Author: Jordan A. Booker, Ph.D.
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Congratulations to Natasha Pierre
We’re excited to share that Natasha Pierre has been accepted to take part in the Psychology Diversity Recruitment Weekend at the University of Michigan. This program helps provide an exciting exposure for prospective grad school applicants and for prospective mentors seeking quality scholars. We wish Natasha well with these efforts and her grad school search.
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Remote Data Collection will Resume Shortly
We want to thank families for their patience as we have taken the time to revise our study procedures to ensure the safety of those interested in participating in our main study at this time. We have finalized adjustments to our study procedures that will allow us to meet with families remotely and attempt to…
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Exercising Caution with COVID-19
To minimize risks for the potential spread of COVID-19 with participating families, we are pausing in-person data collection at this time. We are working to update our study procedures to offer opportunities for families to participate remotely with study tasks, if they are interested. We will provide updates in the coming weeks if there are…
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Busy Start to 2020
Things have been busy (but good!) in the lab, as different projects move forward and there have been opportunities to share some exciting science about teen and early adult development with different audiences. Most recently, Dr. Booker traveled to New Orleans, LA to share research at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology annual meeting.…
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Recent Interview on Family Storytelling
Dr. Booker was recently interviewed by Allison Gilbert from the Center for Family Communications about some of the insights that causal storytelling can provide for families. That interview is now available here: https://parentandteen.com/storytelling/
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Student Work Being Recognized at Upcoming National Meeting
We are excited that a poster abstract based on work from multiple students’ summer contributions–Max Boyd, Amanda Montgomery, Luke Schrand, and Rachel Wesley–has been accepted for presenting at the upcoming Society for Personality and Social Psychology annual meeting, held in New Orleans in Spring 2020. This work addresses the ways fundamental motivations of agency (getting…
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Recent Visit to St. Louis
Dr. Booker recently wrapped up a visit with colleagues at Harris-Stowe State University and neighboring institutions from the St. Louis area, helping with a day symposium to encourage more students and particularly students of color to continue into careers in Psychology. There were a lot of great talks and great questions from students early in…
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Greetings from WCBCT 2019
Dr. Booker is returning from recent conference travel and the lab will be continuing major project work with local families and collaborating with peer labs on other projects. As part of recent conference work, Dr. Booker shared a talk from an ongoing collaboration with Dr. Tom Ollendick and the Child Study Center at Virginia Tech,…
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Travel This Week
Due to travel for Dr. Booker, the PYD Lab won’t be meeting with families this week (July 15-July 19). We are excited to continue working with families interested in helping with our project once Dr. Booker is back (and recovered a bit from jet-lag). In the meantime, we’ll be sharing updates on some of the…
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New Lab Preprint on Character and Self-Compassion is Available
We are excited to share that a publication based on some of the work central to this lab–work on the benefits of valued character traits like hopefulness and gratitude–is now online for free public access at the PsyArxiv public depository (https://psyarxiv.com/52rq3/). This manuscript was organized in collaboration with post-baccalaureate colleague Joshua Perlin. This paper is…
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