Discrimination & Substance Use Project

This project investigates the influence of discrimination on adolescents’ substance use outcomes using data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study

Funding: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Peers and Diversity (PAD) Project

This project investigates how ethnic/racial and cultural processes in peer groups influence adolescents' cognitive functioning, psychological well-being, academics, and sleep. This project follows 9th graders in high school and collects daily diary and sleep actigraphy data annually.

Funding: William T. Grant Foundation, MSU Social Science College Faculty Initiatives Fund

Peers in Rural China Project

This project investigates how peer relationships influence early adolescents' psychological well-being, sleep, and cortisol output in rural China. This project sampled 7th and 8th graders in a rural boarding school and collects daily diary and salivary cortisol data.

Congruence & Social Norm Project

This project investigates adolescents’ substance use and risky sexual behaviors in diverse ethnic groups using nationally representative data from The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health.

Funding: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.