selected publications academic article Rutherford, H., Yatziv, T., Vess, M., & Brooker, R. J. (2023). Envisioning motherhood: Mental-state language in caregiving narratives across the perinatal period. Infant Mental Health Journal. Kling, J. L., Mistry-Patel, S., Peoples, S. G., Caldera, D. R., & Brooker, R. J. (2023). Prenatal maternal depression predicts neural maturation and negative emotion in infants. Infant Behavior and Development. 70, 101802-101802. Brooker, R. J., Mistry-Patel, S., Kiel, E. J., Liu, S., Van Lieshout, R. J., Schmidt, L. A., & John-Henderson, N. (2023). Infant Negativity Moderates Trajectories of Maternal Emotion Across Pregnancy and the Peripartum Period. 11, 100481-100481. Ettekal, I., Li, H., Chaudhary, A., Luo, W., & Brooker, R. J. (2022). Chronic, increasing, and decreasing peer victimization trajectories and the development of externalizing and internalizing problems in middle childhood. Development and Psychopathology. 1-19. Mistry-Patel, S., & Brooker, R. J. (2022). Associations between error-related negativity and childhood anxiety risk differ based on socioeconomic status. Developmental Psychology. Penner, F., Bunderson, M., Bartz, C., Brooker, R. J., & Rutherford, H. J. (2022). Emotion regulation strategies and perceived stress during pregnancy in expectant mothers and fathers. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. 1-14. Nyman, T., Stichter, M., Rivera, G. N., Maffly-Kipp, J., Brooker, R. J., & Vess, M. (2022). Genetic causal beliefs and developmental context: Parents' beliefs predict psychologically controlling approaches to parenting. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 39(11), 3487-3505. Kujawa, A., & Brooker, R. J. (2022). Methods and metrics for EEG/ERP assessment of emotion and cognition in young children. Developmental Psychobiology. 64(6), e22284. Hammond, M., Brooker, R. J., Mistry-Patel, S., Schlegel, R. J., Vess, M., Wines, M., & Havens, J. (2021). Feelings of Parental Authenticity Moderate Concurrent Links Between Breastfeeding Experience and Symptoms of Postpartum Depression. 2, 651244. Kiel, E. J., Phelps, R. A., & Brooker, R. J. (2021). Maternal dynamic respiratory sinus arrhythmia during toddlers' interactions with novelty. Infancy. 26(3), 388-408. Brooker, R. J., Mistry-Patel, S., Kling, J. L., & Howe, H. A. (2021). Deriving within-person estimates of delta-beta coupling: A novel measure for identifying individual differences in emotion and neural function in childhood. Developmental Psychobiology. 63(6), e22172. Rivera, G. N., Vess, M., Brooker, R. J., Stichter, M., & Neiderhiser, J. M. (2021). Exploring Relations between Beliefs about the Genetic Etiology of Virtue and the Endorsement of Parenting Practices. Parenting: Science and Practice. 21(2), 79-107. Mathur, V. A., Nyman, T., Nanavaty, N., George, N., & Brooker, R. J. (2021). Trajectories of pain during pregnancy predict symptoms of postpartum depression. PAIN Reports. 6(2), e933-e933. Nyman, T., Pegg, S., Kiel, E. J., Mistry-Patel, S., Becker-Schmall, L. J., & Brooker, R. J. (2020). Perceived social support moderates neural reactivity to emotionally valenced stimuli during pregnancy. PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY. 57(11), e13647. Clark, D. A., Donnellan, M. B., Durbin, C. E., Brooker, R. J., Neppl, T. K., Gunnar, M., ... Putnam, S. P. (2020). Using item response theory to evaluate the Children's Behavior Questionnaire: Considerations of general functioning and assessment length. PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT. 32(10), 928-942. Brooker, R. J., Bates, J. E., Buss, K. A., Canen, M. J., Dennis-Tiwary, T. A., Gatzke-Kopp, L. M., ... Schmidt, L. A. (2020). Conducting Event-Related Potential (ERP) Research with Young Children: A Review of Components, Special Considerations and Recommendations for Research on Cognition and Emotion. Journal of Psychophysiology. 34(3), 137-158. Davis, E. L., Brooker, R. J., & Kahle, S. (2020). Considering context in the developmental psychobiology of self-regulation. Developmental Psychobiology. 62(4), 423-435. Brooker, R. J., Moore, M. N., Van Hulle, C. A., Beekman, C. R., Begnoche, J. P., Lemery-Chalfant, K., & Goldsmith, H. H. (2020). Attentional Control Explains Covariation Between Symptoms of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Anxiety During Adolescence. Journal of Research on Adolescence. 