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  • Home
  • About
  • Parent Resources
  • Research Projects
    • Internet Based Consultation and Networking for Youth Mental Health Providers (i-CAN)
    • Intervention for Children with Behavioral and Emotional Concerns (FAST)
    • Stepped Transition to Employment and Postsecondary Education Success (STEPS)
    • Facial Emotion Awareness in Children
    • Teen Sleep Health Study
    • Healthy Relationships on the Autism Spectrum (HEARTS)
    • Exploring Relationships between Trauma, Locus of Control Orientation, and Aggression among African American Adolescents
    • Coping Power intervention for emotions and behavior in school
  • Building the Bridge
    • Racial Diversity Resources
    • Outreach and Training
    • Past Meetings
  • Meet the Team
    • Core Faculty
    • Affiliated Faculty
    • Post-Docs and Graduate Students
    • Center Staff
  • News
    • Blog
    • Publications
    • Presentations
  • Prospective Students
  • Previous Talk Recordings
  • Testimonials
  • CYDI Spotlight
  • Contact Us

core center staff

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Shanta Burrell, B.S.

Shanta Burrell serves as the Project Coordinator for the Center for Youth Development and Intervention. She has over 13 years of experience in managing several research grants related to child aggression and parent mental health. 

​ In her current position, she is responsible for supervising multiple research assistants, collaborating with community partners, and overseeing day-to-day research activities. She has a bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies from the University of Alabama.

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Shane Jones, M.S.W.

Shannon Jones is currently the Program Manager for the Center for Youth Development and Intervention at the UA.  Prior to this position, Shannon served as project coordinator for the Coping Power Program under Dr. John Lochman.  Shannon has worked for the University for 16 years and has extensive experience in delivering preventive interventions to at-risk children in the late elementary school and early middle school years.  He has a bachelor’s degree in Biology, a second bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Master’s of Social Work from UA.

Lixin Qu, M.S.

Lixin Qu, M.S.

Information coming soon.

Past Center Staff

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Jennifer Dailey, M.S.W.

Jennifer graduated from the University of Alabama in 2010 with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and again in 2013 with a Master’s degree in Social Work.  She joined the Center as a research assistant in 2014. 

​As a research assistant, Jennifer performed a variety of tasks to support research projects at the center, including leading and co-leading child and parent intervention groups, recruiting for new projects, facilitating retention of research participants, collecting data from schools and families, and overseeing student workers.
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