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Melissa Ghera, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Pioch 103K St. John Fisher College 3690 East Avenue Rochester, NY 14618

Phone: (585) 385-8011 Fax: (585) 385-7311 Email: mghera@sjfc.edu _________________________________________________________________________________________

Education: Ph.D. Human Development. University of Maryland, College Park, 2007

M.A. Psychology. Concordia University Chicago, 2000

B.A. Psychology & Exercise Science. Concordia University Chicago, 1999

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Curriculum Vitae

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Research Interests: Family functioning in dual-earner families; Childcare, parenting behavior and
child temperament in the investigation of child socio-emotional development.

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Courses Taught:        PSYC 100     Introduction to Psychology
                                  PSYC 227C Child & Adolescent Development
                                  PSYC 327     Developmental Lab
                                  PSYC 408     Seminar: Parenting

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Publications:

Ghera, M.M., Marshall, P.J., Fox, N.A., Zeanah, C.H., Nelson, C.A., Smyke, A.T.,& Guthrie, D. (2009). The effects of foster care intervention on socially deprived institutionalized children's attention and positive affect: Results from the BEIP study. Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 50, 246-253.

DiPietro, J.A., Ghera, M.M., & Costigan, K.A. (2008). Prenatal origins of temperamental reactivity. Early Human Development,84,569-575.

Hane, A.A., Fox, N.A., Polak-Toste, C., Ghera, M.M., & Guner, B. (2006). The role of mother-infant home-based interactive affect in the relation between maternal report and observer ratings of infant temperament. Developmental Psychology, 42, 1077-1088.

Ghera, M.M., Hane, A.A., Malesa, E.E., & Fox, N.A. (2006). The role of infant soothability in the relation between infant negativity and maternal sensitivity. Infant Behavior & Development, 29, 289-293.

Fox, N.A., Henderson, H.A., Marshall, P., Nichols, K.E., & Ghera, M.M. (2005). Behavioral Inhibition. In A. Kadzin (Ed.) Annual Review of Psychology, 56, 235-262.

DiPietro, J.A., Ghera, M.M., Hawkins, M. & Costigan, K.A. (2004). Measuring the ups and downs of pregnancy. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology, 25, 185-201.