INTRODUCTION
I have been an assistant professor at CSULA since 2005 and was a
post-doctoral researcher and part-time lecturer at CSULA from 2003-2005. My
research interests have focused on development during adolescence
and early adulthood with a focus on cross-cultural issues in family and peer
relationships and the ways in which these relationships impact academic and
psychosocial outcomes.
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TEACHING INTERESTS
My teaching interests include developmental psychology, multicultural psychology, methodology, and statistics. I try to incorporate cross-cultural issues and emphasize diversity in psychological processes within each course that I teach. In my classes, I like to emphasize active learning processes by encouraging discussion and critical thinking. Most of my courses contain a research or observation component.
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RESEARCH
My research background deals with development during adolescence and emerging
adulthood in ethnic minority youth. In my research project, the Family
Relationships Project, we are investigating the ways in which ethnic minority adolescents maintain healthy relationships with their family while concurrently seeking to create their own identity, friendships, and romantic relationships as they enter adulthood.
We are currently examining the acculturation gap among college students which
involves differences between the expectations and values of young people who may
be more acculturated than their parents.
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PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
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Date |
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Ong, A. D., Phinney, J. S., & Dennis, J. M.
(2006). Competence under challenge: Exploring the protective influence of
parental support and ethnic identity in Latino college students. Journal of
Adolescence, 6, 961-980. |
2006 |
| Phinney, J.,
Dennis, J. M., & Osorio, N. T. (2006). Motivations to attend college among mong
ethnically diverse college students. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority
Psychology, 12, 347-366. |
2006 |
| Phinney, J., Dennis, J. M., & Gutierrez, D. (2005). College orientation profiles of Latino students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds: A cluster analytic approach.
Journal of Hispanic Behavioral Sciences, 27, 1-22. |
2005 |
| Dennis, J. M., Phinney, J., & Chuateco, L. I. (2005). The role of motivation, parental support, and peer support in the academic success of ethnic minority first-generation college students. Journal of College Student Development, 46,
223-236. |
2005 |
| Parke, R. D., Coltrane, S., Borthwick-Duffy, S., Buriel, R., Dennis, J. M., Powers, J., French, S., & Widaman, K. F. (2004). Economic stress, parenting, and child adjustment in Mexican American and European American families.
Child Development, 75, 1632-1656. |
2004 |
| Dennis, J.M., Parke, R.D., Coltrane, S., Blacher, J., & Borthwick-Duffy, S. (2003). Economic stress, maternal depression, and child adjustment in Latino families: An exploratory study.
Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 24, 183-202. |
2003 |
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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Ph.D. Developmental Psychology 2003
- University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA
M.A. Psychology 2000
- University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA
B.A. Psychology 1998
- University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA
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