Alumni

Natalie Hengstebeck, MS, PhD
Program Examiner, Office of Management and Budget, United States White House, Washington, DC

• MS (2013), PhD (2017) in Human Development and Family Studies, UNC Greensboro
• 2016-PreDoctoral Fulbright Scholar, Sociology Department at the Erasmus University, Rotterdam Netherlands
• BA in Psychology, DePaul University

Melvin Herring, MSW, PhD
Director of the Master of Social Work Program, Johnson C. Smith University

• PhD (2013) Human Development and Family Studies, UNC Greensboro
• MSW, UNC Charlotte; BS in Business Management, NC A&T State University

Brittany Hewett, M.S., Ph.D., CFLE
Director of Education, Impact Early Education, St. Augustine, FL

• Ph.D. (2018) in Human Development and Family Studies, UNC Greensboro
• M.S. (2013) in Child Development, East Carolina University
• B.S. in Elementary Education, East Carolina University

Selected Publications

Hegde, A. V., Hewett, B., Terrell E. (2016). Examination of teachers’ preparedness and strategies used to teach English language learners in kindergarten. Early Child Development and Care, 1-11.

Ben Hinnant, MS, PhD
Professor, Human Development and Family Studies, Auburn University

• 2008 – 2011 NIH T32 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Human Development and Family Science, Auburn University
• 2007– 2008 NIH T32 Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• MS (2005), PhD (2008) in Human Development and Family Studies, UNC Greensboro
• BS in Psychology, Clemson University

Megan Bennett Irby, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Exercise Science, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC

• PhD (2015) in Human Development and Family Studies, UNC Greensboro
• MS in Clinical Populations and Translational Science, Wake Forest
• MS in Exercise Physiology, UNC Greensboro
• BS in Health and Exercise Science, Wake Forest

Carol Johnston, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor, Applied Human Sciences, Kansas State University

• PhD (2017) in Human Development and Family Studies, UNC Greensboro
• MS in Human Development and Family Studies, Texas Tech University
• BS in Hotel Management, Texas Tech University

Sung-Ae Kim, MEd, MS, PhD
Instructor, Department of Early Childhood Education, Seoul Theological University, South Korea

• PhD (2021) MS (2018) in Human Development and Family Studies, UNC Greensboro
• MEd in Early Childhood Education, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea

Elizabeth King, MS, PhD
Associate Professor, Child Education and Family Studies, Missouri State University

• MS (2013), PhD (2016) in Human Development and Family Studies, UNC Greensboro
• BS in Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University

Vicki Kintner-Duffy, MS, PhD
Research and Evaluation Specialist, Teachstone, Charlottesville, VA

• MS (2008), PhD (2011) in Human Development and Family Studies, UNC Greensboro
• BA in Psychology and Dance, Centenary College of Louisiana

Janzlean Laughinghouse, MSW, PhD
Executive Director, Capital Area Human Services, Baton Rouge, LA

• PhD (2009) in Human Development and Family Studies, UNC Greensboro
• MSW, UNC Greensboro
• BA in Psychology, Bennett College