Dr. Hailey Hyunjin Choi

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Education

• Ph.D., Human Development and Family Studies, 2021, Michigan State University – East Lansing, MI
• M.A., Applied Psychology, 2014, New York University – New York, NY

Teaching

Undergraduate course

CFD 160 Principles of Development in Early Childhood

Graduate courses

CFD 765 Research Methodology
CFD 750 Advanced Human Development Studies
ECE 675 Working with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children and Families

Professional experience

Selected peer-review publications

Yun, G., Lee, K. M., & Choi, H. H. (2024). Empowering Student Learning through Artificial Intelligence: A Bibliometric Analysis. Journal of Educational Computing Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/07356331241278636

Martoccio, T. L., Brophy-Herb, H. E., Choi, H. H., Stinson, K., Perkins, H. A., Mitchell, K., & Lumeng, J. C (2023). Maternal distress and body mass index in preschoolers living in families experiencing low-income. Infant and Child Development, e2472.

Brophy-Herb, H. E., Choi, H. H., Senehi, N., Martoccio, T. L., Bocknek, E. L., Babinski, M., ... & Schiffman, R. (2022). Stressed Mothers Receiving Infant Mental Health-Based Early Head Start Increase in Mind-Mindedness. Frontiers in Psychology, 2424.

Kerver, J., Brophy-Herb, H., Sturza, J., Horodynski, M., Contreras, D., Stein, M., Garner, E., Hebert, S., Williams, J., Kaciroti. N., Martoccio. T., Van Egeren, L., Choi, H., …(2022). Supporting family meal frequency: screening phase results from the Simply Dinner Study. Appetite, 174, 106009.

Brophy-Herb, H. E., Martoccio, T. L., Kerver, J. M., Choi, H. H., Jeanpierre, L. A., Williams, J., ... & Lumeng, J. C. (2022). Simply Dinner: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Home Meal Delivery. Academic Pediatrics.

Lee, J. M., Choi, H. H., Lee, H., Park, J., & Lee, J. (2022). The Impact of Cyberbullying Victimization on Psychosocial Behaviors among College Students during the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Indirect Effect of a Sense of Purpose in Life. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 1-17.

Lee, J. M., Choi, H.H., & deLara, E. (2022). Parental Care and Family Support as Moderators on Overlapping College Student Bullying and Cyberbullying Victimization during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 19(6), 684-699.

Perkins, H., Brophy-Herb, H., Choi, H., Dalimonte-Merckling, D., Vallotton, C., Williams, J., & Mitchell, K. (2021). Sex differences in toddlers’ attributions to challenges: Associations with maternal emotion coaching and emotional awareness. Social development.

Research and professional interests

• Children's social-emotional development (e.g., emotion regulation)
• Parents’/caregivers' and (pre-service/in-service) teachers’ mental health
• Parents’/caregivers' and (pre-service/in-service) teachers’ mentalization capacity (e.g., reflective functioning)
• College students' mental health and mentalization capacity

Awards and honors

• Teaching Excellence Award Nominee, Missouri State University, 2024
• Faculty Research Grant, Missouri State University, 2023