Professional Experience:

Associate Professor of Psychology
Arizona State University

Arnold Gesell Visiting Scholar in Parent and Child Development
Yale Child Study Center

Associate Professor of Psychology
Sewanee: The University of the South

Education: 

Ph.D. Positive Developmental Psychology
Claremont Graduate University

Master of Positive Developmental Psychology
Claremont Graduate University

Master of Social Work
University of Michigan

B.A. Psychology
Creighton University

Select Media Attention: 
Greater Good Magazine: When do teens feel loved by their parents?
US: News: When teens feel loved
Psychologytoday.com: “Why Keep Baby Happy?”
WalletHub.com: “Most and Least Stressed Cities in America.”
WalletHub.com: “2017’s Best Places to Raise a Family in Tennessee.”

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