The Research Team
Director: Marc Schulz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Director, Clinical Developmental Psychology Ph.D. Program
Department of Psychology
Bryn Mawr College
101 North Merion Avenue
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Phone: 610-526-5039
Email mschulz AT brynmawr.edu
Current Students
Amy Paris (aparis AT brynmawr.edu) graduated from Oberlin College. Her research interests are in the links between narrative style and emotion regulation, especially in the context of stressful circumstances.
Masters Thesis: Multimethod Approaches to Studying the Effects of Interparental Conflict History: The History of Family Resolution Styles Interview (2005)
Heejin Kim (hkim AT brynmawr.edu) graduated from Chung Ang University in South Korea with a B.A. in nursing and a M.A. in psychology.
Masters Thesis: The Relationship among Mindfulness, Rumination, and EEG Asymmetries (2006)
Sarah Ellen Marvin (smarvin AT brynmawr.edu) graduated from Colby College. She is interested in emotion processes and interpersonal sensitivity.
Joanna Scott (jscott AT brynmawr.edu) graduated from Bryn Mawr College. She is interested in links between mindfulness and anxiety.
Masters Thesis: The How, What, and Why of Mindfulness: Motivation for Observing and Emotional Well-being (2008)
Sarah Scheckter (sscheckter AT brynmawr.edu) graduated from Swarthmore College. She is interested in lifespan developmental perspectives and personality change with a particular interest in using narrative methods to study the experience of regret.
Masters Thesis: It Has Made Me Who I Am: Regrets, Retrospective Narratives, and Functioning in Midlife
Recent Alumnae/i
Emily Weiss (2008)
Dissertation: Dyslexic Hearts: Links between Couples’ Interpersonal Sensitivity, Emotional Arousal, Situational Intentions and Emotional Expression (2008)
Masters Thesis: Conceptualizing empathy in couples’ conflict discussions:
Comparing models of perceived empathy and empathic accuracy (2004)
Emily Malcoun (2008)
Dissertation: Unpacking mindfulness: Psychological processes underlying the health benefits of a mindfulness-based stress reduction program (2008)
Masters Thesis: Religiosity and forgiveness processes in couple relationships (2004).
Julia Stein (2007)
Dissertation: Believe in your heart? Interconnections among partners’ beliefs about the consequences of sharing feelings in marriage and their intentions and expressiveness in marital conflicts.
Ginny Zimmerman (2007)
Dissertation: The Physiological Consequences of the Emotional Suppression of Anger: Investigation in both Non-social and Interpersonal Contexts
Masters Thesis: Emotional suppression and physiological reactivity in couple interactions (2003)
Jeanne Frantz
Masters Thesis: Effects of Interparental Conflict History on Encoding and Reacting to Future Relationship Conflict (2005).