Dr. Seowon Song

Education:
Ph.D., M.S., B.A., Texas Tech University

712-707-7075
seowon.song@nwciowa.edu

Dr. Song joined Northwestern's faculty from Texas Tech University, where she earned both a doctorate and master's degree in human development and family sciences and a bachelor's degree in psychology. While at Texas Tech, she worked in the university's BioSocial Interplay in Development Lab and managed the Child Development and Relationships Lab. She also taught TTU's Lifespan Human Development and Development During Childhood courses and served as a teaching assistant for a course on child and adolescent behavior. She is the author of articles published in the Journal of Numerical Cognition, the Journal of School Psychology, Family Science Review, and Child Development. She has also presented posters at meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, the Society for Research on Child Development, and the National Council for Family Relations.

+Publications and presentationsSong, S., Martin, M., & Wang, Z. (2024). School belongingness mediates the longitudinal effects of racial/ethnic identity on academic achievement and emotional well-being among Black and Latinx adolescents. Journal of School Psychology, 106, 101330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2024.101330Li, T., Wang, Z., Merrin, J. G., Wan, S., Bi, K., Quintero, M., & Song, S. (2023). The joint operations of teacher-student and peer relationships on classroom engagement among low-achieving elementary students: A longitudinal multilevel study. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 77, 102258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2024.102258Song, S., Li, T., Quintero, M., & Wang, Z. (2023). The link between math anxiety and math achievement: The role of afterschool learning. Journal of Numerical Cognition, 9(3), 418–432. https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.13471Hasty, L., Quintero, M., Li, T., Song, S., & Wang, Z. (2023). The longitudinal association among student externalizing behaviors, teacher-student relationships, and classroom engagement. Journal of School Psychology, 100, 101242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2023.101242Quintero, M., Hasty, L., Li, T., Song, S., & Wang, Z. (2021) A multidimensional examination of math anxiety and engagement on math achievement. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 92(3), 955–973. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12482Oh, W., Song, S., & Niehuis, S. (2021). Processes linking mothers' perceptions of relationship satisfaction with their partner, coparenting, and parenting to children's competence and behavior problems. Family Science Review, 25(1), 18–35. https://doi.org/10.26536/rhst4996Oh, W., Bowker, J., Kim, H. K., Guedes, M., Santos, A. J., Ribeiro, O., Freitas, M., Song, S., & Rubin, K. H. (2021). Distinct profiles of relationships with mothers, fathers, and best friends and socio-emotional functioning in early adolescence: A cross-cultural study. Child Development, 92(6), e1154–e1170. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13610

+Professional experienceInstructor of Record, Texas Tech University (2023)Teaching Assistant, Texas Tech University (2022)Lab Manager, Child Development and Relationships Lab, Texas Tech University (2018-24)Lab Assistant, BioSocial Interplay in Development Lab, Texas Tech University (2021-22)

+MembershipsSociety for Research on AdolescenceSociety for Research in Child Development