Jessamy Comer
Developmental, Ph.D. candidate
Entry Year: 2004-2005
Faculty Mentor(s): Judith Smetana
Lab page: http://www/psych.rochester.edu/research/socialdev/
Email: jcomer@psych.rochester.edu
Phone: (585) 275-9154
Fax: (585) 273-1100
Office: Meliora 214
Research Interests
My research interests focus on the adolescents' relationships with parents. Specifically, I am interested in how adolescents' development of autonomy affects adolescent-parent relationships. Additionally, I am interested in examining what factors influence adolescents' decisions to disclose or not disclose information about their everyday lives to their parents.
Presentations
Comer, J. E., & Smetana, J. G. (2010, March). Associations between parent-adolescent discrepant perceptions of family decision-making and adolescents' disclosure to parents. Poster symposium presented at the bi-annual meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA.
Comer, J. E., & McDowell, D. J. (2007, March). Parental behavior and children's social competence: differences between dyadic and triadic interation. Poster session presented at the bi-annual meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.
Publications/Manuscripts
- Smetana, J. G., Rote, W. M., Jambon, M., Tasopoulos-Chan, M., Villalobos, M., & Comer, J. (in press). Developmental changes and individual differences in young children's moral judgments. Child Development.
- Comer, J. E., & Smetana, J. G. (2010). Discrepant parent-adolescent perceptions of family decision-making and adolescents' conflict with and disclosure to parents. Manuscript in preparation.
- Rowatt, W.C., Powers, C., Targhetta, V., Comer, J., Kennedy, S., & LaBouff, J. (2006). Development and initial validation of an implicit measure of humility relative to arrogance, Journal of Positive Psychology, 1, 198-211.
Teaching
Courses Taught:
- Developmental Child Psychopathology - Fall 2011
- Introduction to Psychology as a Social Science (at Nazareth College) - Summer 2011
- Reasoning and Writing in the College - Fall 2010
- Psychology of Parenting - Fall 2007, Summer 2009.
- Social and Emotional Development - Summer 2007, 2008.
- Introduction to Psychology-Summer 2007
Professional Honors and Awards
- 2010-2011 - Breadth Fellowship, University of Rochester
- 2010 - Helen and Vincent Nowlis Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Rochester
- 2009-2010 - Breadth Fellowship, University of Rochester
- 2005 - Psychology Department Academic Achievement Award, Baylor University
- 2004 - Election to Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Baylor University

