Current Team Members
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Georgia Athletic Association Professor in Family and Consumer Sciences
Extension Family Life Specialist
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Collaborators
The CARE Lab team has worked collaboratively with several colleagues to advance the research on couples and relationship education.
Francesca Adler Baeder
Auburn University, Human Development and Family Studies
Project: Dr. Adler Baeder is a co-author on manuscripts evaluating the couple's education curriculum, ELEVATE: Taking your Relationship to the Next Level, which she and Dr. Futris co-authored.
Analisa Arroyo, PhD
University of Georgia, Department of Communication Studies
Project: Dr. Arroyo is co-authoring manuscripts examining the association between health, interpersonal communication, and relational quality.
Chalandra Bryant, PhD
University of Minnesota, College of Education and Human Development
Project: Dr. Bryant is a co-author on manuscripts examining the influence of social connections, emotional expressions of gratitude, and couple interactions on marital quality.
Jenee Duncan, PhD
University of Florida, Department of Family, Youth and Community Science
Project: Dr. Duncan is co-authoring manuscripts examining coupe and coparenting dynamics and the impact of relationship education on parents who are parenting apart.
Tara Jordan, PhD
Iowa State University, Human Development and Family Studies
Project: Dr. Hurt is a co-author on manuscripts examining the romantic relationship experiences of low-income African American youth and the influence of youth-focused relationship education on their attitudes and beliefs about relationships.
Jacquelyn Mallette
East Carolina University, Human Development and Family Science
Project: Dr. Mallette is a co-author on manuscripts examining the couple and coparenting relationships of teen parents, unmarried at-risk parents, and foster parent couples.
Robert Nielsen, PhD
University of Alabama, Department of Consumer Sciences
Project: Dr. Nielsen was the Co-PI (while at UGA) on the Healthy Families, Healthy Finances(HFHF) study that examined the association between relationship functioning and financial management practices among a random statewide sample of married individuals across Georgia.
David Schramm, PhD
Utah State University, Department of Family, Consumer, and Human Development.
Project: Dr. Schramm was the Co-PI (while at the University of Missouri) on the Healthy Relationship and Marriage Education Training (HRMET) project where, along with our collaborators in North Carolina, Iowa, and Arkansas, we developed and evaluated the efficacy of a training that prepared child welfare professionals to integrate relationship education into their services.
Former Student Team Members (Select)
* Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunity (CURO) Assistantship
Name (In Lab) | Major (Degree, Graduation) | After Graduation/Current Position |
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* Abigail Gilbert (Aug '20 - May '24) |
Psychology (BS, May '24) |
MS Program, Clinical Psychology, Villanova University |
* Yali Philipson (Aug '21 - May '24) |
Psychology (BS, May '24) Human Development and Family Science (MS, May '24) |
PhD Program, Social Psychology, University of Florida |
Christine Hargrove (Aug '20 - May '24) |
Human Development and Family Science Couples & Family Therapy (PhD, May '24) |
Couples and Family Therapist |
Avery Campbell (Aug '20 - Aug '24) |
Human Development and Family Science Couples & Family Therapy (PhD, Aug '24) |
Couples and Family Therapist |
William Stanford (Aug '17 - May '22) |
Human Development and Family Science (PhD, May '22) |
Assoc. Priest for Marriage and Family |
Rebecca Martin (Jan '20 - May '23) |
Psychology (BS, May '22) |
Career Development Coordinator, Albany State University |
Sophia Coker (Aug '22 - May '23) |
Human Development and Family Science (BS, May '23) | MSW Program, The Univerity of Denver |
* Annabelle Armah (Aug '20 - May '21) |
Psychology & Human Development and Family Science (BS, May '21) |
PhD Program, Clinical Psychology, University at Albany |
