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Curriculum Vitae.

Employment

2022      Postdoctoral Scholar, Division of Adolescent Medicine

                Stanford University

Education

2021       The Pennsylvania State University         Ph.D.         Human Development & Family Studies

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2019       The Pennsylvania State University         M.S.           Human Development & Family Studies

 

2009       University of Connecticut                         B.A.            Psychology

Peer Reviewed Publications

 

McCauley, D. M., Gaiha, S. M., Lempert, L. K., & Halpern-Felsher, B. (2022). Adolescents, young adults, and adults continue to use e-cigarette devices and flavors two years after FDA discretionary enforcement. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 8747.

 

McCauley, D. M. & Fosco, G. M. (2021). Family and individual risk factors for triangulation: Evaluating evidence for emotion coaching buffering effects. Family Process, 6, 841-857.

 

Fosco, G. M., McCauley, D. M., & Sloan, C. J. (2021). Distal and proximal family contextual effects on adolescents’ interparental conflict appraisals: A daily diary study. Journal of Family Psychology, 35, 927-938.

 

McCauley, D. M., Sloan, C. J., Xia, M., & Fosco, G. M. (2021). Same family, divergent realities: How triangulation preserves parents’ illusory harmony while adolescents navigate interparental conflicts. Journal of Family Psychology, 35, 128-137.

 

McCauley, D. M., Weymouth, B. B., Feinberg, M. E., & Fosco, G. M. (2019). Evaluating school and peer protective factors in the effects of interparental conflict on adolescent threat appraisals and self-efficacy. Journal of Adolescence, 71, 28-37.

Book Chapters

 

McCauley, D. M., & Jackson, J. E. (In Press). Families in context: Understanding environmental impacts on family functioning in service of resilience and equity. In S.E. Ortiz, S. M. McHale, & V. King (Eds.), Environmental Impacts on Families: Change, Challenge, and Adaptation. New York, NY: Springer.

Manuscripts Under Review or In Preparation

 

McCauley, D. M., Fang, S., LoBraico, E. J., Feinberg, M., Redmond, C., Spoth, R. L., & Fosco, G. M. (under review). PROSPER intervention effects on adolescents’ school engagement and young adult outcomes.

 

McCauley, D. M., Baiocchi, M., Cruse, S., & Halpern-Felsher, B. (under review). Effects of a short school-based vaping prevention program for high school students.

 

McCauley, D. M., Baiocchi, M., Gaiha., & Halpern-Felsher, B. (in preparation). Trends in e-cigarette use by race and sexuality.

 

McCauley, D. M., Lanza, S. T., & Fosco, G.M. (in preparation). Interparental conflict and threat appraisals during adolescence: Identifying sensitive periods of risk for psychological maladjustment and substance use.

Conferences

McCauley, D. M., Gaiha, S. M., & Halpern-Felsher, B. (2022, October). Developmental and racial/ethnic differences in perceptions of e-cigarette health harm. [Poster presentation]. Fall Tobacco Centers for Regulatory Science Grantee Meeting, Virtual.

 

McCauley, D. M., Baiocchi, M., & Halpern-Felsher, B. (2022, October). Impact of a one-session educational program on high schoolers’ e-cigarette knowledge, perceptions, and refusal skills. [Poster presentation]. The 5th Annual Maternal & Child Health Research Institute Symposium, Stanford, CA.

 

McCauley, D. M., Lanza, S. T., & Fosco, G. M. (2022, March). Developmental change in links between adolescents’ threat appraisals of interparental conflict and self-efficacy, school adjustment, and peer relationships. [Paper presentation]. The Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial  Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

 

McCauley, D. M., Lanza, S. T., & Fosco, G. M. (2021, June). Developmental links between interparental conflict, adolescent threat appraisals, and internalizing problems. [Paper presentation]. The Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting, Virtual.

 

McCauley, D. M., & Fosco, G. M. (2021, April). Evaluating the role of situational and global dimensions of interparental conflict in shaping risk for adolescent triangulation, threat, and self-blame. [Paper presentation]. The Society of Research on Child Development Biennial Meeting, Virtual.

