Holli Ann Tonyan

 
 
Please note that this page is currently under construction. If not all of the links below work, please forgive me.
 
 

• other researchers and colleagues
• students interested in seeking a higher degree by research at Monash,
• current students

Current Research

Recent, ongoing projects examine playful interactions with teachers and parents. What are common characteristics of playful interactions that emerge from ongoing activity in day-to-day life?   One project involves analysis of archived video files capturing interactions at home whereas the other project involves following children aged 2-3 for a ‘day in the life' at child care.

A new project I am currently developing will examine daily transitions between home and child care for young children (in kindergarten or younger). How is the commonly stressful time socially mediated? How do different immediate stakeholders (parents/guardians, child care professionals, children) negotiate the many different interests both immediate and driven by the larger contexts of which they are a part (e.g., parent/guardian workplace, professional organizations around early childhood, government agencies/regulators, etc) that intersect in these daily practices? If you would like to participate in my research (especially if you are a parent of a child who is in child care, but has not yet started school [1st grade]), you are warmly invited to participate in an online survey I have created. It takes about 30-60 minutes to complete, depending on whether you complete some open-ended questions (I hope you will!). It does require a bit of concentration. To complete the survey, go to: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=KSnaZ3ROQWB_2fwhx2ZloboQ_3d_3d

I am currently organizing my lab activities. If you are interested in working as a research assistant with me, please email me and set up a time to talk with me about the projects. I am particularly looking for one or two individuals to assist in a systematic review of research into stress and cortisol reactions in child care (spring).

Teaching at CSUN

• Psy313/L Developmental Psychology
• Psy302 Human Learning in the Formative Years

Professional Development

• Copies of presentations made at past conferences (link coming soon) .
• Curriculum Vita including a list of manuscripts, publications, and presentations

 

Professional Organizations:

• Society for Research on Child Development
• International Society for Cultural and Activity Research (ISCAR)
• In particular, the Section on Developmental Psychology and Childhood
• International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD)
• International Society of Infant Studies
• American Psychological Society
• American Psychological Association
• APA Division 7 (Developmental Psychology)
• American Association of University Women
• American Education Researchers Association
• National Association for the Education of Young Children

Research and Education-Related Sites of Interest:

• Guidelines for researchers interested in combining qualitative and quanititative methods, as compiled by the Neuropsychiatric Institute at UCLA.
• The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Psychology journals on-line

Resources for Students Interested in Developmental Psychology or Psychology:

• Society for Research on Child Development Career Center
• APA's Job Prospects for Psychology web page: http://www.apa.org/topics/psychologycareer.html

Other:

• Carleton College (my alma mater)
• The Hunger Website (advertisers donate food to the hungry every time you visit)
• MomsRising.org a grassroots effort to create better conditions for raising children in the USA