Current and former students

Current Doctoral Students

Erin McGruder, MA

Taranom Salehi, MA

Morgan Vannoy, MA
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4428-0692

Former Doctoral Students

Li Chen-Bouck, PhD
Associate Professor and Research Analyst, Baker University, Baldwin City KS
Dissertation: The relations of Chinese mothers’ endorsement of Chinese cultural values and parenting beliefs to their parenting styles and practices
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9315-4265

Sharla Cruse, PhD
Dissertation: The relationship of ethnic identity, perceived discrimination, and outgroup contact to racial attitudes in African American college students

Anqi Peng, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
Dissertation: The relation between school connectedness and internalizing problems during early adolescence
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2641-1719

Bixi Qiao, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, La Crosse WI
Dissertation: Factors that encourage and discourage reporting of bullying behaviors: A phenomenological study on graduate teaching assistants’ workplace experiences
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6001-4031

Monica Lang Reintjes, PhD
Counselor, Private Practice, Alexandria VA
Adjunct Professor, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg VA
Dissertation: Exploring the associations of cultural intelligence with culturally responsive teaching self efficacy, relevant experiences, and job satisfaction in a sample of White American teachers

Jumesha Wade, PhD
Oregon Director, First Children’s Finance, Salem OR
Dissertation: Sunday School is Marching On: An exploration of children’s perceptions of church, Sunday School, and a Bible-based Sunday School lesson

Hui Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor, McKendree University, Lebanon IL
Dissertation: The roles of classroom social climate, language mindset, and positive L2 self in predicting Chinese college students’ academic resilience in English as a foreign language
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6138-9679

Ge Yu, PhD
Dissertation: Resilience to peer victimization: The role of school attachment

Huda Zeitouni, PhD
Assistant Teaching Professor, Park University, Parkville MO
Dissertation: Protective factors for Muslim youth: Racial / ethnic (Muslim) identity and socialization

Jenna Kelley Zucker, PhD
Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin – Platteville, Platteville WI
Dissertation: Observing racial socialization: How do White parent-child dyads talk about race?
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4076-6388