COVID-19 Project
This project examines the overall impact of COVID-19 pandemic on undergraduate students’ life and study, students’ stress coping strategies and course engagement strategies, as well as their expectations for support from the instructional team and the university.
Task Engagement
A systematic literature review project that synthesizes the current field in understanding children’s task engagement in early childhood.
Teacher Attachment Project
This study [co-investigator Amber Hatch] investigates how teachers’ attachment security and other internal processes may relate to classroom management outcomes including response effectiveness and general student behavior. This study is sponsored by Light Blue Learning, Inc.
Undergraduate Research Presentation
Spring 2024 UF CUR Undergraduate Research Symposium
*Herrera, A., *Scoufis, E., *Seeks, K., *Finkelstein, M., & Wang, F. (2024, April). Use of engagement strategies by students of different academic years during the COVID-19 pandemic. Poster presented at the Spring 2024 Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Spring 2023 UF CUR Undergraduate Research Symposium
*Gadikota, S., *Cardenas, C., *Sumer, M., *Salomon, A., *Thodhori, A., & Wang, F. (2023, March). Differences in coping strategies between gender and the perceived impact on students’ academics. Poster presented at the Spring 2023 Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Fall 2022 UF CUR Undergraduate Research Symposium
*Salomon, A., *Thodhori, A. *Hatch, A., *Gadikota, S., & Wang, F. (2022, October). COVID-19 Transition Challenges Perceived by College Students Enrolled in the Coordinated General Psychology Program. Poster presented at the Fall 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Spring 2022 UF CUR Undergraduate Research Symposium
*Thodhori, A., *Salomon, A., *D’Amico, E., & Wang, F. (2022, April). COVID-19 Impact Perceived by College Students Enrolled in the Coordinated General Psychology Program. Poster presented at the Spring 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Fall 2021 UF CUR Undergraduate Research Symposium
*D’Amico, E., *Dewhurst, I., *Thodhori, A., & Wang, F. (2021, November). Differences in Coping Strategies Between College Students of Varying Ethnicities. Poster presented at Fall 2021 Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Fall 2021 UF Tiny Talks
D’Amico, E. (2021). How to Help: Disparities in Stress Coping. YouTube. UF Tiny Talks. Retrieved January 27, 2022, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWSdgYeKp68&list=PLjaNdZQX9tnmXUVJQZpYlR18m7V39hEOK&index=12.
Spring 2021 UF Psychology Graduate Student Organization Undergraduate Research Forum
*Sterghos, J., *D’Amico, E., *Thodhori, A., *Zakhary, M., & Wang, F. (2021, April). COVID-19 impact on college students: A comparison across different ethnic groups. Poster presented at Psychology Graduate Student Organization Undergraduate Research Forum, Psychology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. https://ufl.voicethread.com/myvoice/thread/17421447/109962682/102340117
National/International Conferences
Summer 2023 WASET Virtual International Conference on Developmental Psychology and Attachment Theory
*Hatch, A., **Wright, E., & Wang, F. (2023, June). The relationship between teachers’ attachment insecurity and their classroom management efficacy. Poster presented at the 2023WASET Virtual International Conference on Developmental Psychology and Attachment Theory.
Spring 2023 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development
**Sterghos, J., & Wang, F. (2023, March). Stress coping strategies in the COVID-19 pandemic and academic outcomes in a large online class. Poster presented at the Virtual Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Fall 2022 International Conference Presentation
Wang, F., *Jiang, H., & *Thodhori, A. (2022, September). Young Children’s Task Engagement inEarly Childhood: A Systematic Review for Potential Collaboration on a Subsequent Meta-Analysis. [Working Roundtable Discussion Presentation]. Society for Research in Child Development Special Topic Meeting: Toward a Holistic Developmental Science: Catalyzing Transdisciplinary Multi-Sector Collaborations to Understand and Support Human Development. St. Louis, MO, United States. https://www.srcd.org/event/toward-holistic-developmental-science-catalyzing-transdisciplinary-multi-sector/agenda-glance
Summer 2022 Psychology One Conference
Wang, F. (2022, June). Introductory Psychology Students’ Learning Engagement During the Outbreak of COVID-19 Pandemic. Research paper presented at the 2022 Psychology One Conference, DukeUniversity, Durham, NC.
Summer 2021 Society for Prevention Research Virtual 29th Annual Meeting
Wang, F. *Shabash, M., Wood, D., *Sterghos, J., & *D’Amico, E. (2021, June). COVID-19 Impact on College Students from a Large Online Psychology Class. Poster presented at the Society for Prevention Research Virtual 29th Annual Meeting.
2021 Virtual Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development
Wang, F., Snyder, P., & *Jiang, H. (2021). Task engagement in early childhood: A systematic review. Flash Talk Paper presented at the Virtual Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development.