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Emily Merz

March 18, 2024

Emily Merz is an assistant professor of psychology at Colorado State University. She studies the effects of socioeconomic factors and early experiences on brain development in children and adolescents.   She is interested in identifying factors that promote resilience and informing …

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Marc Winokur

September 14, 2021

Marc Winokur is the director of the Social Work Research Center. His work focuses on child welfare, kinship care, foster care, anti-human trafficking, adoption, family preservation, trauma-informed practice and evidence building in child protective services. He has 20 years of …

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Samantha Brown

September 14, 2021

Samantha Brown focuses on how adversity shapes the health and development of children and families experiencing psychosocial risk, and developing and testing family-oriented interventions. Her work identifies barriers, promoters and pathways to target those risk factors. Her recent work has …

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