Faculty and staff - Department of Human Development

Photo	Contact	Research
	Cory Bolkan Associate Professor bolkan@wsu.edu 360-546-9336 McClaskey Building, Room 229	Adult development and aging Mental health in later life Personality development Family gerontology
	Marcelo Diversi Associate Professor diversi@wsu.edu 360-546-9170 McClaskey Building, Room 230	Decolonizing ways of knowing Identity development in educational contexts among disenfranchised youth and families Ethnography of street youth Issues of interpretation and representation in the social sciences
	Jane Lanigan Academic Director and Associate Professor jlanigan@wsu.edu 360-546-9715 McClaskey Building, Room 225	Childhood obesity prevention Child feeding practices Young children’s health knowledge Effect of new technologies and media Systems for supporting quality child care Support for military families
	Sarah Pimentel Administrative Assistant sarah.pimentel@wsu.edu 360-546-9721 McClaskey Building, Room 213	n/a
	Sarah Rolerkite Academic and Internship Coordinator sarah.rolerkite@wsu.edu 360-546-9710 McClaskey Building, Room 203	n/a
	Amy Salazar Assistant Professor amy.salazar@wsu.edu 360-546-9733 McClaskey Building, Room 225	Child welfare system Aging out of foster care Developing, adapting, and testing interventions Program evaluation Maltreatment, trauma, and PTSD LGBTQ youth well-being
	Yoshie Sano Associate Professor yoshie_sano@wsu.edu 360-546-9124 McClaskey Building, Room 219	Family relationships Rural family poverty Family health promotion in rural settings
	Elizabeth Soliday Associate Professor esoliday@wsu.edu 360-546-9727 McClaskey Building, Room 231	Women’s evidence-based decision making in birth and birth care Integrative health approaches in treating perinatal concerns Mixed methods research approaches
	Tracy Tachiera Instructor ttachiera@wsu.edu 360-546-9615 McClaskey Building, Room 227	n/a
	Sara Waters Assistant Professor sara.f.waters@wsu.edu 360-546-9272 McClaskey Building, Room 226	The development of healthy emotional and physiological regulation in early life with a focus on the role of the parent-child attachment relationship as a protective and socializing influence.