Graduate Students

Reed Donithen a sixth year doctoral student in the Developmental Psychology PhD program. He received his B.S. in Psychology from the University of Rochester in 2018 working with Dr. Patrick Davies. His primary research interests include father involvement in childcare, parental leave, and coparenting. Reed often leads undergraduates on projects within the lab, most notably coding projects which use footage from the New Parents Project. Outside of the lab Reed enjoys tabletop games such as Dungeons and Dragons.

Julianna Calabrese is a fifth-year doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology PhD program at The Ohio State University. She received her B.A. in Psychology from Smith College in 2018. Before coming to OSU, she worked two years as a research coordinator at the University of Michigan. She is interested in studying the impact of parenting practices and coparenting on child socio-emotional development and is currently working on her dissertation on emotion socialization in families. In her free time, Julianna enjoys trying out new baking recipes and answering R questions on StackOverflow.

F. Kubra Aytac, Ph.D. is a fourth-year doctoral student in the Developmental Psychology Ph.D. program at The Ohio State University. She completed her first Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology at Middle East Technical University (METU) in 2024. Dr. Aytac also holds three M.S. degrees: in Psychology from OSU (2023), Psychology from METU (2019), and Sociology from METU (2018). Graduating summa cum laude from METU in 2015, she majored in Sociology while completing a double major in Philosophy and a minor in Political Science and Public Administration. Her master’s thesis on maternal gatekeeping was awarded the “Best Thesis of the Year Award.” Dr. Aytac’s primary research interests include adult attachment, coparenting, couple relationships, and mental health. Outside of her academic pursuits, she enjoys painting, playing squash, and horseback riding.

Tinu Oduloye is a third-year doctoral student in the Developmental Psychology PhD program at The Ohio State University. She received her B.S. in Developmental Psychology and minor in Physical Activity and Health Promotion at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (U of M). In undergrad, she worked with Dr. Megan Gunnar on the impacts of parenting stress on parents attitudes (warmth and negativity) in early development. Her primary interests are to explore how parenting, co-parenting, and family dynamics play a role in children’s development. Also, to further understand how the child impacts the parent and vice versa. While she isn’t doing research, she enjoys traveling, spending time with family and friends, watching/playing sports, video games, and board games.