Professional Biography
After receiving her Ph.D., Dr. Fegley worked as a data manager and research analyst for the Temple University site of the NICHD study of early childcare. From 2000-2009 she was a research associate at the Center for Health Achievement Neighborhood Growth and Ethnic Studies (CHANGES) at Penn’s Graduate School of Education where she worked on research and evaluation projects looking at resiliency, coping and, identity processes of diverse children, adolescents, and adults from predominantly low income backgrounds. She has also co-developed and delivered training workshops and training materials designed to help organizations and schools better understand and integrate human developmental knowledge into their work with children, youth, and families.
Research Interests and Current Projects
Dr. Fegley’s research interests include self, identity, personality, resiliency, coping, and perceptions of skin tone and skin tone bias.