YiYi Dai (Aug '19 - May '21) |
Human Development and Family Science (MS, May '21) | MBA Student, York University (Toronto, Ontario) |
* Sol Moreno (Sep '19 - Dec '20) |
Psychology (BS, Dec '20) |
Psy.D Student, Clinical Psychology, The Chicago School |
Annika Karlsen (Aug '16 - May '20) |
Human Development and Family Science (PhD, May '20) | Assistant Professor, Converse College |
Mark Pettit (Aug '17 - May '20) |
Human Development and Family Science (MS, May '20) | Director of Extension Programming, Colorado State Univ. Extension |
* Taylor Hawley (Oct '19 - May '20) |
Psychology (BS, May '20) |
MS Clinical Counseling Psychology program, Brenau University |
Kortney Eisenman (Oct '19 - May '20) |
Psychology (BS, May '20) | MS Program, Applied Psychology Science Pacific University Oregon |
* Rachael Nagy (May '17 - May '19) |
Human Development and Family Science (BS, May 2020) | MSW Program, School of Social Work University of Georgia |
Kathleen Lewis (May '18 - May '19) |
Psychology (BS, May 2019) | M.Ed. Program, Mental Health Counseling University of Georgia |
Lacy Adamson (May '18 - Aug '18) |
Human Development and Family Science (BSFCS, May '19) | MS Program, Art Therapy Georgia College and State University |
Jenee' Duncan (Aug '12 - Aug '18) |
Human Development and Family Science (PhD, Aug '18) |
Assistant Professor, Univ. of Florida Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Texas State Univ. |
* Monica Han (Jan '17 - May '18) |
Human Development and Family Science (BS, May '18) |
Marriage & Family Therapy Program Virginia Tech |
Amira Yanni (Jan '17 - May '17) |
Psychology (BS, May '17) | MS in Counseling Dallas Theological Seminary |
Evin Richardson (Aug '13 - May '17) |
Human Development and Family Science (PhD, May '17) |
Post-Doctoral Research Associate University of Georgia |
Alyssa Brown (Jan '16 - Dec '16) |
Human Development and Family Science (BS, Dec '16) |
PhD Program, Department of Sociology |
Jillian Konopa (Jan '16 - Dec '16) |
Psychology & Human Development and Family Science (BS, Dec '16) | MS Program, Sports Psychology Florida State University |
Jacquelyn Mallette (Aug '11 - May '16) |
Human Development and Family Science (PhD, Aug '16) | Assistant Professor Dept. of Human Development and Family Science East Carolina University |
Taylor Adams (Aug '14 - May '16) |
Human Development and Family Science (MS, Aug '16) | Prevention Specialist Drug Free Communities Project Coordinator Forrester Center for Behavioral Health, Spartanburg, SC |
Betty Godlas (May '16 - Aug '16) |
Human Development and Family Science (BS, Dec '16) |
Coach, Project F.R.E.E. University of Georgia |
* Angela Hendricks (Jan '16 - May '16) |
Human Development and Family Science (BS, Dec '16) |
Coach, Project F.R.E.E. |
* Avery Campbell (May '15 - May '16) |
Psychology (BS, May '16) | Marriage & Family Therapy Program Virginia Tech |
Jacqueline Distefano (Sep '15 - Dec '15) |
Human Development and Family Science (BS, Dec '15) | Master of Social Work Program University of Michigan |
Tae-Kyoung Lee (Sep '13 - Jul '15) |
Human Development and Family Science (PhD, Aug '15) | Senior Research Associate Dept of Public Health Science, Univ. of Miami |
Cassidy Miller (May '15 - Jul '15) |
Psychology (BS, Dec '15) | PsyD Program, GA School of Professional Psychology, Argosy University |
Lauren Head |
Biology & Psychology (BS, May '16) | College of Medicine The University of Cincinnati |
Allen Barton (Jan '12 - May '12) |
Human Development and Family Science (PhD, May '13) |
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois |
Megan Lindner (Aug '12 - May '13) |
Psychology (BS, May '13) | Master of Social Work Program University of Denver |
Helen Moser (Sep '11 - May '12) |
Human Development and Family Science (BS, May '12) | Program Specialist University of Georgia Extension |
Tara Sutton (Aug '11 - July '13) |
Human Development and Family Science (MS, May '12) |
PhD Program, Sociology |
Renay Bradley (Aug '11 - May '12) |
Human Development and Family Science (Post-doc, May '12) | Director of Research and Evaluation Mental Health Services Oversight & Accountability Commission, Sacramento, CA |