The ICD community is excited to welcome five new PhD candidates in 2025. Meet Regan Andringa-Seed, Elena Busick, Spencer Carter, Juliette Chartier, and Isabella Viducich!
New in the prestigious journal Psychological Bulletin is a study by Bria Gresham, PhD ’25, who submitted the paper while she was a doctoral student at ICD, with fellow doctoral students Mirinda Morency, Frederique Corcoran, and Jacob Kunkel.
Department Administrator Corinne Komor joined ICD in May, but her career at the University of Minnesota goes back to her student days! Read on to get to know Corinne and learn about the specialized skills and knowledge she brings to the table. Plus, learn why ICD's mission feels especially relevant to her as a parent of young children.
Sammi Cesere chose the online MA in applied child and adolescent development because it supported her learning goals while offering the flexibility she needed as a working parent.
Junior Mirka Zhagui talks about life experiences that led her to choose the early and elementary education track in ICD’s early childhood BS program and about her career goals.
A behavioral interventionist currently enrolled in the online MA in applied child and adolescent development, Jenna DeBruin was inspired to pursue graduate education when she volunteered in a children's hospital.
Laura Zumbrunnen enjoyed a multifaceted career in healthcare and engineering. In retirement, she wanted to continue to learn new things, and she wanted to find a new way to contribute to social justice causes. She chose to pursue an online MA in applied child and adolescent development.
Krystle Holliday completed a master's degree in the Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health track at ICD so she could pursue her goals of becoming a Black mental health professional and working to support young children and parents.
Three ICD undergraduate developmental psychology students were selected to be participants in the Tom Burnett Advanced Leadership Program in the Office of Undergraduate Education.