Updated 12/2011 CURRENT POSITIONS of GRADUATES OF
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Updated 12/2011 CURRENT POSITIONS OF GRADUATES OF THE EDWARD ZIGLER CENTER IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL POLICY More than 500 fellows have completed their training at the Yale Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy and, in almost every case, are pursuing careers where an understanding of the policymaking world can be applied for the benefit of children and families. Whenever possible dates after the name indicate when each graduate was a fellow and an email address is listed at the end of each graduate's entry. Lawrence Aber (1977 1981) is Distinguished Professor of Applied Psychology and Public Policy at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University, where he also serves as Board Chair of its Institute for Human Development and Social Change. See: http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_bios/view/J._Lawrence_Aber [email protected] Sara Abiola (20022003). After completing a BA in psychology at Yale in 2003, Ms. Abiola obtained her JD at Harvard Law School in 2007. She is now a doctoral student in Health Policy at Harvard. Her dissertation research examines public health law approaches to addressing obesity epidemic. Steven Abramovitz is a marketing executive at Imperial A.I. Credit Companies in Boston. Nicholas Abreu completed a BA in cognitive science at Yale in 2008. He then spent a year at University College London as a Fulbright Scholar. He is now a student at Harvard Medical School. Ijeoma AcharaAbrahams is a consultant at the Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center in Chicago. She was formerly strategic planning director in the city of Philadelphia’s Department of Behavioral Health. Angel Adams Parham (1992 1994) is an associate professor of sociology at Loyola UniversityNew Orleans. See: http://css.loyno.edu/sociology/facultystaff/angeladamsparham [email protected] Lynn Adams Lelong is a clinical psychologist in Louisiana. She was previously director of the Multidisciplinary Autism Assessment Team at Mercy Family Center in New Orleans. [email protected] Andrew Adler (19901992) is a psychotherapist for children in New York. Anupama Agrawal (20052006) completed the Harris Social Work Fellowship at the Yale Child Study Center in June 2006. She is now a clinical social worker in the Washington, DC area. Marguerite AlejandroWright is researching families' and children's social competencies in Berkeley, California. She is also analyzing diagnostic assessments of people's abilities. Keren Alexander Deceased May 2000. She performed psychological evaluations for Superior and Family Courts in cases of physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, abandonment, and domestic violence Joseph P. Allen (1981 1986) holds a Hugh P. Kelly Distinguished Professorship in Arts & Sciences at the University of Virginia. His interests are in adolescent social development. See: http://www.virginia.edu/psychology/people/detail.php?id=3 [email protected] LaRue Allen (19761979) is the Raymond and Rosalee Weiss professor of applied psychology in the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University. See: http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_bios/view/LaRue_Allen [email protected] Shirley Alleyne is a child psychiatrist in Connecticut. LaLisa Anderson (19972001) is a physician in Georgia. She is also senior medical writer at Envision Communications, LLC. Ellen Andrews (1993 1994) is Executive Director of the Connecticut Health Policy Project, a nonprofit education and research organization working to improve access to affordable, quality health care for all Connecticut residents. Andrews is also an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Yale School of Nursing and serves on several state commissions and councils. See: http://cthealthpolicy.org/whoweare.htm [email protected] Amie Anger completed the Harris Social Work Fellowship at the Yale Child Study Center in June 2006. She is now owner of New England Child and Family Counseling in New Canaan, CT. Bruno Anthony is a professor and director of research and evaluation at the Center for Child and Human Development at Georgetown University. [email protected] Lauren D. Appelbaum (19961998) is the Research Director at the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at UCLA. Her research focuses on the impact of longterm unemployment in the aftermath of the Great Recession and the continued jobs crisis. [email protected]; [email protected] Erain ApplewhiteConey is a school psychologist in New Jersey. Carmen Arroyo is Director of Research at the Education Trust in Washington, DC. She was previously a principal research scientist at the American Institutes for Research, where she works on projects related to education. She continues to serve as a consultant to city, state, and federal agencies serving economically disadvantaged children, families, and communities. Michael W. Arthur (1990 1991) is research associate professor in the Social Development Research Group (SDRG) at the School of Social Work at the University of Washington. See: http://depts.washington.edu/sswweb/faculty/facpage.php?id=20 Stephanie Aubry graduated from Teachers College, Columbia University with a Masters Degree in Social Studies and a concentration in educational policy. She is a literacy coach in New York City. J. AvniSinger (1992 1995) is a pediatrician at the Fair Haven Community Health Center in New Haven, CT, and in private practice. In addition to providing general pediatric care, he started a developmental clinic to serve children with a range of behavioral and developmental problems. The clinic offers comprehensive evaluations that include medical, psychosocial and developmental assessments. He also supervises pediatric fellows and residents at Yale in their consultation to child care programs. [email protected] Tim Ayers (1991 1994) isan associate research professor at Arizona State University. See: https://webapp4.asu.edu/directory/person/97351 Karyn Bailey (20002001) is a social worker at the Yale Child Study Center. As a member of the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Clinic research and assessment team, she provides clinical support for families, facilitates parent support groups, serves as a liason between families and the community, consults with schools, and provides counseling in the areas of advocacy and special education law. Joshua Barenbaum (20012002) is a Vice President at Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors [email protected] Adena Bargad (1992 1997) is an Advanced Practice Clinician at Planned Parenthood of New York City. Her continued commitment to child and family policy takes the form of professional affiliations with reproductive health and family planning policy organizations locally and nationally. [email protected] Charles Barone (1991 1993) is Director of Federal Policy at Democrats for Education Reform. See: http://www.dfer.org/2007/08/director_of_fed.php#more [email protected] Isabelle Barry (1996 1998) has been teaching middle school mathematics at the Hewitt School in New York City since September 1998. She has also been involved with Summerbridge, an academic program for innercity middle school students who commit to this education program for 2 years, hoping to prepare and enter competitive high schools. Jill Barron is a child psychiatrist at the Therapeutic Center for Children & Families in Westport, CT. See: http://www.tccf.com/index.php/StaffBios/JillL.BarronMD Katherine Beckmann (20022003) is a graduate research fellow at the National Center for Children ad Families at Teachers College, Columbia University. [email protected] Dianne BennettGates (1991 1995) is working in the School of Education at the University of Wales. MariAnna Bergeron completed the Harris Social Work Fellowship at the Yale Child Study Center in June 2007 and an advanced clinical fellowship in the Autism Clinic at the Yale Child Study Center. She is on the clinical social work staff of the University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at the University of Southern California at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. In addition, she is a doctoral candidate at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. Her research interests focus on children’s mental health and cultural diversity. Natasha Bergeron (20032005). Dana Berliner is a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice, a nonprofit, public interest law firm. See: http://www.ij.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=603&Itemid=165 [email protected] Joseph Berryhill (20002002) is an associate professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. His major area is Clinical and Community Psychology, and his research interests focus on human diversity, children's mental health, serious mental illness, and qualitative research. See: http://psychology.unca.edu/faces/faculty/josephberryhillphd [email protected] Mary Best (19992001) is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychology Division, at the University of Michigan. See: http://www2.med.umich.edu/psychiatry/psy/fac_query4.cfm?link_name=best Lauren Bierbaum (19992004) is Deputy Director of the Partnership for Youth Development in New Orleans. See: http://nolayouth.org/whoweare/staff/laurenbierbaum/ Trey Billings (20032005) is cofounder of Freudigman & Billings, LLC Educational Solutions Group in Westport, CT. Sandra BishopJosef (19911999) is assistant director of the Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy and an associate