Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant
Professor,
Psychology
Other ASU affiliations
Professor,
School of Life Sciences Interdisciplinary Graduate faculty
Neuroscience (PhD) program
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Phone: 480-727-6459
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PO Box 871104 Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-1104
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Mail code: 1104Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio
Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant is a professor of psychology and heads the Child Emotion Center-Arizona Twin Project in the Department of Psychology at Arizona State University. Her research focuses on risk and resilience processes that impact children’s mental and physical health. She uses genetically-informative study designs, such as twin studies and studies that include genotyping combined with family-based prevention programs. Professor Lemery-Chalfant joined the faculty at ASU in 2001.
Education
- Ph.D. Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1999
- M.S. Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1996
- B.A. Psychology, Robert D. Clark Honor College, University of Oregon 1994
Research Website URL
Google Scholar URL
ORCID Profile ID
Research Interests
- Risk and resilience for Developmental Psychopathology
- Temperament and emotion--including coding facial, bodily, and vocal expressions of affect
- Gene-environment interaction and correlation--including direction of effect between parent and child emotion and behavior
- Psychosocial moderation of genetic risk, such as through early prevention
- Specificity of genetic and family risk for mental and physical health
- Longitudinal methods, including growth modeling, latent transition analysis, dynamic structural equation modeling, machine learning
Research Group
- Arizona Twin Project
- Wisconsin Twin Project
- Early Steps Multisite Study
- Project Alliance 1
- Las Madres Nuevas
- AS-U-Live Project
Publications
- See CV for publications
Research Activity
- See CV for grant support and applications
Courses
2026 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
| PSY 799 | Dissertation |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| PSY 592 | Research |
| PSY 424 | Genetic Psychology |
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PSY 599 | Thesis |
| BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| PSY 799 | Dissertation |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| PSY 592 | Research |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
| PSY 792 | Research |
| PSY 799 | Dissertation |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| PSY 592 | Research |
| PSY 599 | Thesis |
| PSY 542 | Social Development |
2025 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
| PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| PSY 792 | Research |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
| PSY 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| PSY 792 | Research |
| PSY 799 | Dissertation |
| PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
| NEU 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| NEU 493 | Honors Thesis |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PSY 792 | Research |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PSY 599 | Thesis |
| BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| PSY 792 | Research |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
| PSY 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| PSY 792 | Research |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| PSY 599 | Thesis |
| PSY 542 | Social Development |
| NEU 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| NEU 493 | Honors Thesis |
| PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PSY 599 | Thesis |
| PSY 599 | Thesis |
| PSY 592 | Research |
| PSY 792 | Research |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PSY 599 | Thesis |
| BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| PSY 501 | Supervised Teaching |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| PSY 592 | Research |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| PSY 592 | Research |
| PSY 599 | Thesis |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| PSY 792 | Research |
| PSY 799 | Dissertation |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| PSY 592 | Research |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
| PSY 792 | Research |
| PSY 799 | Dissertation |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| PSY 592 | Research |
| PSY 542 | Social Development |
Presentations
Select presentations:
- 2021 Invited Speaker, “Implementation of Biological and Context Screening in Diverse Settings and Populations.” Society for Prevention Research.
- 2020 Keynote Speaker, “Early Prevention: Breaking the Link Between Genetic Risk and Developmental Psychopathology.” New Frontiers in Biomedical Research, Louisiana Tech University.
- 2018 Keynote Speaker, “Developmental science through a Genetically-Informed Lens,” Developmental Methodology Conference, Whitefish, MT
- 2018 Invited colloquium, “Genetic Influences on Socio-Cultural Sensitivity: Moderation of Effects of the Family Check-Up Intervention on Symptoms of Child Psychopathology,” Indiana University, IN
- See CV for >300 presentations
Editorships
Consulting Editor, American Psychologist
Consulting Editor, Developmental Psychology
Editorial Board, Development and Psychopathology
Professional Associations
American Psychological Association (APA)
Association for Psychological Science (APS)
Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
Behavior Genetics Association (BGA)
Graduate Faculties / Mentoring History
Current Graduate Students:
1. Janna Pickett
2. Savannah Ostner
3. Alexys Murillo
4. Isabella Davis
5. Diana Heath
6. Eva Bartsch (co-mentor)
7. Tiffany Tran (co-mentor)
Current Post Doc: Qingyang Liu
Current Honors Student Mentor: Ryan Oppen
Current Mentor for Faculty: Thao Ha, Candace Lewis, Joanna Kim, Jack Waddell
- See CV for previous trainees
Work History
- Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University, 2015-present
- Associate Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University, 2008-2015
- Assistant Professor of Psychology, Arizona State UniversiAssistant Scientist, Waisman Center on Mental Retardation and Human Development, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 2000-2008
- Assistant Scientist, Waisman Center on Mental Retardation and Human Development, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 2000-2001
- Associate Research Specialist, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 1992-1994
Service
2024-2027 University Promotion and Tenure Committee
- See CV for other service responsibilities