Meet the Team

Current Team Members

Collaborators

The CARE Lab team has worked collaboratively with several colleagues to advance the research on couples and relationship education.

Francesca Adler Baeder

Auburn University, Human Development and Family Studies

Project: Dr. Adler Baeder is a co-author on manuscripts evaluating the couple's education curriculum, ELEVATE: Taking your Relationship to the Next Level, which she and Dr. Futris co-authored.

Analisa Arroyo, PhD

University of Georgia, Department of Communication Studies

Project: Dr. Arroyo is co-authoring manuscripts examining the association between health, interpersonal communication, and relational quality.

Chalandra Bryant, PhD

University of Minnesota, College of Education and Human Development

Project: Dr. Bryant is a co-author on manuscripts examining the influence of social connections, emotional expressions of gratitude, and couple interactions on marital quality.

Jenee Duncan, PhD

University of Florida, Department of Family, Youth and Community Science

Project: Dr. Duncan is co-authoring manuscripts examining coupe and coparenting dynamics and the impact of relationship education on parents who are parenting apart.

Tara Jordan, PhD

Iowa State University, Human Development and Family Studies

Project: Dr. Hurt is a co-author on manuscripts examining the romantic relationship experiences of low-income African American youth and the influence of youth-focused relationship education on their attitudes and beliefs about relationships.

Jacquelyn Mallette

East Carolina University, Human Development and Family Science

Project: Dr. Mallette is a co-author on manuscripts examining the couple and coparenting relationships of teen parents, unmarried at-risk parents, and foster parent couples.

Robert Nielsen, PhD

University of Alabama, Department of Consumer Sciences

Project: Dr. Nielsen was the Co-PI (while at UGA) on the Healthy Families, Healthy Finances(HFHF) study that examined the association between relationship functioning and financial management practices among a random statewide sample of married individuals across Georgia.

David Schramm, PhD

Utah State University, Department of Family, Consumer, and Human Development.

Project: Dr. Schramm was the Co-PI (while at the University of Missouri) on the Healthy Relationship and Marriage Education Training (HRMET) project where, along with our collaborators in North Carolina, Iowa, and Arkansas, we developed and evaluated the efficacy of a training that prepared child welfare professionals to integrate relationship education into their services.

Former Student Team Members (Select)

 * Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunity (CURO) Assistantship

Name (In Lab) Major (Degree, Graduation) After Graduation/Current Position
* Abigail Gilbert
(Aug '20 - May '24)
Psychology (BS, May '24)

MS Program, Clinical Psychology, Villanova University

* Yali Philipson
(Aug '21 - May '24)
Psychology (BS, May '24)
Human Development and Family Science (MS, May '24)
PhD Program, Social Psychology, University of Florida
Christine Hargrove
(Aug '20 - May '24)
Human Development and Family Science
Couples & Family Therapy (PhD, May '24)
Couples and Family Therapist
Avery Campbell
(Aug '20 - Aug '24)
Human Development and Family Science
Couples & Family Therapy (PhD, Aug '24)
Couples and Family Therapist
William Stanford
(Aug '17 - May '22)
Human Development and Family Science (PhD, May '22)

Assoc. Priest for Marriage and Family
Founder & Counselor, The Inner Room, LLC

Rebecca Martin
(Jan '20 - May '23)

Psychology (BS, May '22)
Human Development and Family Science (MS, May '23)

Career Development Coordinator, Albany State University
Sophia Coker
(Aug '22 - May '23)
Human Development and Family Science (BS, May '23) MSW Program, The Univerity of Denver
* Annabelle Armah
(Aug '20 - May '21)
Psychology &
Human Development and Family Science (BS, May '21)
 
PhD Program, Clinical Psychology, University at Albany
YiYi Dai
(Aug '19 - May '21)
Human Development and Family Science (MS, May '21) MBA Student, York University (Toronto, Ontario)
* Sol Moreno
(Sep '19 - Dec '20)
Psychology (BS, Dec '20)
 
