Professor & Vice Chair,
Psychology
She/Her/Hers
Dr. Natsuaki is a Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside. In 2006, she received her PhD in Human Development from University of California, Davis under the mentorship of Dr. Xiaojia Ge. She then became a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Child Development of University of Minnesota. Taking a developmental approach, Dr. Natsuaki focuses on the interplay of biological and environmental origins of psychopathology. In particular, she is interested in the roles of puberty and family relationships in explaining the emergence and changes in internalizing psychopathology during the transition from childhood to adolescence.
Email: misaki.natsuaki@ucr.edu
Website: https://dtl.ucr.edu
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