Jailene Aguirre (M.S., 2021)                                           Current position: Graduate Research Assistant, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Thesis: The Dynamics of Family Poverty and Immigrant-Origin Children’s Socioemotional Development and Executive Functioning.

LaKisha David (Ph.D. 2022)                                            Current position:  Assistant professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Fall 2023)

 

Tamekia Wilkins (Ph.D., 2015)                                           Current position: Data Analyst, 4-H Youth Development Statewide Program, University of California

Dissertation: Racial socialization, achievement and socioemotional development among Black children during the early years of schooling: The role of family, school, and neighborhood contexts.

                                         

Joanna Wu (Ph.D., 2015)                                                     Current position: Senior Research Analyst, U.S. Government Accountability Office 

Dissertation: Education, occupation, and family patterns of second-generation immigrant youth in the U.S.: The importance of embeddedness in social relationships in the transition to adulthood.

So Young Park (J.D., 2021)

 

 

Claudia Rangel (Ph.D., 2013)                                     Current position: Data Analytics Program Manager, University of British Columbia

Dissertation: Choosing success? Inequalities and opportunities in access to school choice in nine United States school districts.

 

Sarai Coba-Rodriguez (M.S. 2012 advisor; Ph.D., 2013) Current position: Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago                      Master’s Thesis: Nonstandard Work and the Cognitive and Behavioral Development among Preschool Children in Single Mother Families

 

Kari Keating (Ph.D., 2011)                                          Current position: Teaching Associate Professor of Business Administration, Gies College of Business, University  of Illinois

Dissertation: Training civic bridge builders: Outcomes of community leadership development programs.

 

Celina Trujillo (Ph.D., 2009) Position: Office of Minority Student Affairs, University of Illinois Dissertation: College involvement and leadership development in higher education: The role of race, ethnicity, sex, and mentoring relationships.