People

Principal Investigator
Sandra Graham-Bermann, Ph.D.

Research Scientist
Briana Scott, M.S., Ph.D. Candidate

Current Lab Members

Research Coordinator: Ellie Maly, B.A. (lmaly@umich.edu)

Classroom Coordinator: Sophie Hammond (sophiemh@umich.edu)

Parent Coordinator: Nina Pacheco (npacheco@umich.edu)

Lab Manager: Victoria Treder (vtreder@umich.edu)

Research Assistants

Maryam Altayeb

Shreya Barlinge

Zoe Bierema

Dishita Bisen

Eliana Gans

Sylvia Giger

Karen Jo

Ella Kleinstein

Jonathan Lovett

Shifa Malik

Wyatt McColough

Matthew Mills, B.S.

Sahana Nandigama

Kaylee O’Neill

Alexis Smith

Alexandra Whitmore

Madalynn Woods

Graduate Student lab Alumni (* chaired dissertation)

1991*Donna Silbert (Co-Chair C. Peterson)Object Relations of Abused Women
1992Elizabeth Kieshnick
1993*Victoria BanyardCoping Paradigms of Homeless Women
1993Scott Bunce
1994*Barbara Boyk (Co-chair J. Gurin)Intellectual Experiences on Adjustment
1994*Maxine AlchekRecollections of Child Sexual Abuse
1994Ken MillerIntervention with Traumatized Families
1995*Alytia LevendoskyModel of Parenting for Battered Women
1995*Jacqueline MattisSpirituality, Meaning Construction and
Coping of African-American Women
1995Mary McManusChildren & Depression
1996*Amorie Robinson (Co-chair J. Jackson)Black Identity and Mediating Variables
1996*Wendy SchwartzDiagnosing Trauma in Battered Women
1996*Ellen Devoe (Co-chair K. Faller)Interviewing Children Sexually Abused
1996 Lisa Walsh
1996 Joyce DoradoChild Sexual Abuse
1997Cheryl Samuels
1997*Alexandra OkunBattered Women Leaving their Abusers
1998*Michelle Callahan (Co-chair T. Antonucci)Adolescent Dating Violence
1999Julia Schwarts Seng (Nursing)PTSD and Pregnancy Complications
1999*Shannon LynchWork/ Self-Concept of Battered Women
2000Michelle Poris (Developmental Psych)
2001Carita AndersonTherapists’ Training in Sexual Ethics
2001Tamara LynSexual Offending in Young Incarcerated Males
2002*Benamin Gorvine (Co-chair B. Volling)Fathers in Preschoolers’ Lives
2006*Hilda HalabuArab-American Domestic Violence
2006Diane L. MillerFemale Sexual Offense Perpetrators
2006Stephanie OettingTrauma and Health in Women
2006Glenetta HudsonAfrican-American Child Socialization
2007*Suzanne PerkinsViolence and Mental Health
2008*Michelle LillyCultural and Abused Women’s PTSD
2009Rosalind OtiSensory Atypicality and Autism
2009*Pattrice JonesSocial Activism and Secondary Trauma
2010*Madhur KulkarniTraumatic Stress and Violence
2011*Kathryn HowellChildren’s Resilient Coping
2012Karen Grip, Gothesburg University
2013*Laura MillerChildren’s Perceptions of Conflict
2013Michelle Munro (Nursing)
2014*Viktor BurlakaUkranian Mental Health & Substance Abuse
2015Kevin S. WeatherlyFielding Graduate Student
2015Shelby McDonald, University of DenverIPV & Animal Abuse
2017Kristen Choi (Nursing)PTSD in Adolescents
2018Rachel Burrage, Clinical/Social WorkNative Americans’ Trauma
2018*Maria GalanoChildren Traumatized by Violence
2019*Hannah ClarkExecutive Functioning and IPV
2020Haoyang Yan, Cognitive PsychologyMedical Decision-Making
2020Cecilia Votta
2021Andrea RobertsChildhood Trauma
2021*Sara Stein, Clinical/Social WorkIPV Re-victimization

Contact

Child Resilience and Trauma Laboratory

Sandra Graham-Bermann, Ph.D.
sandragb@umich.edu

1346 East Hall
Department of Psychology
University of Michigan
530 Church Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1043

*Please note: The Child & Resilience and Trauma Lab and Dr. Graham-Bermann are not accepting new undergraduate or graduate students.*