SRCD Monographs Editor Search Committee

Gabriela Livas Stein, Ph.D., is a Professor and Chair of Human Development and Family Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin. Her program of research identifies individual and familial risk and protective processes for minoritized youth when facing cultural stressors (e.g., discrimination, acculturative stress), and seeks to improve mental health treatment access for Latine families. Her research has been funded by WT GRANT, NIMH, NIDA and PCORI. She has served as the Vice President of Programming for the Society of Research on Adolescence, co-chair of the Ethnic Racial Issues Committee of the Society of Research on Child Development, and past chair of the Latinx Caucus of the Society of Research on Child Development.

Ginger A. Moore has served as interim Editor-In-Chief of SRCD Monographs since 2022. Dr. Moore received her Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh’s joint program in Developmental and Clinical Psychology. She is Associate Professor Emerita at The Pennsylvania State University where her research studied the ways in which family contexts, including parent conflict and parent depression, influence behavioral and physiological emotion regulation.

Cristine Legare is a professor of psychology and the director of the Center for Applied Cognitive Science at The University of Texas at Austin. Her research examines how the human mind enables us to learn, create, and transmit culture. She conducts comparisons across age, culture, and species to address fundamental questions about cognitive and cultural evolution. Professor Legare has expertise in global public health, international education, child development, and cognitive science.

An accomplished educator and leader, Stephanie Rowley, has dedicated her career to teaching and mentoring with a deep commitment to student and organizational success. Rowley joined the University of Virginia in July 2022 from Teachers College, Columbia University, where she served as provost, dean, and vice president for academic affairs. Most of her career was spent at the University of Michigan where she served as interim chair of Psychology, chair of the Combined Program in Education and Psychology, and associate vice president of research. Rowley’s research explores how parents’ attitudes toward race and gender, and their own social experiences influence their children’s motivation in school. She is especially focused on how these processes unfold through middle school. Rowley has won numerous awards for her research, teaching, service, and mentorship. Among her most valued awards have been those received for her outstanding mentoring of students.

Dr. José Causadias is an associate professor at the School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University. He received his Ph.D. in Child Psychology from the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota. His research focuses on how participation in cultural rituals provide meaning and promote wellbeing among Latinx children, youth, and families.