Astrida Seja Kaugars, PhD

Titles 
Assistant professor, Psychology, Marquette University, Milwaukee.

Division
Psychology

Study interests
Clinical child and pediatric psychology.

Education
Masters degree, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 1998; doctorate, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 2001.

Certification
Licensed Psychologist, State of Colorado.

Honors
Dean's Graduate Student Fellowship to participate in National Institute of Mental Health Institutional Predoctoral Research Training Program in Pediatric Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, 1999; Armington Research Program on Values in Children Grant, Case Western Reserve University, 1999.

Representative publications

• Kaugars AS, Klinnert MD, Bender BG. Family Influences on Pediatric Asthma. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 2004; 29(7)475-491.
• Kaugars AS, Moody E, Davis C, Klinnert MD. Validity of the Five Minute Speech Sample in Families with Infants from Low-income Backgrounds. Infant Behavior and Development. 2007; 30:690-696.
• Klinnert MD, Kaugars AS, Strand M, Silveira L. Family Psychological Factors in Relatiions to Children's Asthma Status and Behavioral Adjustment at Age 4. Family Process. 2008; 47:(1)41-61.
• Kaugars AS, Klinnert MD, Robinson J, Ho M. Exploring Reciprocal Influences in Children's and Families' Adaptation to Early Childhood Wheezing. Health Psychology. 2008; 27:(2)258-267.
• Kaugars AS, Russ SW. Assessing Preschool Children's Pretend Play: Preliminary Validation of the Affect in Play Scale - Preschool Version. Early Education and Development. In press.

Grants

• Summer Faculty Fellowship and Regular Research Grant Recipient, Marquette University.
• Developmental Psychobiology Research Group Grant, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, "Emotion Regulation Among Children with Early Childhood Illness."
• General Clinical Research Center Grant, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and National Jewish Medical and Research Center, "Emotion Regulation and Cortisol in Children with Atopy."
• Summer Faculty Fellowship and Regular Research Grant Recipient, Marquette University.
• National Research Service Award, Postdoctoral fellowship from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
• National Institutes of Health Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Program Recipient.
• National Research Service Award, Predoctoral fellowship from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Contact
Marquette University
Department of Psychology
PO Box 1881
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
Phone: (414) 288-3665