Amy Bryan

Dr. Bryan has enjoyed successful careers in teaching, school counseling, and social work. Dr. Bryan has taught a variety of undergraduate courses in Human Development and Family Sciences. In addition to serving as the director of the Priscilla Pond Flawn Child and Family Laboratory, she is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor in private practice. Dr. Bryan's research and clinical interests include early childhood development, education, and mental health—especially understanding and strengthening caregiver-child relationships.

Currently, Dr. Bryan is committed to developing a research program at the Priscilla Pond Flawn Child and Family Laboratory (PPFCFL). In addtion to working to increase the number and diversity of faculty and students who use the PPFCFL for research, Dr. Bryan is developing methods for systematically collecting and storing data on the children, families, and university students served by the PPFCFL. In collaboration with colleagues in HDFS, she is selecting measures and creating a database to make PPFCFL data valuable and accessible to course instructors and researchers. Ultimately, her goal is to develop a longitudinal dataset, rich with both qualitative and quantitative data. This will allow PPFCFL faculty to design studies and to collaborate with faculty at other lab schools around the country in a research consortium.