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People in
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Dr. Lisabeth DiLalla, Ph.D., received her graduate degree in developmental psychology from the University of Virginia in 1987. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in behavior genetics at the Institute for Behavioral Genetics at the University of Colorado. Since then she has been at Southern Illinois University, currently as a Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine , School of Medicine, with a cross-appointment in the Department of Psychology. Her research on preschoolers has focused on aggressive and cooperative peer behaviors, behavioral adjustment to school, and play and imagination. Other research interests include delinquency and cognitive development. Dr. DiLalla focuses on twins in her research in order to better understand the contributions of genes and environment to the behaviors she studies. She also teaches child development and behavior genetics to undergraduate students and medical students. Dr. Paula Mullineaux, Ph.D., completed her graduate studies in Brain and Cognitive Sciences in Psychology at SIUC in 2006 and now is a post-doctoral fellow at Virginia Polytechnic University working with Dr. Kirby Deater-Decker. She continues to collaborate with us on various research projects. Kristin Bell, M.A., is the Lab Coordinator in the Play Lab. She tests twins of all ages in the lab. She is a graduate student in Clinical Psychology at SIUC. For her dissertation, Kristin is studying twins aged 6 to 10 years to examine discipline practices in the home. Sara Biebl, M.A., tests the youngest twins in the lab. She is a graduate student in Clinical Psychology at SIUC. She is working on bullying in early adolescence. Sarah Long, M.A., is a Clinical Psychology graduate
student in the lab. She has completed her Master's Thesis on birth
complications and behavioral outcomes, especially aggression, in twins. Kit Elam, M.A., Kit is a graduate student in Brain and Cognitive Sciences in Psychology at SIUC. He studied parent-child interaction styles and positive affect in young twins for his Master’s thesis, and now he will study brain imaging of adult twins for his dissertation. Undergraduate Research Assistants: Jordan Flamm Casie Frink Natalie
Henschen Emily Kieffer Kendra Otto Katie Perkins Dani
Spratt Whitney Stephens EJ VonDran Jessica Young Lisabeth DiLalla was elected a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science. Kristin Bell was awarded the Sigma Xi National Honor Society, SIU Chapter, Rose and Essie Padgett Graduate Student Research Award, 2008. Sara (Wonderlich) Biebl was awarded the Sigma Xi Best Graduate Student Poster Award at the 2008 Sigma Xi Research Day competition. Katie Butera was awarded the People's Choice Award for her research poster at the SIUC Research Day competition. Kristin Bell was awarded a grant from the national Sigma Xi grant program to help conduct her dissertation research. Kristin Bell, Sara Wonderlich, and Shana Sigler were awarded the Sigma Xi Best Graduate Student Poster Award at the 2007 Sigma Xi Research Day competition. Katie Butera, Angela Phillips, and Kit Elam were awarded the Sigma Xi Best Undergraduate Student Poster Award at the 2007 Sigma Xi Research Day competition. Katie Butera was awarded a 2007-2008 Undergraduate Research/Creative Activity Award from SIUC to conduct her undergraduate honors thesis on cooperative behaviors in young twins. Wendy Young received the Regional Research Award from Psi Chi for her 2007 Midwestern Psychology Association conference submission. Lisabeth F. DiLalla was awarded the Sigma Xi National Honor Society, SIU Chapter, Outstanding Mentor Award, 2006. (Thank you, students who nominated me!!) Paula Mullineaux was awarded the Sigma Xi National Honor Society, SIU Chapter, Rose and Essie Padgett Graduate Student Research Award, 2006. Elizabeth Tolar was awarded the Sigma Xi Best Undergraduate Poster Award at the 2006 Sigma Xi Research Day competition. Elizabeth Tolar was awarded a 2006-2007 Undergraduate Research/Creative Activity Award from SIUC to conduct her undergraduate honors thesis on parent-child interaction behaviors when the children are 1 to 4 years old as they relate to peer play behaviors at age 5. Maja Wright-Phillips won Honorable Mention for her thesis poster presentation at SIUC's Research Day in April, 2005. Maja Wright-Phillips was awarded a 2004-2005 Undergraduate Research/Creative Activity Award from SIUC to conduct her undergraduate honors thesis on 5-year-old anxiety as a predictor of early adolescent academic and behavioral adjustment. Paula Mullineaux won for Best Sigma Xi poster at the 2004 SIUC Sigma Xi Research Day competition. Maja Wright-Phillips won Outstanding Undergraduate 2004 Sigma Xi poster at the SIUC Sigma Xi Research Day competition. Snack time
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For correspondence send e-mail to: Lisabeth DiLalla |
