Graduates and post-docs
Current graduate students
Aalaa Alshareef
Pronouns: she, her
PhD, Couple and Family Therapy
alsha085@umn.edu
Research interests:
Families and health; Intrapersonal and intrapsychic dynamics of families who are dealing with chronic health conditions
Connor Callahan
Pronouns: he, him
PhD, Couple and Family Therapy
calla236@umn.edu
Research interests:
Sexual and gender identity development in sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth; Developing systemic interventions to support the health and well-being of SGM youth and their families
Ana Mireya Diaz
Pronouns: she, her
PhD, Family Science
diaz0362@umn.edu
Research interests:
Supports for youth in foster care/out-of-home care; Experiences and supports for parents with mental health; diagnoses/conditions; Kinship caregivers
Janette Driscoll
Pronouns: she, her
PhD, Couple and Family Therapy
drisc262@umn.edu
Research interests:
Families with teens (therapy); Teens with trauma (School/home connection)
Nusroon Fatiha
Pronouns: she, her
PhD, Family Science
fatih001@umn.edu
Research interests:
Parent child relationships; Family health; Behavioral health; Disease prevention; Health intervention
Aditi Gupta
Pronouns: she, her
MA
gupta592@umn.edu
Research interests:
Military Families; Prevention and intervention studies
Alex Hanson
Pronouns: she, her
MA/PhD, Family Science
lessa030@umn.edu
Research interests:
Prevention of and parental influences on the development of adolescent and adult antisocial behaviors
Malina Her
Pronouns: she, her
PhD, Family Science
her00122@umn.edu
Research interests:
Cultural socialization and ethnic identity; Parenting
Lila Khan
Pronouns: she, her
MA, Family Science
khan0696@umn.edu
Research interests:
Diversity in families; Disability in families; Socioeconomic disparities in families
Lillie Lee
Pronouns: she, her, hers
MA
leex9102@umn.edu
Research interests:
Mental health; Clinical work
Doneila McIntosh
Pronouns: she, her
PhD, Couple and Family Therapy
jacks413@umn.edu
Research interests:
African American Families/Communities; Thanatology (Ambiguous Loss, Disenfranchised Grief); Health Disparities; Spirituality
Kadija Mussa
mussa007@umn.edu
Cante Nakanishi
Pronouns: she, her
PhD, Couple and Family Therapy
naka0144@umn.edu
Research interests:
Intercultural couples; Historical trauma
Miguel Quinones
Pronouns: he, him
MA/PhD, Family Science
quino038@umn.edu
Research interests:
Latino family well-being; How Latino families’ socioeconomic situations affect their financial practices
Roun Said
Pronouns: she, her
PhD, Family Science
rsaid@umn.edu
Research interests:
Intergenerational trauma; Parenting; Refugee/immigrant families
Jessica Simpson
Pronouns: she, her
PhD, Couple and Family Therapy
simps537@umn.edu
Research interests:
American Indian families impacted by trauma (e.g. separation, foster care, adoption); Factors contributing to alleviation of trauma symptoms following family separation; Stress theories and risk and protective factors that help explain why some American Indian families report fewer trauma symptoms
Olivia Tomfohrde
Pronouns: she, her
PhD, Family Science
tomfo016@umn.edu
Research interests:
Trauma in children; Children in the foster care system; Interventions for trauma in children
Guanyu Wang
Pronouns: she, her, hers
PhD, Couple and Family Therapy
wan00523@umn.edu
Research interests:
Cultural and contextual impact on family dynamics and parenting; Children's emotional and social development; Father-child relationships; Women's mental health; Mindfulness and acceptance-based intervention
Judy Williams
Pronouns: she, her
PhD, Family Science
will3456@umn.edu
Research interests:
Policy/Family Services; Child Welfare; Child/Parent: Safety/risk outcomes for child
Hanna Yu
Pronouns: she, her
MA/PhD, Family Science
you00042@umn.edu
Research interests:
Finance and family relationship; Finance and couple relationship; Finance and young/older adult development
Haoran Zhou
Pronouns: he, his
PhD, Couple and Family Therapy
zhou1832@umn.edu
Research interests:
