Basic and translational research in human development broadly with a focus on developmental psychopathology and emotional development as well as risk and resilience following traumatic stress. Research themes have included:
1) basic research testing contextual, bio-behavioral, and cognitive-developmental models of emotional development and dysregulation
2) development of assessment and measurement techniques
3) translational science, intervention and prevention.
Teaching interests
- Statistics
- Research methods
- Human development
Example Recent Publications
Weems, C. F., McCurdy, B. H., Scozzafava, M. D., Pina, A. A., & Varela, R. E. (accepted for publication). A systematic review of experimental studies evaluating anti-racist program techniques for children and adolescents. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly.
Weems, C.F., Russell, J.D., Herringa, R.D., & Carrión, V. G., (2021). Translating the neuroscience of adverse childhood experiences to inform policy and foster population level resilience. American Psychologist, 76(2), 188–202. DOI: 10.1037/amp0000780.
McCurdy, B.A., Weems, C.F., Rouse, H.L., Jeon, J., Bartel, M., Melby, J. N, Goudy, K., & Lee J. (2021). Parenting – It’s a Life: Where and how youth learn about establishing paternity, co-parenting and other parenting issues. Children and Youth Services Review, 126, 106023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106023.
Weems C.F., Camp, R. Neill, E.L., & Scott, B.G., (2021). Developmental differences in child and adolescent reasoning about anxiety sensations. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 45, 166–178. DOI: 10.1007/s10608-020-10182-5
Weems, C.F., Rouse, H.L., Melby, J.N., Jeon, S., Goudy, K., McCurdy, B.H., & Stanek, A.R. (2020). A partnership approach to paternity establishment: Child welfare research and training project ecological model and preliminary data. Families in Society, 101, 180-189. DOI: 10.1177/1044389419892273
Weems, C.F., Russell, J. D., Neill, E. L., & McCurdy, B. H. (2019). Annual research review: Pediatric Posttraumatic Stress Disorder from a neurodevelopmental network perspective. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 60, 395-408. doi:10.1111/jcpp.12996.
Neill, E.L., Weems C. F., & Scheeringa, M. S. (2018). CBT for child PTSD is associated with reductions in maternal depression: Evidence for bidirectional effects. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 41, 410-420. DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2016.1212359
Weems, C.F., Osofsky, J.D., Osofsky, H.J., King, L. Hansel, T.C., & Russell, J.D. (2018). A three-year longitudinal study of perceptions of competence and well-being among youth exposed to disasters. Applied Developmental Science, 22, 29-42. DOI: 10.1080/10888691.2016.1219229.
Other information
Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science
Recipient of the ISU Award for Early Achievement in Departmental Leadership
Member of the Iowa Academy of Education https://iae.education.uiowa.edu/members
Principal investigator of the ISU Child Welfare Research and Training Project (CWRTP http://childwelfareproject.hs.iastate.edu/ )
Co-Director of the ISU Translational Research Network (UTuRN https://research.hs.iastate.edu/uturn/ )
