Academic History
Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012
B.A., Psychology, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, 2005

Dr. Jessee is a developmental psychologist who specializes in early socioemotional development and family studies. Specifically, she studies the predictors and outcomes of parenting quality in families with infants and young children.  Dr. Jessee teaches Infancy and Childhood, Adolescence, and Lifespan Development. 

Expertise
Developmental Psychology
Family Studies

Selected Publications

Jessee, A., Mangelsdorf, S.C., Shigeto, A., & Wong, M.S. (2012). Temperament as a moderator of the
     effects of parental depressive symptoms on child behavior problems. Social Development, 21,
     610-627.

Mangelsdorf, S.C., Laxman, D., & Jessee, A. (2011) Coparenting in Two-Parent Nuclear Families. In J.
     McHale and K. Lindahl (Eds.) Coparenting: Theory, Research and Clinical Applications, American
     Psychological Association Press.

Ostler, T., Jessee, A., & Bahar, O.S. (2010). The many faces of depression: Implications for home visits.
     Zero to Three.

Ostler, T., Bahar, O.S., & Jessee, A. (2010). Mentalization in children exposed to parental
     methamphetamine abuse: Relations to children’s mental health and behavioral outcomes.
     Attachment & Human Development, 12, 193-207.

Jessee, A., Mangelsdorf, S.C., Brown, G.L., Schoppe-Sullivan, S.J., Shigeto, A., & Wong, M. (2010).
     Parents’ differential susceptibility to the effects of marital quality on sensitivity across the first year.
     Infant Behavior & Development, 33, 442-452.