CURRENT LAB MEMBERS
DR. SARA JORDAN
Lab Director
Dr. Sara S. Jordan is a Professor and Director of the School of Psychology at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM). She is affiliated with the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Training Program and is a licensed psychologist who specializes in clinical child and pediatric psychology. She earned master’s degrees at Eastern Michigan University (1998) and Louisiana State University (2001), her doctorate in Clinical Psychology (Child track) at Louisiana State University (2003), and completed her predoctoral internship at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi. Since 2003, Dr. Jordan has served on the faculty at USM and has been heavily involved in graduate training, previously serving as Director of Clinical Training, Associate Director of Clinical Training, Child Clinical Training Coordinator and Clinical Externship Coordinator prior to her appointment as Interim School Director in 2019 and School Director in 2020. Dr. Jordan enjoys teaching undergraduate and graduate level courses in the areas of child psychology, child psychopathology, and child behavior and she regularly supervises graduate student clinicians in the USM Behavioral Health Clinic. Dr. Jordan directs the Child Routines and Behavior Lab and her program of research focuses on measurement of child routines and understanding the role of child routines in relation to parenting practices and child externalizing behavior.
LAUREN ERP
Fifth Year Graduate Student
Lauren Erp graduated from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a B.S. in Psychology in 2019. Lauren joined the Child Routines and Behavior Lab in Fall 2019. Her primary research interests include examining the relation between parenting factors and child disruptive behaviors, as well as the implications for treatments. She is currently completing her predoctoral internship at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi.
MADDISON KNOTT
Third Year Graduate Student
Maddison Knott joined the Child Routines and Behaviors lab in Fall 2021 as a Clinical Psychology Doctoral student. Maddison graduated from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in December 2020 with her B.S. in Psychology. Her primary research interests broadly focus on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), emotion regulation, parenting practices, and child externalizing behaviors. Maddison is currently working on her thesis which examines how maternal difficulty in emotion regulation and negative parenting practices mediate the relationship between maternal adverse childhood experiences and child externalizing behaviors.
AUDREY AMBROSIO
Third Year Graduate Student
Audrey Ambrosio graduated from Southern Illinois University - Carbondale with a B.A. in Psychology in 2021. Audrey joined the Child Routines and Behaviors Lab in Fall 2021 as a Clinical Psychology Doctoral student. Her primary research interests include sleep and chronic illness routines, as well as the overlap of chronic conditions and eating disorders. She is currently working on her thesis which focuses on how diabetes routines, bedtime routines, and general child routines are related to sleep quality and diabetes treatment adherence.
ARIANNA DELGADILLO
Second Year Graduate Student
Arianna earned her B.S. in Psychology at Colorado State University and joined the Child Routines and Behavior Lab in August 2022. Her research interests involve understanding the contextual factors that impact child behavior and family well-being, particularly among vulnerable groups. For her thesis, she is extending the family stress model by studying child routines as a potential link between economic hardship and child externalizing behavior in a Head Start sample. She loves her pets, seafood, and reality TV.
AKIYAH BRANDON
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Akiyah Brandon is a sophomore psychology major at USM and is from Pearl, MS. Akiyah joined the Child Routines and Behavior Lab in Fall 2022. She is interested in learning more about child behaviors and their relationship to parenting practices. She hopes to gain experience that will help her reach her goal of becoming a child psychologist.