Research AssociatesNames are listed alphabetically. Kevin Alltucker, Ph.D.Send an e-mail. Kevin Alltucker is interested in studying the relationships between family functioning and child abuse/neglect. The socioenvironmental factors associated with the development of antisocial behavior are fascinating to him, and he approaches his investigations with a multidisciplinary perspective.
Jean Kjellstrand, Ph.D.Send an e-mail. Jean Kjellstrand, M.S.W., Ph.D., joined the Oregon Social Learning Center in 2009. Dr. Kjellstrand recently completed her doctorate in social work where she focused on positive youth development and the prevention of problem behavior in children and adolescents, focusing specifically on longitudinal outcomes for children with incarcerated parents. David Kerr, Ph.D.Send an e-mail. Dr. Kerr has studied parenting and child temperament in relation to conscience development and early disruptive behavior problems. In his research and clinical work with adolescents, David has been interested in the social contexts of depression and suicidal behavior, and in particular how relationships may affect and be affected by psychiatric symptoms.
Heidemarie Laurent, Ph.D.Send an e-mail. Heidemarie Laurent is completing a doctorate in clinical psychology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where she studied neuroendocrine stress reactivity associated with interpersonal conflict in late adolescent romantic couples. As part of this work, she investigated interrelationships among temperament, attachment, and cortisol reactivity within couples to better understand risk for internalizing disorders in this age group. In Eugene, she has expanded her interest in interpersonal regulatory processes and the integration of neurobiology through neuroimaging and mother-infant attachment research at the University of Oregon.
Heather McClure, Ph.D.Send an e-mail. Dr. McClure is a research associate with the Latino Research Team at OSLC and also with the Anthropology Department at the University of Oregon. Since 1996, she has been involved with community-based participatory research projects focused on human rights, health, social networks, and artistic and cultural practices in Guatemala and within Latino communities in the U.S.
Kimberly Rhoades, Ph.D.Send an e-mail. Kimberly Rhoades joined OSLC in 2009 after completing her doctorate in social/health psychology at Stony Brook University. While at Stony Brook, Kimberly worked on a treatment development project aimed at developing a parent management training program for mothers who reported high levels of anger and whose children displayed clinical levels of conduct problems.
Lisa Saldana, Ph.D.Send an e-mail. Lisa Saldana joined OSLC in 2007. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Missouri-Columbia, in 2003 with a research and clinical emphasis in child maltreatment and evidence-based practice. Lisa is working on the development of preventive interventions to address the needs of families involved in the child welfare system, with cases complicated by substance abuse. She has been active in the evaluation and implementation of evidence-based practices. Lisa currently is the PI on a NIDA funded Career Development award to develop an integrative treatment for maternal substance abuse and child neglect, and is working on NIH funded research grants focusing in the economic evaluation of MTFC, on the dissemination of the KEEP foster parent training group to prevent placement disruptions in foster children, and in a large-scale trial evaluating “what it takes” to implement an evidence-based practice (MTFC) in communities with barriers to implementation.
Mark Van Ryzin, Ph.D.Send an e-mail.Mark J. Van Ryzin was awarded a PhD in Educational Psychology by the University of Minnesota in 2008. His primary research interests are social, motivational, and developmental processes in adolescence, particularly in the educational context. He is especially interested in non-traditional school environments and their potential to address the diverse range of student needs and interests that are found among today’s youth. His work is influenced by ideas from developmental psychology, positive youth development, mentoring, and attachment theory.
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Go to AFFILIATED SCIENTISTS page Over 200 StaffOver 200 staff work at the Center, including research scientists, clinical psychologists, family interventionists, parent educators, statisticians, computer programmers, observers, interviewers, and support staff.
22 Published ScientistsAmong the staff are 22 members who have earned their Ph.D. in either clinical, developmental, counseling, or school psychology. Each publishes extensively in the scientific literature, and regularly presents research results at international, national, regional, and/or state conferences.
Affiliations and CollaborationsOSLC is not formally affiliated with a college or university, but several OSLC scientists have appointments in either the College of Arts and Sciences or the College of Education at the University of Oregon as well as other regional academic institutions, such as Portland State University. We collaborate with researchers in a variety of academic fields working in universities, governmental agencies, and non-profit research institutes throughout the U.S. and the world. Locally, OSLC researchers have active research collaborations with a variety of non-profit and governmental agencies involved in service delivery relevant to children, families, and adults.
Former ScientistsRolf Loeber, Ph.D. Beverly I. Fagot, Ph.D. Thomas J. Dishion, Ph.D. Kate Kavanagh, Ph.D. Mike Stoolmiller, Ph.D.
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