Graduate Assistants

Research Experience: A’Niyah began her research experience from 2022-2023 through the Ronald E. McNair Scholars program where she created a research project, paper, and presentation as an undergraduate at Winthrop University. The qualitative paper explored college students retrospective accounts of their parents parenting behaviors and its impact on their socioemotional development. This past year, A’Niyah works as a graduate research assistant; she is involved in the data collection, coding, and storing of data on a project studying critical factors related to children’s healthy growth and development. 

Research Interest: A’Niyah’s research interest primarily involves understanding the factors associated with Black children socioemotional development. Specifically, A’Niyah studies the associations between Black parenting behaviors and their children’s socioemotional outcomes concurrently and overtime.  Additionally, A’Niyah is interested in the mechanisms of racial ethnic socialization and its interaction with emotion socialization in promoting Black children’s development. 

In her free time, A’Niyah enjoys writing, spending time with family, and the gym. 

Research Experience: During his time at Temple University, George worked as a research assistant in the Child Health and Behavior Lab where he performed neuropsychological testing and assisted in administering the Coping Power Program to elementary students. From 2022-2025, he worked as a clinical research assistant at the Center for Autism Research at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. While there, he worked on several NIH-funded studies where his responsibilities included working directly with families, administering a variety of experimental measures, writing IRB documentation, and collecting and analyzing data. Across both institutions, George has conducted two independent research projects: the first which focused on identifying profiles of parent-child dyads at greater risk for the development of externalizing and internalizing symptoms, and the second which examined factors that contribute to parent and child discrepancies on reports of child and adolescent mental health.

Research Interests: George’s research focuses on childhood trauma, child maltreatment, and parent-child relationships. He is interested in improving ways to detect maltreatment in children, providing education to teach children how to recognize maltreatment in their own lives, and investigating ways to provide opportunities for check-ins to children who otherwise might not have safe adults in their lives to confide in. 

In his free time, George enjoys writing fiction, playing video games with friends, going to the gym, and most things crafting-related!

Research Experience: From 2020 until 2024, Morgan worked as a lab manager and research assistant for the Cognition, Attention, and Temperament (CAT) Lab at Penn State University. They helped collect data for four different projects including the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study, a multisite longitudinal study beginning prenatally and following children through childhood to better understand the impact of social and environmental experiences on development. They have worked on iGrowCARES since beginning their M.S./PhD program.

Research Interests: Morgan studies how families maintain a sense of community and support their children in developing important socioemotional skills to build their own social networks. They are particularly interested in understanding the ways in which social support is particularly protective for low-income and rural families.

In their free time, Morgan likes to read, play video games, and spend time outdoors with their partner & their dog.

Research/Work Experience: Favour has practical experience, where she worked as a psychological intern at various mental institutions. Her roles included administering clinical intakes, leading both group and individual therapy sessions, and facilitating psychoeducation sessions for clients and their families. Currently, Favour is also part of the Hispanic research center project where she contributes to data analysis and development of research briefs that inform policies that serve low-income Hispanic communities.

Research Interests: Favour’s interests are primarily focused on the examination of child maltreatment within poverty contexts. She is interested in examining the role that structural inequality plays in contributing to the likelihood of poverty and consequently child physical and supervisory neglect. She hopes to help inform the development of policies aimed at preventing neglect and improving children’s psychological wellbeing.

In her free time, Favour enjoys spending time with her friends, cooking, and trying out new salad recipes. She loves going to the gym and taking long nature walks in different parks around Greensboro.