Psy.D Student, Clinical Psychology, The Chicago School
Annika Karlsen
(Aug '16 - May '20)
Human Development and Family Science (PhD, May '20) Assistant Professor, Converse College
Mark Pettit
(Aug '17 - May '20)
Human Development and Family Science (MS, May '20) Director of Extension Programming, Colorado State Univ. Extension
* Taylor Hawley
(Oct '19 - May '20)
Psychology (BS, May '20)
 
MS Clinical Counseling Psychology program, Brenau University
Kortney Eisenman
(Oct '19 - May '20)
Psychology (BS, May '20) MS Program, Applied Psychology Science
Pacific University Oregon
* Rachael Nagy
(May '17 - May '19)
Human Development and Family Science (BS, May 2020) MSW Program, School of Social Work
University of Georgia
Kathleen Lewis
(May '18 - May '19)
Psychology (BS, May 2019) M.Ed. Program, Mental Health Counseling
University of Georgia
Lacy Adamson
(May '18 - Aug '18)
Human Development and Family Science (BSFCS, May '19) MS Program, Art Therapy
Georgia College and State University
Jenee' Duncan
(Aug '12 - Aug '18)

Human Development and Family Science (PhD, Aug '18)

Assistant Professor, Univ. of Florida
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Texas State Univ.
* Monica Han
(Jan '17 - May '18)
Human Development and Family Science (BS, May '18)
 
Marriage & Family Therapy Program
Virginia Tech
Amira Yanni
(Jan '17 - May '17)
Psychology (BS, May '17) MS in Counseling
Dallas Theological Seminary
Evin Richardson
(Aug '13 - May '17)

Human Development and Family Science (PhD, May '17)

Post-Doctoral Research Associate
University of Georgia
Alyssa Brown
(Jan '16 - Dec '16)

Human Development and Family Science (BS, Dec '16)

PhD Program, Department of Sociology
University of Georgia

Jillian Konopa
(Jan '16 - Dec '16)
Psychology & Human Development and Family Science (BS, Dec '16) MS Program, Sports Psychology
Florida State University
Jacquelyn Mallette
(Aug '11 - May '16)
Human Development and Family Science (PhD, Aug '16) Assistant Professor
Dept. of Human Development and Family Science
East Carolina University
Taylor Adams
(Aug '14 - May '16)
Human Development and Family Science (MS, Aug '16) Prevention Specialist
Drug Free Communities Project Coordinator
Forrester Center for Behavioral Health, Spartanburg, SC
Betty Godlas
(May '16 - Aug '16)

Human Development and Family Science (BS, Dec '16)

Coach, Project F.R.E.E.
University of Georgia
* Angela Hendricks
(Jan '16 - May '16)
Human Development and Family Science (BS, Dec '16)
 

Coach, Project F.R.E.E.
University of Georgia

* Avery Campbell
(May '15 - May '16)
Psychology (BS, May '16) Marriage & Family Therapy Program
Virginia Tech
Jacqueline Distefano
(Sep '15 - Dec '15)
Human Development and Family Science (BS, Dec '15) Master of Social Work Program
University of Michigan
Tae-Kyoung Lee
(Sep '13 - Jul '15)
Human Development and Family Science (PhD, Aug '15) Senior Research Associate
Dept of Public Health Science, Univ. of Miami
Cassidy Miller
(May '15 - Jul '15)
Psychology (BS, Dec '15) PsyD Program, GA School of Professional Psychology, Argosy University

Lauren Head
(Jan '13 - May '14)

Biology & Psychology (BS, May '16) College of Medicine
The University of Cincinnati
Allen Barton
(Jan '12 - May '12)
Human Development and Family Science (PhD, May '13)

Assistant Professor, University of Illinois
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Univ. of Georgia

Megan Lindner
(Aug '12 - May '13)
Psychology (BS, May '13) Master of Social Work Program
University of Denver
Helen Moser
(Sep '11 - May '12)
Human Development and Family Science (BS, May '12) Program Specialist
University of Georgia Extension
Tara Sutton
(Aug '11 - July '13)
Human Development and Family Science (MS, May '12)

PhD Program, Sociology
University of Georgia

Renay Bradley
(Aug '11 - May '12)
Human Development and Family Science (Post-doc, May '12) Director of Research and Evaluation
Mental Health Services Oversight & Accountability Commission, Sacramento, CA
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