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Nancy Galambos
Lab Director and Professor of Psychology
Nancy earned her Ph.D. in Human Development and
Family Studies from Pennsylvania State
University in 1985. She then worked as a
Research Associate on the Berlin Youth
Longitudinal Study, based at the Technical
University of Berlin, Germany. In 1986, she
joined the Department of Psychology at the
University of Victoria. In 2002, Nancy joined
the Department of Psychology at the University
of Alberta. Her research focuses on development
in adolescence and the transition to adulthood,
with a focus on psychosocial maturity,
subjective age, health and risk behaviours,
relations with parents, and depression.
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Dayuma Ixchel Vargas Lascano
Graduate Student and lab member since 2008
Dayuma joined the Youth Transitions Lab in
September, 2008 after completing an honours
B.Sc. in Forensic Psychology at the University
of Toronto. Dayuma earned a M.Sc. from the
University of Alberta in 2010 under the
supervision of Dr. Nancy Galambos and is
currently completing her Ph.D. in Developmental
Science. Dayuma's research focuses on social
relationships and their influence in the
development of youth during the transition to
adulthood and, more specifically, the transition
to post-secondary education.
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Jiawen Chen
Graduate Student and lab member since 2010
Jiawen joined the Youth Transitions Lab in
September, 2010 after completing a B.A. in
Psychology at the University of British
Columbia. Jiawen is currently competing an M.Sc.
in developmental science under the
co-supervision of Dr. Nancy Galambos and Dr.
Lisa Strohschein. Jiawen's M.Sc. thesis examines
the association between romantic relationships
and adjustment to university among Canadian
youth.
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Andrea (Dalton) Howard
Graduate student and lab member, 2004-2010
Andrea joined the Youth Transitions Lab in
September, 2004 after completing an honours
degree in Psychology at the University of
Toronto. Andrea earned her Ph.D. in
Developmental Science from the University of
Alberta in 2010 under the supervision of Dr.
Nancy Galambos and is currently completing a
post doctoral position at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Quantitaty
Pyschology Program. Andrea's research focuses on
sexual behaviour and development during
adolescence and the transition to adulthood, and
the impact of engagement in sexual behaviour on
trajectories of positive development and growth
in Canadian youth.
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