Northern Illinois University
Families and Development in Context Lab
Department of Psychology

Research Interests

Generally, I am interested in research involving risk and resilience in the family context, particularly parent-child relationships as well as the impact of trauma history on family factors like parenting and child psychosocial health.

Clinical Interests

I hope to work with at risk parents, children and adolescents in the family context, and within other systems that directly impact families (criminal justice, military etc.)

Publications

Blankenship, A. E., Jacoby, V. M., Zolinski, S. K., Ojeda, A. R., Dondanville, K. A., Sharrieff, A., Acker, M., Blount, T. H., McGeary, C. A., Young-McCaughan, S., Peterson, A. L., Drew, L., and DeVoe, E. R. (under review). A qualitative examination of homecoming experiences among military fathers during reintegration.

Presentations

Zolinski, S., Caradec, J., Lahey, K., and Pittman, L. (2020, March 19-21). Late adolescents' strategies to cope with discrimination: Associations with ethnic-racial socialization. Poster accepted for presentation at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA. (Conference cancelled).

Caradec, J., Zolinski, S., Lahey, K., and Pittman, L. (2020, March 19-21). Parenting and anxiety among ethnic minority adolescents: Associations through ethnic identity. Poster accepted for presentation at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA. (Conference cancelled).

McNeela, L. M., Pittman, L. D., Caradec, J., Pabis, J. M., and Zolinski, S. (March 19-21, 2020) Coparenting and adolescent psychological symptoms: A transactional analysis among families with sixth graders. Symposium accepted for presentation at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA. (Conference cancelled).

Ojeda, A., Zolinski, S., Blankenship, A. E., Jacoby, V., Boorman, E., Dondanville, K. A.,

Sharrieff, A., Young-McCaughan, S., Peterson, A. L., DeVoe, E. R.; for the STRONG STAR Consortium (2019, November). Predeployment psychological and parental functioning of active duty military homefront caregivers. Poster presented at the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies 35^th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.