We are excited to work in collaboration with a local high school to provide an intensive 2-week summer research program that exposes sophomores to human development research and the college experience.

Program Activities

tour of campus and research facilities
obtain college info
interact with current undergraduates and hear about their college experiences
meet professors and learn about their research programs
learn about research methods
work-one-on-one with graduate students, postdocs, and/or faculty to formulate and conduct a research project
present research findings to UC Davis faculty

2019 Summer High School Research Team (Student participants in ALL CAPS)L to R: Tseng, JOANNA, KARINA, FERNANDA, ZARIA, PRIA, JOHNA, Lisa, LillyBelle — **2019 Summer High School Research Team** (Student participants in ALL CAPS)
L to R: Tseng, JOANNA, KARINA, FERNANDA, ZARIA, PRIA, JOHNA, Lisa, LillyBelle

Learning about psychophysiological data collection.

2019 Student Presentations

The 2019 program was funded by the UC Consortium for Adolescent Developmental Science with graduate student volunteers: Tseng Vang (organizer), LillyBelle Deer, Lisa Johnson, and Kristina Sayler

2018 Summer High School Research Team (L to R with high school researchers in ALL CAPS): GURNOOR, LillyBelle, Lisa, Jakeem, LAUREN, TACIANA, Tseng, Shannon, JOSUE, CARLOS, EYRON, JONATHAN — **2018 Summer High School Research Team** (L to R with high school researchers in ALL CAPS): GURNOOR, LillyBelle, Lisa, Jakeem, LAUREN, TACIANA, Tseng, Shannon, JOSUE, CARLOS, EYRON, JONATHAN

Planning out research questions (above) and analyzing data (below)

The 2018 program was funded by the UC Consortium for Adolescent Developmental Science with graduate student volunteers: Jakeem Lewis (organizer), LillyBelle Deer, Lisa Johnson, Shannon Peiffer, and Tseng Vang

2018 Student Presentations

2017 Student Researchers

Alexis

Cindy

Emmanuel

Josh

Melanie

Learning about children's emotion regulation.

Getting to know current undergraduates and their unique college experiences.

Student Research Presentations

UC Davis organizers (2017)

Jakeem Lewis, MS (lead organizer)

Carolyn Sutter, PhD

Alysha Ramirez Hall, PhD

Shannon Peiffer

David Weissman

Lyndsey Ruiz

Adrienne Nishina (faculty sponsor) - who says that the above individuals did most of the work!

2016, 2018 Program funded by:

UC Consortium on the Development Science of Adolescence

2017 program funded by:

Human Development & Family Studies, Lisa Miller, Chair

and a Human Development Graduate Group Community Outreach Fellowship awarded to Jakeem Lewis

April 11, 2019 - Congrats to Emily—she was just awarded the Human Development Outstanding Senior Award, which will be presented in an award ceremony in May!

Emily Templin is a Human Development major/Biological Sciences minor with commitment to research and service. In her internship, Emily asked to be paired with the most behaviorally difficult students. She operated from a strengths-based approach that all students can be successful. With her independent and collaborative research, she examined the benefits of positive school climate and the risks when teens feel they don’t have sufficient financial resources. Emily’s service brought together UC Davis students of various faiths to identify common causes that are supported by all religions, such as issues of social justice. Emily has truly created a community of inclusion in all her endeavors

We are excited to work in collaboration with a local high school to provide an intensive 2-week summer research program that exposes sophomores to human development research and the college experience.

Program Activities

2017 Student Researchers

Student Research Presentations

UC Davis organizers (2017)

2016, 2018 Program funded by:

2017 program funded by:

LATEST LAB ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Sept 11, 2024 - Congrats to former lab RA, Robanjeet, for being accepted into her top 2 postbac programs!!

July 26, 2024 - Professor Nishina was named chair of the Dept of Human Ecology

April 15, 2024 - Congrats to lab RA, Chloe, for accepting admission into her top-choice masters of public health program at UC Irvine!

March 27, 2024 - Congrats to former lab RA, Max, for getting into his top-choice PhD program at USC!

March 19, 2024 - Adrienne was quoted in this article in the Sacramento Bee regarding diversity experiences in school settings: https://www.sacbee.com/news/equity-lab/representation/article286386480.html

March 2024 - Congrats to Tseng for passing his qualifying exam and advancing to candidacy!

March 2024 - Congrats to ALL of the RAs in the lab, who are on one or multiple posters accepted to be presented at the UC Davis Undergrad Research Conference!

