Human Development and Family Sciences
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Ekaterina Novikova
February 1, 2023Ekaterina is a Ph.D. student in Human Development and Family Sciences. Prior to coming to theUniversity of Delaware, she received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Linguistics at Tambov State University in Russia and worked as an ESL (English as a …
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Megha Garg
January 31, 2023Megha Garg is a current PhD student at the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Delaware. She is also a Teaching Assistant at the department. Her research interest lies in studying the role of parent-child interactio …
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Sarah Ryan
January 31, 2023Sarah is a part-time Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Delaware where she teaches HDFS 412: Early Childhood Inclusive Math Curriculum and Assessment. Sarah is a former elementary school teac …
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Rosa Mykyta-Chomsky
January 31, 2023Rosa Mykyta-Chomsky is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Delaware, and a graduate assistant with the New Directions Early Head Start program. Rosa’s research interests are centered on the soc …
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Saira Zaman
August 25, 2021I am currently a PhD student in Human Development and Family Sciences. My research interests are in studying the association between environmental factors and emotional development across the lifespan, particularly resilience. My research focus for my …
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Stephanie Kuntz
August 23, 2021Stephanie is a first-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences and a Research Assistant at the Delaware Institute for Excellence in Early Childhood. Stephanie comes to the University of Delaware with a Master of Scie …
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Rachel Fidel
August 28, 2020Rachel is a first-year student in the combined Master’s/Ph.D. program. She recently graduated from the University of Central Florida with Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology and a minor in Early Childhood Development & Education. At UCF, she was a …
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Imani Lawson
August 27, 2020Imani has always had a passion for the health and wellbeing of families. Early in her career, she focused on the social determinates of health of low-income adults and teens living with chronic disease and addiction. In 2014, she was assigned to work w …
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Annette Pic
August 27, 2020After raising four children and working as a substitute teacher at the University of Delaware’s Early Learning Center, I realized that my interest in advocating for quality, accessible early childhood education for all had grown to the point that gradu …
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Deborah Drain
August 5, 2019Deborah is a Ph.D. student in the HDFS department interested in research in early attachment, parenting, and intergenerational transmission of trauma and their application to child and family policy. Deborah has been in the field of early childhood for …
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