Research Associate Professor in the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
About
Dr. Wheeler is currently a research associate professor with the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools and the Co-Director of the Nebraska Academy for Methodology, Analytics & Psychometrics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Dr. Wheeler received her bachelor's in psychology from Nebraska Wesleyan University; her master's and doctorate in family and human development with an emphasis in quantitative methodology from Arizona State University.
Current Work:
Dr. Wheeler’s research focuses on the role of family in normative youth development from early adolescence into adulthood and includes outcomes related to interpersonal relationships, psychosocial adjustment, and health primarily among Latino families.
Grounded in cultural-ecological and developmental perspectives, her work addresses macro forces (e.g., gender and culture) and proximal and distal contexts (e.g., families, workplaces), and the mechanisms by which these systems are linked to youth development and family dynamics.
A second focus of her research pertains to statistical models used to answer questions about complex ecological, developmental, and relational phenomena, and the translation of these methods into useful tools for researchers.
Research Area Keyword(s):
Latino, family dynamics, adolescent development, dyadic data, quantitative methods
