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Robin Heinsen, Ph.D.

Robin Schaps Heinsen, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Music Education at Miami University. She earned her Ph.D. in Music and Human Learning from The University of Texas at Austin and her B.M. and M.M. in Music Education from the University of Georgia. Her teaching responsibilities include woodwind and brass methods, undergraduate music education courses, and supervising student teachers.

Heinsen's research interests include cognition of expert and novice teachers, preservice teacher skill development, learner-centered pedagogy, and lifelong music learning. She uses eye tracking technology to study attention allocation and momentary thought processes of music teachers and shares her work consistently at national and international music conferences and in research journals.

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Cara Dillon, Ph.D.

Cara Dillon, Ph.D. is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati's School Psychology program and completed her post-doctoral work at Ohio University's Center for Intervention Research in Schools. Her research focuses on intervention fidelity of academic and behavioral interventions and supports in schools. Her secondary research focus is on integrating technology within graduate student training. She is also a member of Division 16's Women in Psychology committee and has been involved in NASP communities and Interest Groups.

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Darwin Guevarra, Ph.D.

Darwin A. Guevarra, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Miami University, where he directs the Affective Science and Psychophysiology Laboratory (ASP Lab). Guevarra completed his doctoral training in social psychology at the University of Michigan after obtaining his B.A. in psychology at San Francisco State University.

Guevarra is broadly interested in affect and affect regulation processes and their implications for psychological and physical health.

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Carlyn Kimiecik, Ph.D.

Carly Kimiecik, Ph.D. (she/her) conducts research to advance equitable health, development, and wellbeing through community-engaged, participatory, and translatable research. With a background in social work and public health, she takes an interdisciplinary approach focusing on socio-ecological contexts, such as families, schools, and communities. Carly utilizes positive youth development (PYD) principles and collaborates with youth, families, and community-based organizations to integrate strengths-based approaches for enhancing individual and community health and wellbeing. As a sports social worker, she uses sports and sports-based PYD to promote positive change and social justice among youth and college student-athletes. She works with athletic departments and student-athletes to support their health and wellbeing and advance the role of social workers in various sports contexts. Carly draws on her experience in youth programming, community-based projects, and college athletics in her research, and also integrates a strengths-based approach within her classroom teaching and student mentorship.

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