Trauma intervention and Prevention; Adolescent resilience together with their family; Children development within adverse environmental context
Kaleb Burningham
Pronouns: they, them, he, him
PhD, Couple and Family Therapy
burni015@umn.edu
Research interests:
Queer youth and young adults; Mentoring; Nonparental adult support; Parent-child relationships; Religion
Athena Chan
Pronouns: she, her
PhD, Family Science
chan1850@umn.edu
Research interests:
Intergenerational relationships; Family dynamics; Family resilience
Zamzam Dini
Pronouns: she, her
PhD, Couple and Family Therapy
dini0008@umn.edu
Research interests:
Immigrant and refugee populations in relation to trauma; Mental health of immigrant/refugee populations who experienced war, migration, and familial separation; Interfaith couples with a Muslim partner; Unique factors impacting Muslim couples
Pamela Dysart
Pronouns: she, her
PhD, Family Science
dysar013@umn.edu
Research interests:
Transnational resettlement; Intergenerational gaps for adolescents; Grief, loss, bereavement practices across cultures
Shauna Fenske
Pronouns: she, her
PhD, Couple and Family Therapy
fensk049@umn.edu
Research interests:
Relational Health; Couples; Decision-making; Spirituality
Erin Guyette
Pronouns: she, her
PhD, Couple and Family Therapy
guyet007@umn.edu
Research interests:
Families in transition (divorce or separation); Improving family’s separation process; Involving mental health professionals in the family court system
Kay He
Pronouns: she, her
PhD, Family Science
he000330@umn.edu
Research interests:
Children's mental health; Parent-Child interaction; Supports, Emotions
Umme Kawser
Pronouns: she, her
PhD, Couple and Family Therapy
kawse001@umn.edu
Research interests:
Relational decision-making and trauma; Developing and evaluating trauma informed program for couples; EMDR techniques into systemic interventions to support families and couples enduring trauma due to divorce
Samantha LeBouef
Pronouns: she, her
PhD, Family Science
lebou006@umn.edu
Research interests:
Family relationships and technology; Emerging adults; First-generation college students
Nancy Lo
PhD, Family Science
loxxx078@umn.edu
Research interests:
Acculturation; Cultural identity development; Multiracial/generational immigrant families
Quin Morrow
Pronouns: they, them, theirs
PhD, Family Science
morro214@umn.edu
Research interests:
LGBT health and resiliency
Somayeh Naderi
Pronouns: she, her
PhD, Family Science
nader018@umn.edu
Research interests:
Measuring and assessing the health and well-being of sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth and their families
Eunyoung Park
Pronouns: she, her
PhD, Family Science
park2784@umn.edu
Research interests:
Parenting; Family relationships and technology
Gabriela Ramos
Pronouns: she, her
MA
ramos393@umn.edu
Research interests:
Gender/Race; Culture; Social movements/racism/Neocolonialism
Pubudu Senaratne
Pronouns: she, her
MA/PhD, Family Science
senar018@umn.edu
Research interests:
Inter-generational trauma among immigrant families affected by torture
Soyoul Song
Pronouns: she, her
PhD, Couple and Family Therapy
songx282@umn.edu
Research interests:
Acculturation; Multicultural context in families; Immigrant families and mental health; Diversity in immigrant families
Kathy Vasquez
Pronouns: she, her, hers
PhD, Family Science
vasqu257@umn.edu
Research interests:
Experiences and trajectories of marginalized student populations; Resiliency and persistence in underserved college student groups
Reo Wang
Pronouns: she, her
PhD, Family Science
wan00313@umn.edu
Research interests:
Adolescent moral development; How young people make moral judgments about both prototypical and ambivalent homophobic behaviors and languages
Ting Xu
Pronouns: she, her
PhD, Family Science
xu000940@umn.edu
Research interests:
Technology and Family Relationship; Statistics; Children's development
Cahya Yunizar
Pronouns: she, her
PhD, Family Science
yuniz001@umn.edu
Research interests:
Cross-culture research on family dynamics and values; Community-based interventions to promote family well-being in a multicultural context
Post-docs
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