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Jenny Mai Phan

     Interdisciplinary Writing Consultant

     Office: 1097 LeBaron Hall

     Email: jmphan@iastate.edu

Education

Ph.D. Candidate, Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University

M.S. Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University

B.S. Psychology, University of New Orleans

Research Areas

Hormones and behavior, applied biopsychology, psychology, adolescent development, developmental disabilities

Publications

Zakreski, E., Dismukes, A.R., Tountas, A., Phan, J.M., Moody, S.N., & Shirtcliff, E.A. (2018). The social neuroendocrinology of development: Developmental Trajectories of HPA-HPG dual-axes coupling: Implications for social neuroendocrinology. Schultheiss, O. C., & Mehta, P. H. (Eds.). Routledge International Handbook of Social Neuroendocrinology.

Phan, J. M., Schneider, E., Peres, J., Miocevic, O., Meyer, V., & Shirtcliff, E. A. (2017). Social evaluative threat with verbal performance feedback alters neuroendocrine response to stress. Hormones and Behavior, 96, 104-115.

Shirtcliff, E. A., Peres, J. C., Dismukes, A. R., Lee, Y., & Phan, J. M. (2014). Hormones: Commentary: Riding the physiological roller coaster: Adaptive significance of cortisol stress reactivity to social contexts. Journal of Personality Disorders, 28(1), 40-51.

Kuhn, E. S., Phan, J. M., & Laird, R. D. (2014). Compliance with parents’ rules: Between-person and within-person predictions. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 43(2), 245-256.

Drury, S. S., Shachet, A., Brett, Z. H., Wren, M., Esteves, K., Shirtcliff, E. A., Phan, J.M., Mabile, E., & Theall, K. P. (2014). Growing up or growing old? Cellular aging linked with testosterone reactivity to stress in youth. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 348(2), 92-100.

Shirtcliff, E. A., Phan, J. M., Lubach, G. R., Crispen, H. R., & Coe, C. L. (2013). Stability of parental care across siblings from undisturbed and challenged pregnancies: Intrinsic maternal dispositions of female rhesus monkeys. Developmental Psychology, 49(11), 2005.

Shirtcliff, E.A., Hanson, J.L., Phan, J.M., Pollak, S.D. (revise and resubmit). Cortisol functioning in post-institutionalized adolescents influenced by severity of neglect and context. Psychoneuroendocrinology.

White, S.F., Lee, Y., Phan, J.M., Moody, S.N., & Shirtcliff, E.A. (revise and resubmit). Putting the flight in "Fight-or-Flight": Testosterone reactivity to skydiving is modulated by autonomic activation. Biological Psychology.

Phan, J.M., Dismukes, A., Barnett, N., Miocevic, O., Ruttle, P., & Shirtcliff, E.A. (under review). Adrenocortical and autonomic attunement betweem romantic emerging adult partners. The International Journal on the Biology of Stress.

Select Conference Presentations

Phan, J.M., Kroener, J., Peres, J., Miocevic, O., Barnett, N., & Shirtcliff, E.A. Social Support from Romantic Partner Moderates Cortisol Stress Response. Paper Presentation. Society for Research on Child Development, Austin, TX. April 8, 2017.

Phan, J.M., Kroener, J., Peres, J., Miocevic, O., Barnett, N., & Shirtcliff, E.A. Social Support from Romantic Partner Moderates Cortisol Stress Response. 5-Minute Datablitz. Connecting Minds in Social Neuroendocrinology and Evolution Pre-conference at Human Behavior and Evolution Society Conference, Vancouver, Canada. June 29, 2016.

Phan, J.M., Shirtcliff, E.A., Drury, S. & Theall, K. Maternal Experiences of Discrimination Moderates Dual Axis Coupling in African American Youth. Poster Presentation. International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology, Irvine, CA. September 6, 2018.

Phan, J.M., Skinner, M., Shirtcliff, E.A., Moody, S.N., Brindle, E., Catalano, R., & Haggerty, K. Gender Moderates Relationship between Salivary Immune Markers and Exposure to Violence. Society of Research on Adolescence, Minneapolis, MN. Poster Presentation. April 14, 2018.

Phan, J.M., Wang, W., Kroener, J., Peres, J.C., & Shirtcliff, E.A. Social Support of Romantic Partners Moderates Cortisol Responses to Stress. Poster Presentation. Won Travel Award. Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion, Madison, WI. April 20, 2016.

Awards and Scholarships

National Institute of Health - Ruth L. Kirshstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship F31, Bethesda, MD (scored at 27th percentile and resubmitted), "Pubertal Maturation on Risk for Internalizing and Autism Symptoms in Adolescents."

ISU Department of Human Development and Family Studies Thesis Research Fund, $750, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, "Social Support Moderates the Association between Stress and Cortisol Levels in Emerging Adults."

Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning, $1,250, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, "Scholarly Writing Stress and the Effectiveness of Trained Graduate Peer Tutors."

Professional Development Grant, $700, Graduate and Professional Student Senate & Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.

Damaris Pease Family & Consumer Science Fellowship Fund, $1,050, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.

Print & Grace Powers Hudson Scholarship, $1,200, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.

Helen E. Clark Leadership Award, $850, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.

Donna L. Cowan International Fund Scholarship, $300, College of Human Sciences International Programs, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.

Alice Yvonne Fuhrmann Graduate Scholarship, $2,000, Graduate College, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.

Iowa State University Graduate School Research Excellence Award, $250, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.

Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion Travel Award, $300, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.

Betty Jeanne Sundling Scholarship, $1,000, College of Human Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.

Salimetrics Spit Camp Workshop Travel Award, $500, Society of Research on Child Development, Seattle, WA.