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Team

Members

Faculty and student researchers contributing to the Foster Care and Aged-Out Youth Wellbeing Initiative.

Faculty

  • Soyeon Ahn
    Methodology and Analytics

    Lead. Meta-analysis, measurement, and AI for social good.

  • Yusuf Kara
    Methodology and Analytics

    Quantitative methods, Bayesian estimation, reading assessment.

  • Rui Guo
    Methodology and Analytics

    Research methods and program evaluation.

  • Rebecca Shearer
    Social and Developmental

    Early childhood social-emotional development and prevention.

  • Laura Kohn-Wood
    Social and Developmental

    Mental health disparities, racial identity, community psychology.

  • Samuel Skidmore
    Social and Developmental

    Counseling and mental health; caregiver support.

  • EllenMarie McPhillip
    Education and Workforce

    Teaching, literacy, and learning.

  • Michellina Witte
    Health, Body and Kinesiology

    Nutrition and health; physical and nutritional wellbeing.

  • Youngho Park
    Health, Body and Kinesiology

    Kinesiology and sport sciences; sport analytics and big data.

  • Germane Barnes
    Spatial Environment

    Architecture and identity; housing, belonging, independent living design.

  • Ching-Hua Chuan
    Technology and HCI

    Responsible AI and human-centered computing; chatbot and dashboard.

  • Kele Stewart
    Law, Policy and Governance

    Child welfare law, children's rights, family regulation critique.

  • Joseph Johnson
    Economics and Finance

    Business and big data; financial capability and analytics.

  • Eduardo Santiago
    Economics and Finance

    Economics and finance; financial capability and the economics of transition.

  • Bruce Baker
    Economics and Finance

    School finance and cost analysis; the cost and ROI argument.

  • Wan-Hsiu (Sunny) Tsai
    Communications and Humanities

    Strategic and health communication; narrative and public support.

  • Juan Chattah
    Communications and Humanities

    Music cognition and the arts; meaning, emotion, identity.

Methodology and AnalyticsSocial and DevelopmentalEducation and WorkforceHealth, Body and KinesiologySpatial EnvironmentTechnology and HCILaw, Policy and GovernanceEconomics and FinanceCommunications and Humanities

Students

Graduate and undergraduate researchers contributing to the initiative, linked to the same discipline clusters as the HORIZONS Ecosystem.

  • Jorge Valdes
    Methodology and Analytics

    Graduate research assistant

    Ph.D. Program · Research, Measurement, and Evaluation

  • Yanni Tiimob
    Social and Developmental

    Undergraduate research assistant

    Undergraduate (Junior) · Data Analytics and Intelligence for Social Impact

  • Addison Necco
    Technology and HCI

    Undergraduate research assistant

    Undergraduate (Sophomore) · Data Analytics and Intelligence for Social Impact

  • Liam Szymonski
    Law, Policy and Governance

    Undergraduate research assistant

    Undergraduate (Junior) · Data Analytics and Intelligence for Social Impact