Dr. Shanting Chen is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Florida. She receives her Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Sciences from the University of Texas at Austin and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. She completed her postdoctoral training in the School of Education and Social Policy Department at Northwestern University. Her research interests have broadly centered on the intersection of stress, race/ethnicity, cultural contexts, and social inequality. Specifically, she explores how socio-cultural (e.g., ethnic/racial socialization, social support) and bio-behavioral (e.g., sleep, cortisol, allostatic load) factors that can be leveraged to promote adolescent development in the face of inequality. Her work integrates diverse methodologies such as longitudinal, daily diary designs, and ecological momentary assessments to understand both short-term and long-term developmental mechanisms. Her research is theoretically driven by ecological theory, the integrative model of minority child development, and the biopsychosocial models. She has published over 30 peer-reviewed papers in top-tiered journals such as Child Development, Social Science and Medicine, and Developmental Psychology. In her free time, she enjoys playing with her toddler and participating in running events organized by Florida Track Club.
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Email: chenshanting@ufl.edu