30(1), 126-141. Brooker, R. J., Kiel, E. J., MacNamara, A., Nyman, T., John-Henderson, N. A., Schmidt, L. A., & Van Lieshout, R. J. (2020). Maternal Neural Reactivity During Pregnancy Predicts Infant Temperament. Infancy. 25(1), 46-66. Schmidt, N. L., Brooker, R. J., Carroll, I. C., Gagne, J. R., Luo, Z., Planalp, E. M., ... Goldsmith, H. H. (2019). Longitudinal Research at the Interface of Affective Neuroscience, Developmental Psychopathology, Health and Behavioral Genetics: Findings from the Wisconsin Twin Project. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 22(4), 233-239. Vess, M., Brooker, R. J., Schlegel, R. J., & Hicks, J. A. (2019). Daily mental lapses and the subjective experience of true self-alienation. Journal of Research in Personality. 78, 148-152. Vess, M., Brooker, R. J., Stichter, M., & Neiderhiser, J. M. (2019). Genes and Virtue: Exploring How Heritability Beliefs Shape Conceptions of Virtue and Its Development. Behavior Genetics: an international journal devoted to research in the inheritance of behavior in animals and man. 49(2), 168-174. Brooker, R. J. (2018). Maternal Behavior and Socioeconomic Status Predict Longitudinal Changes in Error-Related Negativity in Preschoolers. Child Development. 89(3), 725-733. Van Hulle, C. A., Moore, M. N., Lemery-Chalfant, K., Goldsmith, H. H., & Brooker, R. J. (2017). Infant stranger fear trajectories predict anxious behaviors and diurnal cortisol rhythm during childhood. Development and Psychopathology. 29(3), 1119-1130. Najjar, R., & Brooker, R. J. (2017). Delta-beta coupling is associated with paternal caregiving behaviors during preschool. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY. 112, 31-39. Canen, M. J., & Brooker, R. J. (2017). ERN, theta power, and risk for anxiety problems in preschoolers. Biological Psychology. 123, 103-110. Brooker, R. J., Canen, M. J., Davidson, R. J., & Hill Goldsmith, H. (2017). Short- and long-term stability of alpha asymmetry in infants: Baseline and affective measures. PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY. 54(8), 1100-1109. Brooker, R. J., Alto, K. M., Marceau, K., Najjar, R., Leve, L. D., Ganiban, J. M., ... Neiderhiser, J. M. (2016). Early inherited risk for anxiety moderates the association between fathers' child-centered parenting and early social inhibition. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. 7(6), 602-615. Brooker, R. J., Kiel, E. J., & Buss, K. A. (2016). Early social fear predicts kindergarteners' socially anxious behaviors: Direct associations, moderation by inhibitory control, and differences from nonsocial fear. Emotion. 16(7), 997-1010. Brooker, R. J., Phelps, R. A., Davidson, R. J., & Goldsmith, H. H. (2016). Context differences in delta beta coupling are associated with neuroendocrine reactivity in infants. Developmental Psychobiology. 58(3), 406-418. Begnoche, J. P., Brooker, R. J., & Vess, M. (2016). EEG Asymmetry and ERN: Behavioral Outcomes in Preschoolers. PLoS One. 11(5), e0155713-e0155713. Brooker, R. J., Davidson, R. J., & Goldsmith, H. H. (2016). Maternal negative affect during infancy is linked to disrupted patterns of diurnal cortisol and alpha asymmetry across contexts during childhood. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 142, 274-290. Phelps, R. A., Brooker, R. J., & Buss, K. A. (2016). Toddlers' dysregulated fear predicts delta-beta coupling during preschool. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 17, 28-34. Brooker, R. J., Neiderhiser, J. M., Leve, L. D., Shaw, D. S., Scaramella, L. V., & Reiss, D. (2015). Associations Between Infant Negative Affect and Parent Anxiety Symptoms are Bidirectional: Evidence from Mothers and Fathers. Frontiers in Psychology. 6, 1875. Brooker, R. J., Buss, K. A., Lemery-Chalfant, K., Aksan, N., Davidson, R. J., & Goldsmith, H. H. (2014). Profiles of observed infant anger predict preschool behavior problems: moderation by life stress. Developmental Psychology. 50(10), 2343-2352. Brooker, R. J., Neiderhiser, J. M., Ganiban, J. M., Leve, L. D., Shaw, D. S., & Reiss, D. (2014). Birth and adoptive parent anxiety symptoms moderate the link between infant attention control and internalizing problems in toddlerhood. Development and Psychopathology. 26(2), 347-359. Brooker, R. J., & Buss, K. A. (2014). Harsh parenting and fearfulness in toddlerhood interact to predict amplitudes of preschool error-related negativity. