Recent News – The Positive Youth Development Lab at the University of Missouri

New Project Starting After Thanksgiving: We Are Recruiting Mothers and 12-to-16-Year-Olds from Mid-Missouri

We are excited to begin a new remote (video-conference and web survey-based) project addressing ways mothers and youth discuss important family stories together, and how family storytelling can be relevant…

Lab Publications

Recent Lab Publication on The Importance of Relating to Folks Back Home AND on Campus During the College Transition

We're excited to announce a recently accepted research paper that was made possible through a collaboration with colleagues at Penn State and the University of Houston. Working with Dr. Erika…

Lab Publications

Recent Lab Publication on African American Mothers’ Messages about Honesty toward Their children

Our lab is fortunate to have opportunities to collaborate with excellent colleagues who are invested in development and family science. One such collaboration was brought about by colleagues in the…

Lab Publications…

Upcoming Work on Agenctic Values and Young Adult Adjustment from Recent Lab Members

Recent work with Natasha Pierre and Rachel Wesley, two former undergraduate members of the lab, is now in press as a new research article at the Journal of College Student…

Lab Contributions to A Commentary on Improving Health Equity Research and Inclusion in Biomedical Research

Dr. Booker recently contributed to a public letter from the Society for Research in Child Development's (SRCD) Black Caucus, in response to a request for information from the National Institutes…

Student Accomplishments

Congratulations to Rachel Wesley

We're excited to share that lab graduate Rachel Wesley will be continuing her studies and completing a Masters degree at the University of Central Missouri. She will be pursuing studies…

Student Accomplishments

Congratulations to Natasha Pierre

We want to extend our warmest congratulations to a graduate of our lab, Natasha Pierre. Natasha is moving onto graduate studies in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and she will be…

Conference Happenings…

Recent Conference Presentation by Mikayla Ell

Mikayla Ell recently presented the biennial Society for Research in Child Development meeting, an international meeting of developmental scientists, instructors, clinicians, policy-makers, and other professionals. Mikayla's poster presentation addressed reports…

Lab Publications…

Recent Publication on The Importance of Social Support for College Adults

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We're excited to announce a recently accepted publication that was co-authored by lab graduate Rachel Wesley and Dr. Booker. This paper addressed the distinct benefits of social support from family,…

Lab Publications…

Recent Publication on College Student Agency and Well-Being

We are excited to share that a recent manuscript co-authored by lab members Rachel Wesley and Natasha Pierre has been accepted for publication by the Journal of College Student Development.…