Current Research Lab Members
Shannon Audley click here for CV
Morgan Hall
Smith College
Northampton, MA 01063
saudley@smith.edu
413-585-3257
McKenna Hendrickson '20J Psychology and Education Double Major
McKenna is a senior at Smith College, majoring in Psychology and Education. She is from Los Angeles, California, and joined the RCAT lab in the spring of 2018. McKenna loves working with children and is currently employed as a classroom assistant at Smith’s Fort HillPreschool. The above photo is of her dogs, Jack (left) and Stevie (right).
Joy Joseph (AMES) ‘22
Shannon Audley, PhD
Shannon R. Audley, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor in the Department of Education and Child Study at Smith College. Dr. Audley received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Memphis. In addition to teaching both undergraduate and MAT students, she is also on the advisory board for the Data Sciences major and Archives concentration. She maintains an active research lab, Respecting Children and Teachers (RCAT), in which she includes undergraduate student collaborators. Her primary research examines (in)justice in schools, focusing on understanding how youth and their teachers think about, experience, and respond to instances of (in)justice within the school context. An important focus of this work is to understand the forms and functions of (dis)respect in hierarchical and egalitarian relationships in the school setting, including the roles of caring, micro-aggressions, forgiveness, and retaliation in these experiences of (dis)respect. She also examines how youth position and negotiate their social identities (e.g. gender, ethnicity) in ways that serve as both risk and resiliency factors in their (in)just interactions within schools.
Sarah Vespa '20 (STRIDE) Music Major and Computer Science Minor
Sarah is a music major and possible computer science minor from Jericho, Vermont. She also loves drawing, kayaking, jiu jitsu club, and drinking iced coffee. She joined RCAT in 2017 as part of the STRIDE research program, and liked it so much she decided to stay. Currently, she is working on comparing student and teacher values of respect and disrespect in third grade classrooms as part of the Values Analysis project. After leaving Smith, she is interested in pursuing music education or musical theater.
Lauren Tinglin '22
Joarvi Edwards '20 (STRIDE) Computer Science Major
Born and raised in Massachusetts, Joarvi has always had a passion for math, problem-solving, and reading. The former two lead her to a path pursuing a B.A in Computer Science, but the latter led her to also explore what the humanities and social sciences had to offer. This was how she found her way into the RCAT lab and has been a member every year since.
Callie Slevin '21 (STRIDE)
Callie is a senior from La Crosse, Wisconsin who joined the RCAT research group after taking Child and Adolescent Growth and Development with Professor Audley in the fall of 2017. She is currently conducting values analysis coding on student narratives and teacher interviews. Outside of RCAT, Callie is in the Amherst College Chorus and a Student Academic Advisor in her house.
Yansi Murga '20 English Major and Latin American Studies Minor
Yansi Murga is a Junior at Smith College pursuing a B.A. in English Literature with a minor in Latin American Studies. At Smith, she spends time planning events as the Co-Community Service Representative for the Latin American Students’ Organization, working at the Mwangi Cultural Center, and studying with her friends at her favorite study spot. Off campus, she volunteers at Homework House in Holyoke, MA. Yansi joined the RCAT lab last semester after taking a course on Child Development and learning about the many ways that schools can have an impact on the lives of students, especially students of color. She is currently working on a narrative analysis project with Kathy Li where they are analyzing the ways that children understand feeling respect and earning respect.
Recent RCAT Lab Members
2020 Graduates
Joarvi Edwards
Sarah Leandro (Francis W. Parker Charter School)
Kathie Li
Shailee Shaw
Sarah Vespa
2019 Graduates
Sasha Shrouder
2018 Graduates
Dominique Callahan (Fulbright in Thailand for 2018-2019)
So Imhoof (Cutchins School Relief Counselor)
Karina Huang (Computer Science MA, Harvard)
2017 Graduates
Gabriela Espana ()
2016 Graduates
Mary Patterson (MAT, Smith College)
Kelcie Grenier (I/O Psychology, PhD, University of North Carolina Charlottesville)
Alexandra Singer (Applied Developmental Psychology, MA, Concordia)
Michaela Chinn (Fulbright in India for 2017-2018)