Graduate Alumni
Dina Izenstark, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor at San Jose State University
Education
2017 Ph.D. Human Development and Family Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2009 M.S. Recreation, Sport, and Tourism, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2007 B.S. Recreation, Sport, and Tourism, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Niyantri Ravindran, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor at University of Georgia
Education
2018, Ph.D. Human Development and Family Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2016 M.S Human Development and Family Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2012 B. A. Psychology, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Jaclyn C. Theisen-Raub, Ph.D.
Education
2021 Ph.D. Human Development and Family Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2017 M.S Human Development and Family Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2014 B. A. Psychology, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
2012 A. A. General with Psychology Emphasis, Anoka Ramsey Community College
Graduate Students
Tianying Cai, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Northwestern University
Education
2022 Ph.D. Human Development and Family Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2019 M.S Human Development and Family Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2017 B.S. Psychology, Fudan University
Xiaomei Li, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Queen’s University
Education
2023 Ph.D. Human Development and Family Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2019 M.S. Human Development and Family Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2017 B.S. Psychology, Beijing Normal University
Undergrad Alumni
Lauren Broderick, HDFS Major, Class of 2020
Kaila Chan, HDFS Major, former IGNITE Student, Class of 2024
Brett Cohen, Psychology and Molecular and Cellular Biology, Class of 2019
Erin Curley, HDFS Major, former IGNITE Student, Class of 2024
Victoria Frueh, Psychology & Molecular and Cellular Biology Major, Class of 2020
Chloe Graham, HDFS Major, Class of 2023
Elijah Greenwood, HDFS and Instrumental Music Majors, Class of 2021
Jordan Halic, HDFS Major, Class of 2020
Erin Henderson, Senior, HDFS Major, Class of 2021
Nadia Jahromi, Molecular and Cellular Biology Major, Class of 2021
Bryanna Johnson, HDFS Major, Class of 2018
Jacqueline Lee, Psychology Major, HDFS Minor, Class of 2021
Hannah Levitz, HDFS Major, Class of 2017
Jenny Lee, Psychology Major, Class of 2017
Rachael Lihosit, Psychology Major, Class of 2019
Lauren Madamba, HDFS Major, Class of 2021
Tess O’Brien, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Class of 2019
Kelsie Olsen, Senior, HDFS Major, Class of 2020
Monisha Roychoudhury, HDFS Major, Class of 2021
Samantha Scheck, HDFS Major, Class of 2019
Leah Siegel, HDFS Major, Class of 2019
Shayne Snyder, Psychology Major, Class of 2019
Emily Wilensky, HDFS Major, Class of 2017
Fan Xia, HDFS Major, Class of 2018
Sandra Yamin, HDFS Major, Class of 2020
Natalia Zychowska, Psychology Major, Class of 2020
Saira Gonzales, HDFS Major, former IGNITE Student, Class of 2022
Dae Kang, Behavioral Neuroscience/Statistics Major, Class of 2022
Jacqueline Quintana, HDFS Major, Class of 2022
Ella Zhang, Junior, Sociology and Statistics, Class of 2023