DEEP Lab
Developmental Etiology of Externalizing Problems
People
Lab Director
Dustin Pardini
Dustin Pardini is the director of the lab and an associate professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. His overarching program of research involves elucidating the precursors and outcomes associated with antisocial and substance use behaviors from childhood to adulthood, as well as evaluating the impact that psychosocial interventions can have on these behaviors. Much of this work has focused on a particularly violent subgroup of youth who exhibit features of adult psychopathy, including a lack of guilt/remorse, low empathetic concern for others, and shallow effect. Pardini has begun using functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging to examine the neurobiological underpinnings of persistent antisocial behavior in children and adults.
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dustin_Pardini
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Krt7HaMAAAAJ&hl=en
Research Coordinator
Danielle Dandreaux
Danielle Dandreaux is a research specialist in the lab. She received her Ph.D. in applied developmental psychology from the University of New Orleans. Her research interests include the developmental pathways of antisocial behaviors, juvenile delinquency, and substance use. Danielle manages multiple grants in the lab.
Research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Danielle_Dandreaux
Graduate Research Assistants
Kelsey Tom
Kelsey Tom is a doctoral student in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Prior to receiving her master’s degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Arizona State University, she completed her undergraduate career at the University of California, Irvine. She is broadly interested in corrections and mental health, specifically in regards to adolescents and young adults, correctional interventions, and the psychological consequences of criminal justice system contact. She is also interested in the interaction between multiracial/multicultural identities and justice system involvement.
Savanna Allen
Savanna is pursuing her PhD in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. She earned her M.S. in the same field from ASU in the Spring of 2020. She earned B.S.'s in Sociology-Criminology Emphasis, and Psychology at the University of Idaho. Her research interests broadly focus on risk and protective factors for juvenile delinquency and the effects of justice system contact for juveniles.
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Causaundra Krob
Casaundra Krob is a senior studying Neuroscience and Forensic Psychology. As a part of the lab she successfully defended her Honors Thesis investigating whether social factors, economic factors, or intelligence differentiate convicted vs. non-convicted individuals with high psychopathic traits. She is planning on attending medical school in the future.
Lab Alumni
Samuel Hawes
Samuel Hawes is a research assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Florida International University. Hawes’ research is focused on understanding the psychological and neural processes that underlie facets of personality psychopathology and regulatory functioning that contributes to the onset and maintenance of impulsive and antisocial behaviors.
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Samuel_Hawes
Jordan Beardslee
Jordan Beardslee is currently the Crossroads Study Coordinator and a post-doctoral scholar in the Department of Psychological Science at UC Irvine. She was a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She earned her B.S. at UC Berkeley and her Ph.D. (in developmental psychology) at UC Irvine. Her program of research is focused on illuminating the factors associated with psychosocial problems during adolescence. Most of her current work examines the distal and proximal factors associated with adolescent substance abuse and violence. Her current work also examines how involvement with the juvenile justice system affects normative adolescent development.
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jordan_Beardslee
Meagan Docherty
Meagan Docherty is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Bowling Green State University. She earned her Ph.D. in developmental psychology at Rutgers University-Newark under the mentorship of Paul Boxer. Her research focuses on ecological risk and developmental psychopathology, particularly callous-unemotional traits. She is especially interested in how callousness might serve as a coping mechanism for youth exposed to violence and trauma.
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Meagan_Docherty
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=K90PbvwAAAAJ&hl=en
Amy Byrd
Amy Byrd graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 2015, where she completed the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC) training program and earned an M.S. and Ph.D. in Clinical and Developmental Psychology. She completed her Clinical Psychology Internship at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC) and is currently a post-doctoral scholar in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Her research focuses on examining the biopsychosocial mechanisms underlying the development and persistence of aggressive and externalizing behaviors in youth.
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Amy_Byrd
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=N35Q4I4AAAAJ&hl=en
Arynn Infante
Arynn Infante joined the doctoral program in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University in 2014. She earned her B.S. and M.S. in criminology and Criminal Justice from Arizona State University in 2012 and 2014, respectively. Her research interests include race/ethnicity, crime, and justice as well as the application of various quantitative methods to test and extend theories of crime and criminal justice decision-making. She is currently working on a project that seeks to better understand how perceptions of racial/ethnic threat inform punitive attitudes about crime and border control through the development of a multidimensional scale of Latino threat.
Vevette Yang
Vevette Yang is now a graduate student in Developmental Psychology at Notre Dame. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with B.S. in psychology in 2016. She is interested in learning further about familial risk and protective factors for youth's maladaptive behaviors and serious delinquency. Her short-term goal is to pursue a Ph.D. program in psychology, thus she aims to better sculpt her research interest and accumulate advanced research experience at ASU. Her long-term goal is to be able to work with the under-represented at-risk population by effectively adapting and disseminating evidence-based interventions.
Romain DeCrop
Romain Decrop is now a graduate student in Clincal Psychology at Bowling Green State University. He is a Duke University graduate, whose interests lie in the etiology of delinquency and crime. His future research will lead to all sorts of mental illnesses, instabilities, and external influences that combine to create mal-adaptive behaviors from mood dysregulations and impulse dysfunctions, to overall poor societal inclusion. Romain is gaining experience to eventually pursue a Clinical Psychology Ph.D. in order to work on psychological mitigation in courts.
Tyleia Craig
Tyleia Craig received her B.S. in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Western Carolina University in 2017. Her research interests include juvenile delinquency, antisocial behaviors, and restorative justice.
Grace While
Grace While is currently pursuing a B.A. in Psychology and a B.S. in Criminal Justice & Criminology at ASU. After graduating in 2018, she aims to continue her education and attend graduate school for an M.S. in Clinical Psychology. Grace is interested in further understanding antisocial behaviors and psychological reactions to trauma. Her long-term career goal is to counsel victims of trauma, specifically sexual assault survivors.
Jamie Pinson
Jamie Pinson is currently studying for a B.S. in Criminal Justice and Criminology and a minor in Psychology at ASU. After graduating in 2018, she aims to continue her education by pursuing an M.S. in Criminal Justice. Jamie is interested in researching the biological factors that lead to criminal behavior.
Grace Ramsey
Grace Ramsey is currently working towards a B.S. in Criminology and Criminal Justice as well as a B.S. in Public Service and Public Policy. After graduating in 2020, she plans on pursuing an M.S. in Criminology and Criminal Justice and possibly attending a law school. Grace is interested in drug policy in the United States and the effects of the mass incarceration phenomena on individuals.
Hannah Eubanks
Hannah Eubanks is currently pursuing a B.S. in Criminology & Criminal Justice with a minor in Psychology and a certificate for Homeland Security. She is also a student in Barrett, the Honors College and currently working on her thesis. After she graduates in 2019, she plans on attending law school. Hannah is interested in psychopathology and how that leads to involvement in violent crime. Her long-term goal is to become a behavioral analyst with the FBI.
Anna Edmonson
Anna Edmondson is currently studying for a B.S. in Criminology and Criminal Justice with a minor in Women and Gender Studies with a certificate in Law and Human Behavior. After graduating in 2020 she plans to attend law school where she will earn a J.D. focusing on Criminal Law.