February 15, 2024 - Congrats to former lab RA, Audrey, for getting into a clinical psych grad program!

July 24, 2023 - See the funded Healthy UC Davis program: Graduate Peer Mentorship (GPS) - Navigating to social fitness! An upcoming project led by grad student Marika and lab affiliate Madeline: https://healthy.ucdavis.edu/funded-projects/current/graduate-peer-support

June 16, 2023 - Great news! Chisom received the William M. Jackson academic achievement award for the highest academic achievement in class. WOW! Great job!!

June 16, 2023 - Max and Elizabeth received Psychology major citations as graduating seniors. Congrats

June 16, 2023 - Congrats to Elizabeth, Max, and Chisom on their graduation on Friday. We wish you all the best for the future!

June 2, 2023 - A BIG congrats to Marika and lab affiliate, Madeline, who were just awarded a Healthy UC Davis grant: Graduate Peer Support (GPS: Navigate your way to social fitness!) to support the social well-being of graduate students!!!

May 8, 2023 - A big thank you to all my former and current students! I was just awarded the 2023 Distinguished Graduate and Postdoctoral Mentoring Award! This is one of the most meaningful honors I have received in my career.

May 5, 2023 - Congrats to former lab member, Hidra, for getting into her top PsyD graduate program!

April 27, 2023 - CONGRATS to Marika for being awarded the prestigious Graduate Student Mentorship Award!!

March 16, 2023 - CONGRATS to Anshika, a recent graduate from our lab for being accepted into multiple MSW programs, including her top choice!

March 8, 2023 - Congrats to Max and Elizabeth for their undergrad travel awards to present their research as the Society for Research on Adolescence in San Diego next month!

March 1, 2023 - CONGRATS to Chisom (paper) and Max and Elizabeth (poster) to present their research at the Undergrad Research Conference in April.

February 16, 2023 - Congrats! Grad student Marika, for publishing her master’s thesis: Gender and Ethnic Differences in University Students’ Attitudes about Mental Health Services

February 2, 2023 - CONGRATS to Anthony, a recent graduate from our lab for being accepted into his top choice MSW program!

May 27, 2022 - Congrats to former undergrad RA, Alyssa, for getting into her top-choice MFT program!

April 11, 2022 - Congrats to former undergrad RA, Sharon, on getting into her dream nursing school!

March 9, 2022 - A BIG CONGRATS to Michael Medina, who just accepted a tenure track position at Boston University-Wheelock College of Education and Human Development!!

February 6, 2022 - Congrats to Elise on her new job as test site specialist at Curative, Inc!

January 2022 - Professor Nishina was one of the opening plenary speakers for the Institute of Education Sciences Annual PI meeting.

January 22, 2022 - Our paper, with Karen Nylund-Gibson as lead author, was just published online

November 2021 - Congrats to Giana, who just accepted a job at Unity Council in Oakland!

November 17, 2021 - Professor Nishina presented an invited talk for the UC Center Sacramento as part of the UC Adolescent Consortium talk (Friendships, Identity, and Well-being Among Diverse California Youth and Implications for Life After the COVID -19 Pandemic):

October 7, 2021 - Congrats to Tseng, who just got a paper accepted by the Journal of School Health:

Fall 2021 - Well wishes to former lab affiliate Dr. Luis Parra on starting his tenure track position at .Washington University in St Louis!

July 29, 2021 - CONGRATS to Liana, who was just accepted to the Occupational Therapy doctorate program at University of the Pacific!!

July 8, 2021 - CONGRATS to Dr. Lyndsey Ruiz for completing all requirements for her PhD!!!!

May 27, 2021 - Liana is presenting some of the research at the Bulosan Center Conference on Saturday, 3:45-4:30.

May 18, 2021 - Congrats to Tseng for being named a Horowitz Early Career Scholar!!

May 12, 2021 - Michael Medina & Adrienne gave an invited talk for Understanding Diversity in STEM: WMPD Day (Women, Minorities, People with Disabilities).

May 3, 2021 - Melissa Witkow and Adrienne co-guest edited a special issue for Journal of Early Adolescence on biracial, multiracial, and multiethnic early adolescents. That issue + paper is forthcoming:

April 15, 2021 - Welcome to Marika, an incoming PhD student, who will be joining us in fall 2021!

April 2021 - Congrats to Liana! She just completed all her requirements for graduation!!

