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Post-Doctoral Researchers

Lauren Alvis

Education
MS and PhD, West Virginia University
Office
University Hall
Email
alvisl@montclair.edu

Lauren is currently a postdoctoral research associate for the Boy Scouts of America project at the RYTE Institute. She earned her MS and PhD from West Virginia University’s Life-Span Developmental Psychology program, with an emphasis on advanced quantitative analyses, and her BA from the University of Alabama. Lauren’s research aims to gain a deeper understanding of the processes through which adolescents’ interactions with their social world can lead to positive social change and provide youth with developmental skills and resources that enhance personal health, well-being, and thriving. Her research interests include youth civic engagement, critical consciousness, social inequality, and the health and well-being of racially marginalized youth.


Yolanta Kornak-Bozza

Education
PhD, CUNY Graduate Center
Office
University Hall, Room 2105
Email
kornakbozzay@montclair.edu

Patricia Tevington

Education
PhD, University of Pennsylvania, MA,  University of Pennsylvania,  BA, The College of New Jersey
Research Interests
Her research focuses on young people and the transition to adulthood, as well as social class and inequality, family life, and sociology of religion.

Dr. Tevington serves as a postdoctoral research associate in the Institute for Research on Youth Thriving and Evaluation (RYTE) at Montclair State University. She received her bachelor’s degree in sociology from The College of New Jersey and her MA and PhD in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania

Office
University Hall, Room 4028
Phone
973-655-3461
Email
tevingtonp@montclair.edu