Author: Jordan A. Booker, Ph.D.
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Recent Lab Publication on The Importance of Relating to Folks Back Home AND on Campus During the College Transition
We’re excited to announce a recently accepted research paper that was made possible through a collaboration with colleagues at Penn State and the University of Houston. This work showcased the importance of multiple expressions of relatedness and affiliation in people’s life stories.
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Recent Lab Publication on African American Mothers’ Messages about Honesty toward Their children
Our lab is fortunate to have opportunities to collaborate with excellent colleagues who are invested in development and family science. One such collaboration was brought about by colleagues in the University of Missouri’s Human Development and Family Science Department, including Jean Ispa, Gus Carlo, and a group a grad students with expertise on the systems…
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Upcoming Work on Agenctic Values and Young Adult Adjustment from Recent Lab Members
Recent work with Natasha Pierre and Rachel Wesley, two former undergraduate members of the lab, is now in press as a new research article at the Journal of College Student Development. This work has been a promising look at the role of life stories and motivations as developmentally important.
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Lab Contributions to A Commentary on Improving Health Equity Research and Inclusion in Biomedical Research
Dr. Booker recently contributed to a public letter from the Society for Research in Child Development’s (SRCD) Black Caucus, in response to a request for information from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This request was seeking ways to strengthen racial equity, diversity, and inclusion in biomedical research, and to advance research regarding health disparities…
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Congratulations to Rachel Wesley
We’re excited to share that lab graduate Rachel Wesley will be continuing her studies and completing a Masters degree at the University of Central Missouri. She will be pursuing studies in the Counseling program, with a focus on clinical mental health counseling. Huge congrats, Rachel.
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Congratulations to Natasha Pierre
We want to extend our warmest congratulations to a graduate of our lab, Natasha Pierre. Natasha is moving onto graduate studies in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and she will be completing her masters education at Missouri State University. Keep up the excellent work, Natasha!
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Recent Conference Presentation by Mikayla Ell
Mikayla Ell recently presented the biennial Society for Research in Child Development meeting, an international meeting of developmental scientists, instructors, clinicians, policy-makers, and other professionals. Mikayla’s poster presentation addressed reports of environmental control and mastery among a national sample of U.S. mothers and their older offspring (~15 to 40 year olds) over multiple years. Her…
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Recent Publication on The Importance of Social Support for College Adults
Feeling more satisfied and fulfilled in life may encourage young adults to place more emphasis considering their relationships and appreciating the positive things their family and friends have to offer.
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New Project Starting After Thanksgiving: We Are Recruiting Mothers and 12-to-16-Year-Olds from Mid-Missouri
We are excited to begin a new remote (video-conference and web survey-based) project addressing ways mothers and youth discuss important family stories together, and how family storytelling can be relevant for important aspects of adolescent development, like social and emotional differences.
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Recent Publication on College Student Agency and Well-Being
We are excited to share that a recent manuscript co-authored by lab members Rachel Wesley and Natasha Pierre has been accepted for publication by the Journal of College Student Development. This paper titled Agency, Identity Development, and Subjective Well-Being, among Undergraduate Students at a Central US University considered multiple expressions of agentic reasoning in college students’ life…
The Milestones Lab at Mizzou 