Jacob Kunkel
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Pronouns: he, him, his
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Doctoral Student
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Institute of Child Development
Carmen D. and James R. Campbell Hall
51 East River Parkway
Minneapolis, MN 55455 - kunke104@umn.edu
Areas of interest
Adulthood; Assessment and evaluation; Cognitive development; Families and parenting; Genetics and epigenetics; Lifespan; Relationships; Resilience; Social and emotional development; Stress and maltreatment
BA Psychology & Biology, Augustana University, 2017
MA Developmental Psychology, University of Minnesota, 2023
My primary research interests include the role that lifespan interpersonal experiences have on physical, cognitive, and mental health into adulthood. Working with Dr. Glenn Roisman, I leverage longitudinal and/or genetically-informed datasets to explore these broad domains.
Kunkel, J. J., Magro, S. W., Bleil, M. E., Booth-LaForce, C., Vandell, D. L., Fraley, R. C., & Roisman, G. I. (2022). Early maternal sensitivity and markers of physical health: Enduring or transient associations from childhood to adulthood? Developmental Psychology, 58(12), 2252–2263. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001430
Lager, T. W., Roetman, J. J., Kunkel, J., Thacker, M., Sheets, J. N., Egland, K. A., Miles, C. M., Larson, M. K., & Gubbels, J. A. A. (2018). Sushi Domain Containing 2 (SUSD2) inhibits platelet activation and binding to high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma cells. Platelets, 29(8), 834-837. doi:10.1080/09537104.2018.1530345