Former M.S. Students

McKinley Hall, M.S. (2024)

Hometown: Soldotna, Alaska

Research Interests: Parental-adolescent communication about sex, marital sexuality, adolescent risky sexual behavior, religiosity and sexuality, commitment in longterm relationships, and differences in cohabitating and married relationships

Lynn Maamari, M.S. (2024)

Hometown: Beirut, Lebanon

Research Interests: Adolescent development, food addiction, eating disorders, body image, attachment style, mating preferences, cross-cultural comparative research

Margo Munday, M.S. (2024)

Hometown: Lugansk, Ukraine

Research Interests: The relationship between self-control and accomplishment of life goals across different developmental periods

Tory L. Thomas, M.S. (2024)

Hometown: Seattle, Washington

Research Interests: The influence of child maltreatment (physical and sexual abuse) on adult close relationships through anxiety attachment style

Julia J. Beier, M.S. (2022)

Hometown: St. Joseph, Missouri

Research Interests: Adolescent development, identity formation, factors that perpetuate deviant behaviors, language and cultural factors in adolescent development

Melinda A. Lemaster, M.S. (2021)

Hometown: Salyersville, Kentucky

Research Interests: Late adolescence - Stress and well-being

Kristina M. Hayes, M.S. (2019)

Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio

Research Interests: Adolescent development in the context of chronic illness, children and grief

Guangyi Cui, M.S. (2016)

Hometown: Jinan, China

Research Interests: Parent-adolescent relationship, parenting style, and adolescent sexuality

Christiana Datubo Brown, M.S. (2012)

Research Interests: The relationship between parenting processes and internalizing behaviors among youth, mental health

Brian Huei, M.S. (2010)

Hometown: Boynton Beach, Florida

Research Interests: Relationship between parenting and deviance/academic achievement in adolescence, Chinese youth from Taiwan

Maureen Young, M.S. (2008)

Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana 

Research Interests: Adolescent development, adolescent sexual behavior, deviance

Affiliation: Residence Hall Director, Auburn University

J. Melissa Scarpate, M.S. (2004)

Hometown: Midland City, Alabama 

Research Interests: Child and family well-being, strengthening families, quality pre-K programs, family processes, single-parent families, kinship support, child/adolescent developmental outcomes

Amy B. Skipper-Tatum, M.S. (2004)

Hometown: Springfield, Missouri

Research Interests: Family processes, eating disorders in adolescent females, substance abuse in juveniles, juvenile delinquency programs

Affiliation: Child/Adolescent Therapist, Auburn, Alabama