March 15, 2021 - Michael’s research was just cited in the Huffington Post: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/time-to-broaden-friend-group_l_604924a1c5b6cf72d093ba7b

March 14, 2021 - Congrats to Liana, Nicole, Carolina, Maya, Elizabeth, and Elise — they all had their research accepted for presentation at the 2021 Undergrad Research Conference!!

February 2021 - Congrats to Lyndsey who recently had a paper published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior:

November, 2020 - Congrats to former lab member, Alysha, on her new job at EdPLus at Arizona State University!

October 27, 2020 - Congrats to our very own Michael Medina for being featured as Emerging Scholar by the Society for Research on Adolescence!

September 29, 2020 - Congrats to former lab RA, Jackie, for being awarded a Graduate Equity Fellowship from her graduate program at SDSU!

August, 2020 - Congrats to Lyndsey for being selected to be an American Society for Nutrition Science Policy Fellow, as well as a Professors of the Future Fellow through grad studies!!

June 12, 2020 - Congrats to Giana for just being awarded a WRRC grant to carry out her masters thesis research!! That’s two in less than one month. This really demonstrates the importance of her work.

June 2020 - Please see our joint statement from the members of the Peer Lab regarding recent events and civil rights protests in support of the Black community

May 29, 2020 - Congrats to former lab member, Jackie Garcia for being awarded a 2020-21 Sally Casanova Scholarship in her current masters program at SDSU!!

May 14, 2020 - Congratulations to Giana! She was just awarded a UC Davis SRRC grant to carry out her masters thesis research!

May 11, 2020 - We just received an NSF RAPID grant [Nishina, PI, with Co-PIs Alysha Ramirez Hall, Diana Meter, and Michael Medina]:

April 9, 2020 - Congratulations to Tseng for being awarded the competitive Graduate Research Mentorship Fellowship for the 2020-2021 academic year Only 6 are awarded across the entire university each year.

March 16, 2020 - Former lab RA, Emily, was accepted into a number of teacher ed masters programs. Whichever one recruits her will be very lucky. Congrats!!!

March 9, 2020 - Former lab RA, Candisse, will be going to UCLA’s Teacher Ed Masters program!! Congratulations!!!

March 9, 2020 - Former lab RA, Esther, just got accepted to Georgetown’s Health and Public Interest MS program. That field certainly needs great people like her. Congrats!!!

February 25, 2020 - Former lab RA, Veronica, just got into her top choice Doctor of Occupational Therapy program. Congrats, Veronica!!!

February 6, 2020 - Michael just had a chapter published from his work in his previous lab:

January 24, 2020 - The Peer Relations Preconference webpage is now live! It will be held Wednesday March 18, 2020 from 12-5pm at the conference hotel. Register by Feb 15 for early bird reduced registration rates.

December 20, 2019 - CONGRATS to San Jose State University for successfully recruiting Dr. Uresti for a tenure-track assistant professor position!

December 17, 2019 - CONGRATS to Dr. Uresti (former lab member) for receiving a tenure-track professor job offer!

December 17, 2019 - All of the lab’s papers and posters were accepted for presentation at the Society for Research on Adolescence conference in San Diego in 2020. See you there! (And don’t forget the peer preconference!)

December 4, 2019 - Great news that Dr. Michael Medina just joined the lab as a postdoctoral scholar. He comes to us from University of Michigan.

November 11, 2019 - Congrats to Tseng for successfully passing his prelim exam!

October 16, 2019 - Congrats to former lab member, Jackie for receiving a Diversity Equity Fellowship in her MS program at SDSU!

October 3, 2019 - Our paper was just accepted for publication in Child Development Perspectives:

June 18, 2019 - Our paper was just accepted for publication in a special section of Educational Psychologist:

June 14, 2019 - TWO lab members are receiving undergrad citations from Human Development: Elise Pohlhammer and Emily Templin. Congrats to both of them!

June 3, 2019 - Congrats to Lyndsey for successfully passing her Qualifying Exam!

May 31, 2019 - CONGRATS to Shannon Peiffer for successfully filing her masters thesis!

May 22, 2019 - CONGRATS to Dr. Jakeem Lewis for successfully defending his dissertation!! Two lab members in one week. A new record!

May 17, 2019 - CONGRATS to Dr. Luis Parra for successfully defending his dissertation!!

April 18, 2019 - Congrats to Lyndsey! She was just awarded the 2019 Kosuna Doctoral Fellow award. This award is for outstanding performance as a PhD student in the Department of Nutrition and her potential as a future leader.