Ni Jian, Ph.D.

Dual PhD in HDFS and Demography

Curriculum Vitae

Summary Statement

Ni is interested in applying the ecological model, family systems theory, attachment theory, and social comparison theory to examine associations between parenting, family relationships, and youth socioemotional development and adjustment.

Education

Master of Science in Human Development and Family Studies
Penn State University 

Master of Science in Demography
Penn State University

B.S. Psychology and B.A. Economics
Peking University

Professional Experience

Awards and honors:

  • 2017, Demography Dual-title Degree Program Research Assistantship
  • 2011, Marjorie M. Knoll Graduate Educational Enhancement award, Penn State University
  • 2011, University Graduate Fellowship, Penn State University

Departmental roles:

  • 2013-2014, Alumni Chair, HDFS Steering Committee
  • 2012-2013, Newsletter Co-Chair, HDFS Steering Committee

Teaching experience:

  • 2016-2021, lab instructor, HDFS 312w Empirical Inquiry in Human Development
  • Summer 2016, instructor, HDFS 229 Infant and Child Development

Publications

Jian, N., & Teti, D. M. (2016). Emotional availability at bedtime, infant temperament, and infant sleep development from one to six months. Sleep Medicine, 23, 49-58.

Kim, P. S. Y., Bámaca-Colbert, M. Y., Jian, N., & Gonzales-Backen, M. A. (2017). Friends’ cultural orientation as a mediator between familial ethnic socialization and ethnic identity among Mexican-origin adolescent girls. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 23(2), 291-299.

Teti, D. M., Philbrook, L., Shimizu, M., Reader, J., Rhee, H.-Y., McDaniel, B., Crosby, B., Kim, B.-R., & Jian, N. (2015). The social ecology of infant sleep: Structural and qualitative features of bedtime and nighttime parenting and infant sleep in the first year. In S. Calkins (Ed.), Handbook of infant development: A biopsychosocial perspective. Guilford Press.

Philbrook, L. E., Hozella, A. C., Kim, B.-R., Jian, N., Shimizu, M., & Teti, D. M. (2014). Maternal emotional availability at bedtime and infant cortisol at 1 and 3months. Early human development, 90(10), 595-605.