2023 SIBS News Archive

December 2023: Fall 2023 Graduation! 

Congratulations to Tina Greene, Tirza Alcala, Bridget Cunningham, and Jordan Disney! 

December 2023: Happy Holidays from the SIBS Lab! 

Pictured: Dr. Christy Rogers,  Derek Morgan, Ashlinn Peters, Tristan Herring, Triston Dees, Kendall Moffet, Tina Greene, Cassie O’Rourke, Jordan Disney, Bridget Cunningham, Tirza Alcala, Joanna Rivera, Megan Keen, Mikayla Hesseltine, and Promise McClure.

November 2023: Ashlinn Peters presents their 1st guest lecture!

Ashlinn presented their 1st guest lecture on their expertise specifically social influences on body image, eating behaviors, and eating disorders. 
November 2023: Family STEM Night 

SIBS Lab table at Family STEM Night, pictured: Kendall Moffet, Cassie O’Rourke, Ashlinn Peters, and Mikayla Hesseltine

November 2023: SIBS Lab takes on NCFR in Orlando! 

Pictured: Tirza Alcala, Dr. Christy Rogers, Jordan Disney, and Joanna Rivera.

Tirza Alcala presented her research on parent perceived autonomy support & adolescent emotion regulation and how it’s shaped by parental PTSD symptomology.

October 2023: Jordan Disney and Triston Dees presents at the Women’s and Gender Studies Conference!

Triston and Jordan presented their first research talk at the @TTUWGS colloquium on associations between teen perceived similarity to gender groups & mental health, & the protective role of siblings. 

October 2023: Tirza Alcala presents at the TTU TrUE Transformers Symposium!

Tirza presented an impact talk at the @TTU_TrUE Tranformers Symposium on her research identifying parent autonomy support as a buffer against the negative effects of parent PTSD symptoms on teen dysregulation.

October 2023: Tech Savvy

SIBS Lab hosted a neuroscience workshop at Tech Savvy to promote middle-school girl interest & engagement in STEM, Pictured: Dr. Christy Rogers, Triston Dees, Tristan Herring, Tirza Alcala, Tina Greene, and Ashlinn Peters. 

August 2023: Start of Fall 2023

Pictured: Dr. Christy Rogers, Tina Green, Ashlinn Peters Triston Dees, Cassie O’Rourke, Jordan Disney, Derek Morgan, Promise McClure, Tirza Alcala, and Joanna Rivera

July 2023: Girls Who Code

Hosted by ttuSTEM, Girls Who Code, Christy and Tristian had a blast chatting with middle-school girls about using neuroscience and neuropsychology to better understand teens and to support their happiness & health!

June 2023: Summer 2023 Cohort

Some new faces, familiar faces, and folks we miss because they are pursuing awesome work elsewhere. We am grateful for these amazing trainees, and look forward to seeing their ideas and work unfold!

May 2023: Dr. Rogers awarded Professor Ally of the Year Award

Dr. Christy Rogers received the Professor Ally of the Year Award! This award was presented by Darci, the undergraduate student who nominated Dr. Rogers, at the Lavender Graduation Ceremony. This honor was sponsored by the Office of LGBTQIA Education and Engagement. 

 

May 2023: Joanna Rivera Receives GSA Award! 

Joanna Rivera received the honor of the Peer Excellent Award from the Human Development and Family Sciences Graduate Student Association. Mentorship, connection, and department culture are very important in HDFS—congrats on this amazing recognition, Joanna!

 

April 2023: Triston Dees presents at the Women’s and Gender Studies Conference!

Triston Dees presents his first poster at TTU Women’s and Gender Studies Conference! H shared his work on “The role of siblings in the coming out journey of emerging adults.”

 

 

April 2023: SIBS Lab takes on SRA in San Diego!

Dr. Rogers received the SRA Outstanding Interdisciplinary Research Award for her collection of research examining the influence of siblings on adolescent decision-making through the brain!

Derek Morgan chaired his first symposium, “Sibling Relationship Experiences in Adolescence and Young Adulthood: Links with Adjustment and Well-Being.” He also presented his own paper on, Problem Solving and Relationship Closeness between Adolescent and Emerging Adult Siblings Predict Later Social Efficacy.” 

Ashlinn Peters presents their first poster at SRA! They shared their work on the “Associations Between Problematic Eating Behaviors, the MMPI-A-RF, Emotion Regulation, and Family Factors in Healthy Adolescents.” 

Tina Greene presents their first SRA poster! They shared their work on the “Convergent validity of internalization-focused Restructured Clinical (RC) scales on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–Adolescent–Restructured Form in a community sample of teens.” 

The SIBS Lab team at SRA! I am so proud of these amazing researchers. It was amazing to share our adventures at SRA together 

[Pictured: Derek Morgan, Dr. Christy Rogers, Ashlinn Peters, Tina Greene]