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Developmental Psychology PostDocs

"Education has opened many, many doors. However, there are still innumerable doors shut tight -- unopened yet. These are the doors of the future. Perhaps one of my children will open one of these doors --
I shall help give him the key."

~Unknown Source~

Cooper, Shauna
Hendrick, Amy
Howard, Lionel
Kaplan, Rachel
Smalls, Ciara P.

Shauna Cooper

Dr. Shauna Cooper has completed her postdoctoral fellowship with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Training Program in Research on Black Child Development. Dr. Cooper accepted a position as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at The University of South Carolina.
Areas of Research: How socio-contextual factors, such as gender and social context (e.g., experiences with racial discrimination) affect parental socialization in African American families as well as their relation to the developmental and educational outcomes of African American adolescents.
Faculty Mentor: Vonnie C. McLoyd
Links: The University of South Carolina
CV: Cooper

Amy Hedrick
Post Doc
Phone:
919-962-8242

Center for Developmental Science
100 East Franklin Street
CB# 8115, UNC-CH
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8115
Areas of Research: Cognitive development in early childhood with a focus on the various social exchanges and individual child factors that influence cognition and learning.
Faculty Mentor: Peter A. Ornstein
Links: Additional Research Information, Recent Publications
CV: Hedrick

Lionel Howard
Post Doc
Phone:
919-962-0821

Department of Psychology
CB# 3270, 231 Davie Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270

Areas of Research: In broad terms, my research interest included: gender identity development, motivation and academic achievement, and both qualitative and quantitative research methods.
Faculty Mentor: Beth Kurtz-Costes & Oscar A. Barbarin
Links: Additional Research Information
CV: Howard

Smalls Rachel Kaplan
Post Doc

Phone:
919-962-0333		 The Center for Developmental Science
CB# 8115, 100 East Franklin Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8115
Areas of Research:
Faculty Mentor: Vonnie C. McLoyd
Links: Additional Research Information
CV: Kaplan

Smalls Ciara P. Smalls
Post Doc
Phone:
919-962-0821

Department of Psychology
CB# 3270, 231 Davie Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270

Areas of Research: My research investigates the impact of parenting practices and youth identity on the academic engagement, socioemotional, and sociocultural development of youth of color. 
Faculty Mentor: Vonnie C. McLoyd
Links: Additional Research Information
CV: Smalls