 

McCauley, D. M., Fang, S., LoBraico, E. J., Feinberg, M., Redmond, C., Spoth, R. L., & Fosco, G. M. (2021, March). PROSPER intervention effects on adolescents’ growth trajectories of positive school attachment. [Poster presentation]. The Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Virtual.

 

McCauley, D. M., Fang, S., LoBraico, E. J., Feinberg, M., Redmond, C., Spoth, R. L., & Fosco, G. M. (2020, May). PROSPER intervention effects on adolescents’ school bonding in middle and high school: Implications for young adult educational attainment and financial well-Being. [Paper presentation]. The Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting, Virtual.

 

McCauley, D. M., Sloan, C. J., Xia, M., & Fosco, G. M. (2019, November). The role of triangulation in diverging perspectives of interparental conflict: A daily diary study. [Poster presentation]. The National Consortium of Family Relations Annual Conference, Fort Worth, TX.

 

McCauley, D. M., Sloan, C. J., Xia, M., & Fosco, G. M. (2019, March). Evaluating triangulation and interparental conflict within the family system on a daily timescale. [Poster presentation]. The Society for Research on Child Development Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

 

Streeter, L,, McCauley, D. M., & Fosco, G. M. (2019, March). Snapshots of adolescent positive well-being: A daily diary coding system. [Poster presentation]. The Society for Research on Child Development Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

 

Fosco, G. M., Mayfield, K. T., & McCauley, D. M. (2018, April). Examining the impact of family functioning on adolescent school-day functioning: A daily diary study. [Paper presentation]. The Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.

 

McCauley, D. M., & Fosco, G. M. (2018, April). Parents’ individual and dyadic predictors of adolescent triangulation into interparental conflict. Poster presented at Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Minneapolis, MN.

 

McCauley, D. M., Fosco, G. M., & Feinberg, M. E. (April, 2017). Evaluating school protective factors in the effects of interparental conflict on adolescent threat appraisals and self-efficacy. [Poster presentation].  The Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Austin, TX.

 

McCauley, D. M., & Wargo Aikins, J. (2016, April). Navigating the high school transition: The impact of school stressors on academic engagement and student outcomes. [Poster presentation]. The Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Teaching

 

Invited Lecturer

Pediatrics Internship Program at Stanford, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University

  • Introductory Statistics                                                                                   Summer 2022

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Graduate Teaching Assistant

Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University

  • HDFS 418: Family Relationships                                                                 Fall 2017

  • HDFS 411: The Helping Relationship                                                          Fall 2017

 

Guest Lecturer

Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University

  • HDFS 418: Family Relationships                                                                 Spring 2018

 

Teaching Fellow                                                                                                       2011 - 2014

Stamford Academy, Stamford, CT      

Awards & Fellowships

 

2019 - 2020,      The Pre-doctoral Prevention and Methodology Training Program Fellowship, The Pennsylvania State University

2018 - 2019,      The Bennet Pierce Prevention Research Center Fellowship, The Pennsylvania State University

2016-2017          University Graduate Fellowship, Penn State University

2008                   Babbidge Scholar, University of Connecticut

2007,                   New England Scholar, University of Connecticut 

2006-2009        Dean’s List, University of Connecticut

Institutional & Professional Service

Departmental Service

Department of Human Development & Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University

  • Graduate Student Advisor                                                                                    2020 - 2021

  • Diversity Committee Graduate Co-Chair                                                          2017 - 2019

  • Graduate Recruitment Ambassador                                                                   2019

 

Mentorship

Stanford REACH Lab, Stanford University School of Medicine

  • DRIVE in Research Pipeline                                                                                2022

  • STEP-UP Program                                                                                                 2022-present

 

Peer Reviewer

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health      2022

  • Addictive Behaviors                                                                                              2022

  • Journal of Family Psychology                                                                             2021, 2022

  • Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research                                          2018

 

Mentored Reviewer

  • Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Conference                          2019

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