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 9, 148-159. Brooker, R. J., & Buss, K. A. (2014). Toddler fearfulness is linked to individual differences in error-related negativity during preschool. Developmental Neuropsychology. 39(1), 1-8. Brooker, R. J., Buss, K. A., Lemery-Chalfant, K., Aksan, N., Davidson, R. J., & Goldsmith, H. H. (2013). The development of stranger fear in infancy and toddlerhood: normative development, individual differences, antecedents, and outcomes. Developmental Science. 16(6), 864-878. Schmidt, N. L., Van Hulle, C. A., Brooker, R. J., Meyer, L. R., Lemery-Chalfant, K., & Goldsmith, H. H. (2013). Wisconsin Twin Research: early development, childhood psychopathology, autism, and sensory over-responsivity. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 16(1), 376-384. Buss, K. A., Davis, E. L., Kiel, E. J., Brooker, R. J., Beekman, C., & Early, M. C. (2013). Dysregulated fear predicts social wariness and social anxiety symptoms during kindergarten. 42(5), 603-616. Brooker, R. J., Berenbaum, S. A., Bricker, J., Corley, R. P., & Wadsworth, S. J. (2012). Pubertal Timing as a Potential Mediator of Adoption Effects on Problem Behaviors. Journal of Research on Adolescence. 22(4), 739-745. Brooker, R. J., Neiderhiser, J. M., Kiel, E. J., Leve, L. D., Shaw, D. S., & Reiss, D. (2011). The Association Between Infants' Attention Control and Social Inhibition is Moderated by Genetic and Environmental Risk for Anxiety. Infancy. 16(5), 490-507. Buss, K. A., Dennis, T. A., Brooker, R. J., & Sippel, L. M. (2011). An ERP study of conflict monitoring in 4-8-year old children: associations with temperament. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 1(2), 131-140. Brooker, R. J., Buss, K. A., & Dennis, T. A. (2011). Error-monitoring brain activity is associated with affective behaviors in young children. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 1(2), 141-151. Brooker, R. J., & Buss, K. A. (2010). Dynamic measures of RSA predict distress and regulation in toddlers. Developmental Psychobiology. 52(4), 372-382. Buss, K. A., Brooker, R. J., & Leuty, M. (2008). Girls Most of the Time, Boys Some of the Time: Gender Differences in Toddlers' Use of Maternal Proximity and Comfort Seeking. Infancy. 13(1), 1-29. conference paper Brooker, R. J. (2021). PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL TOOLS FOR UNDERSTANDING DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGE IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS. PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY. S16-S16. webpage Brooker, R., & Nyman, T. (2021). Pregnant womens brains show troubling signs of stress but feeling strong social support can break those patterns
principal investigator on Biological Systems as Mediators of Bidirectional Influences on Anxiety Risk in the Mother-Child Dyad During Infancy awarded by National Institute of Mental Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States) 2020 - 2025
teaching activities EPSY689 Sptp: Advanced Development Sci Instructor NRSC485 Directed Studies Instructor NRSC491 Hnr-research Instructor PBSI485 Directed Studies Instructor PBSI491 Research Instructor PBSI671 Exp Design Behav Scien Instructor PBSI685 Directed Studies Instructor PBSI691 Research Instructor PSYC307 Developmntl Psychology Instructor PSYC425 Psychology Emotion Instructor PSYC484 Field Experiences Instructor PSYC485 Directed Studies Instructor PSYC491 Hnr-research Instructor PSYC636 Sem In Developmntl Psy Instructor PSYC671 Exp Design Behav Scien Instructor PSYC685 Directed Studies Instructor PSYC690 Cognoscenti Prof Issues Instructor PSYC691 Research Instructor
education and training Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology, Pennsylvania State University - (State College, Pennsylvania, United States) 2011 M.S. in Developmental Psychology, Pennsylvania State University - (State College, Pennsylvania, United States) 2008 B.A. in Psychology, Central College - (Pella, Iowa, United States) 2003
awards and honors Faculty/Staff Award for Excellence, conferred by Montana State University - (Bozeman, Montana, United States), 2017 Rising Star, conferred by Association for Psychological Science - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States), 2015