Faythe Aiken, B.A.

1062 Ironwood Drive
South Bend, IN
574-631-0887
Faythe.M.Aiken.2@nd.edu

201 Brownson Hall
Notre Dame, IN
574-631-3687
kbergman@nd.edu

Katie is a fourth year graduate student in the Developmental program at Notre Dame working on the Me and My Family Project. Katie's broad interests are in the dynamics that exist within families, and their impact on development. Within that context, she is interested in factors that contribute to the presence and absence of resiliency in children and adolescents who are at high risk for developing various psychopathologies. Katie is from Byron Center, MI and a graduate of Calvin College.

Courtney Boise, B.A.

207 Brownson Hall
Notre Dame, IN
574-631-8789
cboise@nd.edu

Courtney is currently the Project Director for the Me and My Family Project. Her future research interests include the interplay between familial and school support in the social and psychological development of children with disabilities, as well as the relationship between family processes and resiliency in adolescents. After gaining valuable research experience with the Family Studies Center, Courtney plans on pursing a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology. She is from Rensselaer, Indiana and 2010 graduate of the University of Notre Dame.

Rebecca Y. M. Cheung, B.S., M.A.

203 Brownson Hall
Notre Dame, IN
574-631-3404
ycheung@nd.edu

Rebecca is a fourth year graduate student in the Developmental program
at Notre Dame working on the Me and My Family Project. Her research
focuses on the processes through which parental psychopathology
influences children's developmental trajectories. She is particularly
interested in socioemotional processes such as emotion regulation and
expressiveness in the family. She is also interested in understanding
how these processes differ or apply across cultures. Her other
interests include stigma and disclosure within the family and their
effects on mental health. Rebecca is from Hong Kong and a graduate of
Michigan State University.

Rebecca Etkin, B.A.

207 Brownson Hall
Notre Dame, IN
574-631-8789
retkin@nd.edu

Rebecca is the Project Coordinator for the Northern Ireland Project, and also assists with the Me and My Family Project. After graduating from Johns Hopkins University in 2010, Rebecca joined the team at the Family Studies Center to gain more research experience and learn about the effects of family processes on child development, with the eventual goal of pursuing a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology.

203A Brownson Hall
Notre Dame, IN
574-631-6491
kkoss@nd.edu

Kalsea is a member of the Me and My Family team and currently a fourth year graduate student in the Developmental Psychology program. Broadly, her research focuses on the impact of family risk and protective processes on child and adolescent adjustment. She is interested in the role of emotional processes within the family context on children's adjustment. Kalsea is from Stevens Point, WI and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Kelly Kuznicki, B.A.

203 Brownson Hall
Notre Dame, IN
574-631-3404
kellykuznicki@gmail.com

Kelly is a second year graduate student in the Developmental program at Notre Dame working on the Me and My Family Project. Kelly is interested in the development of aggressive behaviors in children, specifically within the sibling relationship and within the context of families. More broadly, she's interested in attachment, marital conflict, parenting behaviors, and developmental psychopathology. Kelly is from Byron Center, MI and a graduate of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

kmccoy@nd.edu

Kathleen McCoy is a fifth year counseling graduate student working on the Me & My Family Project.

201 Brownson Hall
Notre Dame, IN
574-631-3667
cmerrile@nd.edu

Christine (Tina) Merrilees, Ph.D., has a research focus on the interplay between emotional and social processes as they relate to psychological adjustment and inter-group attitudes and behaviors. As a graduate student of developmental psychology she has contributed to the Northern Ireland project since its initiation in 2004, and continues to work on the project as a Research Specialist. She has
first-authored and co-authored a number of papers on child development, parenting, psychopathology, and social identity.

CURRICULUM VITAE

1602 N. Ironwood Rd.
South Bend, IN
574-631-0954

208 Brownson Hall
Notre Dame, IN
574-631-1860
jschatz@nd.edu

Julie N. Schatz, Ph.D. is a postdoctoral fellow and director of the Family Communication project: Tune In and Listen Up! She received her B.S. from the University of Mary and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame. Her research focuses on families, especially those at-risk, and the factors that play a role in determining children's development. Over the course of her work at the University's Center for Children and Families she has worked with a wide range of populations including preschoolers at-risk for neglect, adolescent mothers, and intact families seeking better methods for handling marital and parent-child conflict. Dr. Julie Schatz is also associated with the Centers for the Prevention of Child Neglect and intends to continue her career in utilizing research based prevention programs to ensure that all children are allowed to develop to their fullest potential.

201 Brownson Hall
Notre Dame, IN
574-631-3667
taylor.184@nd.edu

As a senior program officer at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at the University of San Diego, Laura worked on the Nepal and Guatemala Projects and Women PeaceMakers Program. Previously, she was project coordinator for an indigenous women's community mental health project in Guatemala. She has research experience and operational knowledge in conflict transformation, mental health, and transitional justice, and has 6 years of field experience in rights-based empowerment with a focus on gender and community reconciliation in Cuba, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Nepal. She has authored numerous scholarly publications and has made media appearances on gender
inclusion and human rights, and is fluent in Spanish.

http://kroc.nd.edu/node/363