feeding. Poster to be presented at Conference on Human Development, New Orleans, LA.

 

Faso, D. J., Neal-Beevers, A. R., Carlson, C. L. (May, 2012) Vicarious Futurity, Hope, and Well-Being in Parents of Children with Autism.  The International Meeting for Autism Research, Toronto, CA.

 

Sasson, N. J., Faso, D. J., Langleben, D., Gur, R. C. (May, 2012) Individuals with Autism Exhibit Reduced Sensitivity to Infant Cuteness.  The International Meeting for Autism Research, Toronto CA.

 

Landrum, A. R., Mills, C. M., Pflaum, A. D., (October 2011). Does bad singer mean bad judge? Children's understanding of relevant and irrelevant characteristics for decision making. Poster presented at the 2011 meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Philadelphia, PA.           

 

Johnston, A. M., Mills, C. M., & Landrum, A.R. (October 2011). What if the nice guy is clueless? Children adjust their trust based on reliability evidence. Poster presented at the 2011 meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Philadelphia, PA.

 

Patel, S. L. & Holub, S. C. (2012, March). Parents’ appearance and weight-related criticism directed toward young children. Poster will be presented at Society for Research in Human Development in New Orleans, LA.

 

Dolan, E. A., Tan, C., Holub, S. C., & Patel, S. L. (2012, March). Mothers’ restrained eating and child gender: Associations with restrictive feeding practices.  Poster will be presented at Society for Research in Human Development in New Orleans, LA.

 

Shepard, K. G., & Spence, M. J. (2012). Six-month-old infants' scanning of meaningfully distinct infant-directed faces: Effects of valence. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Minneapolis, MN.

 

Hinkley, S., Roelse, H., & Holub, S.C. (2012, March). Thinking about food: Associations with dieting and fear of fat. Poster presented at The Society for Research in Human Development Biannual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

 

Roelse, H., Dolan, E., Hinkley, S.B., & Holub, S.C. (2012, March). Individual differences in perceived influence of maintaining a food diary on eating behaviors. Poster presented at The Society for Research in Human Development Biannual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

 

Elashi, F. B., & Mills, C. M. (October 2011). Trust based on group membership or accuracy? Individual differences in children’s trust decisions. Poster presented at the Cognitive Development Society Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

 

Elaine A. Dolan, Cin Cin Tan, Shayla C. Holub & Sanobar L. Patel. Mothers’ Restrained Eating and Child Gender: Associations with Restrictive Feeding Practices. Poster to be presented in New Orleans, LA in March 2012.

 

Cin Cin Tan, Elaine A. Dolan & Shayla C. Holub. Mood Induction: Effects on Children’s Eating Behaviors. Poster to be presented in New Orleans, LA in March 2012.

 

Holly Roelse, Elaine A. Dolan & Shayla C. Holub. Individual Differences in Perceived Influence of Maintaining a Food Diary on Eating Behaviors. Poster to be presented in New Orleans, LA in March 2012.

 

Solis, J.S., & Underwood, M. K. (2011, March). Predicting Social Aggression in Preadolescents' Relational Dyads: An Observational Study.  Poster session presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

 

Solis, J.S., & Underwood, M. K. (2011, March). Variations in Social Aggression Across Contexts: Do Relationship Partners Matter?  Poster session presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

 

 

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