Faculty
Amanda Prokasky, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
BiographyAmanda Prokasky
Amanda Prokasky's research program examines how early childhood education and development shape children's long-term outcomes, with attention to the policies and systems that support young children and families. Her research interests include opportunity gaps for disadvantaged children, early childhood and family policy, and child care quality, access and affordability. She brings deep expertise in quantitative methods, methodology and data infrastructure, and program evaluation to this work. Prokasky earned her doctorate in Human Sciences with a specialization in Child Development/Early Childhood Education and a minor in Statistics and Measurement from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Staff
Jungwon Eum, Ph.D.
Senior Research Specialist
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jeum@unl.edu
Jungwon Eum
As senior research specialist, Eum provides analytical, methodological and data management support for a variety of projects in the MAP Academy. She earned a doctoral degree in child, youth and family studies with a specialization in child development/early childhood education from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Eum received her master’s degree in child and family studies from the Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea.
Graduate Research Assistants
Genevieve Bryson
Graduate Research Assistant
BiographyGenevieve Bryson
Genevieve Bryson is a doctoral student in the Counseling Psychology program. She has research interests in the interactions between sexual satisfaction and marginalization.
Alexis Chavez
Graduate Research Assistant
BiographyAlexis Chavez
Alexis Chavez is a doctoral student in the Quantitative, Qualitative & Psychometric Methods program. He is interested in nonverbal communication analysis in mixed methods research.
Janella Kang
Graduate Research Assistant
BiographyJanella Kang
Janella Kang is a doctoral student in the Global Family Health and Well-being program. She is interested in applying mixed methods approaches and data visualization in researching child protection and healthcare access.
Jiabin Lyu
Graduate Research Assistant
BiographyJiabin Lyu
Jiabin Lyu is a doctoral student in the Child Development and Early Childhood Education program. She is interested in a mixed-methods approach to researching parent-child relationships and the development of child emotion regulation.
Jenna Stadheim
Graduate Research Assistant
BiographyJenna Stadheim
Jenna Stadheim is a doctoral student in the School Psychology program. Her research interests include the development and sustainability of evidence-based interventions within multi-tiered frameworks and the intersection of neurodevelopmental disorders across the lifespan using mixed methods research.